Pheasant Opener

[highclimber]

The wheather was great and their were a lot of quail, my shooting was a little rusty.

[Birdguy]

You all had a better time then me. I stayed home cut wood, worked on the dog kennels and did winter preps around the house. Hopefully I will make a few trips later in the year. Great birds to those who got em and posted em. Good times to all who got out.

[sneakyjake]

We hunted outside of Dayton on CRP.  We averaged 2 birds per hunter, with a few misses.  Only the second year I have hunted the area and the guy I hunted with said he thought the numbers were down a bit.  We did have to cover a lot of ground and be persistant.  5 hunters and two dogs.  Still got plenty of shooting in.  Hope I get out  again.

[hayes202]

I hunted around Royal city for 3 days got one and mist one. Plus the bonus prize of one coyote.

[Boom Stick]

My hunting partner and I hit Sunnyside in the morning and then moved to the Yakima Reservation yesterday.  We saw a total of eight hens and two Roosters all day.  Neither of us got a bird.  No quail either, which is shocking to me.  Last year Quail were almost a guarantee. 

[Sportfury]

My son and I went over around Moses Lake. We got up five hens, three roosters, and a covey of about 40 quail. Unfortunately somethings wrong with my gun because it missed the one rooster I had an easy shot on twice All the quail got up in front of my son and he got one shot and missed. All I could do was watch them fly away. Did get up one single right after that, a nice going away shot, but it flew right toward a road with a vehicle on it and I didn't take the shot.

The phez were holding tight almost like release birds even though they were wild. The one rooster that I did get a shot at let my son walk right by him. We then stopped and talked about twenty feet away before he finally had enough and flushed behind us.

[shorthair-on-point]

I did not get to go out on the openner but I made up for it by making it a long weekend this last weekend. Dog did great. Good times.

[Boom Stick]

Well, we went out again.  Sun up to sun down from the Reservation to Sunnyside.  Nothing.  More shocking then the lack of Pheasants is the lack of Quail.  We saw a total of five Quail all day.  I haven't fired a shot in the last two trips.  Unreal!