2026-2027 Upland Bird Thread

[brymoore]

I took my pair of setters out chukar hunting today. Mother and daughter. The first few points were clunky but got better after a little training. The two figured out how to hunt together which is what I wanted today. No birds harmed in this training run.

 

[NoWiser]

On the board here. Still lots of standing corn around and I could hear roosters cackling from it the whole time I was hunting. It’ll get real good when that comes out.

 

[mevertsen]

On the board here. Still lots of standing corn around and I could hear roosters cackling from it the whole time I was hunting. It’ll get real good when that comes out.

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Dog breed? Its pretty

 

[NoWiser]

Dog breed? Its pretty

Dewey is a French Brittany. Don’t let his looks fool you. He’s a little meth head. Wonderfully kind dog, though.

 

[mevertsen]

My daughrer wants one. I do too. Too many dogs at the house right now though

 

[Ben Lamb]

Last weekend was supposed to be grouse camp on a small tract of national Forest that usually holds a few birds and fewer people.

The pancreas has other ideas. 3 days in the hospital on a steady diet of saline and Dilaudid got me kicked loose Friday evening. Spent Saturday working up the nerve to eat solid food, and then took the dog to a new cover Sunday for a few hours. Moved a couple doodles but it was dry as a popcorn fart & windy to beat all.

So instead of a nice nighttime shot of a wall tent, or a tired dog with a couple of pats, here's what the ER room of Munson looks like.



Giving it the week before hitting it all again. Greta has a bit of a hot spot on her wrist still so we're both batting about average considering the last few seasons.

 

[MNElkNut]

I always have a goal to shoot a MN public land rooster. Goal accomplished. The first couple outsmarted me by flying on the opposite side of bushes. But by applying every bit of brain capacity I have, I got the third one. Well okay. Truth be told, it was my labs who outsmarted it. But I didn’t miss!

 

[MNElkNut]

Gonna head out today for a little pheasant hunting again. Nice weather after about 6 days of rainy weather. I will report back with results! 37 degrees, sunny and 10 mph winds.....awesome weather!

 

[BKN]

Gonna head out today for a little pheasant hunting again. Nice weather after about 6 days of rainy weather. I will report back with results! 37 degrees, sunny and 10 mph winds.....awesome weather!

Beautiful morning today. Good luck!

 

[MNElkNut]

Hunted for a little over an hour and got my 2. The second one had nice spurs! Great dog work once again. Just a beautiful day to be out with the dogs. I think they enjoy it more than I do, if that is possible!

 

[MNElkNut]

How many times can I go to the well on this piece of public??? Well apparently a third time this week. Got one this afternoon. Should have got the second but they again proved they have slightly more intelligence than I do. My labs split. One left. One right. Both birdy. Picked the birdiest one. Picked wrong. Twice. Sun got me twice. Just couldn’t tell if it was a rooster. 3.9 miles of beautiful day, excellent dog work and a bird in hand!

 

[El Jason]

Excellent dog work today. The highlight was a point from Charli. She was in the wrong wind side of the covey but knew they were there. Finn came in below her and they pinned them between, about 30 feet between the dogs. It was a long flush so no double.

 

[brymoore]

Excellent dog work today. The highlight was a point from Charli. She was in the wrong wind side of the covey but knew they were there. Finn came in below her and they pinned them between, about 30 feet between the dogs. It was a long flush so no double.

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Ruff!

 

[El Jason]

Ruff!

Bonus bird when I was walking back to the truck.

 

[Birdbander]

Dog's only pointed two today. Only got a shot at this one. Enjoyable day.