PheasantWhisperer
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Had a really good time this weekend. Rolled out west about 6 hours with a very diverse group. 6 of us ranging in age from 13 to 63 hunted Friday, Saturday, and a little SUnday morning before the rain took us out. Numbers and weather could have been better but could also be working! Day one started out pretty well. Young man got his first ever rooster off of a pretty point and honor by three dogs. My dad and buddy's father-in-law both got roosters before everyone else as well. Sort of takes the pressure off. We also had an event happen that I have never seen before. My 2 year old vizsla grabbed a squirrel off of the base of a tree, shook it a little, they both scrambled down into a creek, the squirrel grabbed hold of her nose, and I guess she didnt like that so she spit it out in the creek put a paw on it and drowned the thing! We called it the swamp squirrel. I've seen dogs kill em by shaking em but never by drowning. Didnt have to worry about shot in the meat! My principal here at school went with us, he saw the whole thing and couldnt stop talking about it. Did not see many pheasants. Maybe 20-30 per day. Mostly hens. But we did manage to scratch out a few. Saw 5-6 covies of quail per day, which kept us and the dogs busy while looking for the roosters. Most pheasants were in big crp grass fields. Not using the strips like I thought they would be in the warmer weather. But the food was good, beer was cold, and 3 days without TV was even better. This was all on public ground.