This evening, we hunted the same fence line/AKA 25th St. that we tried a couple days ago. Tonight, the weather was much more favorable to pheasant hunting & we flushed 30-50 birds. At one point, there were so many birds in the air that it looked a lot like TV shows about pheasant hunting! Through the course of the hunt, Dan fired at 2 birds and I fired at 2 birds, hitting 1. It fell into the cattails & neither dog saw it, so we had both of them go in to try to find it. Winnie won the prize & emerged with the bird. That makes her 2 for 2 on retrieving pheasants this trip!
In total, we only hunted 30 minutes, because both dogs were pretty worn out after last night's hunt. Also, the fence line is only 3/4 of a mile long & we covered all of it in that time, so it made for a good time to wrap up. Winnie hunted great, moving at a pace more reminiscent of her younger years & Jax hunted very well too - although he did get out of range a couple times - but I think that's to be expected when you combine his lack of training with so much bird scent...
Tomorrow, we plan to hit the same spot as well as another nearby area of the same WPA.
The pheasant looks bigger than Jax! Also, shouldn't Winnie be pictured with it since she found it! LOL!
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