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Title: Final hunt?
Post by: bracer40 on December 01, 2020, 10:04:28 PM
So I’m doing something here I never imagined I’d ever do.

I’m asking for a place to hunt.

Now before any of you get too excited, plz hear me out. The old boy in my avatar is over 13 years old and just might be on his final season in the field (& sadly, I haven’t gotten him out nearly as much as I did prior to the past few years due to work/life, etc.)

I’m driving one of my daughters over to Pullman this weekend to pick up the last of her things as she’s just finished her degree there. She was with me at age 8 or 9 when I picked him up as a pup from Portland. But she was always too busy as a youngster to ever bird hunt behind him with me (that was my other 3 kids).

I’m hoping somebody might be willing to let us hunt (this weekend only) on their property or spot along the route to Pullman for a few hours. I have old standby spots where I’ve always found pheasant & quail but they’re either Out of the way. Or thick/wet cover and my daughters not equipped for anything over the ankles, And most importantly, my dog is losing his hearing and sight...so thicker cover’s  a challenge (It’d be a bummer to lose him on his final hunt😱 (I sold his Garmin tracker this summer for COVID $)).....

So would love to hear from anybody willing to help.🙏

Of course any PMs would be gladly received! Thanks HW!
Title: Re: Final hunt?
Post by: bracer40 on December 01, 2020, 10:06:03 PM
Meant to throw this up there too. Mine’s the orange & white one...
Title: Re: Final hunt?
Post by: GoldenOscar on December 01, 2020, 11:48:08 PM
Not sure if the funds are there for you but double barrel ranch release site is pretty great for young and old dogs alike. You know you will get some action and the terrain is nice.  I know this doesnt answer your question just a suggestion.
Title: Re: Final hunt?
Post by: csaaphill on December 02, 2020, 12:02:03 AM
 :'(
yeah you can see it in his eyes too...
But not really on the way???? But on highway 12 just out of Walla Walla there is some feel free to hunt.
Spring creek road I think or sapolil is the name of the road. not hard ground the windmills just before Pomeroy if that is the way you're going?
right there at dodge junction too??? you do going that way have to pass that spot going up the hill so...???
Good Luck.
Title: Re: Final hunt?
Post by: BD1 on December 02, 2020, 12:10:07 AM
Not sure if the funds are there for you but double barrel ranch release site is pretty great for young and old dogs alike. You know you will get some action and the terrain is nice.  I know this doesnt answer your question just a suggestion.

 :yeah: :tup: it is where I would take mine on her last upland hunt....great people and a great place to stay for the night if need be. Best of luck
Mike
BD1
Title: Re: Final hunt?
Post by: vandeman17 on December 02, 2020, 05:26:11 AM
What route do you take to Pullman?
Title: Re: Final hunt?
Post by: Skyvalhunter on December 02, 2020, 05:26:56 AM
What a great old dog. I have a brit in the same situation. Its hard to see them get old and fade. Lifetime of memories
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Post by: 2MANY on December 02, 2020, 05:45:29 AM
Separate subject but you better get a puppy for Christmas..
Title: Re: Final hunt?
Post by: pianoman9701 on December 02, 2020, 05:50:31 AM
@elkboy

Elkboy lives in Pullman. He might have some ideas. Great guy, too.
Title: Re: Final hunt?
Post by: bracer40 on December 02, 2020, 07:06:16 AM
Not sure if the funds are there for you but double barrel ranch release site is pretty great for young and old dogs alike. You know you will get some action and the terrain is nice.  I know this doesnt answer your question just a suggestion.

Good suggestion and one I’d considered, but I’m not interested in paying nearly $200 for five planted birds....I mostly want the chance for him to work birds and my daughter to  get to experience that. I have a freezer full of game already.
Title: Re: Final hunt?
Post by: bracer40 on December 02, 2020, 07:09:00 AM
What route do you take to Pullman?

Have always taken 26 all the way except when I was making sales calls in Walla Walla (pre-COVID)
Title: Re: Final hunt?
Post by: bracer40 on December 02, 2020, 07:10:24 AM
:'(
yeah you can see it in his eyes too...
But not really on the way???? But on highway 12 just out of Walla Walla there is some feel free to hunt.
Spring creek road I think or sapolil is the name of the road. not hard ground the windmills just before Pomeroy if that is the way you're going?
right there at dodge junction too??? you do going that way have to pass that spot going up the hill so...???
Good Luck.

