2009 Pheasant hunting success thread

jimbosan · 10-31-2009, 01:34 PM

Well, we have success threads for everything else, how about one for the wiley ringneck pheasant!

flatcoats · 10-31-2009, 02:38 PM

shot 10 by about 930. need corn out. it was a wham bam deal. off the roost and gone. certainly not like some openers, but thought we did above average considering zero crops out. lots of roosters, think we had a good hatch. 7 of 10 were yoy. all but one were off point though, so that was fun.

nebgoosehunter · 10-31-2009, 03:32 PM

We shot a two man limit in about an hour this morning on public land. Also shot a bonus sharptail and bluebill. Brian's dog also had some great points. Lots of young birds and also seen a ton of birds.

huskerbowhunter · 10-31-2009, 03:35 PM

dad and I shot our 6 in two fields. The dog did a nice job holding the birds down. 5 out of the 7 fields we tried already had people in them when we showed up (all private land). Didn't know we shared our fields with that many people but it seems like people are always out for the opener and that's it. Hopefully they all had permission as we only got to talk to a few of the groups. It was very wet out there too, half of our milo was completely underwater. Can't really comment on the outlook of the season until the corn comes out, but we saw a decent number of birds.

luvsitall · 10-31-2009, 04:07 PM

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Originally Posted by nebgoosehunter

We shot a two man limit in about an hour this morning on public land. Also shot a bonus sharptail and bluebill. Brian's dog also had some great points. Lots of young birds and also seen a ton of birds.

That's sweeeeettt I bet the beer flowed like water. nothing like a sweet hunt and snow beers........

thenewguy · 10-31-2009, 04:29 PM

Where were you guys hunting at? We got two on public land up north, but still lots of corn in up there.

south of 41 · 10-31-2009, 05:11 PM

nebgoosehunter great looking shorthair!

Got a late start saw very few birds. Lots of grain still in the field .

Never fired a round but both the dog and i enjoyed the exersise

AnglerX · 10-31-2009, 06:31 PM

Went out this evening. Seen lots of birds flushing wild. I got one..

Most of the birds were in thistles

Lots of grain in. I also found a sink hole about 2 feet deep to my surprize! The ground just swallowed me in? Hopefully as the weeks progress the fields come out, the bird numbers will increase. I was overall impressed with the amount I seen. I just need them to hold tighter.

wneb.fisher · 10-31-2009, 10:38 PM

I made it out this morning after seeing a good portion of the snow melt yesterday. I got my limit and my dad got one. Heading back out tomarrow!! Pics to come!

Well here they are!! The first pic is from Saturday.

The second pic is from Sunday. This is of my dad and our new assistant city manager. He is from Texas and has not been pheasant hunting in well over 10 years. He managed to get his first Nebraska bird on this hunt. Needless to say, I think he now has the fever for everything outdoor nebraska!!

Fishingnerd33 · 10-31-2009, 10:47 PM

Nice work all! Great day to be out, absolutely beautiful time of year!!

BPbowhunter · 11-01-2009, 01:39 AM

Nice work everyone!

south of 41 · 11-01-2009, 04:23 PM

Hunted till 11 am today ended with a mix bag.

bring on some cooler temps

Double28 · 11-01-2009, 05:22 PM

Mixed bag, 13 birds.

Hawkeye · 11-01-2009, 06:54 PM

Went out today 30 min south of Lincoln. Saw some birds, but not too many. Ended with 1 rooster and 2 quail. Those fields are still muddy. Some even had standing water around the terraces. Farmers might be able to get back out later this week if it stays dry. Got a workout walking a milo field with the ten extra pounds of mud on my boots.

slab master16 · 11-01-2009, 07:30 PM

well looks like my dad and i chose the wrong state hunted all day yesterday and half of today in iowa aboce highway 20 and so very few birds and the onlt ones we seen instantly ran into the unpicked corn fields. over all between the 2 of us fired one round one pheasant the farther north in the state the more crops were picked but overall if any of you are headed out that way i would say stay home not worth all the driving for maybe seen a total of 15-20 with a dog...

thenewguy · 11-01-2009, 08:41 PM

Its the corn crop, with so much still in the field, seems to be a lot more work until some of it comes out. My bro and I were jsut sitting in the car this am next to the crp just waiting for the sun and in the span of 5 minutes say at least 2 roosters and a couple of hens fly into the adjacent corn crop.

thenewguy · 11-01-2009, 09:23 PM

Had a much better day today, went back to the NE and started in the same field as yesterday and got one good rooster early on after another group flushed him our way from the other end of the field (my bro should of had one about 5 minutes in, but he got the dreaded hunter's click). Second field yielded nothing, however third area was much better and we ended up with one limit by about 11. Over all saw a lot more birds today but some of them flushed pretty far out. (if we had both been more experienced and had a halfway competant dog we both would have limited by lunch time easy).

