by zrp » Thu Nov 22, 2018 6:36 pm
I can attest to the accuracy of the packrat story on your blog. It was a very modest version though.
For perspective, where we were hunting that day had lots of low sagebrush or sand plum cover but very little cover tall enough to impede a shot. This particular covey was loafing in a patch of thick, gnarly blackjacks that had vines growing in them. From where I stood, it looked like a wall of flora so dense a 7 1/2 wouldn't sneak through. But the old grouse chaser was in his element there. The Llews did their job. The covey rose. He mounted, swung and fired and made a quick, clean kill. I think his pattern sort of hooked around the trees like a good golf shot. We all had a good mark on the bird, as did the dogs, but it was gone by the time we got there. The dogs buried their noses deep in a packrat nest and we knew the bird was in there. Despite our best efforts, we weren't able to repossess our bobwhite from the packrat