Day 125 - Chillen with sort if a Bird Dog @ spoils

Today - I have had a FANTASTIC day of chillen - for the most part - After a 3hr drive I was able to get out hunting mid morning(ish) with a couple of Good buddies - We Went deep into the national forest and walked looking for Partridge and Woodcock -- OF which we found plenty and the good news for you non-hunter 99% of them are still in the woods - LOL  - there are a lot of leaves with small holes in them though -- We had a dog with us that was trying to teach it how to hunt then But every time we shot she ran away LOL - after walking in the wood s for nearly 6 hours and shooting about 12 times at birds that flew away I was able to get one -- SO WAS - 3 men, one sort of hunting dog, 6hrs walking in AMAZING fall colors $80 in gas $10 in misc food = 1 partridge worth it 100000000000000000% yes :) have not felt this good in a long long time :)

Our sort of hunting dog - 

The tail feathers of the one and only bird I SHOT :)