Mike and I headed out for a short hunt yesterday. Not too aggressive of a hill and close to home was the ticket.
As we pulled up there was this good sized group of mule deer that included a trophy buck. We both wished we would have had our scopes and scope cams for this big guy.
Mike doing his best to keep up with his"kids." Bodie was on another mission!
This was the first hunt for the 13 year old (yesterday) Ellie. She didn't get the birds today but she did keep out front all day long.
Annie seems to come my way during a part of each hunt which is fine by me.
Max is really making hunting fun for me. He is a distinctive pointer and covers lots of ground. He had a solid, tail to the sky point that I couldn't get the camera out in time as the birds flushed ahead of him.
Bodie was the star of the day as he pinned three birds in this rock slide ahead of Mike. He held them on point for over two hundred yards of walking for us over the hillside. Bodie was thirty five yards in from of Mike and the birds were farther ahead and didn't provide a shot.
We ran across some of the area's history when we came upon this old flume. Not sure of where it came from or terminated but it was a cool find.
Got a nice pic of Reno from the top. Always amazed at how much our town has spread out and changed.
Once Max had pointed the birds, he started back down and a single flushed about twenty yards in front of him giving me a twenty yard shot. Swing and a miss. Damn!
As always, Mike and I always seem to have something good to eat and drink at the end of the day. Thank the chef for those stuffed pork chops and the bartender for the Lagunitas!!
Mic
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