That's a lot of people.3-4” to begin with, got another 3-4” since 9 am…great snow hunt! Pretty brisk E/SE wind, maybe 12/15, gusting a bit more. Felt like we were hunting in a Les Kouba painting! Some great dog work, some good shooting, and some head scratchers…5 of us put 13 in the vests, about 90 minute hunt. I love hunting in falling snow…
Yeah I like central, that far East South Dakota looks like it could be good.
Not enough, frankly…we were in birds, big time…could have used a few more. 2 weeks earlier my group of 6 got 17 in the same 1/4 section in about 90 minutes, no snow that time…it’s helpful to have a few guys on different sides of a particular field to keep them from pouring out…sometimes the direction they’re going allows them to stay in the field we’re hunting, depending on wind, where the habitat is, what the adjacent fields have for cover or crops, etc. To me, 10, 15+ is a big group…but it depends on the cover…a big cattail slough full of hundreds and hundreds of birds can absorb 10-15 hunters very easily…That's a lot of people.
The most people I've ever hunted with was two other people, and most of the time I hunt solo. I've never done a big groupon, and I don't wear orange ever.
If your system works for you, stick with it…
I wouldn't mind trying that group thing sometime, I do have an orange vest but I very rarely wear it. I don't really know that many guys.If your system works for you, stick with it…
My vest is made by filson, and it's probably 30 years old.
If you make a trip out, you can run Mr. Jones against Golden Hour's dog Nila.
I always wear protective glasses, I know 3 people who’ve been shot in the face, one lost an eye. He was up on a hill with his group below…you know what happened. The other 2 are farmers that were hosting large groups… 8? 10? And the farmers were blocking on the ends of food plots…low flying birds…a no no!
As long as there are no points for retrieving, we're game. lol
Yeah I've seen some guys do some really dangerous things, and those big groups, and they posted it on the internet.
Jones and nyla are very similar, although Jones does retrieve now pretty well, but I think he got spurred when he was young. I am possibly considering getting a puppy from that guy that sold nyla. I'm not 100% sure yet, they are expensive.
Jones and nyla would be The wrecking Crew. I don't usually hit the real heavy cover like those guys do.
That's the thing with a lot of people, some people are very dangerous with a shotgun.
Yes, I don't usually hunt that far east, but Mr Jones and nyla are right around the same age I think. I really enjoy the videos that they do, it really lets people kind of know what pheasant hunting is.
Yup…we call unsafe gun handling out…happens, I’ve been called out…gotta have that policy where it gets called out by anybody who notices it…I’ve been hunting in groups off and on for 30+ years…no issue, you pay attention…most of the time we’re not very close to each other…some times we are…pay attention and have a policy of calling any situations out
