I had Thor out to the farm running scratch birds from the weekend. It was very warm and I knew it would be a tough hunt, so I wasnt expecting much. We went around a small woods hitting the grass on the edges when he locked on point at the edge of the woods, I didnt see anything and a tweety bird flew out, I went on with life. (screw up 1) As the hunt was drawing to a close with no birds in air, we were working the cover between a pond and a plowed field. The cover was a mix of tammarack and red willow so it was thick. Thor again locks on point, not only that but leg up tail out pretty point, being the idiot that I am I again looked around thinking it was a tweety bird and when I didnt see anything kept walking. Thor turned his head and was reluctant to follow but eventually did. (screw up 2) As I was leaving the owner calls me and says there is a bird on the edge of the field by the pond. My heart sank, I walked around to see where it was and sure enough exactly on the other side of the cover where Thor pointed, 5 yards from where he locked was a rooster sitting in the grass. I have been P.O.'d at myself 3 days. I have always taught my son to trust your dogs nose and not your head and guess what I did. AAAAGGGHHHH!!!!! Well lesson learned and you can bet I will check out every point. Does anyone think I set myself backwards with this move? My thinking on this was that he has always pointed so close that I wasnt expecting a lock on a bird I couldnt tell where it was exactly. Let the abuse begin.
