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Title: Birds
Post by: Dave Shooter on October 26, 2022, 04:44:05 AM
A buddy and I are bird hunting in North Dakota.  Success on the first day!

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Post by: Captainkirk on October 26, 2022, 06:32:08 AM
Are you on a pheasant farm or on your own in the wilds?
Nice haul, BTW!
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Post by: Clydesdale4x4 on October 26, 2022, 07:41:11 AM
Well Done!
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Post by: Miguel Loco on October 26, 2022, 09:52:04 AM
Very nice! Thats great country for that...
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Post by: Hawg on October 26, 2022, 11:09:47 AM
Cool Beans! There's supposed to be pheasants in MS but I've never seen one that I know of. I used to dove hunt a lot about 100 years ago. L@J
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Post by: Bishop Creek on October 26, 2022, 11:41:46 AM
Nice haul! Years ago, while driving my truck down a road near my house, a pheasant ran out from the side of the road right in front of me and I ran over it. As I looked in my rear view mirror, I saw it continue to run to other side of the road. I ran completely over it but my 4X4 truck was high enough that nothing touched the pheasant and it continued on its way.
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Post by: Hawg on October 26, 2022, 12:13:09 PM
Nice haul! Years ago, while driving my truck down a road near my house, a pheasant ran out from the side of the road right in front of me and I ran over it. As I looked in my rear view mirror, I saw it continue to run to other side of the road. I ran completely over it but my 4X4 truck was high enough that nothing touched the pheasant and it continued on its way.

I was driving a 22 wheel dump truck off road and I had a deer run out in front of me and slip. I heard her hit the bumper and saw her roll out from under the truck in my mirror but she jumped up and ran off. When I looked at my bumper it had deer snot all over it.
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Post by: Bishop Creek on October 26, 2022, 12:46:06 PM
Wow Hawg, that's amazing!
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Post by: Dave Shooter on October 26, 2022, 12:50:25 PM
Are you on a pheasant farm or on your own in the wilds?
Nice haul, BTW!
We limited on pheasants again today and got a bonus Hungarian Partridge to boot.
Public land, fair chase. 
Title: Re: Birds
Post by: Captainkirk on October 26, 2022, 12:51:27 PM
Man, do I miss pheasant hunting!!!!!
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Post by: Dave Shooter on October 26, 2022, 12:58:05 PM
Lotsa birds in NoDak this year.
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Post by: Sooty Barrels on October 28, 2022, 03:08:17 PM
Glad to hear your hunting trip is going well 👍
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Post by: Hawg on October 28, 2022, 06:11:18 PM
Wow Hawg, that's amazing!

Going down the highway I was meeting a car and a ten point buck ran out in front of it. The car hit it and it rolled up on the hood smashing the windshield, over the top and off the back. He got up, shook his head a few times and ran off the road where he hit a barbed wire fence. Backed off and ran down the fence and then jumped over the five strand fence and disappeared into the woods. I hit a four point buck with an 80 model Ford pickup. He was chasing does. The road was built up and they all came up out of nowhere. I destroyed the grill and radiator. He kept going across a soybean field but visibly limping. I got out and looked at my truck and there was a strip of hide about six inches long and three inches wide stuck in the grill. I'm pretty sure he died later but he wasn't giving up on those does.
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Post by: AlaskanGuy on October 29, 2022, 06:48:23 AM
Wow Dave!!!! Very nice!!!!!! Good for you.  Did you use Nontoxic shot??? LOL
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Post by: Dave Shooter on October 30, 2022, 11:32:47 AM
Wow Dave!!!! Very nice!!!!!! Good for you.  Did you use Nontoxic shot??? LOL

Went old school, lead shot-and a 98 year old shotgun.
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Post by: ShotgunDave on November 04, 2022, 09:26:39 AM
I'm sorry I'm late to the party on this!

You are making me so jealous Dave!! Old SXS on pheasants on public land. I miss it!! All you need to make it perfect is a good dog to shoot over.

Thanks for sharing!
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Post by: Dave Shooter on November 04, 2022, 01:58:25 PM
My buddy's German Wirehair was quite helpful.  For a rescue he didn't do bad.  Especially first morning when there snow and the birds were holding TIGHT.
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Post by: ssb73q on November 05, 2022, 04:54:09 AM
Hi, I'm envious. There hasn't been pheasants in my area for years. Probability due to the large coyote and fox population here. However, we do have turkeys, lots of turkeys. One day before opening season on turkey, we had six turkeys walk through our back yard. My trigger finger was just twitching, twitching, and twitching.

Wild turkey makes for great eating. The legs aren't good for much, but the white meat is so good, milder and much better tasting than farm raised turkey.  )l_

Regards,
Richard
Title: Re: Birds
Post by: ShotgunDave on November 05, 2022, 10:34:23 AM
My buddy's German Wirehair was quite helpful.  For a rescue he didn't do bad.  Especially first morning when there snow and the birds were holding TIGHT.


Then it was definitely a perfect day!
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Post by: Dave Shooter on November 05, 2022, 03:18:13 PM
Birds were sitting so tight the first day that Finn (the dog) actually caught a hen.
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Post by: Hawg on November 05, 2022, 07:55:39 PM
Birds were sitting so tight the first day that Finn (the dog) actually caught a hen.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFjFptZ1wGI
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Post by: Dave Shooter on November 19, 2022, 10:34:25 AM
Local gun club put on a veterans hunt.  Went even older school with my 14 gauge back-action percussion double.
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Post by: ShotgunDave on November 20, 2022, 01:10:12 PM
That's awesome Dave!