Got there early, around 9:45. I came around a bend and another car almost hit me. It was some kids and they were driving pretty fast. The driver saw me at the last minute and was able to swerve and drive around me into the bean field. I waited a minute and then decided to see if I could catch up to them. I wasn't mad or anything, just curious & wanted to see who they were. I was surprised, they made it through the gate before I caught up. I don't know if they were in a hurry to get away from me, or if I'm just that slow :-)
Turned around and went to the big bend, the corn is not quite ripe there, but looks nice. Sent Josie out & she started a track. She took it along the edge of the corn and I followed her. She stopped barking after about 10 minutes. I drove around and caught her coming down the trail. She wasn't chasing anything by then.
She is young, so she could have just lost a coon in the swamp. However, she may have chased a deer. I haven't needed to do any "breaking" with her yet. This was a little wakeup call for me. I'll hunt her with a shock collar from here on "just in case".
Drove towards the south gate, big tree down blocking the road.
Went to the club gate and walked Josie around, no strikes. Went home 11:30.
Posted by bruceo at July 9, 2003 08:49 AM