I'm in the Rolla area, warsaw, but my dad was born in Macks Creek and I spent a lot of time at the lakes with relatives who live in Hermitage, Camdenton and Linn Creek, so I'm familiar with your area......
I'm adding a pic of MY hunting buddy, my daughter's dog, Snazzy. She helps me dig. .
Thanks for the welcome all.
Yeah 'Nana', they do keep you in good company! She's a little bigger now, but when I took the pic it was after cleaning her up from a TH expedition. I had about a 10" deep hole going on a gravelbar/partyspot at the creek, and I guess she thought I wasn't digging fast enough. I looked away for a sec to swap tools and when I turned back all I saw was a fuzzy, little, white butt sticking out of the hole. She's a shade over 4lbs now and has a little more cream color on her back.