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Other Hunting => Upland Birds => Topic started by: poulsbo on October 10, 2009, 11:23:40 PM

Title: Is it just me or are there a ton of roosters this year?
Post by: poulsbo on October 10, 2009, 11:23:40 PM: went on the early quil hunt, quail hunting was terrible bad winter and bad hatch i guess but, there were so many pheasant,i saw no less than 60 birds in two days.
Title: Re: Is it just me or are there a ton of roosters this year?
Post by: rjm5 on October 10, 2009, 11:32:19 PM: Not sure, I just talked to the farmer who lets me hunt his property every year cause I won't be able to make it over to hunt cause of school and he told me the bird numbers were the same as they had been the last few years. One of my buddies who has been working around moses lake said they hadn't seen a bird. I wonder if they got off a second hatch :dunno:
Title: Re: Is it just me or are there a ton of roosters this year?
Post by: bobcat on October 12, 2009, 07:17:50 AM: poulsbo, what general area are you seeing all these pheasants? I'm heading over to SE Wa. the first week of November. Just wondering if you might have been in that area? Probably not if you were hunting quail. PM me if you don't want to post the location. Thanks
Title: Re: Is it just me or are there a ton of roosters this year?
Post by: boneaddict on October 12, 2009, 07:23:46 AM: I'm not seeing any pheasants, so I'd be dang happy. Quail had a great year.
Title: Re: Is it just me or are there a ton of roosters this year?
Post by: T-Bone on October 14, 2009, 09:34:36 AM: I've seen very few pheasants in the North Palouse, but after two Winters with over 100" of snow each and near ZERO Winter cover, I'm not too surprised.