Saturday night the emergency horns went off and I was thinking it was too late for tornado's but I knew the front was moving fast and anything was possible. Was some type of emergency and they were calling the volunteer fire and police. No local news we could log onto to see what was up but still scared the crap out of us for a bit. I was thinking where is the shelter this flimsy motel would be crushed by a tornado.

We only had time for a couple of fields in morning. Older boys had to get back in time to drive down to Pueblo they had college classes on Monday. We were hoping the cold front would bunch up the birds. I thought we would choose some fields to hunt on our way out. They decided to hit a field that we had hunted but only had one rooster taken. It had not rested long enough to let them transition back. We did hunt a field they did well in last year but the roosters had already transitioned out into the feed.

Still a lot of unharvested corn and milo. Winter wheat from last year proved well for us as usual.

Ended up with 15 birds in our group. Not our best but not our worse. I got skunked between not shooting well (not getting my gun to cheek and shooting over the target), preoccupied with keeping track of my dogs and letting the boys shoot first. I would only shoot if the bird was clearly my shot ( I will often take the farthest position inside the field to allow my dogs to work larger parts of the field and push the birds to the edge where the boys are walking or collapse towards them as we pinch off a corner). This does't always present me with the best shots but I get my share.

We will be heading out again after Christmas. It will give the farmers time to harvest and hopefully some weather will drop some snow for us. I will also be doing some shotgun mounting and maybe some skeet shooting between now and then. Maybe some CO hunts as well.

Was a blast as always. For me it is the experience of the hunt and watching the dogs do their thing. We had my buddies two older sons, a boyfriend of one of their daughters and a younger son just walking now and hopefully shooting in December. They very well may be the last generation to enjoy this opportunity so it is really all about them.