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 Photos of Why We Do It
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03/21/15 02:25 PM
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NorthTXbirdhunter
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I don't know about you all, but I am already down in the dumps because quail season is over and the wait for next season has begun. We recently had a thread describing our "point of the season" of which we had a great response on this subject. With that being said, let's post more photos of our dogs in action in the field...the ones that inspire you to keep doing this passion of upland bird hunting year after year, some with odds seemingly against you. I will start with these.....  
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03/21/15 02:59 PM
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Thanks Chet. That's what I am talking about! Beautiful animal!
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Quail hunting is like walking into, and out of a beautiful painting all day long. Gene Hill ![[Linked Image]](https://texashuntingforum.com/forum/pics/usergals/2017/07/full-3669-105539-full_16668_105507_image.jpg)
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03/21/15 05:14 PM
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Because of having a litter, I only got to make one hunt this season. It was a good hunt though, we found 3 covies and a few singles in less than a couple hours. [img:left]http://  [/img] [img:left]http://  [/img] [img:left]http://  [/img]
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03/21/15 07:04 PM
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Thanks for sharing! 
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03/21/15 07:16 PM
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Hope my two friends from LA. don't mind but here's one you always like to walk up on. 
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03/21/15 07:52 PM
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Quail hunting is like walking into, and out of a beautiful painting all day long. Gene Hill
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Not my dog but I hunt with him. 
Quail hunting is like walking into, and out of a beautiful painting all day long. Gene Hill
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Great picks Bill. Been a while since I got to do that.
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Haven't had it in years but never spit any out. I am a sucker for happy endings and strapped cowboys.
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Quail hunting is like walking into, and out of a beautiful painting all day long. Gene Hill
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If those pictures don't light your fire your wood is wet. Thanks guys!
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03/24/15 11:13 PM
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Quail hunting is like walking into, and out of a beautiful painting all day long. Gene Hill
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Wish my billfold and knees would take it and I'd be right back in the thick of things. Someday! They better never let me win the lottery. Most of my old hunting buddies are chasing dogs in heaven. I hunted with a bunch of old men all my life and they are all gone. Wish I would have made some friends my own age to hunt with.
For now I will vicariously through y'alls pics and remember days gone by. Someday I think I'll buy me one of those ATVs and some more dogs...... Someday.
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Quail hunting is like walking into, and out of a beautiful painting all day long. Gene Hill
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03/25/15 05:29 PM
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Haven't had it in years but never spit any out. I am a sucker for happy endings and strapped cowboys.
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03/25/15 05:38 PM
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Haven't had it in years but never spit any out. I am a sucker for happy endings and strapped cowboys.
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Is the bottom photo why you do it?
Quail hunting is like walking into, and out of a beautiful painting all day long. Gene Hill
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03/25/15 06:34 PM
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I still enjoy shooting a few birds but no, not at all. I do it to get out and let the dogs run and have a good time with my friends and family.
Haven't had it in years but never spit any out. I am a sucker for happy endings and strapped cowboys.
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I still enjoy shooting a few birds but no, not at all. I do it to get out and let the dogs run and have a good time with my friends and family. You're evading the question about tea time.
Quail hunting is like walking into, and out of a beautiful painting all day long. Gene Hill
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03/25/15 08:39 PM
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Oh, I love tea time 
Haven't had it in years but never spit any out. I am a sucker for happy endings and strapped cowboys.
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03/25/15 09:37 PM
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I'll give y'all a mental image. It's therapeutic. It makes the world go away for a while. Watching a dog do what it was bred to do is a sight to behold. It does the same for me now as it did 40 years ago. I can think of only one other thing that does that. 
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Hope my two friends from LA. don't mind but here's one you always like to walk up on. Chet, That is a freaking postcard! My spirits have been lifted by this thread. Let's keep it going. Great photos by everyone!
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Puts a smile on my face every time I look at it. it was taken with a phone and I have yet to try and burn it to a disk and get a print. Back story is the dog pointing the covey is a 1 year old female that belongs to coonie on the board. She turned out to be a real natural bird dog. Has a bunch of desire and at one point I was told they stopped hunting one afternoon early to go shoot some dove. They tied her to the trailer and went a ways to the spot they were going to hunt. She chewed her way through the rope and joined them and retrieved dove for them for an hour or so. She's truly one of the things that keeps us doing it.
