Recent content by Pheasant Maven

This is more for the preserve guys cleaning huge numbers of birds, but it's still pretty cool to check out. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUJ5PIytnIE

That's a lonely way to hunt birds, I feel for you. Back when I was dogless, i found zig-zagging, and randomly stopping and starting, will get you a few flushes. If you walk a straight line, the will let you walk right by. Good Luck

Thanks Whisperer, They keep dying one per day, makes me think that should be a big clue. If it was a disease, I think several, or all of them would be sick. We buy the Chukars, breeder said it might be stress related, they seem extra nervous, skittish. We have 40 in another pen, different...

Talked to a Game Warden, he said the closest badger sighting was in Williamsport, OH, which is directly south of Killdeer, 40 miles or so. Equally far from Indiana, which is where I assume they are coming from. Talked to an old trapper that claimed fisher are making a comeback in Ohio. I...

I thought of a black coyote, but I doubt if one would stick around with us hunting the field, let alone allowing someone to kick it. Just had a thought, trapped or snared whatever, pulled stake, was hung up where the matted down circle was, pulled free, hung in the briar where my dog found it...

one dead tonight, another one puffed up, on his back an hour later. calling vet in the morning.

Had a Chukar in my pen act odd, 100 in the pen, indoors, plenty of room, clean. He was on his back, and couldn't right himself. Seemed very healthy, nothing broke. When I would try to pick him up, he would flap across the pen on his back, very lively. I removed him, just wondering if anyone...

Need help identifying an animal that attacked my bird dog at Killdeer Plains WLA Sunday. I've hunted Pheasant for 40 years, and never had an experience like this, and it bugs me because I can't figure out what happened. My 40 lb German short haired pointer locks up in the middle of a large...