Monday, March 9, 2020

Another Piney Creek Walk

A head and chest cold has kept me from my woodcock coverts for the past two weeks.  Yesterday I finally made it out, taking Bliss for a walk along Piney Creek.




One fall day several years ago I ate a small but tasty red apple from this old tree.  Yesterday I was able to prune a little scion wood from it.  Hopefully I can get a successful graft and keep this old unknown variety alive.

Bliss hunted hard but after 2 hours she had found no woodcock and I was afraid we were going to get "skunked".  I could see the truck in the distance when suddenly she froze into a point.


She held perfectly until I flushed the bird, and suddenly the long walk was well worth it.




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