WrestleAndHunt149

Hi Curt-

Firstly, I cannot thank you enough for all of the recommendations and for taking the time to message me! I think we are going to shoot some clay birds early next week, and depending on her schedule I'll let you know what day we are thinking about going out. If you are willing and free, I'd love to get her on some private ground. I can bring my dog if you'd be more comfortable with that, and of course I'd be more than happy to buy you lunch/dinner and a few beers as a thank you! Once again I really appreciate all of your help!

-Jacob

Next on my list would focus around the town of Early, several more large areas stretching to Lake View. Sorry the specific names escape me, and I'm at work and can't look them up.
Now a little closer to you- along I35 north of Hwy 20 (Hamilton County I believe?) are some real good looking spots near the interstate. I have never hunted those, but they look worth a poke.

Finally- If you do go that way and I'm available, I'd be willing to take a couple kids out on some private ground to help set the hook. Two conditions, 1- she has enough safety understanding to not shoot my dog if there is a low flyer, and 2- no stealing my spots later. I feel like I should work a couple beers into the arrangement also but that can be discussed later....

I'm out hunting pheasants every weekend except first shotgun deer. I'd be glad to help with either public or private, we need more hunters in our ranks.

Curt (Berettadouble)

Howdy-

Like I said in my post, I can only vouch for where I hunt. But if I were to go find public land birds I would go west down hwy 20, I thought I saw referenced you were Cedar Rapids area? If you were going to stay a night I'd go to either Fort Dodge or Storm Lake. FD is kind of a dump but theres not much housing choice in that area. From there look for a little town called Varina on the map. There are several large public areas that hold birds. They get hit hard like all public areas, but nothing like you'd have seen at Hawkeye, etc. I've managed to shoot a limit in January on them before. To the north of Varina just a couple miles is a complex called Crotty (?) and something else. Huge. Put altogether its got to be near a section. South of Varina are several more areas. Those would be my first stops.

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