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Good hunt at the Shin Oak Ranch again
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01/22/18 02:06 PM
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CCBIRDDOGMAN
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I've been running dogs once a year for these guys for about four years now, even when the rest of Texas is slow, this ranch seems to keep holding it's own. We hunted just a little over an hour Thursday evening and found 5 coveys. Friday morning we hunted 9 am to noon and found 11 coveys. Friday evening we hunted 2 hours and found four coveys. Saturday morning we hunted 8:30 to 11:15 and found 9 coveys. Saturday evening we only hunted the last hour of daylight and found two coveys. I think they ended up killing around 45 birds.
It was probably the driest I have seen the place,they need some rain bad.
This is a hunt that I look forward to every year now, all of us have became friends over these years and I look forward to hunting with them for years to come. Great people and I am proud to know them. Pics are on my phone so I'll post them after this, be patient.
Last edited by CCBIRDDOGMAN; 01/22/18 02:25 PM.
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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Re: Good hunt at the Shin Oak Ranch again
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01/22/18 02:11 PM
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CCBIRDDOGMAN
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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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Re: Good hunt at the Shin Oak Ranch again
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01/22/18 02:12 PM
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CCBIRDDOGMAN
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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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Re: Good hunt at the Shin Oak Ranch again
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01/22/18 02:16 PM
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CCBIRDDOGMAN
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I will try to post some more later.
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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Re: Good hunt at the Shin Oak Ranch again
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01/22/18 02:16 PM
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bill oxner
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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: Good hunt at the Shin Oak Ranch again
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01/22/18 07:39 PM
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danceswithquail
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Awesome Kevin! Know somebody is livin' right when the dogs have them pinned out in open like that
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Re: Good hunt at the Shin Oak Ranch again
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01/23/18 12:42 AM
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Nice pics Kevin. Are those Boykins?
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Re: Good hunt at the Shin Oak Ranch again
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01/24/18 02:48 PM
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Sorry Bobby forgot to reply, Yes the ranch owner and two of his close friends that were hunting with us, all 3 have Boykins. Great little dogs for finding dead birds. They have hunted with my dogs for 4 years now and really help out alot.
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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Re: Good hunt at the Shin Oak Ranch again
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01/24/18 05:51 PM
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Thought so. Good little bird finders like my cockers. I have not lost one downed bird since I have been hunting Buster. Dude's got a Kirby for a nose.
Bobby Barnett
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Re: Good hunt at the Shin Oak Ranch again
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01/26/18 05:25 PM
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Re: Good hunt at the Shin Oak Ranch again
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01/28/18 04:13 AM
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Wow. It’s great to see posts like this
We all need to practice Whoa more.
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Re: Good hunt at the Shin Oak Ranch again
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01/29/18 10:29 PM
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Great time again Kevin.
You could defiantly tell the difference from just a little moister in the mornings to hot South winds in the evening. I believe we still have the birds but not quiet like years crop. Hopefully we will get the conditions that we need this coming spring and summer.
The dogs worked their tales off and never gave up. Can't wait to do it again.
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Re: Good hunt at the Shin Oak Ranch again
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01/30/18 02:26 AM
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Combat Infantryman, the ultimate hunter where the prey shoots back. _____________"Illegitimus non carborundum est"_______________
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Re: Good hunt at the Shin Oak Ranch again
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01/30/18 03:42 PM
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Great time again Kevin.
You could defiantly tell the difference from just a little moister in the mornings to hot South winds in the evening. I believe we still have the birds but not quiet like years crop. Hopefully we will get the conditions that we need this coming spring and summer.
The dogs worked their tales off and never gave up. Can't wait to do it again. Looking forward to it bud. I am already working on next year (gonna drop Tex off at a pro trainer this weekend to help me get him where I need him).
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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Re: Good hunt at the Shin Oak Ranch again
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01/30/18 05:19 PM
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bill oxner
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Great time again Kevin.
You could defiantly tell the difference from just a little moister in the mornings to hot South winds in the evening. I believe we still have the birds but not quiet like years crop. Hopefully we will get the conditions that we need this coming spring and summer.
The dogs worked their tales off and never gave up. Can't wait to do it again. Looking forward to it bud. I am already working on next year (gonna drop Tex off at a pro trainer this weekend to help me get him where I need him). Why not wait until September where you can put him on wild birds soon after he gets back?
Quail hunting is like walking into, and out of a beautiful painting all day long. Gene Hill
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Re: Good hunt at the Shin Oak Ranch again
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01/30/18 05:22 PM
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CCBIRDDOGMAN
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Great time again Kevin.
You could defiantly tell the difference from just a little moister in the mornings to hot South winds in the evening. I believe we still have the birds but not quiet like years crop. Hopefully we will get the conditions that we need this coming spring and summer.
The dogs worked their tales off and never gave up. Can't wait to do it again. Looking forward to it bud. I am already working on next year (gonna drop Tex off at a pro trainer this weekend to help me get him where I need him). Why not wait until September where you can put him on wild birds soon after he gets back? I'm thinking a month now and a month in september.
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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Re: Good hunt at the Shin Oak Ranch again
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01/30/18 05:32 PM
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Re: Good hunt at the Shin Oak Ranch again
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01/30/18 05:45 PM
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Most likely James Collier. But I'm talking to a couple of others. I took my first dog to James when I was 19 years old. I'm 44 now so I have known him a long time, he's trained several dogs for me,I even hunted with him a few years. But he has went up on his pricing and I'm not sure I want to pay it. Thing is, I know him and I know what he will do with this dog, no question or doubt. I don't know that with the others. Plus with James, a month for one of my dogs means more like 6 weeks, he is good about doing a little extra to get the dog to a certain point without charging extra.
Last edited by CCBIRDDOGMAN; 01/30/18 05:45 PM.
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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