Hunting 2012: From Ptarmigan to Pheasants

Its been quite some time again since my last posts. The life of a researcher/PhD candidate doesn't allow much free time, coupled with lots of training and hunting. However, I thought it would be of interest to you all to share some pics/videos of some hunting adventures in Sweden this Fall (up to now, with more to come).

After returning home from my trip the US we began getting ready for our trip to the mountains to hunt Ptarmigan. The stock of Ptarmigan was expected to be quite low, and it showed when we arrived. After 5 days hunting we shot only 5, and saw possibly 10 birds the whole time, but Nivos did an excellent job finding them!

Nivos proudly showing a Ptarmigan (Ripa)

Checking out the view on top of a mountain

Johan with a nice Ptarmigan!

The trip was an experience to say the least. Great friends, great hunting and a great dog! We are going again, even with a "bad year" under our belts. 

We continued during the Fall training Nivos and after some field trials, training and a couple hunts in the woods, we returned to our favorite Pheasant hunting area. This time Davie, Johan and I were out for the day to find birds....and yes we found many! Nivos did a great job pointing, though some of us didnt do that good shooting =) We eventually returned home with 3 pheasants and lots of good memories from our pheasant adventure. 

 The eventual 3 pheasants!

Nivos doing a little retrieving training

And here is a video of Nivos during some training with pheasants