All in all a successful opener for two first-timers hunting on public land without dogs, not to mention the crop situation! thanks for all the help guys!

walleyeking · 11-02-2009, 08:28 AM

Hunted in central nebraska and we ended up shooting 7 roosters and 2 grouse saturday morning. Saw a lot of birds and a lot more hens and a lot of the pheasants were very small, one was probably the smallest i've ever seen shot. Like said before the unpicked corn didn't help matters and the birds left the fields fairly quickly and headed for the corn. I don't think i saw one picked field of corn around where we hunted, hopefully with dryer weather that will change.

Laramie · 11-02-2009, 09:00 AM

huskerbowhunter,
My group experienced the same thing too and the permission I had was re-affirmed the night before the hunt that noone else was going to be there deer hunting or pheasant hunting. Oh well no matter we did OK for what we walked. I was in Burt county in the hills. I know there are at least two groups of hunters that go out opening day and pretty much hunt on every piece of ground where they know the landowner, permission or not in Burt. The field we used to lease for ducks/geese on the bottoms got hit by one of the groups a few years ago while we were duck hunting and the landowner just kinda brushed it off like, "that's the way those guys are they go wherever they want." There was probably 10 or 12 guys a big Suburban and a pickup.

As for use we saw alot of birds and walked over a bunch too! After figuring it out and working really slow with the dogs we were flushing way more birds. Lots of hens too! Amazing how tight everything held saturday and how many birds we saw with all the crops still in. Its going to be a heck of a year if/when we get some snow and the crops ever get out! No quail this year...wierd.

luvsitall · 11-02-2009, 05:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Laramie

huskerbowhunter,
My group experienced the same thing too and the permission I had was re-affirmed the night before the hunt that noone else was going to be there deer hunting or pheasant hunting. Oh well no matter we did OK for what we walked. I was in Burt county in the hills. I know there are at least two groups of hunters that go out opening day and pretty much hunt on every piece of ground where they know the landowner, permission or not in Burt. The field we used to lease for ducks/geese on the bottoms got hit by one of the groups a few years ago while we were duck hunting and the landowner just kinda brushed it off like, "that's the way those guys are they go wherever they want." There was probably 10 or 12 guys a big Suburban and a pickup.

As for use we saw alot of birds and walked over a bunch too! After figuring it out and working really slow with the dogs we were flushing way more birds. Lots of hens too! Amazing how tight everything held saturday and how many birds we saw with all the crops still in. Its going to be a heck of a year if/when we get some snow and the crops ever get out! No quail this year...wierd.

I saw quail so tiny they made a wren look big....lots of quail this year

10-31-2009, 01:34 PM	#1 (permalink)
jimbosan jimbosan has no status. Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Blair, Nebraska Posts: 2,364 Thanks: 292 Thanked 255 Times in 181 Posts	2009 Pheasant hunting success thread Well, we have success threads for everything else, how about one for the wiley ringneck pheasant! __________________ GET EM CLOSE/happiness is a bloody arrow!

10-31-2009, 03:32 PM	#3 (permalink)
nebgoosehunter nebgoosehunter has no status. Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Alliance/Chadron Posts: 29 Thanks: 8 Thanked 11 Times in 4 Posts	We shot a two man limit in about an hour this morning on public land. Also shot a bonus sharptail and bluebill. Brian's dog also had some great points. Lots of young birds and also seen a ton of birds. __________________ Team Flyers Field Staff

10-31-2009, 03:35 PM	#4 (permalink)
huskerbowhunter huskerbowhunter is ready for turks 2008 Outdoorsman of the Year Finalist Join Date: May 2008 Location: Fremont Posts: 576 Thanks: 60 Thanked 84 Times in 62 Posts	dad and I shot our 6 in two fields. The dog did a nice job holding the birds down. 5 out of the 7 fields we tried already had people in them when we showed up (all private land). Didn't know we shared our fields with that many people but it seems like people are always out for the opener and that's it. Hopefully they all had permission as we only got to talk to a few of the groups. It was very wet out there too, half of our milo was completely underwater. Can't really comment on the outlook of the season until the corn comes out, but we saw a decent number of birds. __________________ "I love bass fishing, but bowfishing has my heart right now." -A lovely quote from DAN SMITH

