Unexpected bonus bird

UplandHntr said:
I got a Hun in Clark years back. 15 years ago? Only covey Ive ever seen in SD. Out of picked corn
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40 years ago we'd see Huns practically every time out pheasant hunting. I haven't so much as seen one in many years. Probably been at least 20 or more since I've shot one. I blame agricultural practices in the area. Far less alfalfa, oats, & other light cover than there used to be. Now it's either dirt (crop fields are cleaner than clean), thick CRP, or cattails, none of which do Huns a lick of good.
 
We put up a group of 10 sharpies I believe during our Dec trip. I usually bump a great each year in different areas. First thought is always hen....lol. I have yet to put up any huns in SD would love to.
 
Opening weekend we were walking an uncut sunflower field. Had a chicken playing leap frog in front of me but couldn’t get a shot. Almost across the field dad hollers at me, look north and a flock is flying right at us from a grass patch. Dad knocked down one and my buddy hit another. Get to end of field to look at them and one is a sharpie and one is a chicken. I’d never seen a Sharptail before, so is it common for the two birds to be flying in the same flock?
 
cheesy said:
Opening weekend we were walking an uncut sunflower field. Had a chicken playing leap frog in front of me but couldn’t get a shot. Almost across the field dad hollers at me, look north and a flock is flying right at us from a grass patch. Dad knocked down one and my buddy hit another. Get to end of field to look at them and one is a sharpie and one is a chicken. I’d never seen a Sharptail before, so is it common for the two birds to be flying in the same flock?
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I don’t know,but a friend of mine is an expert and he looked at a pic of my bird today because he thought it could be a hybrid between the two…it isn’t…it is a female.
 
cheesy said:
Opening weekend we were walking an uncut sunflower field. Had a chicken playing leap frog in front of me but couldn’t get a shot. Almost across the field dad hollers at me, look north and a flock is flying right at us from a grass patch. Dad knocked down one and my buddy hit another. Get to end of field to look at them and one is a sharpie and one is a chicken. I’d never seen a Sharptail before, so is it common for the two birds to be flying in the same flock?
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Maybe one is trans-species...I know when I used to hunt them in Nebraska we would commonly flush chickens in the same area as sharpies so they could intermingle and flush together. Could be a simple fact of safety in numbers during this time of year.
 
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