I was trying to save him, I thought them scary birds were going to put the hurt on ya
Yup, you gotta be cautious about them birds sneaking up on ya'...I'm teaching Trixie to run between "4 and 8" to watch my back.
That was a huge covey on Sunday that Trixie pointed initially. Still laughing at you blazing away both barrels at birds "way out there" then staring dumbfounded as birds got up at your feet with your gun empty. That's good stuff. Wish I could have seen the gunbattle you had with the bird that wouldn't die...wierd that when we cleaned it, we still didn't find any pellets in it. Figured you must have eventually just worn it out.
Do you ever chase the quail along the river there?
Certainly we'll take a crack at 'em if we get them pointed out hunting but most of our hunting is well up off the river. I've seen them way up high in the rimrocks before right alongside chukars.