Friday Pheasants

This afternoon we hunted pheasants at three different spots for a total of 3.5 hours. The first hour was spent at a Fame Production Area about 10 miles East of the Hoover GPA that we have been to several times - which was also our second stop. The first place was a spot we had scouted earlier in the week and thought could be good, but had not hunted it yet. Upon seeing it again, we agreed that it looked good. The problem was, it produced only one hen.

At the Hoover GPA, we spent two hours and did a couple miles of walking. Winnie and Mag continued their excellent work and we bagged one rooster off a nice point from Winnie at the end of our time there. She also made a good retrieve of about 60 yards. We both fired simultaneously at the bird, so we're not sure who gets credit. In addition to that rooster, we also flushed three or four hens, one off a joint trail by both dogs that was probably around 500 yards in duration.

The last spot we went to today was the same spot where we finished the day yesterday. We had only 30 minutes there, but made the most of it, with Dan taking a rooster that Winnie again did a very nice job of marking and then trailing as a cripple.

We're getting gas now and then heading back to finish packing. Tomorrow, we are hunting ducks about an hour East of here and then will hunt pheasants in that area too, after changing clothes in the truck midmorning between ducks and pheasants. When we're done with our pheasant hunt, we'll head for home and have an hour head start...