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.....
Topic: ST JUDE Quail Hunt with Smokin Joe...AGAIN! (Read 2120 times)
