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Post by featherduster on Nov 27, 2011 7:40:43 GMT -5
My son and I got a chance to hunt today on a state property for a pheasant release. In the parking lot before the hunt we had a nice conversation with a group of other hunters, one of them having 2 dogs a young yellow lab the other a 11 year old bird dog. Later that morning we bumped into this gentleman along a fire lane so we stopped to talked for a few minutes, while we were talking his old bird dog goes on point along the edge of the road about 10 yards from us. I turned to the owner and told him that he is being called to duty, he tells me to go ahead and take the shot I told him it's your dog on point but he insisted. The bird flushed and I made the shot, this 11 year old dog not only made the point but it also beat my lab and the 7 month old lab to the recovery making a picture perfect retrieve to hand. I took the bird and attempted to hand it to the owner but he refused saying he was just glad to see his old dog show his stuff. My son and I finished out our limit then had breakfast at a local restaurant making it a fine day. It was a real pleasure to meet this gentleman, have a nice conversation with him and then shoot a bird that he should have taken. With all the bad stories posted about inconsiderate people I thought I would post this just to let you know there are still some real fine hunters out there.
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Post by Woody Williams on Nov 27, 2011 8:03:59 GMT -5
Yes there are nice people out there hunting. Just like watching the news all we hear about is the bad.
Thanks for sharing your story..
Knowing you from this website I know that I do not need to tell you this , as I know that you will pay it forward..
If all of us remember a kind act by another and pay it forward the world would be a better place...
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Post by Sasquatch on Nov 27, 2011 8:36:12 GMT -5
I'm sure the gentleman was proud as a peacock that his dog put on a show!
Yes, it's good to hear stories like that. Whenever you read about hunting in the paper it is generally about poaching. There are no stories about the legions of ethical hunters that watch a buck standing 20 yards away in the nieghbors field safe as can be, because the hunter would never shoot him. Precious few are the stories about events like our youth hunt.
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Post by raporter on Nov 27, 2011 8:44:28 GMT -5
Thanks for sharing with us.
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