Hunted Thurs the 19th through Sunday the 23rd
Thurs and Fri were pretty good. There weren't as many birds, but our take was about the same. If we were better shots, we could have come close to our limit. In previous years, with less guys we were able to get about the same number. With 9 guys, we were bagging about 12 birds a day. We say probably double that get up within shooting distance and 4-5 times as many roosters get up within sight.
Sat was nothing till 3pm. Then we jumped a bunch of roosters from a nearby field into a fence row. We walked 500 yards and got up 10-12 roosters. They got up one at a time and we blasted them. Our dog was in heaven.
Road hunting and walking narrow ditched and fence rows with picked corn or beans on either side seemed to be a sure way to at least see birds. We did see a lot of young roosters. In the end it made up more hesitant and resulted in less birds taken.
All-in-all it was a great hunt. Great guys, great weather and enough birds to have some fun.
Thurs and Fri were pretty good. There weren't as many birds, but our take was about the same. If we were better shots, we could have come close to our limit. In previous years, with less guys we were able to get about the same number. With 9 guys, we were bagging about 12 birds a day. We say probably double that get up within shooting distance and 4-5 times as many roosters get up within sight.
Sat was nothing till 3pm. Then we jumped a bunch of roosters from a nearby field into a fence row. We walked 500 yards and got up 10-12 roosters. They got up one at a time and we blasted them. Our dog was in heaven.
Road hunting and walking narrow ditched and fence rows with picked corn or beans on either side seemed to be a sure way to at least see birds. We did see a lot of young roosters. In the end it made up more hesitant and resulted in less birds taken.
All-in-all it was a great hunt. Great guys, great weather and enough birds to have some fun.