Happy Jack's 2004 Season
Jack and I have been working
hard all summer to polish his style.
After
several set backs in attempteng to obtain chukars to rear,
we were
able to obtain some peigons. to use in training.
With hunting
season beginning in September, we were able to get
out after
quail. The opening day was good to us with several points
and we
were able to tag 6 birds. The remaining weekends of 
September we
were not as successful, but we were able to get
into the
field and able to find several coveys each time out.
My son, Taran, a friend and I
were lucky and got drawn to hunt
Sage Grouse in the Streen
Mountains. The scenery was fantastic
and the experience closely
matching. In two days, we were able
in
successfully in filling out tags of 2 grouse each. The dogs
worked
well and gained lots of experience. Jack worked fast and
hard
finding a flock of grouse when the pointers we were hunting
with had
headed to the truck. We chased the flock and Taran was
able to tag
one. Note the photo that Taran has no shoe on. He also
headed
to the truck, taking off his shoes. When Jack went on point
he was
shoeless and he followed the dogs over a mile to tag his first
sage grouse.
October took
Jack and I to Deer, Elk, and Grouse camp. 
Needless to
say, we tagged many more grouse than any thing else.
In fact
I ate so many grouse that I craved something else for
dinner. We worked on
style to get Jack to hold on point, but
grouse do not
coperate. During the weeks we were there,
Jack
found over 100 grouse. Coming home was disappointing to
Jack,
because we did not hunt every afternoon. The
photo
shows one of our successful afternoons. By the By, we did
get an elk.
Jack
will be getting a half
brother in February. If you want to
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