Hello all. lets just say i have nothing to report. My son and I got to the field around 1:00 this afternoon. On the way in we passed a truck with a dog and two guys. Not a good sign. We hunted every field we could find. Cookie gave us a so-so point after about an hour of hunting, when i walked up to she turned her head and broke point, but stayed there, so i walked up dismayed, but still somewhat on alert. What i found was the remains of either a hawk or coyote's meal. The good news is my 10 year old stuck with through a couple of light showers and continually thanked me for taking him with me. He didn't know it, but it was him making my day not me making his. I am going to have to camp out one night and see where on the property they actually turn out the pheasants. All in all still better than a day at the office.....:thumbsup:
The time with your son and his enjoyment and excitement for it are better then a dozen limits! Glad you got him out and he had such a good time. Know I love having my daughter along in the field and while I don't want her to grow up any quicker than she is I can't wait until the day she can join me as a shooter in the field!
Wish I knew anything about Caesar that would help you but I don't. One thing I would say is to hunt the edges. My experience has been these released birds like to get in the woods right on the edge of more traditional pheasant habitat.
Keep after it. You will get some birds.
We hunted Charlemont Friday morning and Saturday afternoon. I as well thought that the hunter numbers were down. Had a little issue with guys trying to follow us first thing Friday after they seen we had dogs, but other than that it was pretty enjoyable for a release date. We harvested 8 out of 9 birds on Friday and 3 out of 4 on Saturday.
We plan on heading out Saturday, might wait til mid morning tho instead of first light. If the crowds show up I get really stressed out about my dogs safety. We had a group walk right up to us and stand 5 yards to our left as we waited for Sunrise last Friday. They walked a mowed path while we hunted the cover with our dogs, we watched them raise up to potentially shoot several birds that were running, its just a recipe for disaster IMO
If you are going to charlemonte, we will need it meet up (at least between pushes). Always nice to meet new people!
If you are going to charlemonte, we will need it meet up (at least between pushes). Always nice to meet new people!
They talked me into hunting in the morning, so we will be there! I'll have the dark tri colored setter, say hi if you see us
The results from our hunt on Saturday. I am so happy that this year it finally all click for this little girl, and couldn't be more proud of her. I'm just glad she was able to put it all together. I think she even enjoys hunting more now too!
We had another good hunt at Tiffin River. We had a group of 5 and manged to shoot 8 birds. Should've had our limit but we missed a few. Pup is starting to back other dogs but still no retrieves.
well I ran into a first today while hunting public land. Went to Berlin (seems to be my spot to go lately) and while walking a field I know the ODNR releases at, Mandy jumped a hen 40 yards off the roadway. I know its possible that the hen got mixed up in the released birds, but can only hope this bird and a wise rooster will survive the winter/spring.