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Puts a smile on my face every time I look at it. it was taken with a phone and I have yet to try and burn it to a disk and get a print. Back story is the dog pointing the covey is a 1 year old female that belongs to coonie on the board. She turned out to be a real natural bird dog. Has a bunch of desire and at one point I was told they stopped hunting one afternoon early to go shoot some dove. They tied her to the trailer and went a ways to the spot they were going to hunt. She chewed her way through the rope and joined them and retrieved dove for them for an hour or so. She's truly one of the things that keeps us doing it.
Now that's my kind of dog.
Bobby Barnett
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Haven't had it in years but never spit any out. I am a sucker for happy endings and strapped cowboys.
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Haven't had it in years but never spit any out. I am a sucker for happy endings and strapped cowboys.
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Enjoying the show. Keep 'em coming. 
Bobby Barnett
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03/26/15 10:33 PM
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Quail hunting is like walking into, and out of a beautiful painting all day long. Gene Hill
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03/27/15 02:35 AM
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She sure has a high tail set Chet.
Bobby Barnett
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Quail hunting is like walking into, and out of a beautiful painting all day long. Gene Hill
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Dexter 1-1/2 year old Springer Spaniel on the last day of Quail season 
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03/28/15 11:56 AM
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I'll play. How about some red dogs?  WOW!
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03/28/15 02:20 PM
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Quail hunting is like walking into, and out of a beautiful painting all day long. Gene Hill
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Welcome to the forum. Great pictures. Where do you live?
Quail hunting is like walking into, and out of a beautiful painting all day long. Gene Hill
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I moved to Justin. Work in Irving but never have been able to handle living in the big city so I get the long commute! Well worth it though.
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 Don't have very many pics or as cool as the ones I've seen on here but this is the first point my GSP hit after I aquired him.
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Another english setter on point. -- Scott 
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Here are some older picks, 1998 through about 2005, many of them are because of the backdrop or the memory. First two are of the best dog I ever owned, out of Elhew Damascus like Sadie is  Buck pointed this covey on a hilltop before any of us had our vests on:  10 year old when he was 8 mos old:  My dads best dog out of buck, toughest hardest hunting female I have ever hunted with  75 pheasants about to boil out on this South Dakota hilltop in front of my early 90s dog Jake 
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I have a pointer backing this point. 
Quail hunting is like walking into, and out of a beautiful painting all day long. Gene Hill
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What bloodlines are the pointers and setters in these pics? Very nice looking dogs!!!!
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My setters are Hytest and Grouse Ridge bloodlines. I have had an amazing run for 20 years with the Grouse Ridge bloodline. They just aim to please and are bird finding machines.
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Great pics Somebeach, welcome to Texas and to the THF. Texas sucks from the perspective of 99.9% private land, constrained resource, and guys with means that drive up the price of poker when birds are lean. Hoping the birds come back strong where the economics will get a bit more reasonable for all.
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Great pics Somebeach, welcome to Texas and to the THF. Texas sucks from the perspective of 99.9% private land, constrained resource, and guys with means that drive up the price of poker when birds are lean. Hoping the birds come back strong where the economics will get a bit more reasonable for all. Ditto!
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new mexico blue quail they can be pointed its not just a myth.  
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They can be pointed in Texas too, just not for long. A blue quail only has two things on its' mind....That is leaving or getting ready to leave.
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Great pics Somebeach, welcome to Texas and to the THF. Texas sucks from the perspective of 99.9% private land, constrained resource, and guys with means that drive up the price of poker when birds are lean. Hoping the birds come back strong where the economics will get a bit more reasonable for all. Thanks for the warm welcome guys. It sure is a different expieriance of wondering which hunting spot you will try that day to looking for one you can afford! Setters appear more common in Texas than I imagined. I just moved from New Mexico where I lived for a year and i think I had the only setters in the state!
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Quail hunting is like walking into, and out of a beautiful painting all day long. Gene Hill
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Some more reasons why i do it.  
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Quail hunting is like walking into, and out of a beautiful painting all day long. Gene Hill
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Combat Infantryman, the ultimate hunter where the prey shoots back.
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Re: Photos of Why We Do It
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I moved to Justin. Work in Irving but never have been able to handle living in the big city so I get the long commute! Well worth it though. Welcome to the neighborhood! I'm in Rhome.
Cast ![[Linked Image]](http://winsounds.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Longhorn-Logo.png) I have a short attention spa
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Re: Photos of Why We Do It
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I learned long ago you can't reason someone out of something they don't reason themselves into.
