I wanted to go out bird hunting. But I wanted to do more than just a pheasant hunt. So I looked around and found a “Upland Game Hunt” at Cherrybend Pheasant Farm
http://www.cherrybendhunting.com
We met our guide Gene shortly after checking in. He is a nice, older, local, gentleman who lives just down the road. Gene took us across to the fields we would be hunting and introduced us to Red and Doc. Red is a 3 year old English Pointer that Gene rescued, and Doc is a 4 year old English Setter. A friend of mine brought his 7 year old son out for the hunt. Junior bonded with Gene and Red right away. Gene went through the usual safety guidelines, and explained how the hunt was going to work, and what to expect. Then we started our way into the field:
One of the females went down and it took us and the dogs about 40 minutes of looking before Doc, & Red found her. That’s Junior holding her up at the end.
We took a break about an hour and a half into the hunt and Bill switched to his side by side. Before packing away his semi auto he decided it was a good opportunity to let Junior shoot his first 12 gauge shell. Shhhh. We aren’t telling his mom.
I absolutely want to thank our guide Gene, his dogs Red, & Doc, and Cherrybend Pheasant Farm in Wilmington Ohio for a great experience.
Contact info for Cherrybend:
937-584-4269