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Friday, October 30. 2009

Hunted yet this fall?

The Englishman has, as have many of our friends.


Tell us what hunting you have done this fall (not including pen-raised birds or half-trained farm Mallards - that isn't hunting - that is shooting. Not that there is anything wrong with it.)

Posted by Bird Dog in Hunting, Fishing, Dogs, Guns, etc., Our Essays at 14:12 | Comments (14) | Trackbacks (0)

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Brace of Woodcock and a Grouse last Saturday in the Ct woods. A couple of Teal earlier in the season on a CT River marsh.
Far too little hunting this year, thus far.
#1 The B on 2009-10-30 14:58 (Reply)
My self and my two dogs have been out for ptarmigan numerous times and hope to get out ago tomorrow. After tomorrow I am going to concentrate on getting a moose. If I am lucky enough to get one I will start hunting grouse (ruffed) with an occasional trip back to the open country for ptarmigan. The rain this year has been terrible Newfoundland is a wet place but I have never seen so much
regards
Dan
#2 Dan Donnelly (Link) on 2009-10-30 15:42 (Reply)
Do long walks with my shotgun during which I flushed nary a grouse count?
#3 Dave J on 2009-10-30 15:43 (Reply)
The little kid at the back was the most enthusiastic picker up of the day, in fact he had a tantrum if he didn't have a bird or the bunny to carry.
A fantastic day up on the Marlborough Downs. To give you an idea of what the landscape is like recall the scene in Saving Private Ryan of them driving across the prairie to the family homestead. That was filmed up here where we shoot.
#4 The Englishman (Link) on 2009-10-30 15:52 (Reply)
I have indeed. Got several pheasants, and several grouse, on several occasions.

Out this way, there is a wolf hunt on. I bought a tag for the historical interest, though I haven't the means to go awolfing.

Taking the wolf off the Endangered Species List is the one and only correct action the Zero administration has taken, in my view.

The elk herds here have really taken it in the shorts, with the reintroduction of the wolves, to the point of collapsing to the point where they are not numerous enough to propagate the herd.

All this brought to us by the greenies, my Blessed Idaho Fish and Game Department, and the feds.

Fools, all.
#5 bob on 2009-10-30 17:39 (Reply)
No hunting, yet , for me. Health problems in the family and an apparently vast conspiracy are keeping my hunting trips from panning out this year.

Antelope and Deer (Mulie Does) next weekend, until then afternoons in the treestand (when the wind permits) looks to be all there is for this guy...

I have taken a brace of Grouse on a Mountain bike ride earlier on in October. BUt when you use roocks and a tree branch, one can barely consider it hunting!

Safe and Enjoyable hunting to all on the Farm!
#6 garrett on 2009-10-30 21:16 (Reply)
Started September with doves, teal, and Blue grouse.

October was sharptails and the last 2 mornings have been geese, which the lab loves but the pointing dogs not so much.

Next week we start getting serious on the desert quail.

The rest of the year is quail and pheasant with a few ducks for a change. The elk will be harvested in late December.

I don't do much big game hunting as the dogs do not approve.

Stay safe.
#7 Trip on 2009-10-30 22:24 (Reply)
Pheasant season opens in Iowa today,hope to kill many and eat my limit and wash down with red wine.>
Happy hunting.
#8 RL on 2009-10-31 01:19 (Reply)
Just dove, so far, but it was a good year for them. Duck season here in Texas is just around the corner. Planning also to take the boy out this year to introduce him to squirrels and rabbits.
#9 BAM on 2009-10-31 08:07 (Reply)
Waterfowl - what there is of it in Ohio. Only one decent weekend morning so far this season.

Saw some passing woodies too far away and too early to shoot. We were calling a dozen geese when a lone pintail cruised by but our attention was on the geese in the distance. It was our best shot of the morning and no one took it.

Mainly though, I spent time working with the dog after the birds quieted down late morning.
#10 Jasper on 2009-10-31 09:12 (Reply)
Deer, with longbow.
Hogs, with longbow, flintlock, rifle, handgun.
Squirrels, with rimfire rifle.
Coyotes, with anything available.
#11 Joel on 2009-10-31 11:26 (Reply)
Two limits of woodcock with my 1931 Fox Sterlingworth, around the Presidential Range in NH. Some squirrel with my 1948 Winchester Model 52B. More to come.
#12 Khornet on 2009-11-04 12:36 (Reply)
One day for grouse, no birds. A few days for elk, but not too seriously. Good time, though. One day for ducks, early yet, not many down our way in the southwest. Our fall started cool, but has held at "cool" not cold and, while nice to be out in, the weather hasn't been quite what we'd want for hunting.
Looking forward to lots more duck hunting, a bit of chasing quail, and an oryx hunt on the White Sands Missile Range come January.
#13 mdmnm (Link) on 2009-11-10 12:43 (Reply)
Got my WOLF near Ashton Idaho 180 Lbs male black and grey
#14 Dean on 2009-11-12 19:21 (Reply)

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