KBell
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After a short drive this morning; and a beautiful morning it was, my son and I hunted four public land spots in Greene county. Before I get into that, a shout-out to Mary at the cafe in Ogden for some of the best blueberry pancakes I have ever had! Ia at heart, these legs were looking for some level ground today!
The first piece is smaller 40 acres and we could tell it had been hit Saturday. Our first two roosters of the day came from Sophie. Both were wounded and plucked from the deeper cover after we could not initiate a flush. My son picked up one more on this parcel after he made a nice crossing from left to right shot.
Parcel two held no birds! We pounded that piece for two hours and produced one false point and zero flushes. Parcel three had also been visited yesterday--trash and a receipt dated 10/27. At the corner we flushed eleven birds--mostly one at a time and picked up two more roosters losing one we could not locate in the thick cattails.
At the last public site we visited, it was divided by a meandering creek and held more water than we would have suspected. Separated from my son and dog by the water I stumbled into a group of seven which held three roosters. My son ended our journey with a very nice turn around angling shot.
We only have five in the picture for this reason. When loading up, an older gentlemen (Ron) stopped to check in on us. Shared that he could not hunt this year due to vein stripping surgery to repair his lower legs--yes he had the scars to prove it. Stated he sure missed the taste of pheasant--My son looked at me and I knew what he would do. Ron traveled home with the best representative of our harvest this day. Have I shared how proud I am of this young man?
Many of you will notice the condition of the cover this year. The drought was good for reproduction, but it also left much cover only half to a third of its normal height and thickness. We all should pray for another mild winter. It will not take much snow to eliminate much of what we walked today.
Back at it Tuesday!
The first piece is smaller 40 acres and we could tell it had been hit Saturday. Our first two roosters of the day came from Sophie. Both were wounded and plucked from the deeper cover after we could not initiate a flush. My son picked up one more on this parcel after he made a nice crossing from left to right shot.
Parcel two held no birds! We pounded that piece for two hours and produced one false point and zero flushes. Parcel three had also been visited yesterday--trash and a receipt dated 10/27. At the corner we flushed eleven birds--mostly one at a time and picked up two more roosters losing one we could not locate in the thick cattails.
At the last public site we visited, it was divided by a meandering creek and held more water than we would have suspected. Separated from my son and dog by the water I stumbled into a group of seven which held three roosters. My son ended our journey with a very nice turn around angling shot.
We only have five in the picture for this reason. When loading up, an older gentlemen (Ron) stopped to check in on us. Shared that he could not hunt this year due to vein stripping surgery to repair his lower legs--yes he had the scars to prove it. Stated he sure missed the taste of pheasant--My son looked at me and I knew what he would do. Ron traveled home with the best representative of our harvest this day. Have I shared how proud I am of this young man?
Many of you will notice the condition of the cover this year. The drought was good for reproduction, but it also left much cover only half to a third of its normal height and thickness. We all should pray for another mild winter. It will not take much snow to eliminate much of what we walked today.
Back at it Tuesday!
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