MillenialMiller
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Any lucky folks out there get selected?!
November Game Bird Draw
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AtTheMurph
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For the 35th straight year I was not selected. I have never been selected.
And I was not selected for the private lands hunt either. And did not get selected for the dove draw.
And I was not selected for the private lands hunt either. And did not get selected for the dove draw.
MillenialMiller
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@nkhrfh - that’s great, congrats! Give us an update on how it went. I had a friend go 2 years ago and saw a ton of birds, said the hunt wa comparable to Iowa.
@AtTheMurph - that does not give me hope! Haha Ive struck out as well the last 7 years. But I’ll keep on trying! I spend a few weeks in Iowa/South Dakota every year so I get my fix of wild birds. But my bucket list item is to shoot a wild Indiana rooster
@AtTheMurph - that does not give me hope! Haha Ive struck out as well the last 7 years. But I’ll keep on trying! I spend a few weeks in Iowa/South Dakota every year so I get my fix of wild birds. But my bucket list item is to shoot a wild Indiana rooster
MillenialMiller
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@Quailnerd - the state of Indiana has a few properties that are managed for WILD pheasants. Every year hunters can enter their name in a draw to be selected to hunt one of the properties.
AtTheMurph
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Wild Indiana Cocks.
Cock on the right is from Indiana, on the left Illinois. Both taken the same day. A rare double!
MillenialMiller
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@AtTheMurph tgats incredible! Great work! That’s certainly a true trophy to pull that off in our area.
Do you have access to private land? This wasn’t a draw hunt right?
Either way, I’m impressed
Do you have access to private land? This wasn’t a draw hunt right?
Either way, I’m impressed
AtTheMurph
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Both private land. I have friends in Iroquois Co, IL and friends with access to land in Warren, Benton, and Newton Co's IN. I usually only hunt one state at a time, but on this trip we hunted a spot right on the state line. Got one in IL and one across the road (same ditch but different states.)
I'll post another picture from last year. I am pretty sure it was the last wild bird harvested in the entire state of Indiana for that season. Final day was hot, super windy and nobody was out. I dropped the cock not too much before sunset into a cattail patch. Dog went in a got it no problems. That was pretty impressive.