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Howard
County 4-H Gun Club
Schrader's Bridgetown Manor
Henderson, MD 11/18/07
Mark Burchick
Upland Bird Hunt - Part 3
Josh with the take-down.
Greg watches as
Sadie comes on
point.
Ok, time to flush
the bird into
flight.
Sadie brings the
bird back and asks
for help in removing
feathers from her
mouth. Greg
kept her well
watered, in that,
the dog needs her
nose moist for
enhanced scent
pick-up.
Working a meadow
strip.
It looks like Queen
Anne and Caroline
County have not yet
had the hard,
killing frosts of
Howard, Carroll and
Frederick Counties.
The meadows still
had occasional
flowering plants and
were quite diverse.
Thistle.
This field had lots
of sweetgum
seedlings (the
primary red color).
The aspect
dominant plants
however were a
mixture of
upland
broomsedge,
switchgrass and
Indiangrass,
mixed with all
manner of other
grasses and
forbs.
Outstanding
old-field
habitat, and
which is much
more natural
than hunting
over sorghum,
corn, milo and
other grain
crops.
Submitted By: Mark Burchick
Photos Taken with: Nikon D-200 with
AF-S Nikkor DX, 18-200 mm
Howard
County 4-H Gun Club
Upland Bird Hunt - Part 3
