kansasbrittany
Banned
Went for a quick hunt yesterday and found 2 nice sized coveys close together. 5 birds shot, many misses. We saw quite a few chickens too. Waiting on our breakfast to cook, then we're back at it this morning:thumbsup:
Has anyone limited out yet??
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Wait, the mighty US Fish and game and whatever other political arms are saying PC's are going extinct.
Its the habitat stupid (thats directed at the govt.)
Ive found more chickens the past 2 years than I have pheasants only because #1 I gave up looking for pheasants and got tired of walking all day and not seeing a thing, and #2 I purposely went to the most desolate place I could find that had the ingredients I felt a chicken needed and I found em.
Now the ones in SW ks have always given me fits. Never seem to find a lesser/greater or have it in range when its season, but they always pop up out of the woodwork when Im deer hunting or after Dec 31 and they are no longer in season. Oh well. Never managed to get on a big flock I know is in an area I hunt this weekend. But I only hunted 2 fields for them so I didnt try too hard.
After Deer Season is over Im gonna go at it again. Want to get a lesser mounted for my office.
After the dismal opener, I finally got out again last week. Hopes were very low, but knew I would have a good time chasing the dog around. Things went better than planned, though bird numbers were still very low. Saw 3 hens and 4 roosters, Taz was on fire, one bird in milo the rest in grass. They were running pretty good, but we managed to track til they could be pointed. Was a very proud day to watch him work, knowing the next day he would be breaking ice chasing ducks.
This was a wounded bird he tracked, you can see its tailfeathers out of the hole.
This was a wounded bird he tracked, you can see its tailfeathers out of the hole.
KansasCowboy
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love the versatility of the German dogs! I too take our shorthairs duck hunting. Great water retrievers as well.
Might not look it now, but Taz is a Wirehaired Pointing Griffon. He doesn't have much hair left by this time of year. Icy retrieves and upland hunting play hell on his longer hair and beard. He has taken quite a few waterfowl limits this year also.
Pre season beard
wolfcreeknc
Active member
Ok, I have finally figured out how to post images!
Here are some shots of our great trip to KS two weeks ago. Got there Wednesday Nov 20th with 60 degrees. Unpacked the car and hit the patch behind the farmers house. Walked the north edge of so great "trash" then proceeded down the west edge of it along the fence line into some uncut sorgum. My son and I spread out along the fence line with him on it and me in the Sorgum about 30 yards with our Britt working it between us. He started betting birdy as we moved down the edge of the field. The plan was to pinch the birds in the corner of the field and the road. Well with just 45 minutes into the hunt a rooster flushed wild with a failed attempt by my son. then a hen followed and as planned our Britt locked up solid on the road edge. I steped in and up came a rooster and down he went with my son's kaboom! Great way to end the day after about 20 hours of traveling! I am proud of my son and the fact our Britt who does not get much bird time here in NC and just spent 20 hours traveling went right to business.
The first night at the farmers house got quite chilly. Weather changed from 60 degrees to the 20's with lots of wind and sleet slamming our upstairs bedroom window. Everyone had to stay cozy that night!
Thursday turned into a great day for hunting if you could stay warm. Headed north into the wind right out of the farmers house; sleet smacking the raw face but well worth it. Walked through some more uncut sorgum for about 1/8 mile to the field edge and the beginning of "heaven". This edge heads west into a knawrly draw. Of course I blame the cold weather on me watching a rooster just get up in front of me cackling away and me just staring at its beauty. Heading west in the edge/draw we saw several more birds. Suddenly or Britts beeper was going off around my feet. I was standing in some immature cattails all pushed over no more than 1.5 feet tall and the collar was beeping away and I thought the dog lost the collar until I stepped on his head! He had creeped in a tunnel and locked up. I pulled the grass away and called my son over to show him where our dogs nose was where a bird had apparently been roosting. We checked it out and about 20-30 seconds later a rooster busts from the opposite side of me at the end of the tunnel! Well, blam-blam and not a feather from me. We continued in this draw and saw several other birds with no good shots and sorry but no pictures that day (gloved hands and camera with the excitement didn't loan itself to taking pictures).
