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alan
Joined: 22 Aug 2006
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Location: FORT DODGE IOWA
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| Posted: Sat Oct 10, 2009 10:47 pm Post subject: solo hunting |
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| whats the best way to hunt pheasants when ur by urself and you dont have a dog?can u still get some?? ive hunted ditches in past but so far im not getting any |
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WesternHunter
Joined: 05 May 2006
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Location: Colorado
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| Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 9:40 am Post subject: |
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| It can be done, but not nearly as sucessfully as with a dog or other hunters drive/block the field. What you shoot down may be difficult to find even if you mark your birds drop prefectly. Believe me these birds if wounded will escape into the ground vegitation and you'll be searching forever trying to retrieve them. To me it's very frustrating hunting pheasant just by yourself. All you end up doing is walking the field, the birds can sense your movement well ahead of you before you even know they are there. With nobody to drive them towards you, you'll be out of luck. |
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Don Fischer
Joined: 24 Mar 2005
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Location: Antelope, Ore
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| Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2009 3:11 pm Post subject: |
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Hunt heavy cover and use #5 shot. They hold much better in heavy cover. And in that cover, hunt slow as they will often let you walk right on by. Get into lighter cover and you'll be up against the wall. They don't hold well there and will run out in a heart beat.
Use the #5 shot to kill them better. We tried #7 1/2 and #6 and while both would kill them, to many were crippled. When we went just for phesant's we would switch to #5's and clean kills went up dramatically. |
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