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Answers (7)
#1 = Support stockings! Yep, believe it or not. The veins in my old legs look like a very busy and lumpy relief map. What a difference it made when I finally picked up another couple pairs of support stocking (forgot mine at home). Talk about putting the spring back in my step! Also great for keeping me alert on the long road trips.
#2 = Good hunting dogs! Should be against the law to hunt pheasants without a dog. I lose enough cripples with three dogs. Without one finding a downed bird even if it's dead is just about hopeless. Why shoot em if you don't have a chance of finding it?
#3 = Prairie Storm 12 gauge in #5 shot. Wow!! As a rule I hate the hyped technocrap, but these shells are really something. I had been struggling with Federal's "High Velocity" high-brass loads. Thought it was me. Then one day for the heck of it I picked up a box of expensive Storm shells. Easily smoked a limit of three birds that afternoon and only fired five shells, one of which was not a Storm load. Boy, do those things reach out there! Today I shot another limit plus a sharptail using only eight rounds. Every bird was killed dead. The sharpie was a high pass shot but he left a cloud of feathers trailing down behind after he fell like a stone. I am impressed!
1.) great walking boots that are warm and comfortable to walk on all day with a pair of good socks. I like the Redhead forever socks, keeps my feet dry and comfortable. As well as a good pair of brush guard pants that allows me to feel nothing when walking through the thick crap that tries to rip my legs apart.
2.)My dog's Maggie and Josie (Weimaraners). Josie works the field great, while maggie is just a priss and will walk behind me most of the day. However, if a bird dies and falls in a pile of crap that for some reason I cant get too, she's the go to dog to burrow in there and get the bird, or if the bird cant be found, she will find that bird.
3.)My Browning Gold Hunter with Federal Wing Shock shells. I have not found there to be any issues, but after reading OHH's post, I am tempted to buy some Prairie Storm shells and test them out.
4.)Water, high protein snack, and my sunglasses for those morning when the sun glares off the snow. One last thing....a cup of coffee to keep me awake on the way to the hunt from not being able to sleep the night before because of excitement.
Those are my pheasant hunting best friends.
1) A neighbor that runs a pheasant hunting lodge and releases about 500 dumb pheasants a day.
2) In-experienced hunters that miss 90% of the pheasants released at the hunting lodge.
3) A wife/significant other that loves to clean pheasants
1) Good legs
2) Light weight shotgun that shoots at least 3 time (5 if legal) and puts the pattern where your looking, stoked with Kent Fastlead #5's.
3) At least one good pheasant savvy dog for putting up runners and running down cripples.
a good dog
good pair of boots
good brush beaters on your legs
nice light shotgun, dont necessarily agree with the need an automatic comment RES, but i could see how it would be useful in a place such as south dakota. in MI, bird numbers are nothing impressive. lots of long days with a majority of them between 0-2 flushes. i prefer the o/u i carry to an auto, just seem to shoot it better.
obv cant forget a good dog either, would be damn near impossible to kill one where i hunt them without a good bird dog.
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#1 = Support stockings! Yep, believe it or not. The veins in my old legs look like a very busy and lumpy relief map. What a difference it made when I finally picked up another couple pairs of support stocking (forgot mine at home). Talk about putting the spring back in my step! Also great for keeping me alert on the long road trips.
#2 = Good hunting dogs! Should be against the law to hunt pheasants without a dog. I lose enough cripples with three dogs. Without one finding a downed bird even if it's dead is just about hopeless. Why shoot em if you don't have a chance of finding it?
#3 = Prairie Storm 12 gauge in #5 shot. Wow!! As a rule I hate the hyped technocrap, but these shells are really something. I had been struggling with Federal's "High Velocity" high-brass loads. Thought it was me. Then one day for the heck of it I picked up a box of expensive Storm shells. Easily smoked a limit of three birds that afternoon and only fired five shells, one of which was not a Storm load. Boy, do those things reach out there! Today I shot another limit plus a sharptail using only eight rounds. Every bird was killed dead. The sharpie was a high pass shot but he left a cloud of feathers trailing down behind after he fell like a stone. I am impressed!
1.) great walking boots that are warm and comfortable to walk on all day with a pair of good socks. I like the Redhead forever socks, keeps my feet dry and comfortable. As well as a good pair of brush guard pants that allows me to feel nothing when walking through the thick crap that tries to rip my legs apart.
2.)My dog's Maggie and Josie (Weimaraners). Josie works the field great, while maggie is just a priss and will walk behind me most of the day. However, if a bird dies and falls in a pile of crap that for some reason I cant get too, she's the go to dog to burrow in there and get the bird, or if the bird cant be found, she will find that bird.
3.)My Browning Gold Hunter with Federal Wing Shock shells. I have not found there to be any issues, but after reading OHH's post, I am tempted to buy some Prairie Storm shells and test them out.
4.)Water, high protein snack, and my sunglasses for those morning when the sun glares off the snow. One last thing....a cup of coffee to keep me awake on the way to the hunt from not being able to sleep the night before because of excitement.
Those are my pheasant hunting best friends.
1) A neighbor that runs a pheasant hunting lodge and releases about 500 dumb pheasants a day.
2) In-experienced hunters that miss 90% of the pheasants released at the hunting lodge.
3) A wife/significant other that loves to clean pheasants
1) Good legs
2) Light weight shotgun that shoots at least 3 time (5 if legal) and puts the pattern where your looking, stoked with Kent Fastlead #5's.
3) At least one good pheasant savvy dog for putting up runners and running down cripples.
a good dog
good pair of boots
good brush beaters on your legs
nice light shotgun, dont necessarily agree with the need an automatic comment RES, but i could see how it would be useful in a place such as south dakota. in MI, bird numbers are nothing impressive. lots of long days with a majority of them between 0-2 flushes. i prefer the o/u i carry to an auto, just seem to shoot it better.
obv cant forget a good dog either, would be damn near impossible to kill one where i hunt them without a good bird dog.
Post an Answer