Resident Only Season

Dakotazeb

Dakotazeb

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How has everyone been doing in the Resident Only season thus far? Five of us hunted the same Game Production Area Saturday and today and got our limit both days. A lot of young birds.

These were the first pheasant hunts for my 10 month old Brittany. I did have her out sharptail hunting four times but the sharpies were few and far between. It is amazing to watch a young dog progress each day. Almost minute to minute. The natural abilities start to take over and they are figuring things out as we walk through a field. She made several nice points and retrieved several nearly to hand, dropping them 5-6 feet short of me. Most impressive was the last walk. One of the guys had just shot our final bird and we are several hundred yards from the road. I saw her pick up a scent and start following what was obviously a running bird. She tracked it for nearly 200 yards before going on point. It ended up being a hen but that didn't matter as it was how she handled that bird that made me proud. It's going to be a great year! :)
 
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Dakotazeb,

Sounds like it was a good time. Thanks for the report.
 
We've limited out in the same spot the last 3 years. And, NO, I'm not going to tell anyone where it's at. :)

I'm going to try getting out this afternoon by myself for a couple hours if it would quite snowing. Going to a Walk-In area I hunt once in a while. Probably got hunted hard this weekend but I doubt anyone is out there today.
 
Dakotazeb said:
How has everyone been doing in the Resident Only season thus far? Five of us hunted the same Game Production Area Saturday and today and got our limit both days. A lot of young birds.

These were the first pheasant hunts for my 10 month old Brittany. I did have her out sharptail hunting four times but the sharpies were few and far between. It is amazing to watch a young dog progress each day. Almost minute to minute. The natural abilities start to take over and they are figuring things out as we walk through a field. She made several nice points and retrieved several nearly to hand, dropping them 5-6 feet short of me. Most impressive was the last walk. One of the guys had just shot our final bird and we are several hundred yards from the road. I saw her pick up a scent and start following what was obviously a running bird. She tracked it for nearly 200 yards before going on point. It ended up being a hen but that didn't matter as it was how she handled that bird that made me proud. It's going to be a great year! :)
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It is fun to see a dog mature right in front of your eyes....glad it worked out good for you guys.:cheers:
 
Dakotazeb said:
I saw her pick up a scent and start following what was obviously a running bird. She tracked it for nearly 200 yards before going on point. It ended up being a hen but that didn't matter as it was how she handled that bird that made me proud. It's going to be a great year! :)
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That is exciting! Always tough decision for me to know when to hold the dog or let it go. :confused: When I was young I always let the dog go.:)
 
Always tough decision for me to know when to hold the dog or let it go.
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I let her go as she wasn't moving that fast and was always within gun range.

I forgot how much fun it was watching a young dog figure things out. Yesterday I dropped a rooster in some tall slough grass. I wasn't 100% sure where it went down but I got both dogs over in the area and gave the "Dead Bird" command. Of course the youngster doesn't know that command yet but my 6 year old Britt does. When I got the the area I thought the bird went down there was knee deep water but it opened up a little. I'll be darned, the pup got out in that water, scented that rooster by a small clump of weeds and submerged in the water. She found it and brought it back to me. Yes, I was one proud papa!!
 
Dakotazeb said:
I let her go as she wasn't moving that fast and was always within gun range.
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Different story with my 1.5 old lab, she can literal fly. Takes jumps of 10 feet without any effort.

Have notice young dog hunts with head up more than I would like. Because of her small size keeps head up to see where going. Toward end of day she did better, but probably because tired.
 
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