Later that day after a few cups of warm hot chocolate we headed to the legendary "Jerry's Draw" (KBritts son's new favorite place!). This is a quarter section that always, and I mean always holds birds. This year the north end had sunflowers planted over wheat and the south and west ends were cut milo with a significant draw that runs a dog leg through it. Well through the sunflowers we go to the east end of the draw to get the wind right for the hunt. Got into the upper end of the draw where it is only about 30 yards wide and started working it. Suddenly our Britt locks up on the south end of the draw standing in the milo and pointing into a plumb thicket on the edge. I position my son on the north side of the draw and head to the point. He would not budge and was looking into the plumbs. I couldn't see a bird so I released him. He wouldn't budge so I had to nudge him. Well suddenly I hear 3 or 4 roosters cackling away and a hen chrirping on he launch. My son shot but missed and he also didn't see the other 3 or 4 birds take off. Wow, the blood was pumping. Another 30 yards and a rooster takes off, bang goes my gun and bird goes down but not hard. I move quickly over to the spot and mark it. I get our Britt over there and he is too busy sniffing other stuff and suddenly that rooster gets up again and blam, he goes down again in the milo! I quickly head to the spot he went down and mark it but after searching for quite some time we can not find a trace of him! I guess they have kevlar now. Long story shortened we saw at least 30 birds that day and I really need to work on my shooting
That night Kbritt and his son come and join us at the farmers house; share a few cherries, stories, laughs and hit the hay. Well rather than go into lots of details I will let the pictures tell the story of the days events.
KBritts pointing and backing
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Here are some shots of our great trip to KS two weeks ago. Got there Wednesday Nov 20th with 60 degrees. Unpacked the car and hit the patch behind the farmers house. Walked the north edge of so great "trash" then proceeded down the west edge of it along the fence line into some uncut sorgum. My son and I spread out along the fence line with him on it and me in the Sorgum about 30 yards with our Britt working it between us. He started betting birdy as we moved down the edge of the field. The plan was to pinch the birds in the corner of the field and the road. Well with just 45 minutes into the hunt a rooster flushed wild with a failed attempt by my son. then a hen followed and as planned our Britt locked up solid on the road edge. I steped in and up came a rooster and down he went with my son's kaboom! Great way to end the day after about 20 hours of traveling! I am proud of my son and the fact our Britt who does not get much bird time here in NC and just spent 20 hours traveling went right to business.
The first night at the farmers house got quite chilly. Weather changed from 60 degrees to the 20's with lots of wind and sleet slamming our upstairs bedroom window. Everyone had to stay cozy that night!
Thursday turned into a great day for hunting if you could stay warm. Headed north into the wind right out of the farmers house; sleet smacking the raw face but well worth it. Walked through some more uncut sorgum for about 1/8 mile to the field edge and the beginning of "heaven". This edge heads west into a knawrly draw. Of course I blame the cold weather on me watching a rooster just get up in front of me cackling away and me just staring at its beauty. Heading west in the edge/draw we saw several more birds. Suddenly or Britts beeper was going off around my feet. I was standing in some immature cattails all pushed over no more than 1.5 feet tall and the collar was beeping away and I thought the dog lost the collar until I stepped on his head! He had creeped in a tunnel and locked up. I pulled the grass away and called my son over to show him where our dogs nose was where a bird had apparently been roosting. We checked it out and about 20-30 seconds later a rooster busts from the opposite side of me at the end of the tunnel! Well, blam-blam and not a feather from me
. We continued in this draw and saw several other birds with no good shots and sorry but no pictures that day (gloved hands and camera with the excitement didn't loan itself to taking pictures).Later that day after a few cups of warm hot chocolate we headed to the legendary "Jerry's Draw" (KBritts son's new favorite place!). This is a quarter section that always, and I mean always holds birds. This year the north end had sunflowers planted over wheat and the south and west ends were cut milo with a significant draw that runs a dog leg through it. Well through the sunflowers we go to the east end of the draw to get the wind right for the hunt. Got into the upper end of the draw where it is only about 30 yards wide and started working it. Suddenly our Britt locks up on the south end of the draw standing in the milo and pointing into a plumb thicket on the edge. I position my son on the north side of the draw and head to the point. He would not budge and was looking into the plumbs. I couldn't see a bird so I released him. He wouldn't budge so I had to nudge him. Well suddenly I hear 3 or 4 roosters cackling away and a hen chrirping on he launch. My son shot but missed and he also didn't see the other 3 or 4 birds take off. Wow, the blood was pumping. Another 30 yards and a rooster takes off, bang goes my gun and bird goes down but not hard. I move quickly over to the spot and mark it. I get our Britt over there and he is too busy sniffing other stuff and suddenly that rooster gets up again and blam, he goes down again in the milo! I quickly head to the spot he went down and mark it but after searching for quite some time we can not find a trace of him! I guess they have kevlar now
. Long story shortened we saw at least 30 birds that day and I really need to work on my shootingThat night Kbritt and his son come and join us at the farmers house; share a few cherries, stories, laughs and hit the hay. Well rather than go into lots of details I will let the pictures tell the story of the days events.
