Hi all,
New to the forum here. Been grouse hunting and bowhunting NW WI and Northern MN my whole life. Pheasant hunted a lot with my dad when I was a kid starting from about age 6, then haven't been after them again for about 15 years. Have two female GSP's. The 10 year old (liver/roan) is starting to slow down, and we wanted to make sure she was still moving well enough to teach a young one a thing or two. We got a puppy in April, who is 8 months old now (liver/white) and a big handful both at home and in the field. I haven't felt the passion to sit in a tree much this year, so on a whim, decided to pack the truck with my wife and two GSP's and head down to south central/west MN for the weekend and try to find some birds. Over Saturday and Sunday, we had 32 flushes and took home 2 roosters. I whiffed 2 layup shots, and on the last walk of the weekend misidentified a rooster as a hen only to have it cackle in mockery at me as it hit about 30 yards and my gun was back at my chest. It was a great weekend, and I learned a lot about bird cover and habitat. Looking forward to being involved in the forum here, and many more days in the fields.
New to the forum here. Been grouse hunting and bowhunting NW WI and Northern MN my whole life. Pheasant hunted a lot with my dad when I was a kid starting from about age 6, then haven't been after them again for about 15 years. Have two female GSP's. The 10 year old (liver/roan) is starting to slow down, and we wanted to make sure she was still moving well enough to teach a young one a thing or two. We got a puppy in April, who is 8 months old now (liver/white) and a big handful both at home and in the field. I haven't felt the passion to sit in a tree much this year, so on a whim, decided to pack the truck with my wife and two GSP's and head down to south central/west MN for the weekend and try to find some birds. Over Saturday and Sunday, we had 32 flushes and took home 2 roosters. I whiffed 2 layup shots, and on the last walk of the weekend misidentified a rooster as a hen only to have it cackle in mockery at me as it hit about 30 yards and my gun was back at my chest. It was a great weekend, and I learned a lot about bird cover and habitat. Looking forward to being involved in the forum here, and many more days in the fields.
