Down the Railroad Grade

We still had a couple days of hunting left, but the younger horse needed to take a turn. He has been around shotgun noise, but I want him to ground tie better before I get real serious about making him take on that job.

So we went for a nice ride down an abandoned railroad grade with everything but a gun. Sure enough the dogs got good points on two roosters, and a couple of lone gray partridges. As it turned out, that was our last day to shoot pheasants. We can still go after the partridge for a while longer.

The weather was cold and clear, with a 5 to 7 mph southwest wind. I didn't last very long in the saddle.



Spud practicing ground tying.



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