10-31-2009, 05:11 PM	#7 (permalink)
south of 41 south of 41 is sunning high on a hill Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: waist deep in big grass Posts: 3,020 Thanks: 55 Thanked 414 Times in 208 Posts	nebgoosehunter great looking shorthair! Got a late start saw very few birds. Lots of grain still in the field . Never fired a round but both the dog and i enjoyed the exersise __________________ Soon after I embraced the sport of angling I became convinced that I should never be able to enjoy it if I had to rely on the cooperation of the fish." Eighty percent of success is showing up. RECOVERING NICOTINE ADDICT SINCE April 6th 2008

10-31-2009, 06:31 PM	#8 (permalink)
AnglerX AnglerX is resting Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: where the shad are.. Volunteer Hunter Education Instructor NEFGA Line Recycling Volunteer Posts: 3,566 Thanks: 258 Thanked 814 Times in 318 Posts	Went out this evening. Seen lots of birds flushing wild. I got one.. Most of the birds were in thistles Lots of grain in. I also found a sink hole about 2 feet deep to my surprize! The ground just swallowed me in? Hopefully as the weeks progress the fields come out, the bird numbers will increase. I was overall impressed with the amount I seen. I just need them to hold tighter. __________________ Keeper of the Blue Bucket

10-31-2009, 02:38 PM	#2 (permalink)
flatcoats flatcoats has no status. 2008 Outdoorsman of the Year Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: omaha Posts: 1,683 Thanks: 63 Thanked 232 Times in 114 Posts	shot 10 by about 930. need corn out. it was a wham bam deal. off the roost and gone. certainly not like some openers, but thought we did above average considering zero crops out. lots of roosters, think we had a good hatch. 7 of 10 were yoy. all but one were off point though, so that was fun.

10-31-2009, 04:29 PM	#6 (permalink)
thenewguy thenewguy has no status. Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 18 Thanks: 3 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Where were you guys hunting at? We got two on public land up north, but still lots of corn in up there.

10-31-2009, 10:38 PM	#9 (permalink)
wneb.fisher wneb.fisher is ready to hit the Hard Water!! Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Chadron, NE Posts: 379 Thanks: 196 Thanked 173 Times in 72 Posts	I made it out this morning after seeing a good portion of the snow melt yesterday. I got my limit and my dad got one. Heading back out tomarrow!! Pics to come! Well here they are!! The first pic is from Saturday. The second pic is from Sunday. This is of my dad and our new assistant city manager. He is from Texas and has not been pheasant hunting in well over 10 years. He managed to get his first Nebraska bird on this hunt. Needless to say, I think he now has the fever for everything outdoor nebraska!! __________________ "...it's amazing how grown men can turn into squealing, giggling school girls at the mention of a fish or game animal." ~Fishingnerd33~ (This quote was too good not to use.) Last edited by wneb.fisher; 11-02-2009 at 03:07 PM.. Reason: add pics.

10-31-2009, 10:47 PM	#10 (permalink)
Fishingnerd33 Fishingnerd33 is waiting...ice rod in hand. Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Chadron, NE Posts: 1,578 Thanks: 1,089 Thanked 281 Times in 157 Posts	Nice work all! Great day to be out, absolutely beautiful time of year!! __________________ 'The core of a man’s heart is undomesticated and that is good. "I am not alive in an office," as one Northface ad has it. "I am not alive in a taxi cab. I am not alive on a sidewalk." Amen to that. Their conclusion? "Never stop exploring." ' 'Wild at Heart'by John Eldredge Rest In Peace, OBG.

11-01-2009, 01:39 AM	#11 (permalink)
BPbowhunter BPbowhunter is at full draw 2007 NEFGA Outdoorsman Of The Year Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Broken Bow Posts: 3,465 Thanks: 40 Thanked 324 Times in 226 Posts	Nice work everyone! __________________ Is it duck season yet? Whackin' Woodies Waterfowl Crew "Look, a pair of singles!"

