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Saw it a couple of years ago. I was sitting in my truck watching a group of birds in corn stalks. They stared flying across the road into a crp field and a hen flew into a power line.

Sounds like a fun day Murph. Good to here you are seeing birds. I was down on Saturday. Tried a new spot North of Milford that I just got permission for. 40 acre CRP field. Confession, dog pointed hard about 50 yards from the truck. Bird held perfectly, went to shoot, CLICK.... Totally...

Yep, the only thing there is the grain elevator. That bar was a wild place.

Did you wind up going? Just wondering what it's like down there. I looked at the stats, and for a site that big, there wasn't many birds killed last year. If you went I hope you were successful.

Unfortunately no. Got these out by Bryce. Just wanted to take a cool pic of that sign with some birds.

A little tribute to my dad.

Had another nice trip to Iroquois County on Saturday. Was nice to hunt in some cold weather. Was able to hit a 40 acre field that I haven't been able to get to for a few years. It's been too wet, and it's a mile drive through a field to get into this place. Killed my two birds in there and...

Met a friend in Milford on Sunday. We killed our 4 birds in just under 2 hours. Stuck to some small crp patches that I like and the pheasant gods were smiling on us yesterday. Didn't see a ton of birds, but probably really only hunted for 45 minutes. Had 8 great points. We shot 4 times and...

NIce report. I was up in SD the last week. Hoping to get to Milford this weekend.

That place looks familiar.....

We hunt lots of drainage ditches in east central, IL. Extremely cold one day late in the season. There was a beaver damn on this particular ditch, so it was probably 6-8 feet wide. It had been below zero for several days so the ditch was iced over, and the temp that day was in the single...

Mainly hunt Edmonds County area on private ground. I'd say numbers were same as last year. A little hard to tell. It was so dry in 2022, anywhere I knew there was water I could go right to and find birds. They were definitely spread out more this fall. Hopefully conditions will be conducive...

I didn't lose any in Illinois this year. Lost a couple of SD. I think success depends on a couple of things. Obviously the dog is key and his/her willingness to hunt dead birds. I also think scenting conditions make a huge difference. Last year (2022) SD was soooo dry it was really hard...

Made it down to Milford again for the last trip of the year. Had my cousin from Springfield with me, which is the first time I haven't hunted solo all year. About 2 inches of real wet snow was on the ground We went to 4 spots, saw birds in every spot and killed our 4. We started at 8:30 and...

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Nice report, and glad you are getting into some birds.

First pic is my first Lewellin Setter Speck. Second is my last Lewellin Lewis. Both were fine dogs, and both are gone. I have a young EP now. Lewis was the best dog I have owned. Both were bought from Wilbur Williams in Lincoln, IL. He passed away a few years ago.

No. It's probably been 5 or 6 years since I've seen a covey of quails. For years and years I knew where 4 or 5 coveys were, and I could go back and find them every year and shoot a bird or two out of them. The last covey I saw was in a brushy CRP field over by Sheldon in 2017 or 2018. I...

Where there is good cover there are plenty of birds. Unfortunately, there is also a lot of plowed ground fence row to fence row. One nice thing is there certainly isn't any bird hunters anymore. Maybe a few opening weekend, but hardly any serious hunters around. I'm fortunate to have access...

My 1.5 year old pointer with a couple of wild roosters we got in East Central, IL.