Saturday, August 8, 2009

Will it work on Snipe??

When daughter Peggy and her 4 year old son Daniel was at the farm earlier this summer, we were sitting around the fire ring, drinking beer, and talking hunting(what else?), and when did we think Daniel would be old enough to join the hunting crew in the fall. We jokingly told Daniel that until he was old enough to shoot a gun, he could only come along to act like a dog, and carry birds and stuff. We were also talking about seeing mountain lions and bobcats at different times, and told Daniel that to scare lions and bobcats away, he needed to walk around clicking 2 sticks together, and call out to the cats. He found his 2 sticks, and started walking along the driveway, clicking his sticks, and calling "Bob, Bob, Hey Bob!!!"
While he was doing this, a pheasant started crowing in the alfalfa field next to the driveway. Every time Daniel clicked his sticks, and yelled for "BoB", this pheasant would crow back (probably because it was being disturbed). Daniel tried it again later, and also the next day, and everytime, a pheasant would answer his call. Daniel is now convinced that he has the knack of being able to call pheasants, and told his mother, "I don't have to be old enough to hunt, I can go along and call the pheasants for the guys to shoot!" Needless to say, Terri, Peggy and I were having an awful time keeping a straight face( or not falling off our chairs) while he was walking around clicking his sticks, and calling for "Bob".
More later,
The Old Farmer.

1 comment:

Phil the deerkiller said...

Old Farmer do you think that would work on Bobwhite Quail. If so I think I'll have to tell Daniel That Mickey Mouse misses seeing him and that mom and dad should bring him down to FL in the Fall.