Recent content by Gettin Birdy

Good to see you guys up North still have some good pheasants. We had good quail numbers in Lawrence County this year. We hunted one day and put up about 100 quail in 6 coveys. Where there is good cover there are birds. Winter wasn't too bad on them so should be off to good start for this year.

Anybody seeing any broods of pheasants or quail? Early on saw several pairs of quail but haven't seen any broods yet.

Cover looking good in SE IL, seeing lots of quail. We were dry for a while but getting timely rains.

If I lost my place to hunt I would call some local places I have stayed or frequented and start there. Years ago we got on a great piece of land in Eastern SD by just asking the question to a waitress where we dined. She was tipped well for the lead. At the time we were knocking on doors and...

I have not but has a few friends in Southern IL say a lot of the birds pushed out with the cool evenings. They did shoot about 30 between 4 guys opening day.

Ducks can also relocate to better areas to find more water and better nesting cover.

Cover looks great in SE IL. Been seeing several pairs of quail, haven't seen a brood yet.

How is the weather in SD impacting the birds?

Great bird. My buddy and I flushed one similar years ago by De Smet. We didn't shoot as we were both wondering what we just witnessed. It got up with multiple birds. Hunted same are next day trying to find that bird but never saw again.

I think finding a club that offers all 3 will be very tough and also depends on your budget. You may want to look for a piece of land to lease directly from a land owner. Further from the population you get the better on price. I live in SE IL and land leases for $15 to $30/acre down here...

Oh and agree do not trust ice. We had to leave 1 bird the dog could not get to as the ice broke and we called the dog off.

We just came back Sunday and hunted further west than Chamberlain. We saw a couple other groups of bird hunters but not many. Our group all agreed bird numbers were up compared to 2019 in the areas we hunt.

I prefer those temps and winds as the birds typically hold a little better. I hunt heavy grass and cattails by food sources. Not that you wont find them without much food around if cover is good just may be in small numbers. Shelter belts that block the wind near food are also a great place...

Good to hear hunters are doing well in IA. We used to hunt there a couple times a year when they had more CRP and higher bird numbers.

When you yell out each bird you scare many more away! Pheasants hear 10 times better than us. If you ever block for guys that talk you will see birds hundreds of yards ahead of them running out of the cover.