Will Pennington with his pointers, Riley and Lizzie.
My friend, Cmdr. Will Pennington, Spent a week with me in Montana. We found the bird populations down a bit from previous years, but we had plenty of dogwork, including a classic find by Will's young pointer, Lizzie, on a covey of Huns. Will collected a double on a perfectly handled find. Impressive. 
Unfortunately we had some very troubled weather the week Will was there - the Airstream froze while I was in Michigan and we had some work to do before it was fully habitable, and we had some very cold nights and rain/sleet that kept bird hunting more about hunting than birds. Still, we did find enough birds to enjoy each day. I think Will had a good time - I enjoyed his visit and hope that we can repeat again in the future.
Mike--
ReplyDeleteI had a great time -- you're a fabulous host. I hope the next adventure is sooner rather than later. Liz is back in bootcamp after a couple of quick hooks on bobbled finds at some local trials. We'll give it a try again next Sunday.
Hope all is well out there.
Will
Geezum, looks like you've had quite the fall so far, Mike! And with good company and nice dogs!
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Andrew
Andrew. it is work, but I am persevering as best I can...
ReplyDeleteWill, I hope I get a chance to hunt with you some time - we can trade stories about Mike as we follow our dogs.
ReplyDeleteI'll look forward to it Pete but I suspect that next year I'll spend the majority of bird season underway...
ReplyDeleteWill, nice vest......LOL
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