Bilbo Baggins
Active member
Final report until November...
Got to the land of milk and honey late yesterday and there was just enough time to put hunting pants and boots on. Stepped into the first spot and made five or six steps. I heard some noise and stopped walking, thinking a rabbit just took off. No, actually two roosters and a hen were just at my feet and ran about 30 yards before they got up into a stiff wind. I was two roosters richer. Just then when my safety was back on I noticed that the hen was a rooster too. I missed the safety two or three times with my gloves on and didn't take a shot at him. I picked up the third bird about 40 yards off the corner where I was using my vehicle as a blocker. The vehicle is a good blocker but can't shoot worth a crap. Gee, that worked out good. About 20 minutes later I finished out in the next spot when one rooster and a hen got up. Did some scouting after that and noticed two different times that the pheasants emptied the tall grass and sailed into corn stubble just about an hour before sunset. Probably saw 100 birds total in the two groups. That was fun to watch. Today, I started off early and headed out to a newly found "honeyhole" since I lost some good places to corn ethanal. The honeyhole did not disappoint. I walked into a stiff wind through dirty corn stubble. Everything held tight, very tight. Only hens for the first 30 minutes, which was fine with me. Then, onezies of roosters were not far away. I finished my business with snowflakes in the face and drove down to Oklahoma for the night. By the time I hit the motel the snow was bumper deep and nothing was moving on the roads. It has been snowing the entire afternoon. The SW Kansas roads were still great early afternoon. If someone is planning on driving up to God's country be very careful in OK and the Panhandle of Texas. It was an outstanding season and a great way to finish. I saw the sun set (through the clouds) last night instead of Sunday night. Good luck and safe travels !!!
Got to the land of milk and honey late yesterday and there was just enough time to put hunting pants and boots on. Stepped into the first spot and made five or six steps. I heard some noise and stopped walking, thinking a rabbit just took off. No, actually two roosters and a hen were just at my feet and ran about 30 yards before they got up into a stiff wind. I was two roosters richer. Just then when my safety was back on I noticed that the hen was a rooster too. I missed the safety two or three times with my gloves on and didn't take a shot at him. I picked up the third bird about 40 yards off the corner where I was using my vehicle as a blocker. The vehicle is a good blocker but can't shoot worth a crap. Gee, that worked out good. About 20 minutes later I finished out in the next spot when one rooster and a hen got up. Did some scouting after that and noticed two different times that the pheasants emptied the tall grass and sailed into corn stubble just about an hour before sunset. Probably saw 100 birds total in the two groups. That was fun to watch. Today, I started off early and headed out to a newly found "honeyhole" since I lost some good places to corn ethanal. The honeyhole did not disappoint. I walked into a stiff wind through dirty corn stubble. Everything held tight, very tight. Only hens for the first 30 minutes, which was fine with me. Then, onezies of roosters were not far away. I finished my business with snowflakes in the face and drove down to Oklahoma for the night. By the time I hit the motel the snow was bumper deep and nothing was moving on the roads. It has been snowing the entire afternoon. The SW Kansas roads were still great early afternoon. If someone is planning on driving up to God's country be very careful in OK and the Panhandle of Texas. It was an outstanding season and a great way to finish. I saw the sun set (through the clouds) last night instead of Sunday night. Good luck and safe travels !!!
