Xmas Hunt

Can’t they fish through the ice?

My question exactly

Thanks for the heads up bud. Do you know what day in Sept?
Thanks, Bill

September 20TH link to date post

Thanks bud.

Wow, that was some tough walking! We hunted some private land down by Sacred Heart and there was a good 12″+ of snow in all areas. There wasn’t a hard crust on top, so that makes it a little easier. We only hunted for a couple hours, but we saw a ton of birds. All of the birds were in thick cover adjacent to a bean field. Suprisingly they weren’t in the cattails but rather in the the small brush patches around it. I think we flushed 4 “coveys” of 20-50 birds in each. Most of the birds got up out of range, but I managed to drop a nice late season rooster at about 50 yards. I never saw it drop, but my brother had a good mark and Jazzi sniffed it out.

The picture is the snowmen my girlfriend made while I was hunting along with Jazzi holding her prize for the day. You might need a magnifying glass to see.

Good for you Bigfife just getting out there and hunting! A late season rooster in deep snow is always something to celebrate.

Nicely done FIFE. Any bird late season in these conidtions is a prize!