Today the wind was just shy of howling on the open prairie.  We ran 5 braces this afternoon in these cold conditions and all left the field with wind burn.  With no trees the only refuge was on the leeward side of the gooseneck horse trailer.

 It was a good day nonetheless.  All 5 braces and good wild bird contact.  The least amount of wild bird contact was one brace with 2 wild birds.  Total birds today numbered about 30.

Good dog work was had early in the day with a brace that placed my young dog Shooter as a running mate with Jason Francis’ dog 5 year old Champ.  We had a client with us today riding one of our 3 horses as we ran dogs.   We were NOT in the guiding capacity.  This client had a dog that needed some extra attention so we showed him first what a good brace looked like on state land, not block management. 

Within 5 minutes of mounting our trusty steeds Champ was found standing majestically on point … [Read more →]