Youth weekend reports?

Yeah, looks like there will be a good hard freeze Sunday night into Monday AM. Otherwise pretty warm. Going to have to be careful with the dog in the afternoons with it in the mid-high 60s, hope for no rain.
 
RutCrazed said:
We saw a few birds, but tough to tell how many are out there because the majority of the crops were still standing.
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Maybe y'all can give me some guidance on this - lets say a standing corn/sorghum field is on a WIHA tract with some edge habitat. I assume we should stay out of the crop altogether? What if the dog trails a bird into the standing crops and flushes it? Shoot, or let it fly? I know the WIHA rules state "do not damage standing crops" but this is very general, and I'm sure it was written that way intentionally. Out of respect for that rule and for the farmer's work and yield, I assume its best practice to keep out of there completely to avoid knocking corn or sorghum stalks over or otherwise damaging the crop (and to keep from pissing the farmer off). Last year everything was already cut when we hunted so just looking for some advice on how you hunt a spot like this. Also due to the rain I imagine the crops may be taller than your head anyways, making it a fools errand to try and walk in and shoot out of the standing crops.
 
ctfisher said:
Maybe y'all can give me some guidance on this - lets say a standing corn/sorghum field is on a WIHA tract with some edge habitat. I assume we should stay out of the crop altogether? What if the dog trails a bird into the standing crops and flushes it? Shoot, or let it fly? I know the WIHA rules state "do not damage standing crops" but this is very general, and I'm sure it was written that way intentionally. Out of respect for that rule and for the farmer's work and yield, I assume its best practice to keep out of there completely to avoid knocking corn or sorghum stalks over or otherwise damaging the crop (and to keep from pissing the farmer off). Last year everything was already cut when we hunted so just looking for some advice on how you hunt a spot like this. Also due to the rain I imagine the crops may be taller than your head anyways, making it a fools errand to try and walk in and shoot out of the standing crops.
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I would always stay out of farmers crops.
 
westksbowhunter said:
And it's still all green out here. Green leaves on the trees. We had a lot of rain and no hard freeze yet. Still looks like summer. I won't be hunting this weekend, I will be mowing grass.
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I will probably be doing the same thing Saturday afternoon if the temperatures get above 60°... This may actually work out okay, as my dog and her handler are not in shape yet and could probably use a few partial hunt days before going all in!
I wish somebody would remind me to stretch before the first field every year
 
ctfisher said:
Maybe y'all can give me some guidance on this - lets say a standing corn/sorghum field is on a WIHA tract with some edge habitat. I assume we should stay out of the crop altogether? What if the dog trails a bird into the standing crops and flushes it? Shoot, or let it fly? I know the WIHA rules state "do not damage standing crops" but this is very general, and I'm sure it was written that way intentionally. Out of respect for that rule and for the farmer's work and yield, I assume its best practice to keep out of there completely to avoid knocking corn or sorghum stalks over or otherwise damaging the crop (and to keep from pissing the farmer off). Last year everything was already cut when we hunted so just looking for some advice on how you hunt a spot like this. Also due to the rain I imagine the crops may be taller than your head anyways, making it a fools errand to try and walk in and shoot out of the standing crops.
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Unless somebody specifically told you it is fine to walk in their standing crops, I would stay out. Walking with the rows won't hurt the crop, but if you knock one down, you will lodge the plants when trying to find it by the time you cross rows and circle the area with three or four guys and a dog. None of this will amount to very much monetary loss, but likely the producer will be upset and potentially pull the ground from walk-in hunting in the future. This would be the biggest risk that I would be concerned about for yourself and others.
 
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