weekend reports!!

Hey ~ our far eastern hunt got cancelled due to snow depth. Friend who's ranch we hunt on said don't bother due to mud and snow depth.
I was near Bennett on Sunday and there was @ 3 feet of snow there....
 
OK, I went out yesterday in northeastern CO. I was pretty far west and north (Logan and weld counties) so not in best pheasant area, but in an area a few years ago I could get a bird or two. I saw a few birds around, but they are still pretty far and few between. I did manage to bag one, but felt kinda guilty shooting one with such a low population.

I don’t know how other areas in eastern CO are this year, but I would think there at least some areas better than where I was.

Like the original poster I’d be interested in hearing other reports about eastern CO.
 
Trying to get out this coming weekend some were in NE but sounds like it will be a walk in the fields. Even though, the pups could use a stretcher.
 
Went out Saturday - most people I have seen out in the last 3 years. Must have pushed back the party hunts from the weather on opener. Started in Sedgwick hunted a few fields south of there and put up a few hens. Drove south from there to Holyoke for lunch at Happy Jacks, and continued driving south just checking cover on some prior spots. Walked some areas around Yuma and headed back. Seemed like some guys were having success, bird count on the road was higher than past years. Gives me hope for the rest of the season.
 
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hunted up on both sides of holyoke today. my golden nosed up two, in front of me. i forgot to close the action on my shotgun, so even though she was too far from me, it didn't matter!! chased up a hen, close by.

south of town, hunted a couple of walk in corners. nothing. rooster flushed out of a new wheat field on our way out.

my dogs had a good time, but, not sure if i'll try again.
 
I have not been out in CO yet. I had an October trip in ND and a November trip in SD.
 
I finally did go out to Colorado NE area the weekend of November 22nd. Put some miles on the back roads scouting and walking potential fields.
A few hens and 3 roosters overall. Missed two roosters and harvest the other from solid dog work of my girls GSPs. It was good to get out and will probably do it again for the adventure and being outdoors.

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Went out again Saturday. Few hens, few roosters all hunting corners next to corn. Took a rooster and went home. My Golden Millie must have gotten tangled up in some barbed wire - found a nice 3 inch gash under her arm during EOD bath. $1300 at the emergency vet and she will probably be done for the season. I did like what i saw towards the Nebraska boarder.
 
I made my first eastern CO trip as a 2-day jaunt on Dec. 18 and 19 with my 11 yr old lab Brady and a buddy with his two springers-11 and 4. In our first field (private) we put up a mixed group of about 8 at fairly long range. I could not make a proper ID so did not shoot. He missed one long shot after he realized that I wasn't shooting at the rooster he ID'd. For the rest of the trip in private and WIA, we saw just a few hens here and there but no roosters. Brady did really well for 11 but was obviously disappointed to not get any retrieves. It was really windy the 2nd day-very annoying. The cover was good, just a scarcity of birds, at least at our locations.
 
Not much forum activity for the CO members.
 
Not much on drinking the coming new year at this age, so I went out for a few hours back to the NE area of Colorado. A bit chilly and windy but walked several section of walk in areas. Not lot birds found this time. A couple of long shot roosters flushing wild way ahead of the dogs . I didn't take to shot. 16ga with lite mod choke made it a "prayer". After a few hours on road scouting and walk in corners , I headed home. Not surprise at my results as NE can be a hit or miss kind of hunting.
 
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