The Adventures of Bo and Cole

[OO2]

Rough shooting today. If it was pointed it was a guaranteed miss

Stepped on two as I was walking out and shot the double.

Pulled 11 ticks off of the dogs already

 

[OO2]

Woodcock poppers for lunch so I can hunt the dogs tomorrow

 

[OO2]

Oh yeah…terrible. Don’t recommend at all

 

[giles]

Ha, you put their peckers in the barrel!

 

[OO2]

Ha, you put their peckers in the barrel!

Just for you!

 

[OO2]

Just finished adding up the mileage totals for 2023. All this data was collected from the garmin collars the dogs wear.

Bo: 150.45 miles
Ellie: 180.09 miles
Cole: 88.6 miles

guess I need to get my ass in gear!

 

[Jamie]

Just finished adding up the mileage totals for 2023. All this data was collected from the garmin collars the dogs wear.

Bo: 150.45 miles
Ellie: 180.09 miles
Cole: 88.6 miles

guess I need to get my ass in gear!

Dogs always gonna go twice as far as you, at least. More when you get a little older.

 

[OO2]

Ringing in the new year right

 

[OO2]

The real stars of the show

 

[hickslawns]

I'm sure Eric is proud to see these dogs being worked so much.

 

[finelyshedded]

Great stuff Cole! Great pics and keep em coming

 

[OO2]

Our golden thicket went dry. Only moved one bird today. Hopefully get a new flight of woodcock next weekend.

 

[OO2]

Dogs ran hard, too hard as they outran their noses on 4/5 birds.

Nothing beats getting hit in the face by a hundred saplings and getting wrapped up in thorn bushes while you hear a woodcock whistle away cause your dog ran into the thicket at Mach Jesus.

Hopeuflly get back on the birds next weekend.

 

["J"]

Welcome to the land of using dogs to chase critters

 

[OO2]

Quick hunt after work. 2 up, 2 shots, 2 down. Dogs did good working the birds. Much better this hunt. Thankful to have access to habitat holding birds so close to the house

I pulled the newbie at the pheasant farm so that’s why only one is pictured

 

[OO2]

Dogs did pretty good. Shot two pointed birds over them. Ellie was the MVD of the day. She pointed 4/5 birds. I couldn’t get a picture of it but she was buried into this thorn bush on point with just her rear end out of it. Glad I was able to hit that one for her

Bo pointed 2/3 birds as well. He ran into a few of Ellie’s points and busted the birds. She did the same to him as well. Will have to work on backing this off season with them

I am done shooting wild flushed woodcock over them this year. See if that cleans the dogs up any

 

["J"]

Dogs did pretty good. Shot two pointed birds over them. Ellie was the MVD of the day. She pointed 4/5 birds. I couldn’t get a picture of it but she was buried into this thorn bush on point with just her rear end out of it. Glad I was able to hit that one for her
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Bo pointed 2/3 birds as well. He ran into a few of Ellie’s points and busted the birds. She did the same to him as well. Will have to work on backing this off season with them
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I am done shooting wild flushed woodcock over them this year. See if that cleans the dogs up any

Cole, is there a decent qual population down there?

 

[OO2]

Cole, is there a decent qual population down there?

I haven’t found any yet. Similar to the plight of Ohio pheasant and quail habitat is disappearing as folks opt for farming pine trees.

There is some habitat 1.5-2 hours away on public ground. It’s open until 28 Feb so I hope to find some

 

["J"]

I haven’t found any yet. Similar to the plight of Ohio pheasant and quail habitat is disappearing as folks opt for farming pine trees.

There is some habitat 1.5-2 hours away on public ground. It’s open until 28 Feb so I hope to find some

Good luck, looking forward to those updates.

 

[OO2]

Each dog pointed a bird today. Ellie’s pointed bird flushed out of range when I was trying to get Bo to heel up to her point. Should have just got to her point and worked on training in the off season. Oh well, back at it tomorrow