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Dash's TX CO KS 2014 bird hunting road trip #4 #5379968 10/26/14 07:23 AM
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Part four and the last page the hunting road trip with my Vizsla Dash Rip Rock. The entire photo essay from TX to CO, now KS starts here. http://www.texashuntingforum.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/5379960 It's a long one so I broke it up into separate pages.

Hunting in Kansas was hot, so hunting times were short. Walking back along a creek to keep Dash cool, we walked into these two patches of plants that held all kinds of Dove just flying around like they were hopped up on goofballs. It was easy pickins. Then I noticed a skunk smell and thought it best to get out of there.











I love hunting Kansas. You just never know what your going to see or run across.










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You ever been Largemouth Bass fishing where your not catching many fish and schools of Sandbass keep rising in the lake nearby tempting you. What do you do, you go catch a limit of Sandbass. At least I do. This is what happened with my Prairie Grouse hunting. I have never seen so many Dove in my life. Every tree was full of them. Every field with grain had birds coming and going sometimes in waves. So what did I do. Shoot limits of dove everyday during my time in Kansas. It was fun.







After 17 days of hunting and travel time, Dash was tired and out like a light the entire drive home.



I unfortunately had to shave my beard when I got home and Dash then was lent out to a friend to hunt in Montana for over two weeks where Dash was hunting with his Mother, Sister, and Uncle Abe. You will notice Dash is not in this picture. They said when they let the dogs out for the picture, Dash ran off hunting as usual.



Dash is home now, but pretty bored after all that. I will have him out hunting again soon. One last picture of Dash showing off his teardrop tattoo.


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Enjoyed the pics and the read.


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How awesome! Thanks for sharing and great pics!


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that's amazing John, thanks for sharing


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Sniper John,
No words are good enuf to reply to your story, except to say well done my friend. I thoroughly enjoyed your hunting trip photos and narrative. Better than any hunting magazine article I've every read. Whatever THF is paying you is not enough. smile
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p.s. Dash is one hellofva dog. Your personal best image of him on pt with the rainbow is beautiful.

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It certainly is a lot different trip than what I do. I don't see many hunters that put in all that time driving and scouting , finally put it together and figure it out Then move on to another place next morning

Very nice versatile hunter in dash

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Sniper John is the man. Great pictures.


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WOW! What a great trip.

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Originally Posted By: Fooshman
Enjoyed the pics and the read.


What a great trip!!!


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This had to be totally awesome. Wow how fortunate you are and generous to share your story. Thanks!


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Awesome write up and pics. I'm heading up to Kansas in a couple weeks. You should have bagged up some of that stinky weed to help pay for your fuel cost. happy3

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That was quite the write up. I stumbled upon 2, then had to go back for the rest. What a trip.

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Living the dream my friend... Great story and pictures.


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Great stuff. The skunk smell may have been those plants. That looks like pot to me. You may have hunted through someone's personal stash. eeks333

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Originally Posted By: 4Weight
Great stuff. The skunk smell may have been those plants. That looks like pot to me. You may have hunted through someone's personal stash. eeks333


Yeah, think I see the buds on the stems actually...

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Great pics.


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Great write up, and excellent photos.



Shopping with your husband is like hunting with the game warden.
Experience is what you get, when you didn't get what you wanted.


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Great stuff. The skunk smell may have been those plants. That looks like pot to me. You may have hunted through someone's personal stash. eeks333


Yeah, think I see the buds on the stems actually...


I know the Dove sure like it. Dash Rip Rock was acting all happy trying to eat it.. whistle

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It certainly is a lot different trip than what I do. I don't see many hunters that put in all that time driving and scouting , finally put it together and figure it out Then move on to another place next morning

Very nice versatile hunter in dash


This trip was a little more planned than what I am used to in that I had two cabins reserved from the forest service and one state park cabin. Normally I would be more mobile. I would like to have stayed on the blue grouse a couple more days once I found them. I would have liked to have had more time to hunt those Colombian Sharptails. I would have liked to stay in Colorado another day to hunt Ptarmigan. I did get tired of shooting and eating Dove every day in Kansas and because of the last minute boundary change with the Prairie Chicken zone it was a very long drive to hunt those. I would have moved, but was unable to get a refund on the last days of the cabin there. Otherwise I would have gone to Oklahoma to hunt resident geese for a couple days. Opening season dates were staggered too and limited some hunting opportunity.

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Great pics as usual. You are livin the dream for sure.


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This is the best thread I have ever read on the THF. You are the man SniperJohn.

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Thanks for the terrific story and photos! I'm glad you had a good trip to Colorado. I'm jealous even though I live down the road from where you're hunting. I'm pretty sure I also applied for a permit on the state trust land where you hunted sharptails (didn't get drawn). Just curious, at what elevation were you finding blue grouse and what were they eating?

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Great stuff. The skunk smell may have been those plants. That looks like pot to me. You may have hunted through someone's personal stash. eeks333

That's not anyone's personal stash. Hemp was a major agricultural product in Kansas before the federal government outlawed marijuana in the '20s or '30s. Hemp still grows wild along drainages all over Kansas. In case you were wondering, it won't do anything if you smoke it (or at least that's what the people in Kansas say).

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Well done. Article, trip and from this glimpse--life.




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is the person you lent him out to in MT the lady from Louisiana? think I recognize that sportsmobile. I ran into her in the dairy queen up there. If so, he is a lucky dog. She has some stellar access locked up around there.

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