OUTDOORS & REC
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HUNTS
Continued from Page 1B
One rainy Friday evening,
my youngest pup, Zeta, ran
the high ground below a
perched wheat fi eld. The shal-
low draw opened slightly into
a beautiful bowl below the
abrupt fi eld edge. The kind of
area you would expect to glass
a bedded mule deer. While the
fl anking grasses were little
over ankle-high, the draw
bottom grasses were knee to
thigh high, enough to swallow
little Zeta as she quartered
through the cover like a trick
bicyclist in the half-pipe,
zooming through the bottom
and up the side hill to the rim,
then back down again.
Circling down from the left
rim, Zeta bumped a covey of
Hungarian partridge. A great
disappointment as Huns are
a rare fi nd for us and I hate to
miss possibly the only oppor-
tunity of the season. Unlike
quail, I have never seen any
stragglers. The entire covey
goes at once. Yet, hope springs
eternal, so I hustled closer
in preparation for a second
fl ush, which failed to materi-
alize.
Approached the top of the
draw, Zeta became birdy and
began working frantically up
and down the thick grasses.
Simultaneously, Zeta fl ashed
on point, prompting a rooster
to rocket from the cover,
presenting a beautiful cross-
ing shot. My 20-gauge double
rose quickly, depositing the
bird in the short grasses.
Numerous roosts and scat
piles were strewn about. An
identical scene presented in
the adjacent draw where we
pushed up a hen.
While morning and midday
hunts appear to be a stan-
dard for many uplanders, the
magic hour before dusk can
be nothing short of spectacu-
lar for both scenery and locat-
ing birds that may sit just a
little tighter than typical. If
the season is slipping away
to other priorities, try putting
fi rst things fi rst by squeez-
ing in a short evening hunt.
The minimum reward is a
run with your pup beneath a
painted autumn sunset, and
you might even swing a bead
over a bird or two.
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2020
GIFTS
cans around camp.
• Grizzly 60 cooler. This is
Continued from Page 1B
a well-built, stout cooler.
• Sunglasses. Check
• Camp Chef Rainer 2X
out the Hobie El Matador
camp stove
model for full eye coverage.
• Smith’s Consumer Prod-
• Hire a fi shing guide to ucts sharpening stones. My
fl oat a river.
favorite is their 8-inch Tri-
• Fishing rod and reel
hone set but I also love their
• Smith’s Consumer
6-inch fi ne diamond stone.
Products makes a variety of
• Lodge Dutch oven with
sizes of fi sh fi lleting knives. legs
• Tent or backpack
CAMPING
STOCKING STUFFERS
• Daisy Powerline 51
slingshot. Great fun for
This is where you can
kids (and Katy) for shooting score some points on cheap
little knickknacks that
they’ll value.
• Split shots
• Fishing lures
• .22 ammo
• Waterproof matches
• Flashlight
• Substitute a daypack for
a stocking!
• Talon Snap cleaning
kit. This is a cool new kit to
clean your pistol.
• Flies make great
stocking stuffers. Check out
fl ydealfl ies.com use CLAY-
COMB and you can get a
discount.

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