For my first Saturday Feature published in The Herald I did a story with Alex Sondeen on Cane Creek Hunting Preserve in Otwell, Indiana. The property has been in their family since the 1800s and the brothers Jim and Donnie will most likely be the last of the Whitehead brothers to own and operate it as a working farm and quail hunting preserve. It was great to hang out with them in a couple different situations and try to capture a sense of the place as they know it today. Here are some of the photographs that were selected for publication. 

Donnie Whitehead, 78, right, set a bird it in cover alongside his brother Jim, 72, for a paid hunt on their property, Cane Creek Shooting Preserve, in Otwell on Saturday, February 2, 2013. The preserve, which sits on the farm where they now raise primarily soybeans and grain, has been in their family since the 1870s. The brothers started the preserve 15 years ago, breeding, raising and selling quails for hunters to purchase and then hunt for themselves on the 80-acre hunting preserve.

Brothers Donnie left, and Jim, right, sat and talked with each other as they took their daily coffee break at Circle A convenience store in Otwell on Friday, January 25, 2013. The brothers go there every week day to sit and talk with each other and other farmers in the area. In the summer, both will sometimes enjoy an ice cream snack at the store as well.

About 200 breeder quails ran around in their cage as Donnie poured feed into a trough for them inside their holding pen on Thursday, January 17, 2013. At the beginning of a hunting season at Cane Creek anywhere from 6,000-7,000 quail will be hatched at the preserve and then either kept for hunting, or sold to other hunting preserves nearby.

Ferdinand bird dog trainer Gary Altman, left, led Donnie's bird dog Bill as he carried a dead quail for practice as Donnie, right, inspected his progress on Wednesday, February 6, 2013. The Whiteheads will usually keep five bird dogs at the preserve for hunters to come to the preserve without dogs of their own or to sell after they've been trained. Bill has undergone two months of training with Altman, who operates as a side job south of Ferdinand, but will return in the fall for another month to complete his training. Bird dogs are taught to point birds after they've sniffed them out, and then to retrieve them after they've been shot.

Jim Whitehead, right, handled a bb gun owned by his brother Donnie's grandson as they waited for hunters to arrive at the Cane Creek Shooting Preserve cabin on Saturday, February 2, 2013 for a morning hunt. Donnie and Jim built the cabin in 2002 with the help of their brother Bill Whitehead who passed away in 2011. Hunters have the option of staying the night in the cabin for an extended hunting experience.

Alex Wigand of Jasper, 13, turned to fire at a quail that flew up from cover during the Quails Unlimited youth quail hunt at Cane Creek Shooting Preserve in Otwell on Saturday, February 9, 2013. Saturday was Wigand's second time participating in the youth hunt with his father Scott Wigand. Cane Creek Shooting Preserve has four fields to hunt on that consist primarily of strips of crop fields that have been harvested since in the Fall. Donnie and Jim used to hunt for wild quail with their father on this land after their daily farm work had been finished. Without wild quail in the area anymore, however, hunters use preserves like Cane Creek to hunt quail in the area.

Jim, left, shared a laugh with his brother, Donnie, right, as they took their daily coffee break at Circle A convenience store in Otwell on Wednesday, February 27, 2013. The brothers are two of seven siblings that grew up at their family farm in Otwell. Jim and Donnie are the only two still living in the area. Their brother Robert Whitehead lives in Petersberg at Golden Living Nursing Home.

Jim looked over as his dog Rex raised a paw to him before the two set out to place birds in cover for a paid hunt at Cane Creek Shooting Preserve on Saturday, February 2, 2013. Rex, a Border Collie, usually rides up front with Jim if he sets birds alone in the fields.

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St. Patrick's Day in Ireland, Indiana was a full two day event. The Sunday parade was cancelled because of freezing rain. To the guy who said you would be streaking downtown Ireland at 3 a.m....I was there, where were you!!? Enjoy.

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Some of my favorite frames from the past week. I've been trying to capture more moments by being patient and figuring out what I want to tell with each scene. And when all else fails just reacting when I see something happening. Also I've been trying to take inspiration from community journalism like Jim Richardson's Cuba Kansas essay that takes a more personal look at the life of a small town. With St. Patrick's Day festivities coming up in the town of Ireland here in Dubois County, there will be plenty to photograph here in the next week. Looking forward to late nights and green beer.

In the Jasper courthouse clock tower, Scott Hopf of Jasper watched his son Dylan, 10, climb back in after they looked out over the town from the tower's ledge Sunday morning. Hopf turned the clocks forward an hour for daylight savings time. Hopf oversees maintenance of the Jasper courthouse, the annex building, and the health department building. He says that although he only needs to change the time twice a year, he will go up more foten just to see the view. The clock tower was finished in 1911. (Matthew Busch/The Herald 2013)

First grader Prayer Brown, center, teases her friend Erica Frank, right, as they fill out their data notebooks at Fifth Street Elementary on Friday. The data notebooks that the class began using in January help students keep track of their own progress in subjects like math and reading. (©Matthew Busch/The Herald 2013)

The Kempf family, seated in front, father Jeff Woehler, daughter Kiersten, 9, son Kyle, 5, and wife Sarah of Jasper, and Sarah's parents Tom Kempf Jr. and his wife Sheldona Kempf of Evansville, said prayer together before digging into their fish fry meal offered by the St. Mary's Youth Group on Friday at St. Mary's Activity Center in Huntingburg. Proceeds from the fish fry will benefit the group's mission trip this year to Nashville where they will partner with the Catholic Heart Work Group for a ministry project there.  Tom Kempf Jr. is a deacon in Evansville.

Danyelle Schaefer, right reaches for her 18-month-old twin sister Riley Schaefer's fish sandwich as they at with their mother and father, Angie and Billy Schaefer of Huntingburg, and their grandparents Kevin and Marla Voegerl of Dubois for the St. Mary's Youth Group Friday fish fry.

Jane Schroeder of Maltersville, right, talked with her mother Louise Brewster, 84, at Louise's delayed retirement party held at Brewster's home, Northwood Retirement Community in Jasper, for her 31 years working as a cook, waitress, and bartender at Fiesta and then Millhouse in Jasper. Brewster suffered a stroke that forced her to retire from her job at the age of 80 without a proper retirement party.

Clyde Couch, a resident at Brookside Village, took two cookies as he spoke with Jasper cheerleaders during the team's annual visit to the nursing community Thursday evening. 

Corie Bratter, right, played by Molly Rupert, jumped on her husband on and off the stage, Paul Bratter, played by Kyle Rupert, during the dress rehearsal for the Actors Community Theatre's "Barefoot in the Park," at the Jasper Arts Center on Wednesday.

Northeast Dubois senior Taylor Borden watched as the clock wound down during Saturday's Class 1A boys regional semifinal game against Barr-Reeve at Jack Butcher Arena in Loogootee. The Jeeps lost 49-41.

Northeast Dubois's Gage Knies, left, offered a hand to senior Bryce Huebner, sitting, in the locker room after their loss during Saturday's Class 1A boys regional against Barr-Reeve at Jack Butcher Arena in Loogootee. The Jeeps lost 49-41.

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