Oct 2 Puddy and Yogi

Today it was the Harris' turn. We decided to go to one of our old fields and get away from the house and the Chickens. ( they have had a hard enough time) Puddy was a bit heavier than I would have preferred, but Yogi was right down where she needed to be.

We had been in the field only about five minutes when we jumped a Jack. Puddy decided that the Jack was too tough, but Yogi gave chase. When the Jack hid, Yogi again flared up, and finding him again slammed into him in the bush. When he screamed, Puddy changed her mind and went to help.

 The way that they have always worked is a source of amazement to me. If one grabs the head, the other walks away, but if one grabs the butt, the other anchors the head. That was the case here. Yogi had dove through the bush and had managed to get a foot on the Jacks Legs. The Jack then of course started screaming and trying to pull away, Puddy then dove through the rest of the bush and had the Jack with both feet by the head.

After things were sorted out, and each had a leg to eat, we took the opportunity to sit down and rest a bit. When Yogi finished, she joined us.

After we were all on our feet and hunting again, we had a couple more slips. Yogi was trying hard to catch anything that moved. Puddy was being sly and lazy and picking and choosing which flights she would actually try on. Finally we Jumped a Bunny, and Yogi was pushing hard to catch up. The Bunny hid, and again Yogi tried to gain altitude so that she could see him. She made a shot but missed. by that time Puddy had caught up and flew down to the ground. Nothing was heard, so I strolled up to Yogi to see if I could again bump the Bunny. Nothing around, but then I noticed that Puddy was lying down on the ground. I walked over to where she was, and noticed that she had one foot down in a hole, and it was fuzzy. I reached in and the Bunny managed to get loose. I having longer reach, blocked the other end and got the Bunny by a leg and pulled him out. Puddy was glad to relieve me of my burden.

Yogi in the meantime had gone after another rabbit. Karen got Puddy on the fist with a Bunny leg, and I cleaned the Bunny. John took my Tee Perch and went off to help Yogi.

We made our way back to the car, having spent 1 hour and 20 minutes on our hunt. It was getting pretty hot and both birds were hot and thirsty. Two rabbits are enough.