Week #3 How did it go?

[CO_Weimar]

I took the boys out Saturday to Fort Morgan. Hit a corn field, at 3:30 and stopped right at 4:30. Found a lot of goatheads for a corn field. ;-) Blitz found a dead owl, ear of corn and a goose decoy head! The corn stubble was "anemic" ... birds could have seen us coming from the other end of the field. :laugh:

Sunday:
Headed up to Fleming. Worked a nice field with cedar wind breaks, Russian olive trees and surrounded by corn on 2 sides. It had a fair amount of cover. Dakota was birdy on several occasions. Blitz went on a hard point once, but nothing popped up.

Went to another field further east, half CRP and half corn. Worked the CRP and the edge along the corn and put up two hens.

Worked another huge CRP field just into the north Haxtun area, I was surprised at how much cover there was at this location, with a hayed strip in the middle and irrigated corn on the south end. Put up one hen. Dakota was birdy, and on several occasions I thought that he was going to put up a rooster, but it just didn't happen.

We hunted from ~ 7:30 - 12:30 and called it a day. At least the boys had a little bird contact.

Driving to the 2nd field, I saw two big roosters about 100 yards into private land, sunning themselves, without a care in the world.

We're probably done for the year in Colorado. Have an invite to NE in early December, and might make a trip up to Montana in early January. Otherwise, I think that we will either be "preserving" or just training for hunt tests.

 

[Scoelki]

We went to Colorado Wingsport Friday after Thanksgiving. We paid for 11 birds for my son and nephew. We ended up getting 10.... but we could of easily shot 14 from other peoples birds that were still in the field. It was really a great hunt for the boys and the dogs. I will post pics once I get them off my ipad. Leaving for Kansas tonight .

 

[2weims]

After hearing about Colo Wingsport here, the wife, myself and 2weims are going to give it a shot on Fri. before heading out for some walk in in either NE CO. or NW KS. on Mon.

10 out of 11 is awesome!

 

[Uplandhunter67]

I went out on Sunday morning to the Brush area looking for quail. Walked a few miles and jumped a really scraggly looking coyote. On my way back to the truck I jumped a bunch of tweety birds and two quail came out. Didn't shoot just let them fly. Decided I'd pass as they must have come out of a busted covey so I figured it was best to let them go. Nice to seem them fly. Otherwise I spent a good six hours of walking and didn't see another bird. I did hear a pheasant crowing in the distance. Pretty bleak in terms of birds. This coming weekend the SWA are closed for deer season so if anyone is headed out looking for a place to hunt better hit the walk in.

Probably will head to KS next weekend and poke around abit.

 

[CO_Weimar]

Good job! :thumbsup: Sounds like you had a good time!

We went to Colorado Wingsport Friday after Thanksgiving. We paid for 11 birds for my son and nephew. We ended up getting 10.... but we could of easily shot 14 from other peoples birds that were still in the field. It was really a great hunt for the boys and the dogs. I will post pics once I get them off my ipad. Leaving for Kansas tonight .