I’ve noticed those in the past while passing thru, but have never hunted them.
Thanks for the tip!
Title: Re: Final hunt?
Post by: bracer40 on December 02, 2020, 07:11:48 AM
Separate subject but you better get a puppy for Christmas..

That brown one, the Griff, is puppy enough for now!
Title: Re: Final hunt?
Post by: bracer40 on December 02, 2020, 07:12:32 AM
@elkboy

Elkboy lives in Pullman. He might have some ideas. Great guy, too.

Thanks Pianoman!
Title: Re: Final hunt?
Post by: 10Key on December 02, 2020, 02:09:50 PM
Revere has a ton of public ground nearby and it has quail and roosters...plus it is pretty along Rock Creek...not too far North from Pullman.

Our Brit is 11 now and with 3 little kids, he is last in line for attention, so I get it. Good luck to you and your pup :)
Title: Re: Final hunt?
Post by: metlhead on December 02, 2020, 03:08:27 PM
Just south of 26 is Crab Creek. Always some quail and tons of mixed cover
Title: Re: Final hunt?
Post by: bracer40 on December 02, 2020, 03:59:12 PM
Revere has a ton of public ground nearby and it has quail and roosters...plus it is pretty along Rock Creek...not too far North from Pullman.

Our Brit is 11 now and with 3 little kids, he is last in line for attention, so I get it. Good luck to you and your pup :)
Thanks 10key! I’ll check it out on the map.
Title: Re: Final hunt?
Post by: bracer40 on December 04, 2020, 07:32:33 PM
Thank you to all of you that helped me out with places and tips on places...this old boy will be losing his mind when he gets a nose full of bird..

It’s funny, I’ve been getting an earful (from my GF) about how I need to make sure he doesn’t push himself into injury or wearing himself down...years ago when I first put a gps on him he was doing 20 to my 5-6 miles every Saturday. Next day was usually a half day and he’d do the same with half the mileage. 

I looked at her with rolling eyes and just said “Yes dear”. 

I told her he and I are the same.. we go out hard all weekend, recover a day or so and hopefully get the chance to repeat the next weekend.
Title: Re: Final hunt?
Post by: 7mmfan on December 04, 2020, 08:16:37 PM
My wife says the same thing. Theres no stopping or slowing them down when they're out there. I had to carry my lab up and down the stairs for two days after our last trip, not because I pushed her, but that's just their m.o. They love it as much or more than we do.
Title: Re: Final hunt?
Post by: bracer40 on December 10, 2020, 06:03:56 PM
Want to circle back and thank all of you that offered up ideas and places to hunt. Due to a last minute change, we ended up having to go through Walla Walla so our time to hunt  Saturday was limited. We did find a place with about an hour of hunting light left that produced 4 roosters and a hen. Any of you that pm’d me I’ll be glad to drop an OnX pin to the site for you. Due to water challenges (yeah, I went up to my waist and nearly over my head!) it would best be hunted with a strategy to deal with the water.

My old dog was like his usual self...totally focused on hunting.. obviously he doesn’t have the same stamina, but the drive is just as strong.

Sunday we drove through dense fog for several hours. Passed on a couple of recommended spots due to limited sight.

Ended up at a spot my son and I have hunted...close to this one...if you expand the photo the bird can be seen better...and yes, he was retrieved.
Title: Re: Final hunt?
Post by: bracer40 on December 10, 2020, 06:04:53 PM
Meant to post this pic instead.
Title: Re: Final hunt?
Post by: Dan-o on December 10, 2020, 06:12:29 PM
LOVE the pic with the rooster exploding from the grass!
Title: Re: Final hunt?
Post by: 10Key on December 10, 2020, 07:59:55 PM
Hell yea, thanks for sharing!
Title: Re: Final hunt?
Post by: nwwanderer on December 11, 2020, 04:39:35 AM
 :)
Title: Re: Final hunt?
Post by: Onewhohikes on December 11, 2020, 05:40:44 AM
That's awesome, good on you for giving your dog a much deserved reward for all the good times he's given you
Title: Re: Final hunt?
Post by: Skyvalhunter on December 11, 2020, 06:57:05 AM
 :yeah: :tup:
Title: Re: Final hunt?
Post by: 7mmfan on December 11, 2020, 08:29:53 AM
That's awesome. Glad the old boy got to get a couple good nose fulls of pheasant.
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