Dec 23rd trip up NE

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Mikekob

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Hey guys,

A friend and I are gonna head up to NE CO on the 23rd. We're both super new and are planning on doing some "hiking" as of now. Any of you guys lookin for a couple more people to go with we'll be out. We have no dog so if you have a dog that would be sweet!

Mike
 
Im also new to pheasant hunting but I have young pointer who has shown some promise the last few times Ive taken her out (only had her on 1 bird that my buddy missed). Ive hunted in the Seibert & Vona areas and would like to head futher NE. Shoot me an email and we'll see if we can link up for the hunt.
alaskadjf@yahoo.com
Derek
 
Snipet you have a PM.

For anyone else interested, we'll be heading up around 5 and should be around Sterling by 7:30-8. If any of you are interested shoot me a PM and we can figure a good meeting place and time out.

Mike
 
Sorry Mike dont think Im gonna make it tomorrow, got 20" of snow at the house plow trucks havent even made it out to my house yet. Looks like Im going to spend the next few days diggin out. Let me know how your trip goes.

Derek
 
Today was an intersting day to say the least. It started out good with seeing alota birds flying from food to roosting grass but that where it stopped...

We walked alot areas that seemed to be "perfect", tall red/yellow grass with wheat/corn across the street (W/C with G near) and hedge rows (Other) with alota pheasant prints in them. But nothin in either, not even hens. It seemed that there were a ton of hunters out and alot of areas were already worked.

So what could we have done different? Its really tough stuff without a dog...
 
Where did you end up going? Was there quite a bit of snow out there? Definitely helps having a dog. I'm going out after Xmas on Monday.
 
snipet said:
It seemed that there were a ton of hunters out and alot of areas were already worked.

So what could we have done different? Its really tough stuff without a dog...
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I went out to Holyoke a few weeks back and it seemed that way as well. I didn't see many birds myself except for one spot we found in Holyoke. There was a lot of other hunters around. I think that there is too much pressure in that area and it's late season. If there was a lot of snow, the birds could of been sitting tight. Need dogs to help locate them. You could of easily walked right over or past them.

I had a rooster I knew was in the field cause I tickled him with a shot. He went down running. I took my dogs out to find him. I was following his tracks in the snow all the way to the end of the field. I seen where his tracks stopped and I was saying where did he go.... He took flight right in my face. I never seen him still and there was literally no cover. The dogs were 20 yards ahead and going birdy crazy. Those late season roosters are smart.

I will be out Monday with my 12 year old son, my brother and his son, if you want to meet up to walk some fields. I have a young GSP and a 3 year old pointing lab. I have a nice spot I work that holds a lot of birds but the field is big.
 
Scoelki said:
I went out to Holyoke a few weeks back and it seemed that way as well. I didn't see many birds myself except for one spot we found in Holyoke. There was a lot of other hunters around. I think that there is too much pressure in that area and it's late season. If there was a lot of snow, the birds could of been sitting tight. Need dogs to help locate them. You could of easily walked right over or past them.

I had a rooster I knew was in the field cause I tickled him with a shot. He went down running. I took my dogs out to find him. I was following his tracks in the snow all the way to the end of the field. I seen where his tracks stopped and I was saying where did he go.... He took flight right in my face. I never seen him still and there was literally no cover. The dogs were 20 yards ahead and going birdy crazy. Those late season roosters are smart.

I will be out Monday with my 12 year old son, my brother and his son, if you want to meet up to walk some fields. I have a young GSP and a 3 year old pointing lab. I have a nice spot I work that holds a lot of birds but the field is big.
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lol your not lieing about these late season birds, they didnt make it this long by being dumb...

hmm after 2 days of walking im beat lol, but a group of 5 and two dogs sure does sound fun. idk we will see how things go tomorrow, PM me ur info and what area you are gun plan on hitting. im down in Colorado Springs, so its quite a drive


i was able to meet up with Co Buckeye and his dog today, we were lucky enough to meet acouple other guys that were working some private land. we all were able to see some roosters and shoot at a few. i got one with them and then another omw out of the area. these birds are tough too! they winged on that hit hard but yet jumped right up and ran into some tumble weeds and after 20mins of looking the 4 of us couldnt find him.
 
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