Yup sure is strange. Myself keeping to my own thread as not to sour other's reading.
Was looking forward to Lor's post as he's bringing up a young one.
Hope they are getting out and share some stories latter on.
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Yup sure is strange. Myself keeping to my own thread as not to sour other's reading.
Was looking forward to Lor's post as he's bringing up a young one.
Hope they are getting out and share some stories latter on.
Some of us like don't do it so we like reading about what or how you do it :)Quote:
Originally Posted by vom Dufenshmirtz;1175442[B
Glad you are having success. Keep the posts coming. :thumbup:
Hey guys, sorry been so busy with work and family just haven’t been posting much. I’ve been out 4 times so far this year for woodcock since the opener, and have been putting up a few birds here and there , average 3-4 birds per outing , with the exception a couple days after the opener where I put up 6 birds or so, but due to the heat, the outings have been fairly short. All local birds no doubt, (hunting just north of Barrie), as I don’t think they are moving yet with this heat. The pup is doing well, and learning with my older GSP. Definitely a good idea to plan for the last week of October, as that is usually, 9/10 times when the biggest flights push through … or , given the warm weather this year, we could possibly have a huge push first week of November , like back in 2017 … where it was woodcock mayhem for the first few days of November. Looks like the somewhat cooler weather will start by the end of this week , so I would have expect some birds to move in come next week .
Lorenzo
I would post pics of the pup , but honestly this thing drives me nuts … I can’t copy and paste and when I try to upload it keeps saying “image upload failed” . Will keep at it and hopefully post some pics soon.
Moved 3 wc and a grouse today.
It starts!!! Until today, we've only seen local birds north of Barrie. Today, despite the heat, despite an old, deaf dog, we had 6 flushes. It was too warm to even think about working the cover and being that the dog is deaf I can't chance plowing through the tall stuff in case she loses me. As long as she can see me, we can make the ecollar work but if she hits the trail and can't see me...she can't hear me, she sometimes gets confused and heads the wrong way on the trail....sometimes all the way back to the car a hours hike away!
I wish it was cooler. I wish the old pup wasn't deaf. Today would have been a day!!! As it was, I went 1 for 2 so I didn't get the look of shame when she checked the game back when we got home!
Yesterday, Saturday
Newmarket area
Very wet from night's rain
Moved 12 birds, had to cover more ground for them, than usual
I expected them to be under cedars, but no
some were repeats for sure
Moved 6. Ingersol area. Near thames river. Hoping to finally get out hunting this week. Good luck everyone and thanks for starting this thread.
Went 4-6 yesterday morning North of London. Looks like the migration is underway.
Was out on Thursday and just found one bird north of Barrie, but with this cooler weather and some decent winds the last couple days, I’m sure they are on the move. Hoping to get out tomorrow.
Lorenzo