Killing animals

[ben ji]

Milo got her first rooster today

[WillieWatanabe]

Awesome!
Pretty proud moment?

[wetwillie]

Nice job Milo!   

[bucket]

Beautiful bird!

[ben ji]

Awesome!
Pretty proud moment?

It was a proud moment, she was walking about 15 yards ahead of me, broke right then started circling back to me when the rooster flushed between us.

She sprinted straight to where the bird landed and played with it for a bit before I got there. As long as she finds the downed birds I'm not going to complain about her not bringing it back to me.

[ben ji]

Beautiful bird!

Indeed, I'm always impressed at how beautiful their feathers are up close.

[KST8FAN]

Not as glamorous as pheasant hunting, but #1s hunter buddy trapping some raccoons at the farm.

Tom

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[wetwillie]

That thing is a monster, holy cow.

[waks]

Do you trap it for its fur? To make hats? 

[ben ji]

This is only my second year hunting pheasants but god damn this is frustrating. Lets compare two days.

Yesterday I pulled into the cat ranch(no cats anymore  ) at 2:45pm. Unloaded real quick and walked the windbreak where I flushed probably 5-10 birds (no good shots due to the tree's and the only ones I could identify were hens). Went across the road to hunt some land I recently got permission to hunt, flushed another 10+ birds, killed a rooster and missed another by 4:30.

Today I hunted the same area's and some other land I had seen birds on before but did not fire my gun once. I even had some cousins join to push the field across the road road from the cat ranch that was loaded with pheasants yesterday but we only saw one hen.

[Sandstone Outcropping]

Not as glamorous as pheasant hunting, but #1s hunter buddy trapping some raccoons at the farm.

Tom

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Raccoons are amazing animals. When I was a kid, I would catch raccoons that were raiding our pet food in live traps and relocate them.

[Sandstone Outcropping]

Milo got her first rooster today

Your dog looks awesome and happy, ben ji.

[ben ji]

Milo is very happy when she gets to run around in a field but unfortunately my shooting is gawd awful. We were hunting a weedy creek/draw in a corn field on sunday when she stopped, started sniffing a giant weed pile then jumped in. As she jumped in 3 roosters flew out coming right at me (maybe 5 yards to my right), scared the crap out of me and after I missed my first shot then the gun jammed when I pumped it  .

Later in the day we were hunting the same field where she got her first rooster and she flushed another rooster that started out maybe 15 yards ahead of me to my left then flew directly across my line of sight but I missed all 3 shots. She looked at me in disgust until I said good girl and gave her some treats.

All and all it was a great time 

[wetwillie]

You ever spook up any quail at the ole cat ranch? I’m finding busting coveys is even more fun than chasing ring necks.  We got into some good quail action around Pratt two weeks ago and it was a blast.

[ben ji]

You ever spook up any quail at the ole cat ranch? I’m finding busting coveys is even more fun than chasing ring necks.  We got into some good quail action around Pratt two weeks ago and it was a blast.

Nah, the cat ranch is in Thomas county which is too far west to see any quail.

[WillieWatanabe]

Had a fbook friend recently post about hunting sandhill cranes. I was pretty  until i read more about the legal hunting.
I assumed all cranes were endangered, but I guess i was just thinking about the whooping cranes.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandhill_crane

[steve dave]

You ever spook up any quail at the ole cat ranch? I’m finding busting coveys is even more fun than chasing ring necks.  We got into some good quail action around Pratt two weeks ago and it was a blast.

Nah, the cat ranch is in Thomas county which is too far west to see any quail.

Counterpoint: Meade is fringe bad and we have shitloads


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[michigancat]

Had a fbook friend recently post about hunting sandhill cranes. I was pretty  until i read more about the legal hunting.
I assumed all cranes were endangered, but I guess i was just thinking about the whooping cranes.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandhill_crane

My dad had a guy come through asking about hunting cranes on his land or nearby land. He called it "The Ribeye in the Sky"

[wetwillie]

You ever spook up any quail at the ole cat ranch? I’m finding busting coveys is even more fun than chasing ring necks.  We got into some good quail action around Pratt two weeks ago and it was a blast.

Nah, the cat ranch is in Thomas county which is too far west to see any quail.

Counterpoint: Meade is fringe bad and we have shitloads


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Sounds awful, if you need to purge them from your lands I know a guy.

[ben ji]

Had a fbook friend recently post about hunting sandhill cranes. I was pretty  until i read more about the legal hunting.
I assumed all cranes were endangered, but I guess i was just thinking about the whooping cranes.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandhill_crane

My dad had a guy come through asking about hunting cranes on his land or nearby land. He called it "The Ribeye in the Sky"

I actually have the extra certificate you need to hunt sand hill cranes.

I was looking at all the different seasons on the ksoutdoors.com website and it said something about needing to take some test to identify sand hill cranes vs whooping cranes (which are endangered). I clicked on the link and next thing you know I watched a short power point slide, took a 10 question test where they show you pictures of sand hill cranes and whooping cranes and passed with an 8/10.

I dont plan on hunting cranes and couldnt tell you the difference 1 month after taking the test but I guess I could pull some ribeye out of the sky if the opportunity arose.

[Sandstone Outcropping]

Milo is very happy when she gets to run around in a field but unfortunately my shooting is gawd awful. We were hunting a weedy creek/draw in a corn field on sunday when she stopped, started sniffing a giant weed pile then jumped in. As she jumped in 3 roosters flew out coming right at me (maybe 5 yards to my right), scared the crap out of me and after I missed my first shot then the gun jammed when I pumped it  .

