Was wondering how many of you all crappie fish and bird hunt? I do and love to chase pheasant in South Dakota.
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Was wondering how many of you all crappie fish and bird hunt? I do and love to chase pheasant in South Dakota.
I outfit for duck and snow goose hunts in SE Missouri. No upland hunting.
My son is into water fowl.
I've been known to bust a cap on a few Dove birds, in recent years. I have shot a few Quail, and a Pheasant, here in KY in years past.
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I do enjoy a good dove hunt and a bunch of my friends from northwestern IL hunt upland with lab puppies I raised. They have been trying to get me to go to the Dakotas with them for years. Not enough $$ and time to go around for all my vices.
10/4 on the $$ and lots of fun in a good dove shoot but a nice pointing dog locked up on a big rooster pheasant not much of anything more prettier. (But they are a few things)
My dad/uncles/cousins hunted pheasants in Iowa during the 70s and 80s but the bird population out there took a nose dive because of different farming techniques. Basically the birds lost much of their habitat. I've heard so many stories from them and believe me, they cover everything from killing their pheasant limits to carousing to old school fist fights. Those must've been some kind of hunting trips, too bad I was too young to enjoy.
They did go to South Dakota in recent years but decided it was too expensive.
I'm with Mrdux I love to hunt waterfowl. I use to quail hunt with my grandfather when I was younger. It's hard to find a fence row now days.
I'm thinking about ducks and crappie 365 days a year. Both are a year round addiction.
And I chase both in multiple states!
I duck hunt in Mo. I have been to South Dakota bird hunting. We use to do a lot of pheasant hunting here in east central Illinois but its pretty tough now a days too many coyotes.
I have kicked up hundreds of pheasants all at once in the 80's 2 different times that was really something to see. Use to see them here and there all summer long but not so much anymore.
I have an uncle in south Dakota I should go see.
I hunt Dove, Grouse, Quail & Waterfowl not near as much as I used to. We are going to Michigan Grouse hunting in October.
I hunted pheasant in Iowa, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Kansas and quail here in IN. I still have an old bird dog. He is now 13 and retired. Love chasing pheasants haven't been out west the last few years. Now I got a 2 year old treeing feist out of world champion blood lines. With quail so scarce around here I didn't want to try to train another bird dog. I really do enjoy getting out with this feist too.
Growing up as a boy I got to hunt over a brittany spaniel. If that dog went on point without moving a muscle, it was a pheasant, if her tail wiggled you knew it was a rabbit. Sally was one of a kind.
I used to be 75% duck and 25% fish, but now id have to say 50 50!
Fellow fowl hunter here as well. Be headed to north Dakota this year for my first out of state hunt Oct 5. Wish me luck.
I used to hunt upland and waterfowl with my CDC namesake "Ike." Ike used to go in the boat with me but he didn't like rough water and we get some kind of wind here in Oklahoma. He's been gone for awhile now and I swore I'd give up bird hunting as I felt I was too old to raise another pup. Then, I remembered that I didn't teach Ike anything - he taught me. We have Emma, a Westie who loved Ike and as a puppy dreamed of being a bird dog like him.
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When he passed she mourned him and if you say his name today she looks up at you expecting to see him.
Anyway, to make a long story short I decided I couldn't live like that so I now have a deposit on a litter of Ike's distant cousins. I won't get to hunt this year but hopefully will next year. This one will probably be a lap dog and she may be a Crappie fishing partner as well as camping and hunting partner. Gotta make another run to Wisconsin.
RIP - Ike (Shooting Starr's Commander.)
Nice post. They just don't stay around long enough.
I remember the wind in OK. I fished the BASS Federation National Championship on Grand Lake in 1980 as a member of the GA team. Got fried by the sun AND wind.
I'm also a bird hunter,nothing better than a good dove hunt. I've got a chocolate lab for it and he's 9. He's a little hard headed sometimes but a good dog. When I first got him I knew I was going to name him Bear but I didn't know my wife and 2 daughters were going to add to it. So on his papers it has, "Sir Teddy Bear". I had to keep peace in the house.
I do have on my bucket list that I want to pheasant hunt in South Dakota or North Dakota. I think that would really be a blast. One of my wife's uncles use to go to S. Dakota for a week with family and friends just to pheasant hunt. They would pay the farmer X amount and hunt his farm all week. It was a good deal he did that for about 12 years or so before I met my wife. Yeah that's my luck always a day late and a dollar short.
I love to crappie fish and duck hunt. Have chased both all over the country. I don't think I would give up a duck hunt to go crappie fishing so I guess I like the fowl better but that season is short so it leaves plenty of time.
IkenI, nice tribute to Ike. Best of luck with the new pup. Post us a picture and let us know his name when you bring him home.
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I really like to chase the quail and pheasant. Very fortunate to have close friends that have lots of land in western Oklahoma.
Kirk - I didn't even know you bird hunted. We gotta talk!
Ike n I hunted Okla, Texas, Colo, Kansas, Neb, Mo and Iowa (and Kansas, Kansas, Kansas!) 'Course, I'm a lot older and slower now.
I just remembered this thread from almost a year ago. Her name is Bea. Here's when we brought her home.
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Ike was a superb pheasant dog and weighed 72 lbs. Bea has more intense bird prey drive than he did and she weighs 50 lbs. She's now almost 10 months old and has had a few quail shot over her in training. She has fallen out of the boat once so far and had one jig in her paw but she loves to go. She's a retrieving fool so I'm looking forward to the soon to be dove and teal seasons followed hopefully by a bunch of wild quail and pheasant. Last year was the best quail year in Oklahoma since the early 80's and it looks like this year will be great. I like quail hunting but love pheasant so I'll spend lots of time in Kansas this year. My 16's are gonna get a good workout for a change. I would really like to get to South Dakota but have no idea where to start. I don't hunt pheasant in large groups - just like to get out with a dog.
Here she is now
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I have bird hunted quail in KY, TN, KS. Grouse in the UP, WI, VT, NH and ME. 2 English Pointers and an English Setter in the kennel now. Looking to add another setter before fall. Guess I bird hunt more than I fish. Hope to change that next spring.
I made the mistake of going with a group of guys from church last season down to Hickman and duck hunted with them for my first time. That turned into having another costly hobby. Lol.