Longplain Peppered with Shot -- "Pepper"
(Longplain Z-Sting ex
Longplain Kanake)
Longplain Astronus -- "Cody"
(Longplain Double Hutch ex
U-CH Longplain Solis Orta)
Longplain Boone and Crockett -- "Boone"
(GRCH Longplain Vortex ex
Longplain Event
Horizon)
2006-2007 hunting season
Joe Allegretti writes: It was a difficult spring having lost Longplain
Amarillo Hunter ("Ammo"), who was, in my humble opinion, one of the best
all-around dogs I have ever seen. Three months later, we brought home Longplain
Boone and Crockett ("Boone"). We chose Boone because his dam, Vennie, is
Ammo’s full sister; Boone even looks like Ammo. Boone is a litter brother
to Destry and
Single.
At 12 weeks old, Boone was leaping into the pool to retrieve the bumper.
He absolutely loves to retrieve and can’t get enough of the water.
He’s constantly carrying something in his mouth, and, for some reason,
loves to come up behind you and stand between your legs. Boone’s hunting
season would wait until after Christmas.
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Hunting season began with a very successful dove opener. We had 17
hunters bag nearly 500 birds on Opening Weekend. The mornings were mild and
Pepper did a great job retrieving. Cody joined us on days two and three,
retrieving limits of dove for his shooter, Steve. By the way, if you’ve
never hunted with a Mojo Dove, I strongly recommend doing so. |
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Our annual trip to the
Cannonball
Company in North Dakota was as successful as ever. Pepper had her work
cut out for her as she was the only dog we had this year, but she was up
to the challenge, flushing and retrieving dozens of pheasants.
Our goose trip to Nevada was a bust, with record low temperatures.
My son did manage to bag a mallard hen,
which Pepper retrieved from the icy, mostly frozen, slough. |
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Over the Christmas break, we took a couple of successful quail hunts,
not far from the Longplain Kennels. I brought Boone along on these trips.
As I figured, at first he stayed very close to my side, but after a while
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He was able to retrieve several quail out of thick cover, and found my
son’s first ever quail. Not bad for an eight month old pup.
Boone will be leaving us soon for formal training. I expect him to be
a great hunter, in the image of his uncle, Ammo. |
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Check out the group's other hunting seasons too:
1999, 2000,
2001, 2002,
2003,
2004,
2005,
2006,
2007
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