Cooper and I were able to get out for an early morning hunt for ducks. We haven't been able to get out a whole bunch this year with the twins and I certainly haven't worked Cooper like I have in the past. It was honestly just nice to get outside with my dog, drink some coffee and blow my duck call. Luck would have it, that we actually had a couple ducks work into the decoys first thing in the morning and I took the drake. I only knocked this bird down and he managed to swim upstream and underneath the far bank into the brush. I've heard that a good retriever will make you appear to be a better wing shooter and this couldn't be more true. I wasn't getting this bird on my own, but Cooper went to work and tracked this bird the whole way upstream and cleaned up my mediocre shot. We hung out for another hour or so and another set of birds came up the river. This time my shot was a bit more decisive and Cooper's work was half done by just making the proper mark across the creek. That was good for us to call it a morning and head back to the home front.
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| Proud retriever with a morning's work |
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