Jas and I did very well this first season. She's a chocolate Lab 46 lbs this morning on the vet's scale. She started out a little cautious about the hills (probably never saw a steep hill in Illinois where she came from) and didn't seem to know she was supposed to look for birds. Then I got her in some good coveys and their ground roosts and she started to come around. Now she's a real tiger on finding them and running down cripples and downed birds. We've been out about 15 days total this year and she's seen probably well over a hundred flushes. Unfortunately, she's recovering from a shoulder injury and may not make it out again before the end of the season. The vet is optimistic it will be fine with rest.
I went to SD for wild phez for 5 days at the openner. All of my hunting since has been for valley quail. The quail population was way down from last year, but thru perserverance and sore muscles, we've been fairly successful most times out.
I hunted my new Fulton and really liked it but it needs chokes openned. My favorite choice of my guns this season was the Browning Super 20g with the 26 1/2" bbls with IC/M. I haven't tried the 28 bbls.
