January 2009 Updates page 11
20 January
Pheasant
"...Here are a couple pics from my [December] two day hunt. It was very cold, but the hunting was excellent! Most of the roosters held for point. I hope to get out a couple more times before the end of the season. Take care and Happy Holidays. Bryan"
For the rest of us this hunter travels from out of state on multiple short duration trips. He is part of the segment of the membership that prefers to hunt the entire season as opposed to those that have work schedules and family lives that limit hunting to what is typical for many upland bird hunters two, one-week trips a season. Not one scheduling system over the other has much advantage as weather more than land access is the challenge most face and it appears on this trip Bryan is enjoying the cold.
We like Bryan's pictures for the aesthetics of dogs and birds. We kept the pictures cropped wide as sent to us as much for the background habitat they show of where the pheasants were hunted. This is for the benefit of a few first year members this year on their first MAHA and in some cases first central mid-west hunts that found the pheasant and quail a bit of a challenge to find. We offer it takes a couple of trips over more than one season to gain the type of hunts where the potential for a limit lies in each trip.
