My first

[uncoolperson]

aside from this all i've done was grouse with a 22 in alaska

freakin blast. 4 hours in the field, one now tired dog, 4 chances, 3 misses. Meh, had fun, really sore.

about an hour in we see the dog going crazy about 20 feet out, and i catch a glimpse of some grass moving (I even saw the head), but remembered somewhere someone saying something about only shooting when the bird is in the air...

so i wait for the dog to find the bird, seemed like it took forever! finally up she goes, and I pop! pop! and she flies across the field into a thick patch of raspberries. The first shot i knew connected, saw some feathers fly and my buddy said he saw a leg drop. My buddy said the bird was a lost cause, but i couldn't stand the idea of not wasting atleast an hour to find this bird that I'd hit.

After walking around the patch for awhile the dogs (one can hunt the other two play) go crazy and jump right in, so my buddy says "stand here and wait for a bird". After 5-10 minutes of that he glances down inside and sees one of the dogs walking out with my bird.

All i found on cleaning it was one pellet to the leg. I was way too spooked and excited to hit anything (used to be pretty good 80% with clay 2 years back). But I got me one.

[Red Dawg]

there is no shame in ground sloosing grouse. 

[uncoolperson]

pheasant... sorry, guess the picture doesn't really show it and i didn't state it.

[EastWaViking]

pheasant?   .....Hmmmm  is there a seaon for hens I don't know about?

Glad you stuck with it and found the bird!

[uncoolperson]

westside (lake terrell) regs say 2 either sex daily sep 27-nov 30

wow, scared me some with that... i knew i glanced at the regs and tried to understand what i could, but you certainly scared me.

If i misread, and was lied to by my friend, please let me know... NOT SAYING THIS IN A HAHA I'M RIGHT WAY, BUT IN A IF I SCREWED UP I NEED TO KNOW.

[jackelope]

you're good.

[uncoolperson]

whew... I mean i thought i was good, but to have even the smallest doubt kinda worried me.

I'm fairly big on following the rules, there for reasons and all that.

[jackelope]

in e-wa on the wild birds you can't shoot hens...in western wa with the fake pheasants, you can shoot hens.
did you get shot out there at all?

[M_ray]

Nice job! 

[uncoolperson]

yeah I realize they are released birds... but it made me happy, and will be a nice light dinner tomorrow.

[hard hunter]

Congrats on the bird.   Were there a lot of hunters?  I held off this year because I have found it to be a had house everywhere except Fort Lewis when I lived up north.

[EastWaViking]

Cool!  Yes I'm on the east side.  Never knew you could shoot either on the west.

Nice Job!

[uncoolperson]

thanks, there were a lot of people... and for someone that takes playing with guns pretty seriously, it was kinda scary having people shooting guns all over the place in my general direction.