Author Topic: Killing animals (Read 146340 times)

wetwillie · « **Reply #1625 on:** October 23, 2021, 05:33:08 AM »

Missouri upland youth opener is next weekend, planning on hitting that with my pooch and son. Trying to pull off 5 straight weekends of bird hunting, should be fun.

ben ji · « **Reply #1626 on:** October 23, 2021, 10:51:41 AM »

Quote from: wetwillie on October 23, 2021, 05:33:08 AM

Missouri upland youth opener is next weekend, planning on hitting that with my pooch and son. Trying to pull off 5 straight weekends of bird hunting, should be fun.

Quail or pheasant? NW Missouri is the only part where I've heard they have pheasants.

Good luck with the 5 straight weekends.

wetwillie · « **Reply #1627 on:** October 23, 2021, 03:26:08 PM »

Quote from: ben ji on October 23, 2021, 10:51:41 AM

Quote from: wetwillie on October 23, 2021, 05:33:08 AM
Missouri upland youth opener is next weekend, planning on hitting that with my pooch and son. Trying to pull off 5 straight weekends of bird hunting, should be fun.
Quail or pheasant? NW Missouri is the only part where I've heard they have pheasants.

Good luck with the 5 straight weekends.

Yes NW Missouri, in Harrison county. The last two hunts of the 5 week stretch will be on pen raised birds so I’m kind of cheating

Katpappy · « **Reply #1628 on:** October 23, 2021, 06:19:18 PM »

Quote from: ben ji on October 22, 2021, 10:22:50 PM

Who else is getting all jacked up to kill some animals this fall?

Nebraska pheasant season opens next weekend so I'm planning to head out to the cat ranch then drive an hour north into bug eater land and kill some of their birds.

Can't wait until the 14th when the KS season opens. Should have plenty of birds on the cat ranch since no cattle have grazed the pastures and we grew nothing but Milo. Also its probably good for the pheasant population that the coyotes ate all 15 barn cats that were hanging out last year.

What are the license requirements and do they have walk in hunting?

ben ji · « **Reply #1629 on:** October 24, 2021, 05:00:54 PM »

Quote from: Katpappy on October 23, 2021, 06:19:18 PM

Quote from: ben ji on October 22, 2021, 10:22:50 PM
Who else is getting all jacked up to kill some animals this fall?

Nebraska pheasant season opens next weekend so I'm planning to head out to the cat ranch then drive an hour north into bug eater land and kill some of their birds.

Can't wait until the 14th when the KS season opens. Should have plenty of birds on the cat ranch since no cattle have grazed the pastures and we grew nothing but Milo. Also its probably good for the pheasant population that the coyotes ate all 15 barn cats that were hanging out last year.

What are the license requirements and do they have walk in hunting?

I bought a 2 day license for $100 (includes the habit stamp). They have a similar program to WIHA where it's public access to private farms etc. I've only looked in SW Nebraska but they have alot of land to hunt.

https://outdoornebraska.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=71a515acd7f64a5d8245ec97eb96d976

Katpappy · « **Reply #1630 on:** October 24, 2021, 09:37:34 PM »

Quote from: ben ji on October 24, 2021, 05:00:54 PM

Quote from: Katpappy on October 23, 2021, 06:19:18 PM
Quote from: ben ji on October 22, 2021, 10:22:50 PM
Who else is getting all jacked up to kill some animals this fall?

Nebraska pheasant season opens next weekend so I'm planning to head out to the cat ranch then drive an hour north into bug eater land and kill some of their birds.

Can't wait until the 14th when the KS season opens. Should have plenty of birds on the cat ranch since no cattle have grazed the pastures and we grew nothing but Milo. Also its probably good for the pheasant population that the coyotes ate all 15 barn cats that were hanging out last year.

What are the license requirements and do they have walk in hunting?
I bought a 2 day license for $100 (includes the habit stamp). They have a similar program to WIHA where it's public access to private farms etc. I've only looked in SW Nebraska but they have alot of land to hunt.

https://outdoornebraska.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=71a515acd7f64a5d8245ec97eb96d976

Ben, are you going straight north of Colby? Looks great from Swanson Reservoir, east to McCook and north to HWY 80. Happy hunting. The dogs will have a blast. Do you have both of them trained for pointing birds?

