Bob Peters
Well-known member
Ok, so I really don't do it much where I drive around just looking, I'd rather be out walking and I have better luck that way anyhow. But I do keep my eyes peeled and when allowed, I always try and chase a pheasant that crossed the road. MN Sunday night lo and behold a rooster ran right across the road and into a wpa! Bingo. I parked and uncased the gun and let the dog loose. I had driven downwind about 50 yards. We ran in after him, and the dog got a little sniff but we never found him. Really light grass and very windy, I'm guessing he was moving at a fast clip and ran into a thicket or slough. Yesterday I was switching counties in Iowa, and drove by a new spot(to me). Suddenly two roosters run across the road!!! What do I do what do I do?! Don't know the lay of the land, but I put it in reverse until the rise hopefully covers me. Park, uncase gun, dog last and we creep up the road. There's of course an old gnarly fence, so I keep her close, we go down the deep ditch, birds aren't there. I lift the fence to let her under, then start to step over the fence, cross it and my feet are sliding downhill as I'm on a good incline. Simultaneously three birds flush just a cacklin' their heads off! I attempt a shot at one while my feet are surfing down the rise. Gun mount didn't cut the mustard, and I didn't cut a feather! Oh well it was neat to see anyways.
