Hunding in the Snow anyone?

I bet WE could even shoot birds that hold this tight!

Nord Dakoda

Can You Say Nord Dakoda?

Scooby Says "Hello"

I'm Messing with my new Flip Video Camera. Here is Scoobert saying Hello! WHat a great camera. Easy to use, small but HD Video.

Tidbits

Got my license yesterday. Nebraska has a great on-line system for your license. Easy to use. Remembers you from last year. Print your own license...but my color cartridge was out of ink so I'm afraid my license is black and white.

Once we finalize where we can hunt in Hartington, we need to decide if it is worth it to spend the night. So you NEBRASKAN's need to give us an update on the hunding in Hardingdon! By the way...make sure we have written permission to hund...while it was fun getting run off of every farm we entered "with permission", we might want to make it a little easier this year.

My back is killing me and my left leg is numb. Saw the back doc today and I am scheduled for shots the week of October 11th. That will give me 2 weeks to recover from the shots. Usually takes about 2 weeks for the cortizone to work it's way through my system...cold sweats...worth it though. I'll be doing back flips opening day!

A little Dr. Fun!

Re-Blueing a gun

Hi folks! I've taken on a new project of taking an old rusty 20 gauge and re-bluing it. I found a great kit to do it with too. Birchwood Casey makes the kit and they have kits for all type of firearm projects. The gun had a ton of pitting and rust all over. I was just going to touch up the bluing but when I got all the way into it, it stripped the whole thing. Here is the gun (Remington Wingmaster 870) after I have removed the bluing and rust. Nice nickle barrel. I'll post more pictures after the bluing!

A dog named Scooby

Well I'm getting Scooby ready for the season. We've been working on the wing on the string which he is very good at now. I am trying to get a dove or quail that we can use for training. I want him to get used to retreiving a real bird. I have a couple of friends with farms who are going to try to bag a few dove for me. It's about 2 months to opening day so I'm getting excited. Here's a few pictures of Scooby in his favorite sleeping spot...underthe ottoman...go figure.

Champ gets a bath

So Champ and Scooby went swimming today...needless to say, Champ got a bath!

He liked it sooo much....

Dog Sitting

Say hi to Champ!

We're dog sitting and Champ's parents are worried about Champ's well being!

As you can see, he's OK day one...but it's a long weekend!!!

Poor Champ!

Chase Vehicle T-Shirts

JB and I came up with a few t-shirt ideas for those of us in the chase vehicle:

Front: USOPHT - Chase Vehicle
Back: 4WD, Dogs and Depends

Front: USOPHT - Chase Vehicle
Back: We get out of Ditches Bitches!

Front: USOPHT - Chase Vehicle
Back: Skid Marks Inside...AND OUT.

Front: USOPHT - Chase Vehicle
Back: We can't stop on a dime!

Front: USOPHT - Chase Vehicle
Back: We hit that one HARD.

Front: USOPHT - Chase Vehicle
Back: Get the Fu@# out of our way, bitches!

Front: USOPHT - Chase Vehicle
Back: Coming to a ditch near you!

Comments welcomed!

Scooby and Manny

Scoobert and Manuel had a big day of play on Sunday! It was good to get them together for some playtime. They nearly knocked me over a few times. Manny took a dip in the pond and tipped over the water bowl and layed down in the water. Scooby sure loves to play. I tried to have the conversation again about Scooby getting a brother...Jodi will have nothing to do with it "this is our last dog"...sheesh!

I'm already looking forward to the 2009 trip.

LP

Scooby is a ALIEN!

Nate took this picture with my phone. Scooby is an alien...this would explain a few things! This helps him find the Georgia Red Clay Burrowing Phesant.


Alien Vizsla

The Wiley Ring Necked Georgia Red Clay Burrowing Pheasant

I was on the phone with the Gwinnett County Extension Office today to talk to them about how to get my stupid dog, Scooby, to stop digging. It was a good thing that I called. The recent snow we received last month and the cold and warm weather mix has enabled a specific species to transplant itself into Gwinnett County and several other surrounding counties. It is the Ring Necked - Georgia - Red Clay - Burrowing - Pheasant. Most pheasants cannot survive the climate in Georgia because of the heat and humidity but with our most recent climate pattern, the Burrowing Pheasant is making a comeback. Once thought to be extinct, the burrowing pheasant loves the roots of Bermuda grass. It apparently lives off the roots of the bermuda grass and it can handle the heat of the south because it burrows. This wiley and strange pheasant is rarely seen. When seen, they are most commonly found in the fields, and yards, of Vizsla owners in the city. The large amount of street surface keeps the soil at the perfect temperature for this bird. Since we all know that Vizsla's are the finest of all pheasant dogs, it is natural to believe that their keen sense of smell would help them locate this very rare pheasant. Other breeds of bird dog just don't have the keen instincts of the Vizsla. We were able to get a few glimpses of this bird over the past few days and I have put them below. All of this time, I thought that Scooby was just digging to pass the time or just to piss me off. I never expected that he was digging because he was following a natural instinct to try to locate the wiley and rare, Ring Necked - Georgia - Red Clay - Burrowing - Pheasant. As you can see, they blend into an Urban environment quite well.

Scooby located many of the burrows.

This is surely another example to trust your bird dog!

Lenny Peters

Director of K9 Training

USOPHT - Georgia Training Center

Time to start planning

Hi all...long time no BLOG! I just thought I'd start the conversation about what we are planning to do if anything at the Pharm for the up-coming 2009 feasant season. We had talked about getting some birds out there and some corn or milo. Now, as you already know, I live in Uhlana (the Lindsey pronunciation) so my input will be mostly research and monetary. We need to do some research now so we can be ready to do what we need to do before we miss the growing season.

Some things to think about:
Milo, corn, who will plant it, take care of it, where to put it, the cost
Birds, how to get em, where to raise em, the cost
Posting, how are the signs? do we need new ones?
Dog trailer, any needs? outside boxes got wet...what's the fix?
New members, I have several folks inquire about going...do we want to set a limit?
Where to stay, the bunk house is now a store...where can we put folks...basement?
Reconnecting with the Palmyra boys, new places to hund.
Get Hartington arranged, over night? day trip?

Ideas...comments...LP