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Rosie and Owen got their first sagehen last weekend. Two young pups bonding and learning. Both are hunt-crazy with no quit in them. Owen and Rosie are my future now. ![[Linked Image]](http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y7/luv2safari/Ower%20Rosie%201st%20Sagehen_zpsokawzf4f.jpg)
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Great news and pic Bruce - keep them in the field!
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Bruce,
Tell Owen congratulations!
Looks like a nice shotgun he has there. How many different species has it taken now? :-)
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Bruce,
Tell Owen congratulations!
Looks like a nice shotgun he has there. How many different species has it taken now? :-) So far: Chuckar Pheasant Valley Quail Mourning Dove Eurasian Dove Blue Grouse (dusky variety) AND... SAGEHEN!  We're going to work hard this fall to add sooty blue grouse, mountain quail, Hungarian partridge, and Bob White quail in NW Oklahoma. He has also taken cottontails and pygmy rabbits. The pygmy is a tiny guy that resembles the somewhat larger cottontail found in central NV. Our cottontails are smaller than those back east. Nevada: B. idahoensis (pygmy rabbit) is found from the state border in the north to the northern end of Nye and Lincoln Counties in the south and from the state border in the east to Vya, Nevada in the west. The pygmy rabbit is still found in most of the higher intermountain regions in the Great Basin Desert of Nevada (Sequin 2004). A recent survey found B. idahoensis present throughout the entire extent of its historic range in Nevada (Larrucea and Brussard 2008). https://www.westernwatersheds.org/issues/species/pygmy-rabbits/
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Good deal!
It has already taken Huns, in fact if I recall correctly it's 100% on them, taking the only two shot at with two shots. But it would be good for Owen to get some!
Are the larger cottontails in your area the desert subspecies? One source lists them in Nevada, but mostly south of you. We have desert cottontails in eastern Montana, and have taken a bunch during pronghorn hunts, especially when bunny populations are high.
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Congrats to Owen, Rosie and Dad!! Rather see a shotgun in his hand than a damned smartphone!
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Hunt with Class and Classics
Religion: A founder of The Church of Spray and Pray
Acquit v. t. To render a judgment in a murder case in San Francisco... EQUAL, adj. As bad as something else. Ambrose Bierce “The Devil's Dictionary”
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cool
good times and memories ahead for your boy and "ugly dog"
sure beats the x box
sage is next on my upland list
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