11-01-2009, 04:23 PM	#12 (permalink)
south of 41 south of 41 is sunning high on a hill Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: waist deep in big grass Posts: 3,020 Thanks: 55 Thanked 414 Times in 208 Posts	Hunted till 11 am today ended with a mix bag. bring on some cooler temps __________________ Soon after I embraced the sport of angling I became convinced that I should never be able to enjoy it if I had to rely on the cooperation of the fish." Eighty percent of success is showing up. RECOVERING NICOTINE ADDICT SINCE April 6th 2008

11-01-2009, 05:22 PM	#13 (permalink)
Double28 Double28 is Waiting for warm water Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Near Beatrice, Nebraska Posts: 343 Thanks: 34 Thanked 32 Times in 23 Posts Blog Entries: 3	Mixed bag, 13 birds. __________________ That fish was on that fly, faster than Oprah on a sweet roll! Tim Hebbard

11-01-2009, 06:54 PM	#14 (permalink)
Hawkeye Hawkeye is fishing naked Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: nebraska state penitentiary Posts: 326 Thanks: 114 Thanked 107 Times in 70 Posts	Went out today 30 min south of Lincoln. Saw some birds, but not too many. Ended with 1 rooster and 2 quail. Those fields are still muddy. Some even had standing water around the terraces. Farmers might be able to get back out later this week if it stays dry. Got a workout walking a milo field with the ten extra pounds of mud on my boots. __________________ "Imagine how weird phones would look if your mouth was nowhere near your ears," Steven Wright

11-01-2009, 07:30 PM	#15 (permalink)
slab master16 slab master16 is scratching on the slate call Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 194 Thanks: 45 Thanked 18 Times in 14 Posts	well looks like my dad and i chose the wrong state hunted all day yesterday and half of today in iowa aboce highway 20 and so very few birds and the onlt ones we seen instantly ran into the unpicked corn fields. over all between the 2 of us fired one round one pheasant the farther north in the state the more crops were picked but overall if any of you are headed out that way i would say stay home not worth all the driving for maybe seen a total of 15-20 with a dog... __________________ "There's a fine line between fishing and just standing on the shore like an idiot." "My biggest worry is that my family (when I'm dead) will sell my fishing gear for what I said I paid for it."

11-01-2009, 08:41 PM	#16 (permalink)
thenewguy thenewguy has no status. Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 18 Thanks: 3 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Its the corn crop, with so much still in the field, seems to be a lot more work until some of it comes out. My bro and I were jsut sitting in the car this am next to the crp just waiting for the sun and in the span of 5 minutes say at least 2 roosters and a couple of hens fly into the adjacent corn crop.

11-01-2009, 09:23 PM	#17 (permalink)
thenewguy thenewguy has no status. Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 18 Thanks: 3 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Had a much better day today, went back to the NE and started in the same field as yesterday and got one good rooster early on after another group flushed him our way from the other end of the field (my bro should of had one about 5 minutes in, but he got the dreaded hunter's click). Second field yielded nothing, however third area was much better and we ended up with one limit by about 11. Over all saw a lot more birds today but some of them flushed pretty far out. (if we had both been more experienced and had a halfway competant dog we both would have limited by lunch time easy). All in all a successful opener for two first-timers hunting on public land without dogs, not to mention the crop situation! thanks for all the help guys!

11-02-2009, 08:28 AM	#18 (permalink)
walleyeking walleyeking is going to ice some crappies Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Lincoln Posts: 341 Thanks: 5 Thanked 22 Times in 18 Posts	Hunted in central nebraska and we ended up shooting 7 roosters and 2 grouse saturday morning. Saw a lot of birds and a lot more hens and a lot of the pheasants were very small, one was probably the smallest i've ever seen shot. Like said before the unpicked corn didn't help matters and the birds left the fields fairly quickly and headed for the corn. I don't think i saw one picked field of corn around where we hunted, hopefully with dryer weather that will change.

11-02-2009, 09:00 AM	#19 (permalink)
Laramie Laramie is needing some open water Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Omaha Posts: 127 Thanks: 26 Thanked 30 Times in 29 Posts	huskerbowhunter, My group experienced the same thing too and the permission I had was re-affirmed the night before the hunt that noone else was going to be there deer hunting or pheasant hunting. Oh well no matter we did OK for what we walked. I was in Burt county in the hills. I know there are at least two groups of hunters that go out opening day and pretty much hunt on every piece of ground where they know the landowner, permission or not in Burt. The field we used to lease for ducks/geese on the bottoms got hit by one of the groups a few years ago while we were duck hunting and the landowner just kinda brushed it off like, "that's the way those guys are they go wherever they want." There was probably 10 or 12 guys a big Suburban and a pickup. As for use we saw alot of birds and walked over a bunch too! After figuring it out and working really slow with the dogs we were flushing way more birds. Lots of hens too! Amazing how tight everything held saturday and how many birds we saw with all the crops still in. Its going to be a heck of a year if/when we get some snow and the crops ever get out! No quail this year...wierd.

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