Just wanted to say hi and I'm glad I found the forum. I spent a fair bit of time bird hunting with my dad when I was a little kid, shot a lot of dove, band-tailed pigeons, mountain grouse and a "few" pheasant and quail in Washington. Then he got into hounds and we shifted to bears and cats!
Anyhow, after a long, long break, I am back at it. Last winter I picked up a little springer pup from a rancher in Forsyth and this fall he proved to be well worth it. I couldn't find any "good" spots to pheasant hunt this fall, but we still knocked down and retrieved a few birds and right towards the end of the season he basically went batty over birds... so I am really looking forward to next season.
This is him with his first pheasant ever....(I guess I'll see if I know how to post a pic???)
I do have some questions... I am in Billings. Within a "couple" hours drive of here, can I expect to get into decent numbers of birds without having to pay for access??? Couple hours... gives me a radius going to Lewistown, Grass Range, Miles City, Hardin... and back along the Yellowstone to say Big Timber, then up into that Harlotown country along the Musselshell...
Thanks for any insight here!
Anyhow, after a long, long break, I am back at it. Last winter I picked up a little springer pup from a rancher in Forsyth and this fall he proved to be well worth it. I couldn't find any "good" spots to pheasant hunt this fall, but we still knocked down and retrieved a few birds and right towards the end of the season he basically went batty over birds... so I am really looking forward to next season.
This is him with his first pheasant ever....(I guess I'll see if I know how to post a pic???)
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I do have some questions... I am in Billings. Within a "couple" hours drive of here, can I expect to get into decent numbers of birds without having to pay for access??? Couple hours... gives me a radius going to Lewistown, Grass Range, Miles City, Hardin... and back along the Yellowstone to say Big Timber, then up into that Harlotown country along the Musselshell...
Thanks for any insight here!