Weimdogman
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Hunted a game production area last hour yesterday. Driving down the road looking at a big GPA and had a couple hens fly out of the ditch and land 50 yards out. I continued down the road a parked. Hunted the ditch back to where the hens had been no stragglers. Heavy sedge and cattails with lighter patches mixed in. Wind was right so headed in . Went about 70 yards and then went parallel to the road for a 100. Dogs trailed some but nothing flushed so I went back to the road.
Saw some birds further down in the ditch so continued hunting the ditch. 2 more hens flushed wild. I was at the end of the slough and sweet clover wraps around the slough and is bordered by brome/sedge mix on the other side. Prime pheasant cover so in we went. About 60 yards out I heard multiple birds flush behind me. Turned around to see 8-10 birds that had flushed across the road coming into the GPA. Missed 2 long passing shots at roosters but marked where they landed.
Hunted about a 1/4 mile weaving in and out of the clover/grass/slough. Got a point on 1 hen and had 1 other hen flush wild. Now I was 75 yards from where I saw birds landing. Dogs were excited cattwalking and eyeballing me. All hell broke loose. Must have been 15 roosters and a few hens exploded in front of me. I swung on 5 birds before I squeezed off
a round dropping a bird. Just couldn't take long shots when there were more birds closer but by the time I got on them was the same thing , hey this 1's closer.
After the retrieve hunted a little further spotted a fair whitetail buck who somehow seemed oblivious to us so I turned around and headed back out following a dike I didn't know existed. Got points on hens multiple times but no more roosters.
This spot will be awesome after the first snow of any amount.
Saw some birds further down in the ditch so continued hunting the ditch. 2 more hens flushed wild. I was at the end of the slough and sweet clover wraps around the slough and is bordered by brome/sedge mix on the other side. Prime pheasant cover so in we went. About 60 yards out I heard multiple birds flush behind me. Turned around to see 8-10 birds that had flushed across the road coming into the GPA. Missed 2 long passing shots at roosters but marked where they landed.
Hunted about a 1/4 mile weaving in and out of the clover/grass/slough. Got a point on 1 hen and had 1 other hen flush wild. Now I was 75 yards from where I saw birds landing. Dogs were excited cattwalking and eyeballing me. All hell broke loose. Must have been 15 roosters and a few hens exploded in front of me. I swung on 5 birds before I squeezed off
a round dropping a bird. Just couldn't take long shots when there were more birds closer but by the time I got on them was the same thing , hey this 1's closer.
After the retrieve hunted a little further spotted a fair whitetail buck who somehow seemed oblivious to us so I turned around and headed back out following a dike I didn't know existed. Got points on hens multiple times but no more roosters.
This spot will be awesome after the first snow of any amount.
