Tuesday, October 21, 2014

Tuesday pheasants and other stuff

Our plan was to scout and hunt for pheasants from 2-7. We got in a lot of driving, some scouting, and some hunting. We neglected to remember how deceptive the maps can be in relation to the actual terrain. We ended-up doing a lot more driving than desired just to get to the places we wanted to go. It's tough to get from "A" to "B" when the map you use shows roads connecting the 2 points that are non-existent... To illustrate, a picture is shown below of 6th Street. The 'street' only got worse after this picture was taken. We had to eventually turn around and backtrack on this road for ~ 4 miles... This is one of the roads we needed to use that was clearly marked as a roadway on our DeLorme Atlas & Gazetteer, and GPS.
At one point, we stopped on a dirt road and got out to hunt a promising-looking piece of cover only to learn that the area was off-limits. We had finished hunting it (producing no birds) and then a very nice guy drove up and informed us that although all the signs showed that we were legal, the local mining company owned the property and no hunting was allowed. However, he then got our map and showed us 3 spots nearby to try. There was another group of hunters at the 1st spot, so we didn't stop there. We didn't stop at the 2nd spot, but agreed it might be worth checking out anther day. We hunted the 3rd spot (south end of Coal Lake at the new Coal Lake WMA) for a little less than 2 hours, with no success. Winnie and Jax hunted fine, there just weren't any birds there... We knocked-off around 6:30 and took a couple pics before heading back to the hotel. As you can see, it is ridiculously warm here. This was the first time in my life I have ever hunted pheasants in a t-shirt... We hunted along a lake, so there was plenty of opportunity for dogs to cool off and drink as they felt necessary. Today's high temp was 70. Tomorrow, we're hunting ducks at Jerry's and plan to make a relatively short hunt of it so we can get back here for lunch and quick turnaround to take the boat back to the big lake. We're planning to scout some other islands and spend as much time as necessary to get a few roosters!


6th Street...


Dan & Winnie
Jax & Bill



3 comments:

  1. Nice roads!!! That is crazy! I love the pictures of you both and your dogs! They are precious!!! Have a great day today!

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  2. You & Lori said you wanted more pictures, so we (as always) try our best to comply...

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  3. That is really funny that you posted that...when I just looked at those pictures I thought to myself...they are making fun of Lori and I with this pictures! Oh well...they are precious...maybe I will make them into 11x20!

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