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Re: Photos of Why We Do It
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Re: Photos of Why We Do It
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04/15/15 11:52 PM
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After the hunt; 
Quail hunting is like walking into, and out of a beautiful painting all day long. Gene Hill
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Re: Photos of Why We Do It
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I'm not much of a bird hunter, but these are some awesome photos. Thanks guys
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Re: Photos of Why We Do It
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I'm not much of a bird hunter, but these are some awesome photos. Thanks guys I don't hunt quail but this is definitely one of the coolest threads on THF that I have ever seen. Thanks to everyone who contributed. It has been a very good read.
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Re: Photos of Why We Do It
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04/18/15 02:16 AM
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 Not a pointer, but this was her first bird and she was proud of it. No comments on the silver lab, I like her and she was a gift.
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This covey was nailed near a Quail coalition burn. 
Quail hunting is like walking into, and out of a beautiful painting all day long. Gene Hill
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    Hi, I'm new to the site but thought I should share some pictures of my Red Dog. This is John Wayne training in the fall. He is only a year old so this upcoming season will be his first to do real hunts. I look forward to getting to know everyone on THF. If anyone needs a hunting partner let me know! Tyler
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Re: Photos of Why We Do It
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Hi, I'm new to the site but thought I should share some pictures of my Red Dog. This is John Wayne training in the fall. He is only a year old so this upcoming season will be his first to do real hunts. I look forward to getting to know everyone on THF. If anyone needs a hunting partner let me know! Tyler Lets start this one out on page 4. Welcome to the forum Rojo. Great looking dogs.
Quail hunting is like walking into, and out of a beautiful painting all day long. Gene Hill
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Re: Photos of Why We Do It
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Welcome to the forum, Tyler. Looks to me like you have yourself quite a good hunting partner. There is just no telling what adventures you two will share. Be sure to share 'em with us after the fact.
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Re: Photos of Why We Do It
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I'll take a Black Female every time.
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Re: Photos of Why We Do It
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05/07/15 09:14 PM
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Quail hunting is like walking into, and out of a beautiful painting all day long. Gene Hill
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Re: Photos of Why We Do It
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05/09/15 09:53 PM
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Quail hunting is like walking into, and out of a beautiful painting all day long. Gene Hill
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Re: Photos of Why We Do It
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That dog is built just right. Bet he runs tail a crackin' and snappy too.
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Re: Photos of Why We Do It
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I got this dog from the first litter out of National Champion Whipporwill's Wildcard after he won at Ames. He has been gone awhile now but he was a joy to run and hunt behind. He stayed in birds even in some lean years. He was a great foot hunting dog but I could hit the whistle 3 times and you could watch him fade over that far hill. I ran him in several AA events but I could not keep him broke to w&s.
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Re: Photos of Why We Do It
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Quail hunting is like walking into, and out of a beautiful painting all day long. Gene Hill
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The Classic Tree Point: 
![[Linked Image]](https://i.postimg.cc/KjZZqFj8/point-with-bird.jpg) "Give me an Army of West Point graduates and I'll win a battle... Give me a handful of Texas Aggies and I'll win a war." - General Patton
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Well theres Shooter and the bunch. Very GOOD bunch to watch and hunt with.
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Quail hunting is like walking into, and out of a beautiful painting all day long. Gene Hill
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Re: Photos of Why We Do It
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Re: Photos of Why We Do It
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This is Muffin. I really like these pictures but I like Cracker the best. 
Quail hunting is like walking into, and out of a beautiful painting all day long. Gene Hill
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Looking at these photos, if I even thought there was a chance I could find a dang quail lease close enough to Austin to hunt, I'd get back into training LLewellins, but not living in Odessa anymore.. don't know if it would be worth wasting a perfectly good dog on just a family pet  Beautiful pictures guys. I think all I have left for pics are the ones on my coffee cups... R
Hunting is easy..it's getting permission from your wife that is tough.
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This is Luke. He is 5 yrs old. He loves to go to the farm in Collingsworth County. We were there this week and I have never seen so many pairs of Bobs. They are calling all day long. Since January we have had 17 inches of moisture. It's as green as its been in many years. 
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Re: Photos of Why We Do It
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This one was better than she looks. 
Quail hunting is like walking into, and out of a beautiful painting all day long. Gene Hill
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Re: Photos of Why We Do It
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Lol that tail reminds me of a story my buddy told about his dog on a hunt one time. He said that his dog would point his tail in the direction the covey was going to flush - left or right. When birds would burst out in all directions he would say "See there!" 
I learned long ago you can't reason someone out of something they don't reason themselves into.
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Re: Photos of Why We Do It
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Nothing better than that happy/tired face! 
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