Ryan,
I couldn’t agree more…… I too have already lined up all my pheasant hunting ground for the first 2 weeks of the season more than 2 months ago… even though I know that much is this ground is a guarantee to hunt for me… but I make it a point to give the landowner the consideration and respect that they deserve for letting you enter their land…and you may ask why only the first two weeks… after the first 2 weeks I have found that there is not much pressure from other hunters and I like to explore new hunting territory so I am never sure exactly where I may end up after the 1st 2 weeks….besides alot of the ground that I get, I have permission pretty much to hunt at anytime through out the season…… I too believe that you have to make sure that your hunting partners are in shape before season begins… I have been taking the dogs out now for the past 3 weeks… started out slow with short walks and runs and now have them in the phase of nice hard long runs…. almost there but with the cooler weather upon us… getting the dogs and myself into hunting shape are alot easier to accomplish…
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