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I'm heading to Bolton Flats tomorrow morning and will report back.any body hunt Bolton Flat this year?
Is it flooded? I've never been and considering it for a upcoming hunt with my brother.
Spaniel, yep. He's a Boykin Spaniel from Briar Ridge Kennel in VA. Awesome couple who owns that guide service and kennel. They also breed champion quality Brits.Bunch of good-looking dogs right there. I recognize most of the breeds, but tell me about Dale. Spaniel family?
Great dog. Haven't heard of Boykins mentioned in a while. My cousin has one.Spaniel, yep. He's a Boykin Spaniel from Briar Ridge Kennel in VA. Awesome couple who owns that guide service and kennel. They also breed champion quality Brits.
Boykins are the state dog of SC and were bred there to hunt turkey, upland, and waterfowl. They were "designed" to be compact as a lot of the duck hunting down there at that time was from small boats and the labs and bigger water dogs often swamped them jumping out to retrieve. One of their nicknames is "The Dog That Doesn't Rock The Boat" (Along with Swamp Poodle and Little Brown Dog).
I got him because I wanted something different than a GSP, Brit, Golden, Lab, etc. He's a good dog, with a sweet disposition, has lots of energy in the field, is good with my daughter, OK with the cats. Adores my wife. Devoted to me.
Not the smartest and not a finished gun dog, but that's not what I was looking for.
He's a TON of fun to watch in the field. He's pretty short so to see where he's going he frequently leaps up in the air and bounces around.
He works too fast and I'm sure we're missing birds but we have fun and get some good exercise. For me it's about being out there, spending some quality time with Dale, and maybe bringing home a few dinners.
any body hunt Bolton Flat this year?
Is it flooded? I've never been and considering it for a upcoming hunt with my brother.
Be sure to give her buckshot to do the deed. No. 6's or smaller would be a slow, cruel way to go LOL.This sport is a disease, by the way.
I "accidentally" purchased a new shotgun for the second half of the season. Wife's gonna kill me.
Nice job... love me some rabbit. Shot one a couple weeks ago. Made some delicious barly risotto and rabbit with it.No pheasants at the local WMA this afternoon, but she got her first rabbit. Tracked it down and recovered it.
Nothing better....except they should lower the age.We have a successful hunter!!!!
My son turned 12 today, which means in both CT ad MA he's allowed to hunt.
Didn't' have much hope for today when the rain stopped at 830AM. I had planned on hunting another spot but that spot floods really bad when it rains. We checked a local WMA and the parking lot was pretty empty for a Saturday AM so we start there.
The sun came out instantly and the temp hit 65 as soon as we hit the field. Figured the dog would heat up quickly. The clouds rolled in and we had a nice breeze that helped cool it off.
Emmit got birdie and started working a bird within 20 minutes... Ben was ready when that hen flushed and Ben dropped it dead on the first shot of his 20G Tristar!!
We flushed a couple more birds but he wasn't able to connect with any of them. Still a great AM!!
I don't think there's anything better than your first bird harvest on your 12th birthday. Kid hasn't stopped smiling all morning!!!