Roscoe came for Christmas. Boykin Spaniel Puppy

Emily had been asking for a puppy for sometime and her wish came true on Christmas Eve.  It feels like we have a new born in the house now.   We have to get up during the night and take the little fellow out of his kennel to take a walk.  He will follow you everywhere and chew on anything in sight.  In short he has been a pleasure for our family.  We made a family trip to Pet Smart and had to take a trip to Lowe's for a pet pen.  We chose the 10x10x6 chain link pen kit with walk in door.  The pen came as four panels and went together with ease.  The price was 229.00 on sale for the pen.  Emily named the puppy "Roscoe".  So my wife has been walking around calling him "Roscoe P Coltrane".

Roscoe in his new pen.
 

Roscoe is a Boykin Spaniel.  The Boykin Spaniel is a newer breed 1905-1910 and is a medium sized dog.  It originates from and is the state dog of South Carolina.  Roscoe is 14 weeks old and loves to fetch and is learning to sit on command.  We have a couple of ponds behind the house and look forward to warmer days when we can take him for a swim.  He was born near a huge lake and spent many days splashing and swimming in late fall. 

 

Emily and Roscoe playing.

 

I'm hoping he will be a be a good bird hunting partner and spend many days afield with our family.

 

Roscoe playing in the hay.

 

A little more information I found on Wikipedia.

The Boykin Spaniel is a friendly, social dog that is considered a good family pet.  It is easily trained and eager to work. It is good with, and extremely stable around, children and other dogs. They can sometimes be described as energetic with great endurance that lasts throughout the day. They are extremely adaptable to different environments as long as they are given ample opportunity for social interaction and plenty of time to burn off excess energy. They are not easily angered and tend to be eager to please and friendly, but they love attention. Boykins have great energy reserves and will always outlast you in any activity you choose.

If you have any advice or knowledge on training a hunting dog then please feel free to share.

Thanks
Shelby Byrd
alakingfish@gmail.com

Duck, Duck, Shoot

Duck Hunting Lake Barkley

 

 

Duck season has started in Kentucky and it looks like a great season so far. Here are a few pictures from the Western Kentucky region.  Names and places will be withheld to protect the honey hole.  I'm really hoping to get in on some of this action before the season is over.

Kentucky Duck Season:

Location: Statewide

Season Dates: Nov 28 2013 - Jan 26 2014

 

 

 

 

 

 

These are some great pictures Jeff thanks for sharing.  Jeff has started a blog and if you would like to keep up with his time spent in the duck blind then click on the link below and add it to your favorites.

 

http://firefighterduckhunting.blogspot.com/

 

If you have questions or comments please send them to:

alakingfish@gmail.com

Shelby Byrd 

 



View from a deer stand

There is nothing like slipping into a deer stand in the stillness before daylight.  The woods are still asleep and there is hardly any movement.   I spent the good part of a week hunting the woods of Western Kentucky.  My stand was located on a ridge surrounded by a horseshoe bottom.

 The hardwoods had dropped most of their leaves and any movement was amplified by the crunch of footprints on the forest floor. One morning just before daylight I could hear movement in the right bottom and was unsure what was out there. A few moments later I heard the squeals of a rabbit that had been caught.  As daylight moved upon my ridge I saw the predator, a coyote had found his prey and was slipping back to his cover.  Shortly after seeing the coyote the woods began to come alive, the reason was the sun was rising above the ridge behind me.  Its funny how when the sun comes up it wakes up everything, even the wind starts to blow.  I could hear roosters crowing, dogs barking and the squirrels began hitting the ground all around me.

 

From my stand I can see a rodeo bull farm about 100 yards in front at the bottom of the ridge.  It's made up of large grazing fields filled with wooded bottoms.  Many times during the week I would see bucks chasing does across the huge field.  I had a chance to see a pretty good bull fight, and these are some huge bulls, it was quality entertainment.

 

We had 6 hunters on the property and saw many good bucks during the week.  In the end we were unable to close the deal and take the kind of mature buck we were looking for.  The group had out 4 game cameras for over a month and had several deer that made the hit list.  Hopefully some of these bucks will make it through the year and be that much bigger next season.

Picture of a good 10 Pt. at Joe's stand.

Picture of a big body 8 Pt. from George's (Dad's) camera.

Questions or Comments

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Shelby Byrd 

LIMB SHAVER, Walnut Grove Hunting Products

Walnut Grove Hunting Products

I had a great chance to try out another quality product from http://www.walnutgrovehunting.com/

Our hunting group used the Limb Shaver with Saw attachment for clearing shooting lanes.  This is a fully customizable saw and works very well in many different applications.  What I really like most about the Limb Shaver is the easy way in which it can be packed in a packet or hunting pack.  I cut a small tree down to about 7 ft in length and used it as a saw handle.  This gave me the ability to reach limbs up to around 15 ft high which worked out great.  I would recommend the Limb Shaver with the offered Saw attachment Walnut Grove also offers just the attachment unit to use with your existing saw. 

Limb Shaver with Saw mounted on a 7 ft limb.

Kaitlyn using the Limb Shaver to clear shooting lanes.

Joe and Jeff using the Limb Shaver.

Limb Shaver without saw blade. Photo from Walnut Grove Hunting Products.

Limb Shaver with customer supplied saw. Photo from Walnut Grove Hunting Products

http://www.walnutgrovehunting.com/products.html

Click on this link to view the Walnut Grove Hunting Products Web Page.

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Shelby Byrd

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