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I took a 1/2 day off work to take Kepa out for a pheasant hunt on the waterfowl lease I signed up for. We arrived to the lease right at noon today and the weather was nice temp wise (60 degrees) but it was windy at around 25 mph. Kepa and I started out on the southern end of the lease where...

This morning Remy was kind enough to have Kepa and I join him and Gus on a morning hunt at his place. As we were getting ready to hunt (just a few minutes before 8am) Remy suggested we put a bell on Kepa as the switch grass was so tall and very thick in places. As the hunt progressed I was...

Harry had fun rooting these roosters out of heavy cover and retrieving each to hand this morning!!!

Hey all, Kevin here from Sioux City, a few of you may remember my hunt updates a couple seasons back with Kepa my female yellow lab (now 4 yrs old). Kepa is doing great and even spent a little time with a trainer this spring working on her retrieval hold. As some of you may remember last...

A couple weeks ago I posted below about a leg / foot condition that had me off of work (Dr's orders) and me questioning the Iowa pheasant season and if I'd be able to partake. I posted a week ago I was back to work and progressing, enough so that this morning I ventured out with Kepa. I went...

Dang, pheasant season isn’t looking too good for me know. What started out as a foot issue a couple months ago has slowly transgressed into a major leg issue. I’ve been off work for almost a week now and on crutches most of the time. My doctor initially thought it was a knee issue and after a...

I had to work today until 10am, got out to the hunting area around noon. Last weeks snow has most of the ditches blown shut but the one's where good heavy cover remains tend to hold birds. The first spot has produced before and again today it held birds. It's a nice cattail infested corner...

This morning it was up at 5 am and out the door by 6 so we could make the drive up north to the lakes area and the large public expanses that are present there. Of course I had Kepa along and my oldest son Kenny joined me as well. Right at the 8 am start time we were almost to the first public...

Merry Christmas everyone!!! This morning Kepa and I decided to venture out before heading over to my parents house for Christmas. We didn't venture too far from home, we found alot of the ditches blown pretty much shut and most (but not all) of the birds bunched up. We started out at a public...

Well boys in finally happened, we knocked on the right door and were granted permission to hunt an outstanding looking set a side field of primarily tall brome grass bordered by corn on 3 sides. I wasn't solo today either as I had my son and nephew along for the day. Walking ditches earlier in...

Gave it the old college try this afternoon Sioux City ish area after working a morning shift and was able to hunt from noon to the 4:30 pm close. My brother was able to join me which was nice. It was a beauty of a day out and we were able to walk quite a few ditches taking turns hunting with...

Stayed near Sioux City today for a 1/2 day pheasant hunt. The rain last night had the roads a bit slick this morning but nothing too bad as it certainly could have been worse. 7:45am found me watching 10 roosters and 8 hens leaving some nice, thick huntable cover in a ditch for the center of the...

Did a quick late morning early afternoon hunt in western Iowa today. Walked 2 spots and got 1 rooster out of each. This is my young labs first season and she continues to do really well. Kepa was able to put both roosters up, I was able to make both shots and Kepa made both retrieves. Pretty...

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So after pheasant hunting the past couple of days in NW Iowa I can report the pheasants on the public area's I hunt are very spooky / jumpy. Hunting the ditches has picked up since the snow, but with 40+ degree temps coming in the next few days the snow is going to quickly turn dirt to mud...