Thread: Game bird diary for all

A fairly rushed morning, started off with the wind on our back so a decision was made to walk to the other end of the forest and work our way back. Even tho the dog is old enough to know how to work the wind, it still puts the odds against him and I'm not keen to set him up to fail.

Ironically enough, walking on the beaten track with Aki on the lead 5-6 pheasants were having a gathering, and not long after 2 more were flushed behind us. Couldn't blame the dog for not picking up any scent, I worked him too far froward. But he had to be blamed for not listening to my stop whistle, I had a bit of a chat with the specialist before we continued.

No bird contact for the next couple of hours. For last I left a nice little spot where I usually find brown quail, before we call it the day maybe we can find a sparrow or two. No luck there too...

To give it a bit more irony I change the #9s for some Fiocchi #6s as we exit the scrubby quail grounds and Aki slams on point as soon as I put the gun over the shoulder.... Couple of snaps with my phone and we moved in for the flush...Not to rush things, I left the first bird go, but the second one was dead on the sights so I gave it a nudge... The specialist was steady so a pat on the head was deserved...dead brownie in the bag, off to the car and home for a beer....
Sorry for the photo quality...