MN Pheasant Opener

  • Fife
    Ramsey, MN
    Posts: 4046
    October 12, 2011 at 3:31 pm #212252

    Is anyone else excited to get out there this weekend?

    My brother, Dad, myself, and the pup will be joining my relatives and some friends in West Central MN for our annual Pheasant Opener hunt. We went to the game farm last weekend and the dog did great and I shot pretty good for a change, so I’m pumped to get out there. Numbers are down, but I guarantee we will see some birds.

    suzuki
    Woodbury, Mn
    Posts: 18623
    October 12, 2011 at 3:37 pm #112142

    Good luck man. Let us know what you see.
    I’ll be hitting the IA opener in a few weeks.

    kooty
    Keymaster
    1 hour 15 mins to the Pond
    Posts: 18101
    October 12, 2011 at 4:22 pm #112148

    Good luck Dan. I’ll try not to run them over on my way out tonight.

    deertracker
    Posts: 9237
    October 12, 2011 at 6:21 pm #112158

    Not sure exactly you are going, but I’m not seeing any birds as I drive the gravel. It might be a long season.
    DT

    kooty
    Keymaster
    1 hour 15 mins to the Pond
    Posts: 18101
    October 12, 2011 at 6:23 pm #112161

    I travel through the Benson area to SD. This has definitely been a down year for seeing birds along the road. Wet springs suck for these guys.

    Fife
    Ramsey, MN
    Posts: 4046
    October 12, 2011 at 7:46 pm #112174

    My cousin said he saw 10 in the yard when he was there a month ago, so I’m going to assume that wasn’t all the birds in the area. We hunted the farm last year in late December and saw 100+ birds get up out of one food plot, so I know we didn’t get them all last season.

    flatlandfowler
    SC/SW MN
    Posts: 1081
    October 13, 2011 at 3:20 am #112213

    Good luck on your hunt The birds in my area have been filthy the last few years. The first winter with deep snow and wet spring hit them, but not to a degree that was noticeable while driving around in the summer. This second year in a row though has definitely got numbers down. With the crops coming out as fast as they are however, Im sure there are still plenty of birds to go around for some real good shoots. Good Luck

    fish_any_time
    Champlin, MN
    Posts: 2097
    October 13, 2011 at 11:59 am #112224

    I won’t get out until next Wednesday (MEA). The nice thing about that is I’ll have most public areas to my self.

    kooty
    Keymaster
    1 hour 15 mins to the Pond
    Posts: 18101
    October 13, 2011 at 2:46 pm #112237

    I didn’t see a single bird on the way out Dan…I went through Benson at 4AM. Hard to believe they weren’t feeding with the full moon.

    Good luck this weekend!

    Fife
    Ramsey, MN
    Posts: 4046
    October 13, 2011 at 5:15 pm #112254

    Quote:

    I didn’t see a single bird on the way out Dan…I went through Benson at 4AM. Hard to believe they weren’t feeding with the full moon.

    Good luck this weekend!

    Thanks for the scouting report. Maybe you could bring a few birds back with you.

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