Planted a few quail today and ran both Annie and Ace. Annie set up on point a few minutes into the field and Ace was right there with her. Not sure if we was backing or pointing but I was excited to see him point his first bird anyway. I tried to get my camera out for a shot but my hands were full carrying a shotgun, ecollar transmitter and gloves. He held the point for about 4-5 seconds and jumped in on the bird when Annie flinched. The quail didn’t fly so good and he ended up chasing it and then catching it. While he was chasing I fired my shotgun into the air to get him more used to the gunfire. After he did catch the quail he brought it right to me.

The dogs ended up pointing a rooster pheasant as we pushed down to the river but I couldn’t get a shot off. Then we found this hen and Annie pinned it against the canal. The pheasant start to run a bit more as we move towards warmer weather and spring so it was nice to start out with the quail that hold a little better. Ace has been doing good with his ecollar conditioning and is learning to check back with the command “back”. I try to pet him down real good when I call him all the way back to me periodically while we are training. It would have been nice to have an extra pair of hands to help out, but my training buddy went south to chase chukars for the day. I didn’t dare take an all day hunting excursion on the weekend of Valentines Day. Gotta keep momma happy!