Took part in the SD opener for the 27th straight year. I didn't count either hunters or birds but would say 12-13 of us got 15-18 before we quit for lunch and drinks. It was a gorgeous day here.

I was running too late to hook up the GoPro but decided to take some video with my phone. I grassed a bird at about 1215 which went down in brome about 30 yards away. When Flash got to the landing site, the bird was about 50 feet away and while I was getting my phone out to take some footage, the two met so I missed that part. On the way back to me the bird squirmed out of his mouth and got away from him, only to be ran over by Flash trying to catch him, and then got in the air about chest high before meeting the jaws of destiny one final time. Really fun to watch and glad to get the second act on video.


"Miss Jean Louise, stand up. Your father's passin.'"