is anybody else here crazy about pheasant hunting too

Used to love it but the areas I used to hunt them near here are all housing developments now. The game commission stocks some on the game lands now but I'm not into hunting with the crowds.

Used to be I couldn't wait for opening day. Not anymore. Too many people and houses where I used to hunt. Not many birds left anywhere around here. Most guys go to the game farms now.

I used to be before there weren't any around here. Since they have been coming back, it's very hard to find a place to hunt them.

I gave it up back in the late 70''s
It got to where nobody would let us hunt on their land due to the stupid hunters that can't seem to go hunting without drinking. :(

I gave it up back in the late 70''s
It got to where nobody would let us hunt on their land due to the stupid hunters that can't seem to go hunting without drinking. :(

X2:sad:

most places that allowed hunting just plan got tired of replacing road signs & siding & windows in out buildings :( & having their fences cut or gates left open ...

Our farm is posted and well known for the past 50 years,NO HUNTING. I have out in the back of my pickup,the third deer tree stand I have removed this year.I'm sure there are some responsible hunters somewhere,but they're not around here!

Our farm is posted and well known for the past 50 years,NO HUNTING. I have out in the back of my pickup,the third deer tree stand I have removed this year.I'm sure there are some responsible hunters somewhere,but they're not around here!

Things went sour here for the farmers and hunters in the 70's. This was after they started getting a lot of amateur hunters coming down from Chicago on weekends.
My grandpa and I were hunting a small stand of trees we had permission to hunt for years. We hear car doors slamming and guys talking. Then it sounded like war had broke out! We could hear bullits whizzing through the tree tops above us. We stooped behind a grouping of four trees and waited until they went past us and walked out. I never saw so much brass (.22) scattered on the ground in any woods ever!
It got bad and soon everywhere around was posted and guys that had let us hunt for years no longer would let anyone in because of animals killed or property damage.
Then as the older farmers retired and turned things over to the kids they removed the fence rows and cut out the trees for more tillable acreage or started subdividing.:sad:

Same here. I started my sons hunting on pheasants - State stocked pheasants, but birds, nonetheless. My best friend had a customer with a farm that the game commission stocked that not many people knew about. The kids had a great time there. Then it dried up, too.

More as a sentimental trip than anything, I took my youngest son (now 26) to Mitchell, SD last October for five days. The first time I've ever gone on a hunting trip. It was Great!! It was better hunting than we ever had here. As an example, a group of 7 hunters took 14 roosters out of one field! :eek:

He and I both took a a nice rooster in the same field and now have them as flying mounts in the gameroom. What a trip and memories we'll both have forever. I told him I get to keep the mounts until I kick the bucket. Then he can have them.

I grew up in South Dakota, now live in California, and I look forward to hunting season. Cal seaso dosen't start till Nov, and it is pertty weak compaired to SD. I still go back to SD about ever other year to hunt. I cracks me up when I talk the the people back there, they always say, or the hunting is no good, or it isn't like it used to be, which is true, but compaired to Cal,it is still great and fun for me to do. Duck hunting in Cal is good, so we do more duck hunting, we hunt both at the same days, ducks first in morrning than pheasants later.

Our farm is posted and well known for the past 50 years,NO HUNTING. I have out in the back of my pickup,the third deer tree stand I have removed this year.I'm sure there are some responsible hunters somewhere,but they're not around here!

None Here :sad:
Two years ago my buddy and I cut up tree stands and left them in a pile were they had been put in the trees on his land 200 acres. chained sawed the wood ones, sawzalled the metal ones. Some of the stand were in sight of posted sign saying No Tresspassing No Hunting.
It is about time to see if he needs my help again.

Well, sorry about that. The bad guys can ruin it for everyone. I am going to Winner SD. This is my 3rd year to go and It is awsome. Every year the guy we hunt on says the hunting is no good but I sure cant tell we always limit out in a couple of hours.

Then as the older farmers retired and turned things over to the kids they removed the fence rows and cut out the trees for more tillable acreage or started subdividing.:sad:[/QUOTE]

Got about 15 acres of woods,I just leave it alone,take a little firewood off it every now and then.No subdivisions here,although they're on one side of me.Just put 100 acres in conservation easement last year,so things will stay the way I like it.

Then as the older farmers retired and turned things over to the kids they removed the fence rows and cut out the trees for more tillable acreage or started subdividing.:sad:

Got about 15 acres of woods,I just leave it alone,take a little firewood off it every now and then.No subdivisions here,although they're on one side of me.Just put 100 acres in conservation easement last year,so things will stay the way I like it.[/QUOTE]

THANK YOU!:thumbsup:

Pheasants!!
Haven't seen any of those since I moved to the South 20 something years ago...
Great memories back as a kid going hunting with my Dad though. :yes:

Went last week, great sport. :thumbsup:

16474

We have lots of pheasants around this part of the country, trouble is all the farmers figured out everybody in Portland knows this too, so its all fee hunting now. The places that are still free get hunted heavily and it isn't really worth the time.

