ST JUDE Quail Hunt with Smokin Joe...AGAIN!

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[JakeD]

Looks like a grand time, for sure!!!

Bisch

[smokin joe]

Like Terry said, we were into birds on Saturday morning within a few minutes. Gracie would point. We would walk in and flush, shoot and sometimes hit the quail, but sometimes miss. And we would send Gracie to "fetch" and return the dead quail to us.

Sometimes if the quail is only nicked and not hit hard, Gracie will point the hit bird as if it had not been shot. I suspect that a lightly hit quail gives off a scent more like a new bird than like a dead quail.

Sometimes Gracie will "flash point" a lightly hit quail and then get a bit of blood scent and go ahead and retrieve it.

A lightly hit quail that Gracie first pointed and then moved in to fetch will be part of Terry's story about her new nickname.

I'll let Terry tell the story.....

[elkken]

Good story tell,n boys ... I love hunting with a good dog. Gracie sounds like a dandy !

 

[Terry Green]

OK....So Joe and I opened up on a bird together and someone clipped it....don't know who...don't care....don't matter.....

What matters is what happened next....

Gracie goes to 'fetch' the bird and re-points it...then she evidently smelled blood and went to fetch....then all heck broke loose....

The bird flushed......not in a normal retreat and escape direction, but rose and flew in the direction right over Gracie's head......

Her forward momentum was re-directed to a leap to catch the bird in mid air....

She leaped and caught the bird in flight at the peak of her jump and the direction of the bird flying over her head resulted if a COMPETE back flip.....she landed on all fours with the bird in her mouth!!!

Joe and I just looked at each other, and I asked Joe...."Did you just see what I think I saw"...and he replied...."Yes, that was amazing"!!!!!

We stood in awe for a moment with Gracie just looking at us back an forth waiting for the give command as Joe and I were soaking it all in.

So, she got a new nick-name.....

Gracie La' Cirque....(Gracie the circus dog).

A sight I will never forget......sometimes its not about the kill as much as its about the dog!!!!!

[ksbowman]

I think there is a song about her "Amazing Gracie" LOL

[Terry Green]

Poppers and Legs.........

Stay tuned for the seasonings.....

 

[Terry Green]

Quail.....Bacon....and Banana Peppers....

   

[smokin joe]

Quail poppers.......One of the best flavors on the planet. I guarantee you they are AMAZING.

[Terry Green]

Yes Joe....they ARE amazing....can't believe I have to wait a year to have some more...gotta do something about that!!!!!!!

[Terry Green]

[Terry Green]

Poppers and legs.....Walt's Sweet Heat Buffalo on legs...

   

[Terry Green]

Click Here for Walt\\'s Seasonings....

Walt has some great products.....and I keep some in stock at all times...check out his web site for grilling yummies.....

[smokin joe]

I just had the last quail poppers of the season last night. Man, they were good. Now I am all out of quail to eat until November.

[Terry Green]

Stay tuned for the seasoning I did to these quail....

 

[Terry Green]

The tid bits in the tin foil was the left over from the poppers.....Parisian Garlic and Lime olive oil and bannana peppers.....

Photo to come of the other seasonings that I used....

[Terry Green]

[Terry Green]

[smokin joe]

Gracie pointed a lot of quail during the St. Jude'a Quail Hunt this year. There is one in that thick tangle somewhere.