We don't (usually) have very high bird density here in Nova Scotia, so chances at true doubles are relatively rare. When I've been given the chance I've always gotten "double fever", and flubbed my first shot - being happy to just get one bird out of the flush in the end. But this year we're experiencing extremely high pheasant density, at least in the covers that I am hunting. I've had four chances at doubles this year when I still had an empty limit (our limit is two). In the first three instances I got overwhelmed by the number of birds in the air and the knowledge that there were numerous roosters in the bunch, and missed my first shot. Monday I went out and my buddy's GSP started pointing right away. Having been shot at for more than three weeks already, the birds started creeping down to a gap in the cover and the hens started flushing. Tessa, the GSP, pushed and pushed her way down and I guess they just piled up in there at the gap in the cover. Finally one rooster popped out, a bit too far, so I hustled to get down there and a pair of rooster came out. THis time I took a half-second to plant my feet and conciously shot the far bird, then swung on the near bird and dropped him right ontop of the first. It was 10 years in the making, but I finally got my first aerial double! I think I was grinning all day long!
