2023 - 2024. Season

[Rick]

Quite the season!!!!!! Great reports 5 Stand, and appreciate you sharing with us

No foolin'. Between the upland hunts apparently within reasonable reach and ducks nearby, I found myself thinking "I want to live where he does." a time or two. OK, maybe three.

[5 stand]

Comments mean more than you think, to some...

[5 stand]

thanks for asking ,she is doing good, her first shot was about a month ago she was sore for a couple days but we had pain meds ,she went through a little coughing spell for awhile which the doc said would happen shes on prednisone till she goes in again on the 22nd and the23rd for her final 2 shots then 8 more weeks of rest then she will be done,keeping a lab quiet that long is my biggest challenge she got her first taste of snow up here and she was 100mph ,lol.its a long process and be happy when were finished

Giddy up, Olive...
We're thinking about y'all...

[SpinnerMan]

Quite the season!!!!!! Great reports 5 Stand, and appreciate you sharing with us

No foolin'. Between the upland hunts apparently within reasonable reach and ducks nearby, I found myself thinking "I want to live where he does." a time or two. OK, maybe three.

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[Pennydog1]

thanks for thinking of us ,only 1 more shot tomorrow morning then shes done gave her some pain meds earlier as she is sore from the shot today cant wait to start playing bumper again her birthday was yesterday she had some deer backstraps

[5 stand]

What? No gray?

I don't think I laid eyes on a gray all morning, had a pair of ducks fly behind me before legal shooting in the dark, think they were mallards only ones I saw beside the one in the picture... Total opposite from the day before, like someone flipped a switch...

[5 stand]

thanks for thinking of us ,only 1 more shot tomorrow morning then shes done gave her some pain meds earlier as she is sore from the shot today cant wait to start playing bumper again her birthday was yesterday she had some deer backstraps

Happy birthday Olive !
Scratch her behind the ear and tell her she's a good girl for me...

[5 stand]

Weather forecast Sunday, was for rain here Monday Tuesday and part of Wednesday, no rain in quail country so the plan was to quail hunt... Sunday night when I fed Moe he was limping? Monday morning and today he seems fine? But not going to drive 5 hours to hunt with a lame dog...
Trigger and I will probably hunt ducks Thursday Friday and Saturday? Sunday through Wednesday Moe and I can hunt quail, overall big plan, we'll see...

[Pennydog1]

hope moe is ok dont want to push a sore leg, good luck with your hunting i really enjoy the moe and trigger escapades and their love of posing for the camera #lol

[5 stand]

hope moe is ok dont want to push a sore leg, good luck with your hunting i really enjoy the moe and trigger escapades and their love of posing for the camera #lol

Had a service call this afternoon and it was close to the gun club... Loaded up the dogs and after the little bit of work that I had to do we stopped by the gun club... The dogs had a big time, I think they miss our usual Wednesday afternoon trips over there?
Trigger smelled a majority of the bushes, and Moe pissed on as many as he could...
The hard life of a hunting dog...

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[Duck Engr]

L-I-V-I-N with those nice beds in the truck! My June is cutting her eyes at me in envy of your dogs/ disappointment in her owner!

[5 stand]

Male bluebird is back, January 24th...

[DComeaux]

Male bluebird is back, January 24th...

I've got to ready my pairs nesting box. I also need to add more boxes in my yard. I've been meaning to install a purple martin hotel in my yard. I need to move on that pretty soon, as well and check my wood duck boxes.

[Rick]

I've been meaning to install a purple martin hotel in my yard. I need to move on that pretty soon...

Might want to fact check me on this, as it was decades ago, but I recall reading that martins are more inclined to dine on dragon flies, aka: mosquito hawks, than mosquitoes.

[DComeaux]

I've been meaning to install a purple martin hotel in my yard. I need to move on that pretty soon...

Might want to fact check me on this, as it was decades ago, but I recall reading that martins are more inclined to dine on dragon flies, aka: mosquito hawks, than mosquitoes.

I wouldn't doubt that. I just like hearing their vocalizations in the early mornings.

https://youtu.be/j3uP-2IJdTc?t=17

[5 stand]

Trigger and I hunted this morning...
4 mallards, 2 gadwalls

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[Duck Engr]

Back to our regularly scheduled programming!

[5 stand]

That will be our last duck hunt...

[Duck Engr]

A fine one to end it on!

[Rick]

Liking your finish (and season) a whole lot better than mine.

[MARSH BEAR]

Great hunt, makes it hard to wait for next year

[5 stand]

We made our way to Quail country this morning...
Moe and I hunted this afternoon...
Moe showed out, he was in beast mode... Pretty proud...
9 Bobwhite Quail...

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Up until today the most we killed in one day was five, usually two or three...
So I usually only carry 10 shells, today I put 10 in my pouch and put three in the gun... Thought was heck that will be plenty, and if I get to shoot 13 that'll be awesome no matter the outcome...
After killing the 7th bird only had two shells to load in the gun (sure was questioning my thinking at the truck)...
But Moe and I finished up strong, sorry about the boasting...

[5 stand]

L-I-V-I-N with those nice beds in the truck! My June is cutting her eyes at me in envy of your dogs/ disappointment in her owner!

Could be that they're hemmed up in the truck? But I understand...

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[Rick]

Hen shooter.

[Deltaman]

Sweet hunts 5-Stand

[5 stand]

Hen shooter.

Yes, and it bugs me... First thing I look at when Moe brings them back... I do notice from time to time on some crossers, but at this stage in the game I'm too greedy and won't let anything fly off... Figure you already know all that, just poking things...


Going to try a different area today, no boots for Moe he will be happy...

[Duck Engr]

We made our way to Quail country this morning...
Moe and I hunted this afternoon...
Moe showed out, he was in beast mode... Pretty proud...
9 Bobwhite Quail...

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Up until today the most we killed in one day was five, usually two or three...
So I usually only carry 10 shells, today I put 10 in my pouch and put three in the gun... Thought was heck that will be plenty, and if I get to shoot 13 that'll be awesome no matter the outcome...
After killing the 7th bird only had two shells to load in the gun (sure was questioning my thinking at the truck)...
But Moe and I finished up strong, sorry about the boasting...

Wow what a day! You’ve earned the boast privileges with a day like that with the current state of quail. Hats off to Moe

[5 stand]

Moe and I hunted this morning...
1 bobwhite quail...

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[5 stand]

Forgot to mention, Moe pointed three porcupines today, no physical encounter and we left them unharmed... Two were together first I've seen of that, wonder if it's mating season?

[DComeaux]

I would like to experience a wild bob white hunt again. They're gone from here.,