Later in the day we were hunting the same field where she got her first rooster and she flushed another rooster that started out maybe 15 yards ahead of me to my left then flew directly across my line of sight but I missed all 3 shots. She looked at me in disgust until I said good girl and gave her some treats.

All and all it was a great time 

It has been probably 9 years since I tried to hunt pheasants in Kansas. 3 yrs ago I went up to SD with a group but it was so cold all the layers of clothes I had to wear made it impossible to mount the shotgun on my shoulder and my normally terrible shooting was even worse. The guides had these 4WD school buses that they would take our group around to the various plots to hunt. The lodge we stayed at raised these "hybrid flushing dogs" (maybe a cross between a GSP and a lab). They didn't really point birds but would crash into thick cover to flush out pheasants. They did some very long retrieves of wounded birds as well. Very fun to watch "high motor" dogs that are enjoying themselves at work.

[Institutional Control]

Will a fox kill a small dog?  My dad has spotted a fox visiting his front porch daily. He told a neighbor about it and the neighbor asked if he could trap it because he said it would kill my dad's shih zu.  Is that right? The fox is not very big.

[sonofdaxjones]

Milo is very happy when she gets to run around in a field but unfortunately my shooting is gawd awful. We were hunting a weedy creek/draw in a corn field on sunday when she stopped, started sniffing a giant weed pile then jumped in. As she jumped in 3 roosters flew out coming right at me (maybe 5 yards to my right), scared the crap out of me and after I missed my first shot then the gun jammed when I pumped it  .

Later in the day we were hunting the same field where she got her first rooster and she flushed another rooster that started out maybe 15 yards ahead of me to my left then flew directly across my line of sight but I missed all 3 shots. She looked at me in disgust until I said good girl and gave her some treats.

All and all it was a great time 

BenJi . . . Dax "long time bird hunter" Jones is here to help.

With Roosters it is best to let a field settle for a few days after pushing them.    The wiley ringneck pheasant is a quick study.    For birds to return quickly, there has to be something in a field that they cannot find elsewhere, and that's pretty rare out in Kansas.

As the season progresses if you're working heavy cover and now that you have a dog, I suggest you work it slowly, particularly if the weather isn't great and the bird really doesn't want to flush if they're burrowed down in the cover.   In fact, in pockets that one person and a dog can cover, if you have the time, push back through it. 

Always here to help.

[ben ji]

Milo is very happy when she gets to run around in a field but unfortunately my shooting is gawd awful. We were hunting a weedy creek/draw in a corn field on sunday when she stopped, started sniffing a giant weed pile then jumped in. As she jumped in 3 roosters flew out coming right at me (maybe 5 yards to my right), scared the crap out of me and after I missed my first shot then the gun jammed when I pumped it  .

Later in the day we were hunting the same field where she got her first rooster and she flushed another rooster that started out maybe 15 yards ahead of me to my left then flew directly across my line of sight but I missed all 3 shots. She looked at me in disgust until I said good girl and gave her some treats.

All and all it was a great time 

BenJi . . . Dax "long time bird hunter" Jones is here to help.

With Roosters it is best to let a field settle for a few days after pushing them.    The wiley ringneck pheasant is a quick study.    For birds to return quickly, there has to be something in a field that they cannot find elsewhere, and that's pretty rare out in Kansas.

As the season progresses if you're working heavy cover and now that you have a dog, I suggest you work it slowly, particularly if the weather isn't great and the bird really doesn't want to flush if they're burrowed down in the cover.   In fact, in pockets that one person and a dog can cover, if you have the time, push back through it. 

Always here to help.

Thanks Dax. I did notice that I was seeing more birds when I walked slowly and stopped for around 30 seconds randomly. Unfortunately I get all revved up and try to cover as much ground as possible. Will make sure I slow down next time and give a fields a rest for a day or so.

[sonofdaxjones]

Milo is very happy when she gets to run around in a field but unfortunately my shooting is gawd awful. We were hunting a weedy creek/draw in a corn field on sunday when she stopped, started sniffing a giant weed pile then jumped in. As she jumped in 3 roosters flew out coming right at me (maybe 5 yards to my right), scared the crap out of me and after I missed my first shot then the gun jammed when I pumped it  .

Later in the day we were hunting the same field where she got her first rooster and she flushed another rooster that started out maybe 15 yards ahead of me to my left then flew directly across my line of sight but I missed all 3 shots. She looked at me in disgust until I said good girl and gave her some treats.

All and all it was a great time 

BenJi . . . Dax "long time bird hunter" Jones is here to help.

With Roosters it is best to let a field settle for a few days after pushing them.    The wiley ringneck pheasant is a quick study.    For birds to return quickly, there has to be something in a field that they cannot find elsewhere, and that's pretty rare out in Kansas.

As the season progresses if you're working heavy cover and now that you have a dog, I suggest you work it slowly, particularly if the weather isn't great and the bird really doesn't want to flush if they're burrowed down in the cover.   In fact, in pockets that one person and a dog can cover, if you have the time, push back through it. 

Always here to help.

Thanks Dax. I did notice that I was seeing more birds when I walked slowly and stopped for around 30 seconds randomly. Unfortunately I get all revved up and try to cover as much ground as possible. Will make sure I slow down next time and give a fields a rest for a day or so.

You'll get it a feel for it, sometimes you have to move fast because the birds are running to the edge of light cover and then flushing.  But once the season progresses in heavy cover they're likely going to try and sit and let you pass right on by from my experience.   I've seen birds practically getting stomped on repeatedly that still won't flush.    If a tree line has row crops on the edge you can sometimes see the birds running in the rows.   Also, as the season progresses slamming a car door and making a bunch of noise is a no-no.