PheasantWhisperer
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Well, we managed to get out one morning for the youth season. Went NW starting at 4am. After a two and a half hour drive and some breakfast we got to our spot. Public ground. ( I have a private farm I was planning on hunting too but thought I would get to the public to see what kind of bird numbers are there before all the adults get to it.) Anyway, we were the only truck at 6:45. But by 7 we were not alone. One guy got out and asked if I was hunting the area right in front of us. Well yeah, that's why Im parked here. Didnt say that but its what I was thinking. He said o.k. and got back in his truck. He then gets out before shooting light with his kid and dog and just stands right in front of our trucks. I thought, "no way". But yep, he looked at his watch, and took off with his kid and two labs. My daughter laughed. You could tell he was amateur and just wanting to get his kid out. So they take off and we take off after we see which way they are going. My young pup is running like she's in an olympic relay race. It's not long before the two vizslas lock up tight. The young setter comes in for a look, it takes her a bit but finally backs the other two. Walk in. Pretty good size covey of quail get up. She shoots one. Misses on the second shot. I see a few pheasants getting up on the gunshot but well out of range. Piper the young vizsla retrieves it to hand. Look u and I see the young setter birdy and about 5 seconds later my older vizsla locks up in front of her. the other two dogs immediately stop. We stomp, and stomp, and finally a big ole rooster rolls out. Daughter smoked it with one shot. We look back and we can barely see the truck, but its not 8 oclock yet. We start to turn the corner and two hens flush wild and another rooster. Its already about 70-75 degrees and rising. the dogs pointed another covey of quail that got up a little in front. She missed on the rise but got 2 singles on two very nice points. I wasn't paying attention on the drive up. Guess my charger wasnt plugged in and phone went dead after the first picture at the beginning. We turn the corner and I can see the same guy from this morning and his kid walking toward us from about a half mile off. We are headed back toward the truck and we are getting into some tall ragweed patches. My old dog starts to get a little birdy when a couple of hens and two roosters flush wild. Right about the time I say "too far", the little girl shoots and crumples the closest rooster! Could not believe it. She took it from the pup and put it in her pocket. I looked down, it was 9 oclock and 78 degrees. We talked about it but decided to stop at 3 on the quail and since she had her limit of roosters, decided to call it. As we were walking back to the truck the other guy and kid stopped us and asked to hunt with us. I said, "We are all done, Sorry." Had he asked at the beginning of the morning I would have gladly done that. Especially with all the ground to cover. He said all they saw were 2 hens. Heard a few more gunshots in the area but not many. We were back home by noon and she was in the deer stand by 3:30. Got her an 8 pointer the next day. Pretty good weekend for the little girl.
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