Jan 24th

Saturday Jan.24th
Today I took Odessa out for a little exercise to see if we could put up any pheasants. Quail season is still open, but I did not take the gun because we never see any at this spot. Well we put up 8 pheasants and one covey of quail. Went back Sunday with the gun, 2 pheasants, one whitetail doe and no quail.

Last Weekend

Saturday Jan.17th
The last spot we went to we got two ducks out of a group of ten. We had to walk on the ice and then in the water to cross and find them on the other side.

Last Weekend Hunt

Saturday Jan. 17th
The first duck we got after about an hour of hunting. Lots of shooting on this day.

Sunday Morning Duck Hunt

Sunday Hunt
This morning Erin & I went out jump shooting ducks. The snow was crunchy so it made it tough to sneak up on the ducks. Erin held Odessa back while I walked ahead. It worked really well. I passed on a couple shots thinking I would get better shots further down the river, but it did not work out. We were happy to get two ducks. Odessa did really well finding the ducks when she never saw them get up.

Sunday Morning

Duck #1

Odessa waited for shooting light when we first got to our spot while ducks and geese flew high over our heads. When we got to the first spot Erin held Odessa back about 50 yards while I walked the canal. Two ducks got up and I shot one of them. Erin released Odessa and she ran past me and found the duck in the brush and brought it back.

Sunday Morning

Duck #2

Got the 2nd duck at the last spot. Erin had Odessa back at the truck and I went for one last walk and got a shot at a nice group of ducks. The duck swam to a group of cattails and Erin brought Odessa out to see if she could find the duck. It took a minute, but she found the duck hiding in the cattails. The bottom picture is hard to see but she is bringing the duck out of the water.

New Years Day

New Years Day Hunt
This morning I took Odessa out trying to jump shoot ducks. It was hard to get close because the snow was frozen and it made a lot of noise and the ducks and geese got up before we could get close. I did manage to get on three different groups of ducks but there was always a tree in the way and I could not get a shot. Finally at the last spot this one got up and I got a decent shot. She was hit on the first shot but still flew 150 yards and went down in a stubble field. Odessa was hot on its heels and brought it right back. She did really well.

Sunday Hunt

Sunday Hunt
On Sunday after the game Erin and I took Odessa out hunting one last time for pheasants. Erin was the only one hunting on this day. We only had a few hours and we did not put up any pheasants. It was a good year of pheasant hunting.

Christmas Day Hunt

Christmas Day Hunt
On Christmas day Odessa and I went out for a quick last pheasant hunt. We hunted for a couple hours and managed to get this last rooster of the year.