8manpick · « **Reply #1631 on:** October 25, 2021, 10:22:06 AM »

I forgot this thread when I posted in the cooking thread the other day. Anyway, bubbles joined this year on my family/friends annual (since 1958 with the same host family) South Dakota hunt. We had a great time.

star seed 7 · « **Reply #1632 on:** October 25, 2021, 10:28:43 AM »

The tuckered out puppies

420seriouscat69 · « **Reply #1633 on:** October 25, 2021, 10:46:26 AM »

Murderers!

wetwillie · « **Reply #1634 on:** October 25, 2021, 11:15:27 AM »

Amazing stuff 8man, that sounds like an absolute blast for an annual trip. I’ve heard South Dakota pheasant hunting is second to none.

ben ji · « **Reply #1635 on:** October 25, 2021, 12:25:47 PM »

Quote from: star seed 7 on October 25, 2021, 10:28:43 AM

The tuckered out puppies

Yeah, those pups look like they spent all day pounding the rock.

Great pics 8man, looks like you guys got into some birds.

ben ji · « **Reply #1636 on:** October 25, 2021, 12:29:06 PM »

Quote from: Katpappy on October 24, 2021, 09:37:34 PM

Quote from: ben ji on October 24, 2021, 05:00:54 PM
Quote from: Katpappy on October 23, 2021, 06:19:18 PM
Quote from: ben ji on October 22, 2021, 10:22:50 PM
Who else is getting all jacked up to kill some animals this fall?

Nebraska pheasant season opens next weekend so I'm planning to head out to the cat ranch then drive an hour north into bug eater land and kill some of their birds.

Can't wait until the 14th when the KS season opens. Should have plenty of birds on the cat ranch since no cattle have grazed the pastures and we grew nothing but Milo. Also its probably good for the pheasant population that the coyotes ate all 15 barn cats that were hanging out last year.

What are the license requirements and do they have walk in hunting?
I bought a 2 day license for $100 (includes the habit stamp). They have a similar program to WIHA where it's public access to private farms etc. I've only looked in SW Nebraska but they have alot of land to hunt.

https://outdoornebraska.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=71a515acd7f64a5d8245ec97eb96d976

Ben, are you going straight north of Colby? Looks great from Swanson Reservoir, east to McCook and north to HWY 80. Happy hunting. The dogs will have a blast. Do you have both of them trained for pointing birds?

Yup, I'm planning to hunt between the reservoir and McCook. I like how the NE atlas shows what WIHA land is CRP etc, the KS one does not.

Lady is still gun shy and I've given up on her being a hunting dog so she will be staying at the farm house while Milo and I ravage the state of NE.

Sandstone Outcropping · « **Reply #1637 on:** October 25, 2021, 12:44:10 PM »

That looks awesome 8mp. I got really cold when I went pheasant hunting in SD (saw / killed some birds (some probably pen-raised), too).

Sandstone Outcropping · « **Reply #1638 on:** October 25, 2021, 12:57:10 PM »

The most fun I ever had pheasant hunting was on opening day when I was about 15 circa 1996. My cool older cousin brought back her new boyfriend from KSU who liked pheasant hunting and it was pretty cold that weekend. We crashed through all of the milo stalks and fence lines and old railroad tracks. Found a lot of birds and mom made us a huge dinner at the end of the day. Best day of pheasant hunting ever.

ben ji · « **Reply #1639 on:** October 30, 2021, 07:49:40 PM »

Give the dumbest rooster in Nebraska award to this guy. I was walking the edge of an unharvested Milo field and a hen busted out then another hen. This rooster was about 10 yards into the field even with me and just starts cackling for about 20 seconds until my dog found it. I just sat there gun on shoulder waiting for him to meet his maker.

