Went out today on public land and got my first Minnesota Rooster and my first Minnesota limit! I moved here from SD a year ago and didn't make it out much last season. I tell you what, a 2 bird MN limit is a lot more satisfying than a 3 bird SD limit. The pheasant God's were nice today because my shooting was not nice! Dog flushed a rooster, I missed an easy shot, really made me mad! Don't get too many good looks in MN from what I can tell. Second rooster I hit and dog retrieved it about 150 yards away from where it went down. Third flushed rooster I missed another easy shot! Awhile later the dog is working cattails down below to the left of me and I'm up on the higher ground about 15 yards from him. 5 feet to my right I see the grass moving a bit, take 2 steps and up fly's a Rooster that I connect on and retrieved myself since the dog just got a hen up in the cattails and never saw the Rooster. Since I got my 2 birds I'm walking back to the pickup and the dog flushes the 5th rooster of the day!
So far this year we've flushed 8 hens, 7 roosters, and lots of bad shooting. All birds have been within 200 yards of corn, gravel, good grass cover, water, and tree shelter, most but not all have also had thick cattails nearby.