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Joe Boleo Super Member
Joined: Dec 25, 2006 Posts: 427 Location: Pennsylvania
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Posted: Fri Aug 27, 2010 3:26 pm Post subject: Pheasant hunts in November |
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We have very few native ringnecks in Pennsylvania these days. if you want to hunt the long-tailed bird it means you have to hunt stocked birds. For a lot of years I have hunted on a regulated shooting ground in the central part of the state. The place is fantastic because they put the birds out and leave them in the fields and woods. They lose some birds to foxes, hawks and coyotes, but the bird act wild. The generally use English Springer Spaniels to flush the birds and the hunts are a real experience. I have introduced some friends to this place and they keep going back. As luck would have it, we have three hunts booked for November. I may die from a heart attack and die happy. Take care...
Joe.
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slimjim Super Member
Joined: May 16, 2009 Posts: 8316 Location: Fort Worth TX
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Posted: Fri Aug 27, 2010 6:11 pm Post subject: Re: Pheasant hunts in November |
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Joe Boleo wrote: |
I may die from a heart attack and die happy. |
If its your time to go, one can't wish for more.
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bracer Member
Joined: Dec 24, 2009 Posts: 46 Location: Prairie Dog Country
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Posted: Sun Aug 29, 2010 12:55 am Post subject: Re: Pheasant hunts in November |
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I ll be 75 years old this year when I go out upland bird hunting with my German shorthair. All are wild birds where I live but there ls not the bird population like in the 80s. The season starts the last week end in Oct. Dont plan on going with a heart attack yet.
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Gil Martin Super Member
Joined: Jan 28, 2005 Posts: 1839 Location: Schnecksville, PA
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Posted: Sun Aug 29, 2010 9:18 am Post subject: Re: Pheasant hunts in November |
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Joe,
Do you need any more hunters in your groups? All the best...
Gil
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stovepipe Super Member
Joined: Sep 25, 2008 Posts: 4877 Location: Pine, Az.
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Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2010 9:14 am Post subject: Re: Pheasant hunts in November |
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ROOSTER!
We have zero ringers here. And the fenced hunts here blow and are big $$$$!
I envy you gents, enjoy, stay warm and git sum!
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English Mike Super Member
Joined: Jan 08, 2007 Posts: 1709 Location: Whitehaven, Cumbria, UK
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Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2010 4:00 pm Post subject: Re: Pheasant hunts in November |
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One of the few pluses of being on this side of the pond is the number of pheasants "our in the wild" so to speak. Cost of shooting them is the cost of the cartridge to me - unless I go on a "rough shoot" on one of the estates north of the border.
I'll never shoot "driven game" as I have an aversion to birds being used purely as targets (many places bury the results of a day's shoot. ).
All pheasants started as imports here but they have settled in quite nicely & provide something tastier than pigeon when one turns up on the farms I shoot on.
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slimjim Super Member
Joined: May 16, 2009 Posts: 8316 Location: Fort Worth TX
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Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2010 6:47 pm Post subject: Re: Pheasant hunts in November |
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English Mike wrote: |
One of the few pluses of being on this side of the pond is the number of pheasants "our in the wild" so to speak. |
When I was in Scottland the year before last, I couldn't believe the number of pheasants that covered the fields and roadways!!! There was too many to believe. There would easily be 150+ birds in the field and some areas of the roadway were littered with dead pheasant hit by cars. I'm talking a dozen pheasant every 100 feet.
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slimjim Super Member
Joined: May 16, 2009 Posts: 8316 Location: Fort Worth TX
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Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2010 6:48 pm Post subject: Re: Pheasant hunts in November |
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you didn't need a shotgun! You could have hunted them successfully with a sling-shot!!
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English Mike Super Member
Joined: Jan 08, 2007 Posts: 1709 Location: Whitehaven, Cumbria, UK
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