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.
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