Ginger in the creek
everything GREEN when we arrived!
Dinah enjoying the freedom!
Kitty
Taryn under her “shrine”
Willy, Tristyn & Shawnee
Bubba holds for the flushing attempt
road hunting with Bubba
Bubba's first stop-to-flush (bird is already gone here)
going hunting with Trouble
working a likely area
wheat still green
you wouldn't think that would be very comfy, Skye!
Larry has a stop to flush
looking for more with Larry
a nice spot for pheasants
setup outside the barn
horse pasture & beyond - still green!
Shawnee (Rowdy & Dottie's daughter, born in April)
Shawnee takes over my chair
Shawnee loves Ed
Taryn is SOOO spoiled
Kitty smiles for the camera
Kitty the frog-dog
running Rowdy
Rowdy
Rowdy points a porcupine
Rowdy stands for the shot!
landscape view
approaching a find for Tack
Tack stands steady after the flush
Tack is heading over the next hill (he's that little dot)
Taryn is buried in
Taryn is seriously buried in!
Ed attempts a flush for Taryn
headed back to the truck
coming in with Larry
running along a coulee
Slick points across the coulee
approaching to flush for Slick
Slick stands steady
looking up the coulee
riding along a canyon
from the hill looking back down towards the truck
Slick showing all his jewelry
Chili & Cocoa enjoy a day off
taking Bubba to the breakaway
running Bubba on the CRP fields
Bubba has a stop to flush
there goes Jackson
coming in with Gator
here comes Gator
looking towards Johnny's house
Jammie working in pheasant cover
Jammie pauses
Jammie
on the horizon
Jammie heading into the alfalfa
Jammie working across the alfalfa
more country art
ready to run Libby
Libby heads out
Libby high-tails it!
Libby deep in pheasant cover
Libby has a solid stop to flush
steady all the way through
we're having fun now!
a new way to go huntin'
careful where you stick that thing
waitin' for some birds
Tango coming across (the little white spot is her!)
we almost had 'im - buck in velvet
Skye puts on her necklaces
a rather large water barrel!
splish splash
Skye heads across country
whew, it's getting warm!
following Skye as she works up the canyon
waiting on the horizon
heading back in with Skye
kennels in the barn
Shawnee in with the “old boys”
Shawnee
Tango
Jackson
Libby
two goofballs - Taser & Chance (Taser is fond of chewing collars!)
Luna & Cooper
Arrow
Tripp & Bandit take a siesta
Skye under her barrel
Tanner is sophisticated
this is where Splash likes to sleep
Tristyn enjoys a nap
Skye is queen of the mountain!
Taz likes to be up high too!
Ed & Arrow heading out for a run
Larry whoa training
Larry bird training
now it's Ace's turn
Ace on whoa
Ace on point
Dottie remembers her whoa training
Dottie at the flush
Libby's good with whoa now
this means I get to go be the whoa post
Libby stands for another flush
Good boy Gator
Gator's getting wise to the bird field training
Gator has one marked down the hill!
there goes Gator's second bird
Ringer's turn!
Ringer stands for the flush
nice mark and still steady, good boy Ringer!
Ed plants a new bird in the training area (quail pen is in the middle). August 22 and everything's still GREEN!
Jammie on whoa
Jammie's gotten a little close to her bird!
Jammie has another find & holds solid while Ed flushes
roading Skye, Gator, Dottie, Ace, Libby, Tango & Jackson
Kitty on a cast
it's raining so often, the frogs think everywhere is home!
looking across the country near camp (can you spot Kitty running in the bottom?)
Ginger
Blizzard on point
there goes the bird
still steady
Blizzard heading off, observers on the hill behind
Blizzard has a stop to flush
breakaway with Rowdy
Rowdy on point
approaching Taryn on point
Taryn found standing (baby pheasant flushed)
wheat is finally getting brown (Aug. 25)
Ed in his classy shirt
Tack found standing far off a pair of sharptails
waiting for bird field work
view across home property
Libby is ready to GO!
Libby catches scent a long way off
Libby stands for the flush
Bubba has it “RIGHT HERE”
Bubba steady for the flush
Luna is reminded about WHOA
Rio pins one
sunset coming
Ace's turn to remember “whoa”
good boy Ace
Ace has his bird pinned
Ace solid at the flush
Larry's got the “whoa” thing down now
Larry found his bird
Larry is steady through the flush
Trouble has a different getup
gooood girl Trouble
now it's Jammie's turn
off we go!
Taryn's going to check on the roading crew
Redwater creek is running high!
Arrow on point
Jammie has a stylish sharptail find
waiting as Jammie gets in the pond below
and here we go!
Ed up on a far hill
back to the bird field - Gator on point
Gator steady to the flush & shot
Jammie works her bird
...she's tempted...
...wants to chase that bird!...
...resists the temptation. Maybe next time!
here's what Trouble thinks of waiting her turn!!
Chance watches all the action
now it's Tanner's turn
Tanner steady to flush & shot
Jackson puts Ed in a bind!
this is only funny once!
Jackson learning to mind his manners!
Luna's up next
next is Ringer
Ringer's getting the hang of it
Kitty points near the recall pen
Trouble has a boo-boo, now wearing the Monson Mask to keep her from ripping her stitches (she's got it a bit sideways though!)
Dottie
Skye
Skye back in bird field training
Libby is tempted!
“training opportunity”
Jackson at the flush
Tanner at the flush
Larry steady to flush
good boy Larry
heading back in from training with George & Cindy McCann
Hal-Js Smarteyes-Joker's EZ Ace - owner Hal Revoir
Shadow's Tequila Twister “Gator” (Shadow x Twister) owned by Sean Morgan
Ch. Alar's Sky Dancer “Skye” owned by Ann Farinas, Gunter Schanzenbacher & Jessica Carlson
Oops On A Double Tequila Night “Ginger” (Larry x Libby) owned by Katy & Jason Gill
JJ's Tasmanian Devil "Taz" (Larry x Libby) owned by Joe Williams & Jenny Ro
Shadow's Tequila Tryst “Tristyn” owned by Jessica Carlson
Tristyn's better side
Tullamore With A Twist “Tule” owned by Jessica Carlson
Hybrittin's PartyNaked “Dinah” (Shadow x Taryn) owned by Judy Cohen & Jessica Carlson
Taryn's glamor shot
view of camp area from across Hwy 201, a few days before leaving
Trouble
Taryn has been busy with her bone
Shawnee found the birds in the recall pen
we've arrived in Nebraska...grass is VERY TALL!
staked out in Nebraska
Gator's ready to run!
Ace
Taser
good thing little Tule isn't running here, the grass is taller than her!
Ginger & Bubba (he's ready for a new haircut!)
Libby & Gator
Tanner
Chance
Taz
meanwhile, Shawnee has let herself into the camper and made herself at home!
fog delay at Chicken Classic
