Upland game hunting has to be one of my all time favorite things to do. It is so unique and offers a ton of excitement. I went pheasant hunting on Friday with my brother and a family friend. We had a miserable morning but finished off our day by filling our 10 birds. The part of the hunt that is so much fun is the fact that you get to shoot a ton and every time a bird comes up you get that rush. Don't get me wrong, big game hunting is a blast but it is a different game. There is the hike, the find, the stalk, the shot, usually only one shot and you have to make it count. It is a bigger adrenaline rush but over the course of 10-15 birds coming up, upland game hunting probably wins out.
We started out in the morning with a terrible day. We were in an area that was very swampy and when the one of the dog's collars was turned off he flushed 7/10 birds were supposed to shoot. It was such a long walk from one end to the other and took us forever to get through the swamp that by the time we got to the other side to hunt the birds that had flown away we were pooped and the birds had ran. We went to the lodge and had a nice lunch and rested up for a bit. A couple of family friends showed up with their dogs and all of the sudden we had 5 dogs hunting in a new area. It was a blast and there was lead in the air. At the end of the day we shot 12, found 10 and just had a blast. It truly was a Country Boy day.
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