I go out of a club mostly. I dont know any land owners around here with birds. I like to keep Zeke the dog happy so I buy a card every year.

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I go out of a club mostly. I dont know any land owners around here with birds. I like to keep Zeke the dog happy so I buy a card every year.

If you're the same Ivanimal I'm thinking of, I hate to be the bearer of bad news but there isn't an "I'll Take It!" smiley here for the Team Chevelle classifieds. I'm 99% sure you know what I'm talking about. :p

Went last week, great sport. :thumbsup:

16474


where did you go

Our farm is posted and well known for the past 50 years,NO HUNTING. I have out in the back of my pickup,the third deer tree stand I have removed this year.I'm sure there are some responsible hunters somewhere,but they're not around here!

I am :D and not too far either :noway:

Bow hunter and just last year picked up a black powder rifle.... Gave up gun season due to all the yahoo's and bullets whizzing overhead :eek:

I didn't really want to tell this. :o
When I was in Jr High I worked ar a hunt club. Most of the members were from the Chicago area. We would be behind a berm at the end of the range. When the bell went off we would grab a bird out of the cage by the legs and fling it into the air for the "hunter" to shoot at! Ducks, geese and phesants. We also would release quail three at a time. All were clipped so they could not fly fast or very far.:sad:

where did you go


Gregory, SD

I did a bit of pheasant hunting back when I live in Minnesota. THe last year I was there, 79 I think it was the report was something like 1 or 2 birds per 100 miles. My buddy and I did a lot of road hunting, that year we bagged 8 or 10 a piece and saw over 100 birds despite the reports. But then the area along highway 60 towards Hayfield Minnesota always was a good hunting area.

i am from south dakota, we are suppose to have record numbers of pheasents. personally i quit hunting when they cracked down on road hunting. gas is too expensive anyway.

Hate to dredge this up again but about midnight last night saw someone shining his spotlight thru my fields,then left.About 8 this morning saw 2 hunters with rifles walking thru one of my fields.Went over where they were shortly after,and found 2 more G.D. tree stands,one right where I had taken one down 2 weeks ago.The worst part is where these sob's are putting them it's a direct shot right towards my house.Really restores my faith in hunters.:mad:Sorry for the rant.:angry:

Sorry to hear about your run in's with SLOBS ( I refuse to call them hunters when they don't follow the rules). Luckly my family purchased a small amount of acreage to hunt on. But it does border state land. It amazes me how people these days can't read and will stroll right onto posted land and think nothing of it. Then get pissed when you ask them nicely to leave!! I've purposely located my stand within 50 yds of the fence line to keep the "walk on's" off during gun season.
As far as pheasants go I haven't shot one since the 80's!!

Update!Unbelievable,I go back over with my son to climb up in the tree to knock one down,look up 50 feet away in another tree is another fancy azz tree stand.Down to the farm to get the big extension ladder as this one is a good 25 feet up.Climb up with my tools as I have to unbolt this one and also unscrew all the damn steps they have put in a nice hickory tree.Plus clean up there gd cans and energy drink bottles from this morning.Makes me madder,whats wrong with people?

Doug, Sorry to hear about the potures.... maybe see if DNR or the Sheriff's Dept could keep an eye out ???

I may be able to help you out, but not this weekend (working)... maybe some No Trespassing signs and be there opening day wait for them at/in/or near stands.... with Sheriff on speed dial :D... they'll be PO'd and have guns :yes:

Thanks Doug,I've thought about calling DNR,but I'm worried about retaliation(barn arson or worse).They ignore signs and sneak in from the woods next door.Our farm is kind of a deer travel route from Loch Raven resevoir.Just wondering how persistant these sob's are if I keep taking their stands.When does deer season open here?

Bow was in now its Black powder...gun is the Saturday after Thanksgiving.

Here is the whole list...http://www.dnr.state.md.us/huntersguide/2008_2009_HuntingSeasons_Cal.pdf

To me, it's no fun to hunt if you have to worry about being somewhere where you're not wanted! I can't understand what enjoyment one would get. Part of the hunting experience for me, anyway, is relaxation and focusing on something other than everyday life. That would be lost if you have to be constantly looking over your shoulder for an angry land owner. :confused:

Anyway, around here, when a land owner wants to really make his/her point, the signs say "Posted and Patrolled" - on dark red paper (a/k/a Blood red). Most times they really mean it and one should assume that they are patrolling armed.

Here's a link. Bottom row - left - in yellow

http://www.vosssigns.com/PlasPost1.htm

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