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Holly crap were there just about a million people out there! Great for the states hunting revenue, bad for the limited amount of hunting area. I got up to the first state hunting area at a little bit before 0700, came up to the first area that i marked as "good" and ill be damned there were about 10 vehicles parked there. I drove around for about 30mins until i found a back road that i thought would lead to a back area...ya well two feet of mud later and i was stuck lol some farmer ladies had to pull me out with a tractor. Not a good way to begin the season!
I had saw about seven total roosters and they were all either in the open or alongside the road. One ole rooster was even sitting in someone’s front yard just watching traffic go by, almost laughing at me driving by. But they weren’t as dumb as you might think a raised pheasant would be, I chased one down a road that slipped right up a steep embankment into some crazy kinda thorny bushes. I looked for him a bit and ended up giving up when I couldn’t track him down, I'm no dog ya know, ha. But he was smart enough not to fly, because if he had he would have been mine. Anyway, I came to a spot that looked like it may be good because it was up a hill and tucked away from the normal route of travel, so I parked and headed that way. As I got up the hill a bit more there was a patch of grass, 50 yards wide by 120 yards long a good size for working by myself. As I start to walk down the middle I hear some cackling! Hmmm is this a rooster thats injured? Does he think it’s late evening and is calling out to the ladies? Is he bragging about making it though the morning of all the hunters? Ha, I didn’t know so I headed toward the sound. The closer I got the louder it became, until I could see him! He was much bigger than I thought of a farm raised rooster, the wind was going toward me so I got pretty close to him about 15 yards and as he finished his last cackle he was standing up tall and turned around and saw me! He tried to book it out of there and headed for the hedge row on the other side of the grass. Now, I was close but I didn’t want to shoot to close, especially after watching a guy shoot one at about 10-15 yards and just making a pillow out of him. So I let him get out to about 25-30 yards and let him have it. It was a good drop and he fell right there. It took a minute to find him but find him I did! Finally one rooster!
yall werent lieing about how different everything would be compared to the mid west. Most of the roads were all paved, and the gravel or dirt roads were wet as all can be. I couldnt believe how wet everything was! It was almost like everything was a swamp. After the first field i was mostly wet but i had my trusty water proof boots on...so i thought. a few fields later the water soaked through my pants and dripped down my legs into the tops of the boots. my feet were wet the rest of the day lol it also was alot different style of land, for a scenic view it was beautiful. All the color in the changing leafs and the mountains. the land out west is blocked off, thats not the north east lol
All in all I was thankful and happy that I got at least one.
Holly crap were there just about a million people out there! Great for the states hunting revenue, bad for the limited amount of hunting area. I got up to the first state hunting area at a little bit before 0700, came up to the first area that i marked as "good" and ill be damned there were about 10 vehicles parked there. I drove around for about 30mins until i found a back road that i thought would lead to a back area...ya well two feet of mud later and i was stuck lol some farmer ladies had to pull me out with a tractor. Not a good way to begin the season!
I had saw about seven total roosters and they were all either in the open or alongside the road. One ole rooster was even sitting in someone’s front yard just watching traffic go by, almost laughing at me driving by. But they weren’t as dumb as you might think a raised pheasant would be, I chased one down a road that slipped right up a steep embankment into some crazy kinda thorny bushes. I looked for him a bit and ended up giving up when I couldn’t track him down, I'm no dog ya know, ha. But he was smart enough not to fly, because if he had he would have been mine. Anyway, I came to a spot that looked like it may be good because it was up a hill and tucked away from the normal route of travel, so I parked and headed that way. As I got up the hill a bit more there was a patch of grass, 50 yards wide by 120 yards long a good size for working by myself. As I start to walk down the middle I hear some cackling! Hmmm is this a rooster thats injured? Does he think it’s late evening and is calling out to the ladies? Is he bragging about making it though the morning of all the hunters? Ha, I didn’t know so I headed toward the sound. The closer I got the louder it became, until I could see him! He was much bigger than I thought of a farm raised rooster, the wind was going toward me so I got pretty close to him about 15 yards and as he finished his last cackle he was standing up tall and turned around and saw me! He tried to book it out of there and headed for the hedge row on the other side of the grass. Now, I was close but I didn’t want to shoot to close, especially after watching a guy shoot one at about 10-15 yards and just making a pillow out of him. So I let him get out to about 25-30 yards and let him have it. It was a good drop and he fell right there. It took a minute to find him but find him I did! Finally one rooster!
yall werent lieing about how different everything would be compared to the mid west. Most of the roads were all paved, and the gravel or dirt roads were wet as all can be. I couldnt believe how wet everything was! It was almost like everything was a swamp. After the first field i was mostly wet but i had my trusty water proof boots on...so i thought. a few fields later the water soaked through my pants and dripped down my legs into the tops of the boots. my feet were wet the rest of the day lol it also was alot different style of land, for a scenic view it was beautiful. All the color in the changing leafs and the mountains. the land out west is blocked off, thats not the north east lol
All in all I was thankful and happy that I got at least one.
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