Went out to western NE for the muzzy deer hunt, and did quite well the first day.
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My buddy still had a tag but day 2 I chased pheasants in the afternoon. Pheasants numbers weren't as high in the public areas as years past, but still managed to bag a limit. There were high populations of birds on the private areas, but one area was leased and the other "fed them and liked to look at them." Saw a few chickens, but they were wild and I couldn't have shot them with a rifle.
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My buddy only had two days to hunt so I moved to the SW corner of NE to check on some areas I had hunted previously. I only hunted until about 11:30a.m. as I had some family obligations. There was a lot of heavy snow, and the CRP fields were blankets of white sheets. To be honest I am not sure how the birds survive in that area. I think the only saving grace is that there is still some standing corn. I walked a few cedar tree lines and manage one rooster and two quail. Most of the areas I walked already had footprints, but there was also a lot of pheasant sign. Saw quite a few hunters out and about as well.
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My buddy still had a tag but day 2 I chased pheasants in the afternoon. Pheasants numbers weren't as high in the public areas as years past, but still managed to bag a limit. There were high populations of birds on the private areas, but one area was leased and the other "fed them and liked to look at them." Saw a few chickens, but they were wild and I couldn't have shot them with a rifle.
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My buddy only had two days to hunt so I moved to the SW corner of NE to check on some areas I had hunted previously. I only hunted until about 11:30a.m. as I had some family obligations. There was a lot of heavy snow, and the CRP fields were blankets of white sheets. To be honest I am not sure how the birds survive in that area. I think the only saving grace is that there is still some standing corn. I walked a few cedar tree lines and manage one rooster and two quail. Most of the areas I walked already had footprints, but there was also a lot of pheasant sign. Saw quite a few hunters out and about as well.