First Pheasant

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fishvik
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First Pheasant

Post by fishvik » Mon Oct 23, 2017 6:20 pm

I missed the pheasant opener in Idaho Saturday. Yes I know this borders on blasphemy. But I had a good excuse, we were volunteering planting willow on a FS/TU stream rehab project. Well Sunday I went and had a great day. Sunny, cool and the windy (I know what's unique about the wind blowing in SE Idaho. I got my 2 birds and Rocky, Eric's 8 mos old Lab, flushed 2 roosters and a hen. I shot one of the roosters and Rocky retrieved it sorta. The bird flew over a willow clump and I dumped it. All the dogs went into the willows looking for the downed bird and nobody came out with it. I waded in to help and there was Rocky looking up into a tangle of willow branches and the dead rooster was stuck in them. I shook the willows and the pheasant fell out. Rocky picked it up and brought it to me. Not classic but okay retrieve.

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NEhomer
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Re: First Pheasant

Post by NEhomer » Tue Oct 24, 2017 4:32 am

Great hunt!

....my Whip got his first bird on Saturday.

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Re: First Pheasant

Post by Settertude » Tue Oct 24, 2017 7:51 am

NEhomer wrote:Great hunt!

....my Whip got his first bird on Saturday.

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Good looking pup! is that Long Gone stuff?

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Re: First Pheasant

Post by NEhomer » Tue Oct 24, 2017 1:55 pm

Settertude wrote:
NEhomer wrote:Great hunt!

....my Whip got his first bird on Saturday.

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Good looking pup! is that Long Gone stuff?
??? Long Gone?

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Re: First Pheasant

Post by Settertude » Wed Oct 25, 2017 7:06 am

Long Gone is a line of setters out of Stark, NH.

http://www.longgonesetters.com

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Re: First Pheasant

Post by Meller » Wed Oct 25, 2017 7:07 am

I presume, he means Log Gone Setter breeding.

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Re: First Pheasant

Post by NEhomer » Wed Oct 25, 2017 12:36 pm

Oh, ok, My Llew is from Kyle Warren of Paint River Llewellins. I believe he got his sire from Scott and Michelle in the UP.

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