How do you guys approach a pheasant hunt with this recent, unseasonably warm weather? What can I expect the bird to be doing? I’m hoping to bag a few pre-Thanksgiving meal roosters! 
November 19, 2012 at 12:51 pm
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November 19, 2012 at 2:53 pm #127071
I hunt them like I normally would in weather like this. However, I can’t wait for a good snow storm to get out and hunt the birds.
I find little thickets, or pockets of smaller sloughs out of the way and target those area. After feeding, they find a place to just mess around.
November 19, 2012 at 2:57 pm #127072It’s pretty much like opening weekend weather except the birds are more wary and I think a person has to work just a tad bit harder to find them. When you do, play close attention to what cover they like and see if you can’t repeat at other walk in areas. Good luck!
November 20, 2012 at 2:38 am #127133What do you mean by the birds getting more wary? Flushing sooner? Hiding better?
November 20, 2012 at 2:50 am #127137Flushing sooner. Like don’t slam your door etc… Hunting quiet can be a nice equalizer for late season birds. Of course this goes out the window once the first shot is fired. It’s not uncommon for guys to switch to 3″ 4 shot this time of year as the birds are moving fast and don’t generally sit very tight.
November 20, 2012 at 12:50 pm #127153Got it. Thanks, Kooty.
November 20, 2012 at 2:57 pm #127162If you are hunting public, find a back access or come in for a different angle then most people do. It throws the birds off.
I hunt a lot of popular spots that get hit weekly. The difference between me and the average person is they go in the parking lot, and work the way everyone else does. I come in from the side or the back side on a gravel road of some sort and the birds don’t expect that.
In the later season like this you have to think ahead of the bird.
Birds were jumpy from the start of the season for me however. It just goes to show being quiet is key. Pick who you hunt with.
Opener I hunted with a friend of mine who took his dad who is a big time duck hunter. He for some reason brought his duck call with him. During our pheasant hunt whenever he saw ducks, or heard ducks he would stop, pull out his call and blast on it.
I turned around and walked back to the truck lol.
November 20, 2012 at 3:25 pm #127170Quote:
If you are hunting public, find a back access or come in for a different angle then most people do. It throws the birds off.
Great idea. Thanks.
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