Recent content by FrenchBrie

We spent Sunday road hunting north of Sioux Falls and Monday hunting north of Mt. Vernon. Both areas very slow and we saw a lot of birds last year in the same area around Mt. Vernon. Saw few roosters and relatively few hens this year. Not many other road hunters either. Glad I have a farm...

I was surprised by the number of us who took up hunting as adults. You often hear how so few kids are taken hunting by their parents now and how the hunting population is getting older and older. Hunting has a very primal appeal and someone who will just try it can easily get hooked. I...

I road hunted in the Mt. Vernon-Plankinton area today but saw very little under the windy conditions. My dog flushed a few hens but the only roosters I saw flew across the road when driving back to the motel. How did others do?

I have had occasion to shoot both a pheasant and a woodcock (now no puns), while standing there with my zipper down trying to care of business. I am sure you have had similar experiences.

It took me a bit to figure this out but I found for the kind of one man-one dog hunting I do that I wanted to find a "fresh" straw stubblefield bordered by PLOTS that was thick cover. The birds were in the edge of the cover during the day, apparently sneaking out periodically to glean in the...

I hunt with Brittanies and today was the second time I have seen hawks buzz within 30 feet of the dog, apparently thinking about making a run at it. I thought I might have to shoot the damn hawk to keep him away. Has anyone else had this experience?

I had hunted SD 3 times in the past but thought I would try ND for a week this year. Hunted in the Belfield-Dickinson area. I do individual hunting with a pointing dog, really don't care for 5 or more guys abreast drive hunting. We usually do a lot of road hunting in SD. Most of the good...