KBritts pointing and backing
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wolfcreeknc
Active member
Continued....
A days harvest
Kbritts son with some birds
The next day we got up too darn early but that's the way it is. Traveled about 60 miles east to hunt with some buddies of Kbritt and walked a 1/4 section of grass. Put up a few birds but none went down. Had a great time and made some new friends which is what it is all about:cheers:
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A days harvest
Kbritts son with some birds
The next day we got up too darn early but that's the way it is. Traveled about 60 miles east to hunt with some buddies of Kbritt and walked a 1/4 section of grass. Put up a few birds but none went down. Had a great time and made some new friends which is what it is all about:cheers:
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wolfcreeknc
Active member
After the hunt with Kbritt and friends it was time for my son and I to head back to the farmers and do some more solo hunting. Ate some good pizza on the way back, had a cup of hot chocolate and headed out with my son chauffeuring me around on an ATV. Boy did that make his day!
Had him drop me off at the end of a 1/2 mile long strip of milo the farmer left for us hunters. The strip was only about 25 yards wide so it was easy to trap the birds in it. My son drove half way up and started a block. I move quickly with our Britt covering the milo up to him. Nothing. My driver hopped on the ATV and went to the end and I continued with our Britt. He started to get birdy and had a runner moving on us. Several moving points and when we got within 60 yards of the end up went the bird got up and down he went. Well the day before I decided to change my game plan and changed from improved cylinder/on my O/U to mod/full and that was the magic combo for the rest of the hunting. Only missed about 3 birds after that change
Now we have one in the bag after 30 minutes and we head to a double dip draw east of the farmers. We started on the south end moving into the wind in the west dip of the draw. Only went about 30 yards and we heard Mr. Rooster cackling in the other dip of the draw. Quick change of plans and we double back and hit the other dip. I head to the SE corner of the draw up in some nice grass and my son stays west about 30 yards. Dog gets birdy and up goes a rooster and my son get the shot but it's a miss. Our pooch is locked up again and I thought it was the first rooster but up comes another rooster and hen and now it is my turn to miss; caught me by surprise. Well Mr. Britt is still birdy and starts working a bird on the fence line. We quickly follow him for about 150 yards until we get a solid point. I cross the fence line and my son take the other side and up comes #3 rooster and with my gloved hands the safety selector goes to full by mistake and poof go the feathers with a full load of #5 at about 25 yards. Barely had to gut him that night!
So, not a limit but had my shooting been on par it would have been a limit in about 1 1/2 hours of hunting!
Here is a picture of the end of day; if you could only see my son's grin:10sign:
The last day we tried another honey hole in the morning but for some reason we only put up a hen, a rooster and flushed a covey with no shots taken. Don't understand why it was so barren, every year in the past when we hit this area we always get into birds but not this time. So a quick phone call to another farmer gets us permission to hunt good-ole "Jerry's draw" for a quick one hour hunt. This time we suspected the birds would be in the milo so our plan was to walk in the middle of it and maybe push the birds into the draw. I park half way up the section along the milo, get out and up go 3 roosters about 20 yards from the car. Well, always remember not to slam the door you idiot!!! (that was me by the way). OK, so the birds are in the milo! We head in and a rooster flushes wild about 80 yards ahead after we get in about 1/4 of the way. As we are working east we come up to a little rise in the field; I have learned to always be watchful on those rises, seems like roosters don't like to run up over them and get spotted. Well, up goes a rooster, bang he take some lead, bang takes some more and I know I have to high tail it up to the fence line and find him. About 30 yards from the fence line my phone rings and I work it out of my pocket with my gloves and it is my old hunting buddy who couldn't make it this year. As I start to pull the phone up in my left hand that rooster tries to make a last attempt at flight and with phone in one hand and gun in my shooting hand I put it too him:cheers: What a way to end it with my buddy on the line listening to the blam-blam.
