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4 Bobae pheasante
11 cooh sprige
Soremsan
Nov 4-5, 1977
I had a committee meeting in Davis Friday PM,
Nov.4, so Gudy McPeak as I went out to Soremsan after
the meeting, had lunch, and went pheasant hunting. Jed
joined us during the hunt. Found a pair number of
birds (all wild) along ditches in the N end of Valence
and came out with 5 - we wae Jed's. Little Sabe made
some good retrieving but still doesn't know how to
look for birds in cover. He goes into action after you
shoot one!
Rained hard in the night but was clearing at
daylight. The big concentration of doves on the grounds was
scattered by the rain, but some came back throughout
the morning. Gudy as I had a sandy shoot in no.2.
Quit the blind at 9:30 with 11 lovely for sprige, so that
Woody could move over from #5 and get some shooting.
He did, as had his 5 by about 11:15. Dennis brought
5 sprige out of #4. Jed who took #6 as first choice,
had the slowest shooting.
Sabe did well on retrieving. Double he doesn't seem
to understand yet - after delivering one he gets back in
his barrel. Also he watches birds lighting on the
ground and is inclined to charge out after them, with
the idea if we won't shoot them, he'll catch them for us!
Saw 15 hestrels from the ranch to Voreenville.