http://scottlindenoutdoors.com/2009/11/29/another-tradition-skunking/ Welcome to the UPLAND NATION. Birds, dogs, trout, and clays. Ya got a problem with that? Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:53:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://scottlindenoutdoors.com/2009/11/29/another-tradition-skunking/#comment-668 Scott Thu, 03 Dec 2009 17:52:58 +0000 http://scottlindenoutdoors.com/?p=1549#comment-668 You are soooooo lucky. Okay everybody: your best skunk-stink-wash recipes? You are soooooo lucky. Okay everybody: your best skunk-stink-wash recipes?

]]> http://scottlindenoutdoors.com/2009/11/29/another-tradition-skunking/#comment-667 Brian Thu, 03 Dec 2009 01:58:54 +0000 http://scottlindenoutdoors.com/?p=1549#comment-667 If it weren't for the skunky days, we'd less appreciate the bountiful ones. But there's getting skunked, and then there's getting skunked -- as in sprayed. Which is what happened last week to my little brittany after she pointed one of the critters. Luckily, though, I had put a neoprene vest on the little girl, due to it being her third straight day of hunting thorny territory. The vest took the brunt of the assault -- pup had no noticeable odor. I thought our day would end up stinking, literally and figuratively. But pup turned in some outstanding points on preserve pheasants -- and nailed a covey of wild quail, to boot! The moral of the story? I don't know, maybe: 'Beauty is in the nose of the beholder.' If it weren’t for the skunky days, we’d less appreciate the bountiful ones.
But there’s getting skunked, and then there’s getting skunked — as in sprayed. Which is what happened last week to my little brittany after she pointed one of the critters. Luckily, though, I had put a neoprene vest on the little girl, due to it being her third straight day of hunting thorny territory. The vest took the brunt of the assault — pup had no noticeable odor.
I thought our day would end up stinking, literally and figuratively. But pup turned in some outstanding points on preserve pheasants — and nailed a covey of wild quail, to boot!
The moral of the story? I don’t know, maybe: ‘Beauty is in the nose of the beholder.’

]]> http://scottlindenoutdoors.com/2009/11/29/another-tradition-skunking/#comment-665 Porknbeans Mon, 30 Nov 2009 13:11:22 +0000 http://scottlindenoutdoors.com/?p=1549#comment-665 I feel your pain. Around here I've lost track of all of the times I've ended up with bupkiss. However, like you describe, getting away from it all, watching the dog and clearing your mind all makes for a great day. I feel your pain. Around here I’ve lost track of all of the times I’ve ended up with bupkiss. However, like you describe, getting away from it all, watching the dog and clearing your mind all makes for a great day.

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