We hunted Tuesday morning east of Grassy Lake and the four men and three fine little hunting dogs saw four or five pheasants in total and got two birds, I grew up only a few miles south of there and am very familiar with the area. Back in the pheasant hunting prime years there were no pheasants in that area so I reckon four is a great improvement.
We had lunch at the Dew Drop Inn in Grassy Lake and I ordered their perogies and apple pie with soft ice cream. The meal was about like the pheasant hunting that morning.
Wednesday morning we hunted a gorgeous spot a bit south west of Vauxhall. We walked our legs off but only saw two birds. My two buddies should have gunned the one bird but safety concerns stopped the shooting initially and then the timing was gone and that bird was too ... The second bird may or may not have been the same one. I actually made a phone call and was told that 60 birds had been released so far there ... I have no idea where they were. The pooches were not 'birdie' more than once or twice. So we were skunked. I could not have been more surprised.
We had lunch at the Bakery in Vauxhall and the cheese burger and the fries were great ! Fair price. The $1.75 glazed donut was not purchased.
Thursday morning we hunted a property east of Enchant adjacent to Lost Lake. We found roosters here. I lost one that went down in cattails and I waded out to mid thigh depth. I looked for 5 or 10 minutes but got so darn cold that I had to finally quit. I felt bad about that but that water was ICY! I probably should have looked a bit further to the west but if the water had gotten deeper .. not good. I never dreamed it was even there.
I shot rather poorly but a couple of cackling pheasants were lucky. We got four roosters there and should have had one or two more ... I was happy with that site. Big and great area.
We went into Enchant for lunch. We had once had a rather poor meal there but were looking forward to trying again. Sadly the Chinese restaurant is closed for a few weeks ...
This is a great event . Thank you Taber ... We also did the pheasant tasting and Scotch sipping on Monday night ..
I am not sure if I am going to try again next year. We did seven hard days of pheasant hunting so far this year but had better luck for wild roosters ..
Interesting ...
Good hunting, amigos !!!