prairiepork
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i'll admit this has been a challenging year. lost 3+ weeks to dog injury, multiple staples after 2 different hunts, so I have not been out as much, but when I have been out I have not seen the pheasants. i hunt in southeast ne, but might make a few trips west. have been able to scratch out a few birds here and there, but not like it has been the last few years. even after this snow I have not seen a lot of tracks. quail populations seem to be way up from the terrible winter a few years back, as I have seen many more quail than pheasants, I just can't hit those little buggers. i would say I have shot about 1/2 as many roosters as I had at this point last year. probably should have at least double the quail(shot 6 i think), I just can't shoot. dog has been killin' it when we run into birds, and there is just enough success and awesome dog work to keep me heading out. if nothing else it is exercise and knocks the dog out for a day. good fortune the rest of the year.