A day off Work.

[Jixer]

Took the day off today to chase a few pheasants at Hullett.
I think that they say that a bad day hunting is better than a good day at work. Of course, there are good days hunting too.

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The morning was a bit slow with only two bird contacts and one in the bag.
After BBQ lunch in the parking lot and a nice chat with Dilly and his two roosters, the afternoon picked up quite a bit.

[dilly]

Those are some nice looking roosters Jixer! I heard through the grapevine that some guys over on the West side got into a big patch of birds that may have been recently released. The birds this year at Hullet are the best I have ever seen. Nice talking to you and your buddies too. Its always nice to mingle with guys with good taste in dogs and guns! I still feel a little bad about Kaiser getting snarly though. After lunch there, I packed it in and went back to nursing my cold. Here is a picture of my dog and the birds we got.
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He looks rather smug in this picture...probably because he caught that one rooster. I never heard or saw a thing, he just walked up to my side, sat down with it in his mouth, and delivered it to hand...german wirehaired catcher...

[dilly]

Another thing, your big britt looks alot like my Dad's old male. His dog was out of Hidden Creek. Is yours?

[Jixer]

Hey Dilly, No problems with the dogs. It looked like they both got over it soon enough.
Dave and I broke in his Tobin in the middle section and ended up with 5. I told the other guys to try the field across the road on the west side, but I haven't talked to them again yet. Maybe they got lucky over there?

Wiley (My big Britt) is from SK. http://www.mycanadawest.com/andreas/

[BdBHunts]

Were you hunting any of the fields that the test was run on?

[Jixer]

We did the trial area in the morning and dug into some deeper stuff for the afternoon.

[BdBHunts]

When I move I may look at a horse, for my daughter of course.:cheesy:

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With places like that hunting from a horse is feasible.

[Sharon]

Hullett pheasant manager? changed their feed this year to corn. Seemed to have made a big difference in the birds. No hunting for me this fall due to health but a friend of mine went out with 3 other guys and 2 excellent pointers and bagged 10 birds. The one dog pointed 8 of them.

[Jixer]

Hullett pheasant manager? changed their feed this year to corn. Seemed to have made a big difference in the birds. No hunting for me this fall due to health but a friend of mine went out with 3 other guys and 2 excellent pointers and bagged 10 birds. The one dog pointed 8 of them.


I thought that they changed from corn to wheat this year?

[Sharon]

I'd heard to corn, but I could be wrong.

[Maverick]

Great pictures guys!! Congrats on a couple of successful hunts.

Mav.....