Success

For those of you who have been following my blog for the past year or so you may remember the troubles that I was having with Thicket and her distain for woodcock. Today she took a big step in the right direction. We hunted Piney Creek for about 2 hours without any success. As I approached the truck her beeper went on point mode 30+ yards behind me.  She held the point as I hurried to her. I found her still on point facing a  fallen tree top covered with vines and briers. The woodcock flushed giving me a fine chance and I dropped it with the right barrel. It fell into heavy cover and I had to circle around some trees to get to the area. I searched anxiously for it as I called Thicket in. She searched diligently but the bird was no where to be found.  I was worried that we had lost the bird when suddenly she stuck her head into a mass of briers and pulled out the bird. I would never had found that bird and to say that I was ecstatic would be an understatement.

 

If she keeps turning in performances like she did today she just may be able to take Emma's place when the time comes.