Sun was the worst wind because it was colder. Hard to pee outside too.
*Warning* dog story-My buddy and I stopped at a public spot that was more geared towards deer or squirrel hunters because it was mostly woods. We are very familiar with the area and planned on hunting the nearby ditches. The small parking lot was next to a river and there was a guy there fishing. He was just finishing up and we spoke to him for a minute and were surprised at the types of fish he caught there. He ended up saying there were a lot of birds around there and some roosters right over there on the river bend. 30 yds away. We were skeptical and went for the ditches first where we flushed about 8 birds, several of which were young roosters but the lighting was bad and I just didnt want to squeeze the trigger. We walked back to the parking lot and over to to the tall grass next to the river. It was full of really bad burs so I was trying to lead my dog around them. Just about the time I thought the fisherman was full of it 3 roosters explode out of the grass heading for the water. I dumped the first one in the river and the second on a sandbar. I didnt shoot at the third. The sandbar bird was dead and fully visible so no worries there but as I ran up to the river so I could see over the bank there’s my girl swimming after a pheasant in deep water. Right when she was about to grab it it dove disappearing under water. I’ve seen numerous animals do this to avoid death so it wasn’t surprising but I sure didn’t want to lose the bird. As my bewildered dog is treading water I see it pop up lifeless. Yes it drowned itself. I signal my dog so she sees it and retrieves to hand. One of her best retrieves. My buddy got the tail end of it on video. I carried that bird all the way back to the truck so I wouldn’t get by hunting jacket soaked!
