Recent content by ctfisher

On my recent trip to Kansas with my father, we heard this song about a man shooting a 'fresh young pheasant' on the return ride while listening to Bluegrass Junction (a channel on SiriusXM). It stuck a chord with both of us and we commented on how sad it made us feel as it ended. As time has...

They are such smart creatures. -if I get in the shower first thing...depressed, downtrodden, puiny. Won't get out of his bed. Knows I'm headed to work or church. -if he sees the blaze orange or anything camoflage, hunting pants, he knows. I think he smells the remnants of birds/the field on...

Small world. I have spoken to him once or twice. Heard him speak at chamber of commerce events. It is a great place, but unfortunately, like everywhere around here, getting too damn crowded.

My in laws live there so I find myself there often!

I'm 30 minutes west of Athens. Live in Monroe.

I appreciate that input. Interesting point on the grass/hunan scent. I too had thought about the smell of the feed with the game farm birds being so strong (barnyard smell) that he keys in on that, and doesnt necessarily pick up on the wild bird scent as easily. Product of his training I guess...

I think it was poor scenting conditions, but I still feel like that's a cop out to say as an excuse for my dog not scenting and pointing birds. Maybe my dog isn't as good as I think/wish he was. He definitely gets more excited when we get the first bird up or in the bag. When we are just doing...

You aren't wrong about shooting practice. I am guilty as charged of being one not to practice my shotgunning and just show up in the field to hunt, expecting to shoot my best every time. My pup is a 3 year old Vizsla. I have hunted him a lot on game farm birds - he has well over 100 contacts...

Wanted to give a recap of my second trip out to hunt the NCK public. We arrived Sunday of opening weekend and scouted/hunted a couple of WIHA spots that we had never looked at before. Was 50s and windy if I remember right. The first walk we did was along a field edge/fence line with 20yards...

Pheasant with savory white wine sauce: Heat your dutch oven to medium high heat. Brown breasts and legs in butter and oil, being sure to keep enough in the pot to avoid drying out. Remove meat and set aside. Toss in some chopped up bacon, stir until it has rendered the fat out. Add in chopped...

My dog will run after the bird until I successfully call him off, but sometimes he will pickup the wad from my shotshell(s). Bring it back and spit it out at my feet. I think its his way of saying "here, you arent wurffa shit so this is all i could bring you. Get yourself together!". Its quite...

Any of you hunt this morning?

That's what I was expecting to hear, more or less. Hopefully wont lose one to any crops.

Maybe y'all can give me some guidance on this - lets say a standing corn/sorghum field is on a WIHA tract with some edge habitat. I assume we should stay out of the crop altogether? What if the dog trails a bird into the standing crops and flushes it? Shoot, or let it fly? I know the WIHA rules...

Yeah, looks like there will be a good hard freeze Sunday night into Monday AM. Otherwise pretty warm. Going to have to be careful with the dog in the afternoons with it in the mid-high 60s, hope for no rain.