Yet Another XE 20 ga. Hunt

[AmarilloMike]

This picture is from Sunday. Was hunting Southwests of Brownfield, Texas, just a mile East of the New Mexico border.

Lots of birds. I hunted with three young men with sharp eyesight and quick reflexes and young dogs. And then there was me. Two carried Remington 1100 20gas, one carried a Beretta OU 20ga. But my dogs and the old Fox 20 pulled their weight.



Best,

Mike

[J73C11]

Looks like a lot of fun. I grew up in Brownfield, and probably hunted that same land with my old Stevens double. Blue quail are fun, but I don't like to run like I used to. I hope to go north of Roswell this weekend and use my "new" Fox 16. Hopefully all the rattlesnakes have gone to sleep with our snow.

[Jim Cloninger]

Wow, Mike! How many of your dogs did you bring for the hunt?
Jim

[MARSHFELLOW]

...... personally, I'm liking the black dog up on "the throne". Hey, don't yell... I'm a black Lab guy.

tjw

[AmarilloMike]

Hi J7. Four or five in the pile are blues. I have had three dogs bitten by rattlesnakes. It takes the fun out of warm weather hunting. But I didn't worry on this trip. Lots of snow left from the Goliath blizzard.

I grew up on a farm between Dimmitt and Hereford. I misstated where we were hunting. It was Northwest of Plains which would put it West Northwest of Brownfield.

Hi Jim:

I took four; Red, Molly, Ginger, and Jazzy. In addition we had two labs, a setter, and an American Brittany. I rotated my four. The other dogs pretty much hunted the whole day.

Hey Tom:

I'm open minded. If a guy wants to date men or run labs I think that is just fine.

I went again this afternoon. Hunted from 1:30 to about 5:45. Just ran my thirteen month old Jazzy. She found seven coveys, pointed six, flushed one. She also had half a dozen single points. She is a competent dead bird hunter. Not much of a retriever, will have to send her to trained-retrieve school when she is older.

Thanks for the nice comments.

Best,

Mike

[J73C11]

I used to hunt on a place owned by Bob White, north of Plains. Never saw one there, but we ran down a ton of blues. That's one reason I waited until this weekend, Goliath put all the snakes in their holes. Really looks like fun, and reminds me of the days hunting this same area. Never had a dog, but I have hunted with a friends in New Mexico. A good dog is much more fun than just chasing the birds. Love the gun and the dogs.

[AmarilloMike]

I suppose we saw twenty five coveys, all bobwhites except for the one covey of blues.

Good luck this weekend!

[Jim Cloninger]

Mike, I love Jazzy Jim

[MARSHFELLOW]

Mike, YOWIE!!! Black Labs Matter.

[AmarilloMike]

Thank you Jim. I have high hopes for her.

Just kidding Tom. And I like labs of any color.