My GSP was finally able to get out and do what she loves. Had another friend and her GSP who I've helped train a bit go on their first ever hunt. They did great and I got my limit in an hour or so which is nice. I think as a whole bird numbers will be down in the area but lucked out on this one

Congrats! Good lookin' dogs!

I pheasant hunt about once a year. I practice shoot and release!

I used to hunt iowa phasants many moons ago around Williamsburg to down around lake Odessa. Although I had Brittany's.
My weapon of choice was a Remington 1100 .410 GA.
I used 2 and half inch shells with a half oz. Of 7 1/2s.
When you hunt over dogs , ya don't need those big guns.

yogi59weedr: "I used to hunt iowa phasants many moons ago around Williamsburg to down around lake Odessa. Although I had Brittany's.
My weapon of choice was a Remington 1100 .410 GA.
I used 2 and half inch shells with a half oz. Of 7 1/2s.
When you hunt over dogs , ya don't need those big guns."

I use a single shot 410 quite a bit. Why carry a big gun when you can’t hit them, I can miss um just as completely with a light weight gun!

My .410 is a lightweight model. Haha...
I did most of my hunting alone. Just follow the dog.
Most shots are 20 yds.

Later in the season I did switch to my 28 gauge...

I miss pheasant hunting.

Nice! The numbers look good this year…good choice on the dog. Actually MN has been good this year too.

timatkn: "Nice! The numbers look good this year…good choice on the dog. Actually MN has been good this year too.





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Love the photos. We did well in SD a couple weeks ago.

Looks good! I've got some great retrieves on video from this weekend. My GSP never used to be much of a swimmer or retriever growing up but she's good at both now.

That picture was not far from Lake Odessa...

cyclones30: "Looks good! I've got some great retrieves on video from this weekend. My GSP never used to be much of a swimmer or retriever growing up but she's good at both now.


That picture was not far from Lake Odessa..."

My shorthair at 6 is just starting to retrieve well again. It’s my fault…this dog was phenom as a pup. At 6 months and only 25-30# he was pointing and retrieving limits almost every weekend…then I knocked down a big mature rooster that became a runner. He got spurred pretty good and he has been a little shy on Retrieving ever since. Totally my fault as I hunted him too much at a young age and exposed him to the “trauma”. Funny how they have long memories.

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