Pheasants & a Lab
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Made the trip out from WI Wednesday. Just finished two days of hunting. Ice missed this area but about 7 inches of new snow. Snowshoes saved a lot of energy for me. I don't think I could have hunted too long without them. I hunted big public cattails with standing corn nearby. I had to get right on top of them for a flushes...not many flushes if you walked the edge. My dog is a pretty fair cattail hunter but some of the cattails were tough for the dog to get through as she would break through the crust under the fresh snow and birds would not. Slow going. The easier the cattails were to move in, the fewer the birds. I'm calling it a season. Beautiful sunshiny days and I'm always grateful for the opportunity to hunt public land in pheasant country.