Ditch/Road Hunting. IMPORTANT-MUST READ

Bob Peters said:
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The thread you referenced above is about someone driving from Canada to Iowa to pheasant hunt. No one in their sane mind would go that far specifically to ditch hunt. Ever. Not even a teenager without a dog. And if they are, I'd question their mental capacity for taking on such a foolish, costly, time consuming expedition.

I never set out on a hunt with the thought "oh today I think I'll just walk on a road and ditch hunt." If that's what my hunting came to, I wouldn't be hunting. And I hunted for many years without the aid of a dog too when I was that teenager years ago, so I know how that goes.

That being said, I do hunt ditches. I walk them on the way to and from the spot where the truck is parked, if necessary. On a rare basis, there's even a bird or two in them. So if that counts as specifically setting out to ditch or road hunt, then I'm guilty as charged. But I never leave the house with that being the intent. I'd rather push through various habitat and hunt them there.
 
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10-4 gim. I do know a good number of people who have taken south dakota trips with ditch walking as their number one hunt type. I think the only note to the Canadian guy is letting him know he has that option in iowa. I've had a number of times in iowa where I walk public land, then hit the quiet gravel road and walk the ditch for 100 yards of it looks good. Hunting late season public land in IA is usually tough sledding. Sometimes you might only get one really good opportunity a day. If that happens to be in a ditch I won't turn my nose up at it.
 
I agree with that. If a ditch looks good, hunt it. If it looks bad, but you have to walk the road anyways, hunt it.

What I don't agree with is hunting one right next to even a relatively busy road that risks losing a dog, or driving 3 states away just to ditch hunt. And I think you understand that.

Carry on
 
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