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.
AtTheMurph
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I did get invited to hunt one of these properties with a friend, whose been chosen 3x since I've known him (I have been picked zero times).
Vinegar Hill just west of Earl Park, which is very near some of the private land I hunt currently.
106 acres but don't know if there is any water on that property. Don't think so. 40.68994600927891, -87.46090582445605
I have hunted this property 40.56015167690824, -87.4489938837834 Put up 50-60 birds in half a day
Also hunted one spot along the state line north of Freeland Park. Was told by locals it stunk and it did. 4 birds. More deer than birds.
Other one was NE of Fowler. Lots of quail and some pheasants. That was probably 20 or more years ago.
Vinegar Hill just west of Earl Park, which is very near some of the private land I hunt currently.
106 acres but don't know if there is any water on that property. Don't think so. 40.68994600927891, -87.46090582445605
I have hunted this property 40.56015167690824, -87.4489938837834 Put up 50-60 birds in half a day
Also hunted one spot along the state line north of Freeland Park. Was told by locals it stunk and it did. 4 birds. More deer than birds.
Other one was NE of Fowler. Lots of quail and some pheasants. That was probably 20 or more years ago.
AtTheMurph
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I think there is a secret to being drawn, but I'm testing it out before letting it out.
AtTheMurph
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My secret didn't work. Not drawn again.