CC Partridge Patch Newsletter
Testimonial
by Jeff Johnson, President
Smoky Mountain Chapter 341/Ruffed Grouse Society
For the last four years CC Partridge Patch has served as my
base camp to do extensive training for my gun dogs. Clay and Carol Barstad owners of CCPP have
been such a great help to our training program and a large part of our
success. They have some of the finest
ground cover in their fields, which continues to improve each year. The fields vary in size with large wooded
lots between them. In normal years you
will have duck ponds from ½ - ¾ of an acre in size. These ponds are great for working your dog(s)
on his water retrieving skills. Some
fields are remote to ensure a safe area for young dogs.
Clay and Carol raise quail, pheasant, Hungarian partridge
and chucker for their stock preserve birds.
My dogs work both the quail and the chucker. The old saying still rings true “It takes
birds, birds and more birds to make a bird dog”. I cannot say enough about the advantage of
using a preserve such as this to work your dog(s).
CCPP is also the host to several field trials in the fall
and spring. These trials are all “fun”
and no pressure. This is a good way to
gauge your ability as an owner/trainer with other dogs and their owners. If you need to sharpen your shooting skills
Prairie Shooters Club are 10 minuets up the road offering a sporting clay
course, 5 stand and skeet. So take a
weekend and go have some fun, your dog deserves it.
Recommended Hunting Resource
by Scott Crabtree
CC Partridge Patch in Estill Springs, TN located at the foot of the Cumberland
Plateau in southeast TN is an absolute joy, whether your working young dogs
getting them ready for the upcoming season, or wanting to give those veterans an
opportunity to strut their stuff, this is the place to come. The Barstad's run
a first class operation devoted to raising quality birds. They do the whole
deal, from egg to mature flyers. And it shows in the field, I've never found
any birds any better. Strong, healthy full bodied birds are the norm and I
always look forward to enjoying them on the table almost as much as I do in the
field. They specialize in quail, pheasant, and chuckar. To see the slide show
follow the link.
A Perfect Outdoor Day
by Ron Crabtree
A crisp fall morning with the sunrise just beginning to melt
the frost off the leaves is the kind of morning that calls up hunter’s memories
of great days in the outdoors. Unfortunately with today’s fast paced lives, past
memories are often all we have. That is, unless we find the time to make some
new ones.
Recently, on a beautiful fall morning, a group of friends
enjoyed one of those memory making mornings right here in Tennessee. They shot
ten pheasants each, had their birds cleaned by the staff, and were home in time
to watch the afternoon ball games.
The CC Partridge Patch Hunting Preserve in Estill Springs
has recently made a substantial commitment to offering the complete hunting
experience to their clients. They have just constructed a tower for
European/Continental pheasant shoots. For those who may not be familiar with a
European Pheasant Shoot, it provides some of the most exciting shooting you can
experience. It is all done without walking all day, up and down. hoping to jump
birds. The birds are launched, sometimes two at a time, from a tall tower
approximately thirty-five feet in the air. Hunters shoot from assigned stations
surrounding the tower.
The preserve in Estill Springs is just fourteen miles from Monteagle. A group of Hamilton County
hunters with spouses who do not necessarily share their enthusiasm for hunting
may have recently discovered a solution. It would be difficult to imagine a
more fitting finish to a great day in the field than sitting before the
fireplace in your cabin at the Smoke House waiting for the folks in Jim
Oliver’s Smoke House Restaurant to tell you the pheasants you shot that day are
prepared, and you are ready to enjoy a great meal. You don’t even have to give up the fireplace
because there is also one in the restaurant.
How about that for a Christmas gift for those folks who
thought they had everything?
http://www.thesmokehouse.com/