DANNY ELLER
01-09-2007, 06:16 AM
Josh hunted the Michigan Squirrel dog association hunt at the club Saturday. Joe his older brother has one of Kate's pups that has only been in the woods a couple of times so as not to mess up other hunters that want to win this buddy hunt, they went out together. Turned loose behind a friends house that had never hunted with dogs before. As they were standing there he asked how this works Joe said just stand here and when Kate barks we go to the tree. Well she went out about 75 yards turned around and came back almost to them looked up and treed with in 25 feet of them. Joe about to send her out again looked up to find a fox squirrel in about a 50 foot tree, number one down.
after about 5 more minutes both dogs really lit up a tree. When the boys got there someone's cat was real glad to see them about 15 foot up in a bush and the dogs were shaking it up pretty bad. Sent them on left kitty in tree got 3 more squirrels in this 40 acres. second stop Kate treed in a 15 foot rotten snag figured it might have been a grinner. Over it went Jake got on the end and was really chewing the bark off Kate set back and let him she is one funny dog. About the time they were ready to give up on it out came the tree rat Josh the expert hunter took 4 shots at it running on the ground with a 20 ga. up another tree with a better hole this time. all in all they made about 25 trees got 7 squirrels and let one go for latter. when they got back they were surprised to find they tied with Ed Baldwin and his partner for first, picture should be in full cry next month. Maybe I can get out in February at Barrington to hunt Dan
after about 5 more minutes both dogs really lit up a tree. When the boys got there someone's cat was real glad to see them about 15 foot up in a bush and the dogs were shaking it up pretty bad. Sent them on left kitty in tree got 3 more squirrels in this 40 acres. second stop Kate treed in a 15 foot rotten snag figured it might have been a grinner. Over it went Jake got on the end and was really chewing the bark off Kate set back and let him she is one funny dog. About the time they were ready to give up on it out came the tree rat Josh the expert hunter took 4 shots at it running on the ground with a 20 ga. up another tree with a better hole this time. all in all they made about 25 trees got 7 squirrels and let one go for latter. when they got back they were surprised to find they tied with Ed Baldwin and his partner for first, picture should be in full cry next month. Maybe I can get out in February at Barrington to hunt Dan