Watching the dogs work on the birds was a big thrill for me, and brought back a lot of memories. My Brittney "Ruger" had to be put down a couple years ago, just a week shy of his 15th birthday.This was the first time around any pointers doing what they live for....made me realize how much I miss my Ol' boy.......
Jeff's dogs were great and it wasn't long at all and we were flinging arrows. I'll let some pix and vid's tell a bit.....the sound is pretty bad because of the howling wind.....
Pheasant....
Quail....
The Quail in this pasture were bonus leftovers from a previous hunt. Most of the birds we did manage to kill with our bows were, as Don put it, "assassinated" , or shot on the ground(after all,we were shootin' bows). We mostly let Sky and Chase shoot first and once the bird got moving, if they missed, it was on! We knew within a second it would be airborn and more than likely killed by our back-up gunners after we made the "sky black with arrows" and all yelled about how close we were on every shot! I will say this though, a lot of the birds weren't shot at on the ground and were only shot at once flushed. It's hard to imagine having any more fun with a bow than we were having! After years and years of wanting to do this, I finally was getting the chance and it was an absolute blast!!!!!
My biggest surprise came when, as a big rooster pheasant flushed and flew quartering away...I watched my big yellow carbon express flu-flu catch up to him....and actually hit the bird accross the back and down he went! I couldn't believe it! I'd actually taken one out of the air!
When I picked up the bird I could see that I'd only taken feathers off his back and what really brought him down was a broken wing....I was thrilled!!!!!
I don't think it was five minutes later, another point...we lined up...Jeff flushed another big rooster...he went up on front of us and some arrows started flying...but as he hit the wind...he turned into it...crossed over the line of shooters and headed out the back door....
I couldn't couldn't even draw to shoot until he cleared the line of shooters...but as he got behind us...quicker than I can tell....I turned and drew...swung and released....The arrow hit him square thru the vitals and went in till about equal amounts were out both sides.....
To say I was a little excited would be an understatement! I guess knocking two out of the air was more than I could take (and certainly unexpected)...I went a little crazy as raw emotion just poured out...My reaction even took me by surprise, so I bet the other guys were a little taken back...I wouldn't have been more excited if I'da killed a P&Y 12 pt!!!
Having Dad there to see it and share it....well....'nuff said....
some pix of JC and Chase(Firebird)......
More in a little bit......
Topic: Fur, Fin, and Feather...Southern Style! (Read 2299 times)