So we had a good laugh as I stuff my vest and it is a great time to call it quits and head back to the car.
There you have it, 4.5 days of great times with my son, great friends like Kbritt and his son and the wonderful people in North Central Kansas. No we didn't shoot limits, but there were no limits to the great times we had:cheers:
Now I have to wait 11.5 months until I can come out again.
Best to all,
Wolf
Had him drop me off at the end of a 1/2 mile long strip of milo the farmer left for us hunters. The strip was only about 25 yards wide so it was easy to trap the birds in it. My son drove half way up and started a block. I move quickly with our Britt covering the milo up to him. Nothing. My driver hopped on the ATV and went to the end and I continued with our Britt. He started to get birdy and had a runner moving on us. Several moving points and when we got within 60 yards of the end up went the bird got up and down he went. Well the day before I decided to change my game plan and changed from improved cylinder/on my O/U to mod/full and that was the magic combo for the rest of the hunting. Only missed about 3 birds after that change
Now we have one in the bag after 30 minutes and we head to a double dip draw east of the farmers. We started on the south end moving into the wind in the west dip of the draw. Only went about 30 yards and we heard Mr. Rooster cackling in the other dip of the draw. Quick change of plans and we double back and hit the other dip. I head to the SE corner of the draw up in some nice grass and my son stays west about 30 yards. Dog gets birdy and up goes a rooster and my son get the shot but it's a miss. Our pooch is locked up again and I thought it was the first rooster but up comes another rooster and hen and now it is my turn to miss; caught me by surprise. Well Mr. Britt is still birdy and starts working a bird on the fence line. We quickly follow him for about 150 yards until we get a solid point. I cross the fence line and my son take the other side and up comes #3 rooster and with my gloved hands the safety selector goes to full by mistake and poof go the feathers with a full load of #5 at about 25 yards. Barely had to gut him that night!
So, not a limit but had my shooting been on par it would have been a limit in about 1 1/2 hours of hunting!
Here is a picture of the end of day; if you could only see my son's grin:10sign:
The last day we tried another honey hole in the morning but for some reason we only put up a hen, a rooster and flushed a covey with no shots taken. Don't understand why it was so barren, every year in the past when we hit this area we always get into birds but not this time. So a quick phone call to another farmer gets us permission to hunt good-ole "Jerry's draw" for a quick one hour hunt. This time we suspected the birds would be in the milo so our plan was to walk in the middle of it and maybe push the birds into the draw. I park half way up the section along the milo, get out and up go 3 roosters about 20 yards from the car. Well, always remember not to slam the door you idiot!!! (that was me by the way
). OK, so the birds are in the milo! We head in and a rooster flushes wild about 80 yards ahead after we get in about 1/4 of the way. As we are working east we come up to a little rise in the field; I have learned to always be watchful on those rises, seems like roosters don't like to run up over them and get spotted. Well, up goes a rooster, bang he take some lead, bang takes some more and I know I have to high tail it up to the fence line and find him. About 30 yards from the fence line my phone rings and I work it out of my pocket with my gloves and it is my old hunting buddy who couldn't make it this year. As I start to pull the phone up in my left hand that rooster tries to make a last attempt at flight and with phone in one hand and gun in my shooting hand I put it too him:cheers: What a way to end it with my buddy on the line listening to the blam-blam. So we had a good laugh as I stuff my vest and it is a great time to call it quits and head back to the car.
There you have it, 4.5 days of great times with my son, great friends like Kbritt and his son and the wonderful people in North Central Kansas. No we didn't shoot limits, but there were no limits to the great times we had:cheers:
Now I have to wait 11.5 months until I can come out again.
Best to all,
Wolf
Exactly! Thankfully I still hunt with my dad every weekend, whether it waterfowl or upland. Feels good that I now take him hunting.
Great pics and good time wolfcreek!
Bilbo Baggins
Active member
Wolf, great story and pictures too. Thanks and hurry back to Kansas.
