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Post by donnie on Dec 10, 2005 20:19:52 GMT -5
first off (oh, this is JimH again) there was no Pup Tent while i was watching that so no foul. hey Elvis is in the building!!!!!!!!! we had good luck today and i'll let Donnie fill you in. but first a message from my buddy Bob. Bob here, Just in case you have not figured it out yet, it is all about Jim!!!!. Good day. Much warmer than yesterday. In fact, I thought is was a heat wave. Only had to wear 3 layers of clothes instead of 4. Gotta love the snow though. Jim, actually shot a pheasant(moving), instead of a stationary telephone pole. He had an opportunity for another, but was slow on the trigger, so Donnie and I told him he needed to be more aggressive. Well, Jim took that to heart. He took a shot at a rooster that was 75 yards in the air and 50 yards in front of him. Actually, it was flying from the top of a cliff. When he shot, Donnie and I both looked at each other and wondered what he was shooting at. When we finally took out the binoculars, we could see it. I think that is enough from me. Now to the boys. JimH again, it was a bit of a far shot but my buddy has been drinking and his ability to tell distance is clouded.
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Post by donnie on Dec 10, 2005 22:00:01 GMT -5
a peek at our weather conditions for the hunt.
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Post by donnie on Dec 10, 2005 22:01:50 GMT -5
todays results
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Post by donnie on Dec 10, 2005 22:03:16 GMT -5
bob on the left, jim on the right
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Post by donnie on Dec 10, 2005 22:28:49 GMT -5
Day two of the hunt started with warmer temps and sunshine leading us to believe we might be in for a change of luck. But as we crossed the mighty mississippi into Iowa we were met by low scudding clouds and heavy flurrys of snow yet again. With our minds made up to hunt em hard regardless of the outcome we headed for some areas of cropland bordered by heavy fencerows and woody cover. At our first stop I noticed a rooster diving for cover into the brush. We put the dogs on the ground and headed in after him, after a few yards of busting brush he exploded from a brush pile and cut hard to our right only to come crashing down at the report of Bobs 12 bore. Another rooster flushed on our left only to duck back into cover a couple hundred yards further in. As we approached his last known whereabouts the dogs hit scent and put him up giving Jimh an easy crosser. Less than a half hour in and 2 birds in the bag! we finished working the area without flushing another bird but the mood was certainly made lighter by the Ice breaker. We continued our run and gun approach through out the morning finding lots of hens and an occasional rooster including a bunch of birds that we passed by in a ditch to be left as an ace in the hole should we need it. At one point we were covering a woody slough and actually flushed enough birds in one flock that we should have all doubled. when the shooting was done three more gorgeous roosters hit the snow and the dogs made three awesome retrieves including a cripple that thought he could escape my dog Will by running and then hiding in a thick pile of grass. All in all we had a BLAST! A tremendouse reprieve from yesterdays blanking! Tomorrow we're gonna hit it again and hopefully wrap the weekend up with another good day in the field! CHEERS!!!
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Post by deputydon on Dec 10, 2005 22:30:18 GMT -5
GOOD JOB BOYS !!!!!! WELL DONE!!!!!!!!
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Post by Bill on Dec 10, 2005 23:33:14 GMT -5
Totally AWSOME guys. Your beginning to make me think you know what your doing. I was a bit worried yesterday when all you got was a pole. A creasote one even. Not even good for toothpicks. But today that hunting trip is starting to look up. Looks to me like your finally getting lined out and running straight. Keep up the good work guys and you will go home with plenty of birds to eat. Dang I'm getting hungry just looking at the posts.
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Post by donnie on Dec 11, 2005 6:02:26 GMT -5
JimH here, we're headed out again this morning. hope to have some more pics and stories for you when we return. for the record that "Girls gone wild" segment is on every morning at this same time. oh and Donnie is the one switching to it. ;D
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Post by Bill on Dec 11, 2005 10:23:39 GMT -5
Yup that sounds like a Donnie trick. Have a good day and bring home a limit each guys.
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Post by klsm54 on Dec 11, 2005 12:07:39 GMT -5
Great Pics Guys! Looks like you're gettin' it figured out, today ought to be a banner day.... Hope you have some decent weather.... ;D
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Post by Bubba on Dec 12, 2005 20:28:24 GMT -5
Great Job... I'm really jealous .... we don't have pheasants here.... that would be a dream hunt for me...
Congrat's again!!!
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Post by klsm54 on Dec 12, 2005 20:54:58 GMT -5
We haven't heard any reports about the last day of the hunt... I hope they didn't get festooned in a big snowdrift somewhere.... I guess a more likely scenario is that Jim and Bob are home catching up on some sleep, and Donnie is sleeping in the chair while "Girls Gone Wild" plays in the background.... ;D ;D I'm sure we'll get a full report when everything gets back to normal.
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Post by donnie on Dec 12, 2005 21:13:20 GMT -5
Well, Were all done. Jim and Bob headed home this AM after I left for work and surprised my bride by cleaning the house after she had gone to work as well! I can't begin to tell ya'all how much of a pleasure it was for me to host this hunt. We hunted hard, had more set backs than I care to remember, including a flat tire, an aluminum rim that was frozen onto the hub so we couldn't change the flat tire, a last day when no-one could shoot even when we found roosters, Late nights with long drives at 4:30 in the AM to follow. Morning temps that struggled to stay in the single digits below zero, High wind that cut through clothing and tore at our flesh, deep powder snow that covered up a majority of the cover, educated birds that flushed wild and sailed into the next county, often landing in open fields and staring back at us with malice and blunders that left us frustrated one minute laughing at ourselves the next. We also experienced multiple roosters (REALLY A BUNCH TOO!) flushing at our feet and all around, exchanged high fives and pats on the back when we cartwheeled three birds out of a flock into the snow, we sweated in driving wind as snow pelted our stinging faces as we pushed on hoping for a flush. We toasted the hunt nightly and teased each other mercilessly when we got back from the field. we tasted in three days all that is late season ringneck hunting and Bob and Jim bore it all without complaint smiling through the worst mother nature good through at us....To say that I was impressed is an understatement it is good to hunt with true sportsman such as these!
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Post by Bill on Dec 12, 2005 21:35:22 GMT -5
Sounds like an awsome hunt Donnie. One to be remembered for years to come.
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Post by jimh on Dec 13, 2005 8:30:33 GMT -5
well guys i'm here back at home and all i can say is donnie has pretty much nailed it with his description. if there is anything i have learned from all this is Donnie likes his music loud. we learned a bunch and it was a pleasure to hunt with someone who not only didn't mind answering a million questions, but was able to answer them as well. i came back with a better understanding of pheasants, and what it takes to hunt them, but most of all i came back with the pleasure of making a new friend. Donnie and his wife opened their heart & home to us and it will never be forgotten. just wish his dog was a bit bigger so she could have made that retrieve on the pole.
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