For those who don't know her, birddog's name is Janet. I have known her for close to 10 years and we have hunted together in many places for many birds in that time. As you might imagine I have hunted over many of her dogs. I also have been fortunate enough to have owned two, one who still hunts for me. The pictures she posts here, while being awesome, are not out of the ordinary for one of her dogs. She lives, breathes, eats and sleeps hunting dogs and it shows in what she produces. They are all great. They all take your breath away when you hunt behind them. I know this firsthand. The pictures below are from a grouse hunt we went on a few years ago behind what I consider to be the best grouse dog ever and naturally she's one of Jan's.
That point in the grouse woods is just another day at the office for one of Jan's dogs. But it's a heartstopper for me. Thank you Jan for putting into those dogs what you do. Thanks for giving me moments like that over the years with both your dogs and the ones I've gotten from you. Thanks for the things you have taught me that I wouldn't have known otherwise. When it comes to hunting with dogs, Janet is the real deal!
P.S. At the risk of this sounding like some kind of advertisement I assure you it is not. She certainly doesn't need it, and in fact Jan will probably clobber me for posting a pic of her dog without asking first when she sees this. What I said was from the heart and I just wanted to say it where people who appreciate dogs would read it.
I live south of there outside of crescent, I have been hunting around Oakland IA on a farmer friends land. The week after the opener I went out on monday with a cousin of mine, we got 5 roosters in 2.5 hours, saw quail but my cousin missed, I didnt have a shot.
sadly... might have to move farther out to get away from the city folk.
