Going back the next day to look for wounded bird.

Goosemaster

Goosemaster

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I wonder if it's worth the trip to go back the next morning and look for a bird that you winged later in the afternoon the day before? If you know pretty much where that bird will be.
 
I think this bird is going to be in this patch of trees. That is maybe a half mile long. Maybe a little less than that quarter mile. Maybe, thick trees. Very thick cover. Some critter may get him during the night.
 
I've done it! Winged one pretty good on a Saturday, went back to the same draw on a Sunday and he tried to flush but couldn't get more than 3ft off the ground and I finished him off. Worth a shot!
 
revs2ninegrand said:
I've done it! Winged one pretty good on a Saturday, went back to the same draw. He didn't just float down, he crashed down but then he just took off running and I couldn't get another shot at him. I was too far away. on a Sunday and he tried to flush but couldn't get more than 3ft off the ground and I finished him off. Worth a shot!
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This one wasn't hit very well, it was a shot I should not have taken but it was the only shot I got the whole afternoon. He hit the ground hard and everything but then he just took off running, and I was too far away to get a shot at him when he ran through the field into the woods. Then he disappeared and do some really thick cover in trees that were down.
 
My first lab, probably would have gotten that bird, he was amazing at running down birds like that and finding them. Great dog.
 
Goosemaster said:
The thing about going back the next day, is there are lots of critters out there in the night, that can get a pheasant.
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Once I shot a crossing bird and lots of feathers came off but he kept flying across the slough. We saw him land way in the distance under his own control. It was very cold, in the late season. Chalked him up as lost. A week later (private land) I was hunting over within 50 yards of where he landed, and the dog found a very dead frozen stiff bird, had to be him. I took him and planned to eat him as temps were below freezing the entire week. Did an autopsy and found a few pellets but didn't keep him, a rodent had taken a few bites already.
 
Bob Peters said:
Once I shot a crossing bird and lots of feathers came off but he kept flying across the slough. We saw him land way in the distance under his own control. It was very cold, in the late season. Chalked him up as lost. A week later (private land) I was hunting over within 50 yards of where he landed, and the dog found a very dead frozen stiff bird, had to be him. I took him and planned to eat him as temps were below freezing the entire week. Did an autopsy and found a few pellets but didn't keep him, a rodent had taken a few bites already.
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I was actually going to go back to that place today, but I figured that area is so thick. The chances of finding that bird plus, it gets hundred all the time. Some other Hunter probably got him or some critter.
 
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