Ben's birthday weekend

We both work long hours every day. I sometimes don't home until it's dark and then we're both just beat. We have soccer and volleyball leagues that also keep us busy at night. Ben's birthday was on a Tuesday so we decided to do something that following weekend instead. We made a drive up to Camp Verde packed with shotguns and shells and make a weekend of it with Dave and Debbi. I went on my first guided chucker hunt and didn't shoot a thing. I think I'll just stick to clay pigeons. They don't really change their direction of flight as much. We had 5 chuckers on our hunt. Debbi and I were the first to make the shots and Ben would shoot back up while Dave was the photographer. I didn't know what I was doing so I just kept following the guide until he told me to stop and the dogs were pointing at a bush. I completely missed because my adrenaline was pumping at the thought of ending life. Ben of course was right on target and I think shot all 3 that we got. Debbi snagged one too I'm sure. I just posed with the poor dead things...which are now in our freezer. The guide thought it was funny and put one half dead in the back of my vest as we continued to hunt...that poor thing was still flipping around back there. Ugh *shudder*

The cute Britney Spaniels were so excited, they were entertaining themselves to watch.