Tuesday, January 06, 2009

Tree that Dog!

Sterling Earhart's Hickory put a new meaning to
sticking to the tree when he climbed up a tree
after a squirrel and then 'looked down'. Sterling
is lucky to have a friend like Roger Littlejohn to come
to his and Hickory's rescue. Hickory is out of Tia
and Radio Flyer. We bought him from Dean Wright and
Sterling purchased him from Galla Creek!
Here is Littlejohn's version to the story and the
3 pictures he shared with us!
Last Friday afternoon I received a phone call from Sterling
(my hunt'n buddy) who was at Cheatham WMA. His dog "Hickory"
had chased a squirrel out on a blown over tree that spanned a
creek bed. When Hickory realized he was "out on a limb" he
froze and could/would not move. I took a climbing deer stand
to Sterling (I was the only one who knew where he was hunting
on this 20,000 plus acres) and he was able to climb up an
adjoining tree and reach Hickory who was then lowered to me
via a rope etc. Hickory stayed motionless on this tree for
about 4 hours before we could get him rescued.
Roger Littlejohn

Hickory goes out on a limb after a squirrel!
Sterling then goes out on a limb for Hickory.
Here Sterling is making his way up a tree on the deer stand

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

glad he made it to the ground safe, thats called getting after a sq right there.lol craig

Anonymous said...

GLAD THE PUP GOT RESCUED. HOPE I DONT GET CAUGHT IN THAT SITUATION.LOL

TROY

esarakaitis said...

great little dogs! my brittany's wont even look at squirrels

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Anonymous said...

Glad the dog is safe. Now that's a hunt that will be told for years to come.

Kevin

Anonymous said...

I'm glad he got down O.K.. I sure liked Hickory and glad he is loved so much and hunted like he needs.
Dean Wright

Anonymous said...

There is nothing like a good squirrel dog But it is also great to have a good hunt'n buddy to

Wayne

Sister--Helen said...

There's danger in them there trees.....

Anonymous said...

Larry
i do alot of off the ground training but i don't know about this
Tim Taylor