Labs
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Howdy, Labs (Jon) from ND here. I live on a 10 acre place about 10 miles north of New England, ND. For those who don't know, that is literally Rooster Central in ND. I'm a retired law enforcement Captain from a dept in NE ND, where I spent 34 years. Up there about the only pheasant hunting to be had was pheasants released by the local sportsmen's club (productive if a guy has good gundogs), so 95% of our hunting was field hunting waterfowl. When I moved out here last October to pursue a second career as an armed private security contractor in the petro-chem field, our hunting and gundog focus (I raise & train labs) changed to 95% upland.
Rooster hunting has been pretty darn good, up from last year. My labs and I can generally get a limit after work, and for a quick fix or hunt for my 14 year old queen gundog Betty, I can walk the acre or so of sorghum I planted this spring. Yesterday that resulted in a mass 4 rooster flush that looked like an illustration from Outdoor Life magazine back in the 60s. One stayed for dinner and became the primary ingredient in a pot of pheasant wild rice soup.
Looking forward to seeing what the rest of the pheasant hunting fraternity is up to.
Rooster hunting has been pretty darn good, up from last year. My labs and I can generally get a limit after work, and for a quick fix or hunt for my 14 year old queen gundog Betty, I can walk the acre or so of sorghum I planted this spring. Yesterday that resulted in a mass 4 rooster flush that looked like an illustration from Outdoor Life magazine back in the 60s. One stayed for dinner and became the primary ingredient in a pot of pheasant wild rice soup.
Looking forward to seeing what the rest of the pheasant hunting fraternity is up to.
