Widow 7/20/08

July 20, 2008

Widow has been putting on quite the show. We have flown her for several friends and she has been super. She goes up to tremendous heights and repeatedly stoops to the lure.

I have started to change the game plan. I want Widow to look for me and Thistle out in the field and come over, which she has done. She is not bothered by the presence of a dog, so that is good. Today I went to a different location, not far from the other spots. As I was driving in I saw jack rabbit tracks on the road so I pulled over and got ready to hunt. My plan was to carry Widow on the fist, have Thistle find a jack and go on point, and then I would release Widow and hopefully she would go up so I could flush the jack. I walked up the hill and Thistle got hot. I could tell she was close to going on point. I unhooded Widow, the jack flushed, and Widow launched. She went bombing down the hillside after the jack and did a wing-over and missed. Great . the jack was pinned in a small group of sage, so I waited for Widow to get back in the air. Well, she flew over, across the road and up on the side of a large hillside. Even I could tell there was nothing but dead air over there. Widow flew around, back and forth, and found nothing. The rabbit got bored and trotted off! &#$##^%#^#. I called Widow in *$%#! I think I got out just a little too late in the morning. It seemed to heat up rather quickly, so tomorrow I’m going again and I’ll be there earlier. I think what I’ll do is take Widow up on the mountain, release her there, and drive back down. Then, when she is in position, start hunting. Widow will find me, and if she comes over and Thistle flushes the jack, then I don’t want to talk about it.