Pheasant hunting 101....anybody in the Green Bay Area?

beefcake said:
Do not bother!!!!! VERY FEW if any wild pheasants here , most birds are shot at put & take game farms.
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No offense but this is exactly what I was told when I started pheasant hunting out here. Low and behold I put in a lot of time and boot leather and I figured out how and where to put birds in the bag. "Don't bother" is in my opinion the reason why some of our pheasant numbers remain so low.
 
No I'm not, I'm from California but I was told getting a bird dog was a waste around here it turns out that I have found lots of good hunting opportunities (not just pheasants) around me. Maybe you'll find the same.
 
quail hound said:
No I'm not, I'm from California but I was told getting a bird dog was a waste around here it turns out that I have found lots of good hunting opportunities (not just pheasants) around me. Maybe you'll find the same.
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Well said. Not sure why anyone would say "don't bother", much more why they would make that their first post?

While I am not from green bay, I am from a little south of there. Last season me and my group did better than we have ever done.

9 guys on opening day and we all had our bird by the end of the day.
The following weekend, there were only 5 of us, but we again got 9 birds. I was the only one who didn't get 2.
We were never skunked all season with the exception of one day, when my shotgun barrel must have been bent, but we saw birds every day out.

I don't know exactly how many we ended up with total, but I know that I cleaned and ate a lot of pheasants last year. I had so much fun that I bought a dog, a new gun, all new gear, and a membership to a private club with birds to keep me busy before and after the actual season.

Oh yeah.......all our birds were harvested on land that anyone can hunt.

Yeah...don't bother. :rolleyes:
 
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I will tell you why I say "DONT BOTHER" & why its my first post! Ive hunted here in the 60s...70s ,when a knock on the door & a handshake was all one needed to put there dog into good pheasant cover....the fence rows are gone , the gravel roads are gone and most (NOT ALL) of the wild birds as well.You guys are shooting DNR put & take birds and calling them wild. I am not a pheasant expert , but I used to have the darn things under my bird feeder in winter...have not seen one their in 12 or so yrs. For the effort one puts in here in WIS, you could drive to South Dakota & have a better chance of putting your dogs on more wild birds in one week then in a lifetime here. I didnt mean to offend anyone my age & frustraightion over the declining bird populations in my state are showing through in my posts....I will be more carefull and choose my words better from now on.....Be well gentilemen
 
beefcake said:
I will tell you why I say "DONT BOTHER" & why its my first post! Ive hunted here in the 60s...70s ,when a knock on the door & a handshake was all one needed to put there dog into good pheasant cover....the fence rows are gone , the gravel roads are gone and most (NOT ALL) of the wild birds as well.You guys are shooting DNR put & take birds and calling them wild. I am not a pheasant expert , but I used to have the darn things under my bird feeder in winter...have not seen one their in 12 or so yrs. For the effort one puts in here in WIS, you could drive to South Dakota & have a better chance of putting your dogs on more wild birds in one week then in a lifetime here. I didnt mean to offend anyone my age & frustraightion over the declining bird populations in my state are showing through in my posts....I will be more carefull and choose my words better from now on.....Be well gentilemen
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The OP asked about getting started in the sport, not if Green Bay was a wild pheasant haven.
 
Living in the past sounds like a good way to hate your life but you can be as miserable as you'd like I'll go hunting.

I know the difference between wild birds and stocked birds. I've even posted pictures showing the difference.
 
Just go find some birds, your dogs will love you for it! They dont care what they find and pick up! I cant wait for grouse and then pheasant season to open. I have a place in Phelps, in the heart of the Nicolet. Headed up this w/e do do a little scouting.
 
UplandHntr said:
Just go find some birds, your dogs will love you for it! They dont care what they find and pick up! I cant wait for grouse and then pheasant season to open. I have a place in Phelps, in the heart of the Nicolet. Headed up this w/e do do a little scouting.
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Let me know what your seeing. I haven't heard much on how the grouse are looking for this season.

Have a safe trip.:cheers:

Nick
 
Collians marsh is a great place to get started as far as pheasants go , last year I took a few pheasants and a hun or two as well. Off topic but the Marinet area is good for grouse (ruffed not sharptail) and is not hunted as hard as other areas ....ie parkfalls
 
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