The Adventures of Bo and Cole

[triple_duece]

Nothing better than hunting over a good dog.

 

[OO2]

Made eye contact with the woodcock Ellie pointed today

It said, “Your dog found me, that’s cute. Now watch this.”

 

[OO2]

The dogs tore up the woods tonight during a quick hunt after work. I may have had my best shooting of the season which paired nicely with some of the better dog work this woodcock season.

Bo and Ellie pinned down this running bird

Bo with a nice point on this single

Ellie pointed this single on the edge of the cut to round out the limit

 

[xbowguy]

Good Work Young Man!

 

[Jamie]

The feeling I get when my dogs perform at their highest level is like nothing else. Something akin to watching an arrow disappear into the center of a deer's chest, I guess. Nice work.

 

[OO2]

The dogs and I have been doing our thing the last couple of days. I have had great dog work and I haven’t been able to pay it off.

The first miss was a single bird Bo pointed.

I missed three more times on points Ellie had, pretty sure she wanted to fire me.

Ellie locked up on another woodcock and Bo had a great back. Great dog work and the woodcock lived for us to chase it another day thanks to habitat interference.

Ellie put another one in front of me and I was able to connect through the cover. It only takes one pellet!

This one buzzed the tower, luckily I was able to connect on the second shot.

Thanks for following along

 

[switchhitter]

Thanks for posting your adventures!!

 

[OO2]

3 of the 4 parties involved did their job. We won’t say who missed out

 

[OO2]

Another bird dog day in the swamp, felt more like a pheasant hunt starting out in the low 20’s

 

[OO2]

Looking for a central Ohio vet recommendation for the removal of a fatty lipoma off of my American Brittany’s Achilles tendon. Recently moved back up to Ohio and the vet who tested the mass is in the state we previously lived.

Ideal vet is someone who has performed similar work before and is familiar with sporting dogs.

It seems like a tricky removal due to its location on the tendon to my untrained eye. I want to be sure we don’t get a botch job and have to pay for it down the line.

Thanks!

 

[giles]

@brock ratcliff might have some input.

 

[brock ratcliff]

Dr. Waite in Washington Court House is likely the best I know locally for surgical procedures. He managed to put a leg back together for the most part on one of my GSPs. Everyone else said they would amputate.
Doc Sims will likely come in for lunch. I’ll ask him for a recommendation or see if he would look at it. He’s been a vet for 50 years and has mostly retired except for surgery a couple days a week.

 

[giles]

That is the exact situation I had in mind. Almost seems as if it was included in the surgeries you had done.

 

[OO2]

Dr. Waite in Washington Court House is likely the best I know locally for surgical procedures. He managed to put a leg back together for the most part on one of my GSPs. Everyone else said they would amputate.
Doc Sims will likely come in for lunch. I’ll ask him for a recommendation or see if he would look at it. He’s been a vet for 50 years and has mostly retired except for surgery a couple days a week.

Thanks, Brock, I appreciate it. I am interested in hearing the recommendation from Doc Sims

 

[brock ratcliff]

Doc Sims wasn’t in today. If I don’t see him in the next day or two I’ll call him. I might see him tonight depending on Mason. We are going over some evening soon to shoot pigeons out of his barns.

 

[brock ratcliff]

Med vet is well respected around Columbus, Cole. But I don’t think they do anything for under 5k. They are quite proud of themselves.

 

[switchhitter]

Medvet did both ACL’s on my house dog about 6 or 7 years ago and she has been fine ever since. It did cost around 6k for both legs, very expensive mutt