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My buddy Dean owns Holly Hills pheasant presserve. He is also the guy we got our German Shorthair from. Mason has never shot a pheasant, and with the current pheasant population in Ohio, he likely will never shoot a wild one. I told him I'd take him out to Dean's place this year, so today my life-long buddy Lathe and I did.
We took Milo (our GSP pup) out first so Dean could see where he's at and what we need to be working on. He half way pointed three birds, we shot 'em and he retrieved them. For his first time on real birds, we all thought he did pretty well.
We put the pup up and got two of Dean's 3 yr old shorthairs. Watching those dogs was awesome! They are so well disciplined, it just boggles the mind. Mason walked up on a pointed bird, fired one well placed shot and claimed his first pheasant on the wing! It was cool, we high fived and moved on to look for more birds. After a few hours, we killed a total of 10 pheasants, with Mason killing 3, Lathe 5, and I shot a couple to finish.
It isn't hunting per se, but dang if we didn't have a great time. Getting Milo on his first real pheasants, and watching my kid kill his first three was just great! If any of you guys are interested in going on a late season pheasant shoot, I'd be more than willing to do this again.
We took Milo (our GSP pup) out first so Dean could see where he's at and what we need to be working on. He half way pointed three birds, we shot 'em and he retrieved them. For his first time on real birds, we all thought he did pretty well.
We put the pup up and got two of Dean's 3 yr old shorthairs. Watching those dogs was awesome! They are so well disciplined, it just boggles the mind. Mason walked up on a pointed bird, fired one well placed shot and claimed his first pheasant on the wing! It was cool, we high fived and moved on to look for more birds. After a few hours, we killed a total of 10 pheasants, with Mason killing 3, Lathe 5, and I shot a couple to finish.
It isn't hunting per se, but dang if we didn't have a great time. Getting Milo on his first real pheasants, and watching my kid kill his first three was just great! If any of you guys are interested in going on a late season pheasant shoot, I'd be more than willing to do this again.
