Now that the season is over

Skye & Roxie may not care TOO MUCH, but they'll definitely notice the difference immediately. Don't call it hunting. And you just keep blasting, regardless of how many you paid for or limits or whatever. Kill as many as possible. Get out of there. And don't post pictures, videos, or the like. i.e.: Cover your tracks.
 
Those pen raised birds can get pretty cagey after being out for a while. I go once a week preseason no shame in that. It’s like spring training in baseball. I usually go Thursday afternoons and normally I have the entire 700 plus acres to myself. The farm manager gives me his blessing I’m the only one out there. We usually get our 2 in a half hour or so. The rest of the time it’s more like hunting. Those birds will run like crazy. They flush from the thick stuff. It’s pretty fun. There are some dumb ones of course. A couple times this fall we came away with 10, 8 or so is the norm. I give them to a young family that enjoys them.
 
I just got back from my one annual trip entertaining one of my customers. While some of the birds were surprisingly jumpy, most were not. I saw 3-4 on the ground before the flush. That happens with wild birds once every few years at most. During this last season I saw a rooster head sticking above the grass for long enough that I thought it must have been an escaped flare nare. It wasn't. I can't remember the last time something like that happened.

I generally decline invitations to preserves when service providers want to entertain me.
 
Pen raised birds have their place. I used to go frequently when my wife was just learning to hunt. It was good for here and the dogs to be able to point and for her to shoot and gain confidence in a controlled setting.
I will take my grandson to a shooting preserve for the same reasons. I don't know any place that I hunt now where they are guaranteed a shot and it's frustrating for a new hunter to walk all day and not have an opportunity or maybe only one chance at getting a bird. (Although that's how I learned)
It's more interesting for them to be able to shoot or shoot at something than just walk all day.
 
airmedic1 said:
Pen raised birds have their place. I used to go frequently when my wife was just learning to hunt. It was good for here and the dogs to be able to point and for her to shoot and gain confidence in a controlled setting.
I will take my grandson to a shooting preserve for the same reasons. I don't know any place that I hunt now where they are guaranteed a shot and it's frustrating for a new hunter to walk all day and not have an opportunity or maybe only one chance at getting a bird. (Although that's how I learned)
It's more interesting for them to be able to shoot or shoot at something than just walk all day.
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I don't want my grandson to have unrealistic expectations. I want him to learn real world.
 
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