Goin' Deep!

Check out this pic! I was quail hunting with a couple friends in SE Kansas, when a buddy knocked down a quail. It was pretty lively, and the dogs chased it around until it "disappeared" into a pack rat nest! I pulled away some of the brush from the entrance to the nest to give the dogs a chance to get it. Here is a pic of Brandon's pointer pretending to be a terrier.:D

Multiple times, we had the pointer and my dog side by side, jammed into the hole trying to get the quail out. In the end, my dog was able to reach in just a little bit farther and finally emerge with the bird while the pointer had her head jammed into a hole on the opposite side of the nest! It was a pretty crazy retrieve, but my chest was pretty puffed up with pride! Another experience that just proves how critical it is to have a good dog for hunting!