Spracne · « **Reply #1640 on:** October 30, 2021, 07:51:59 PM »

The feathering on that guy is beautiful. Kind of sad you killed him.

ben ji · « **Reply #1641 on:** October 30, 2021, 07:57:31 PM »

Quote from: Spracne on October 30, 2021, 07:51:59 PM

The feathering on that guy is beautiful. Kind of sad you killed him.

They are beautiful birds up close, does not stop me from wanting to kill them.

wetwillie · « **Reply #1642 on:** October 30, 2021, 07:58:36 PM »

Nice Rooster Benji. My pooch found 4 today and a covey of quail but none of them died

ben ji · « **Reply #1643 on:** October 30, 2021, 08:09:13 PM »

Things didnt start out that great tho. Second field I hunted was CRP, Milo and I were walking straight when a rooster flushed wild at my 3 oclock about 30 yards away and started flying towards my 6 oclock. I normally wouldn't waste the shot but I was all jacked up on PHEASANT ADRENALINE and put the shotgun to my shoulder....BOOM. The #4 shot I had chambered reached out and sent that male genitals tumbling. Probably the best shot I've ever made in my life and I was freaking JACKED.

Milo was 10 yards in front of me and had no idea where the bird landed so I made a beeline to where I thought the bird had landed. When I got there I took off my favorite/lucky hunting hat and hung it on a large desiccated sunflower stalk to mark the spot and started looking for the bird. 10 minutes later I coudn't find it then I realized I couldnt find my my hat either since the wind had blown it off the stalk. Spent about 30 minutes looking for my hat and the bird before admitting defeat.

Sucker must of took off running.

ben ji · « **Reply #1644 on:** October 30, 2021, 08:14:56 PM »

Quote from: wetwillie on October 30, 2021, 07:58:36 PM

Nice Rooster Benji. My pooch found 4 today and a covey of quail but none of them died

I am staying at the cat ranch and took the dogs for a walk around sunrise/sunset and saw more pheasants here than I did in my 6 hour trek into bug eater land. Without even trying I flushed 5 roosters and a couple of hens from around the cat ranch.

Since no cattle have grazed in the pens/part of the pasture its all overgrown with weeds and they hang out in there while eating the milo from the fields.

I'm pretty pumped for 2 weeks from now.

ben ji · « **Reply #1645 on:** October 30, 2021, 08:16:05 PM »

Quote from: wetwillie on October 30, 2021, 07:58:36 PM

Nice Rooster Benji. My pooch found 4 today and a covey of quail but none of them died

Also are you saying that your son is a terrible shot?!? You have to build them up

Spracne · « **Reply #1646 on:** October 30, 2021, 08:25:51 PM »

Quote from: ben ji on October 30, 2021, 08:09:13 PM

....BOOM. The #4 shot I had chambered reached out and sent that male genitals tumbling. Probably the best shot I've ever made in my life and I was freaking JACKED.

wetwillie · « **Reply #1647 on:** October 30, 2021, 08:28:52 PM »

Quote from: ben ji on October 30, 2021, 08:16:05 PM

Quote from: wetwillie on October 30, 2021, 07:58:36 PM
Nice Rooster Benji. My pooch found 4 today and a covey of quail but none of them died

Also are you saying that your son is a terrible shot?!? You have to build them up

Son is actually a great shot, but he was hilariously slow walking today in some tough crp cover. As fun as the roosters are, I can’t beat the rush of 20 quail spraying out in front of you like a cheetah on cocaine. Dog got some good work in so mission accomplished.

ben ji · « **Reply #1648 on:** November 13, 2021, 07:35:09 PM »

Got 3 cocks today, 1 before the Kstate game and 2 after.

There is a very primal satisfaction you achieve when you walk through a field with a dog under your control and it makes birds fly up so you can shoot them.

Katpappy · « **Reply #1649 on:** November 13, 2021, 08:32:43 PM »

Quote from: ben ji on November 13, 2021, 07:35:09 PM

Got 3 cocks today, 1 before the Kstate game and 2 after.

There is a very primal satisfaction you achieve when you walk through a field with a dog under your control and it makes birds fly up so you can shoot them.

Nice group of cocks. Did you use the golf cart to hunt?