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    Hooked and a Smile

    Hooked I took my son (Jesse) out today for his first pheasant hunt. This was a preserve hunt and I asked for the birds to be placed in difficult cover to work Finn. As we had the site to ourselves there was a lot of ground and varied cover to go through. 15 Birds were placed 2 hours...
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    Last Public Land Hunt for the year

    Finn and I got out last week for a 4 day combo hunt -- anterless deer (draw) and pheasants. Weather ranged from very nice the first day to blowing snow to fog for the next three. Fields and side roads had heavy drifting with drifts well above the knees which limited access. We had a very...
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    Playing in the snow

    Playing in the snow -- It is a bit of a drive for us now with the northern sites closed and we had to deal with a section of icy highway. With weather changing I am not sure if this will be our last pheasant hunt of the year or not. Finn did very well finding 4 birds buried in deeper cover...
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    Melanistic pheasant

    This years provincial release program has a number of Melanistic pheasants being released at various sites across the province. While we have had a very successful pheasant season we had not encountered one in the field. I had seen a few harvested ones and had hoped to come across one...
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    Introduction

    I have been a long time lurker and have enjoyed the various write ups plus Randy's video's. Live in Alberta and primarily hunt birds, deer and elk / moose on a draw basis. Just retired 2 years so getting back into the outdoors stuff is on top on my list. Great site and looking forward to...
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    Alberta - Special Entry Either Sex Elk Draw

    I was drawn for either sex elk for the Camp Wainwright base hunt. For elk the licence is good for 3 days of primitive weapons (muzzleloaders / archery) and 12 days of centre fire. There are 50 tags given out and the success rate at best is 20%. There are a number of permanent danger...
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