PA Pheasant

[petey]

So the early season ended today and my pup's stats are as follows:

99 pheasant flushes from the end of her nose (had a few come up close but didn't count if it wasn't at the end of her nose) 33 Roosters, 3 of which were banded, 1 reward bird, 66 hens and plenty of kills. Needless to say we've ate a lot of pheasant so we could keep hunting. 6 in possession 2 per day is our law.

All birds were fair chase and on PA game lands... Take a look at the videos below to see my little girl in action over the past 4 weeks

First 2 weeks
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8sETcKlCRus

3rd week
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XLI1-GXvua0

4th week
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FAk5gGSsAjI

We have a couple weeks of deer season before we hit the late season, best bird dog I've ever owned!

[Dan Morris]

Good looking performance. Great shooting form....arm straight on forearm!
Looks like you are enjoying the good life.
Dan
;)

[Adog]

Looks like a lot of fun. Great working dog you got there, seems she likes to chew the birds a bit though, haha.
What is a reward bird? We don't have pheasants down here, wish we did.

[petey]

PAGC tags 5000 birds, about 2% for information on survival rates. Of those some are green banded, which is for information, some are silver banded worth $100 reward. That one bird paid for my hunting license! I wasn't aware of the program until I called after the first banded bird I shot.

[Adog]

Dang, that is a sweet deal. Congrats.

[Gil Martin]

Thanks for sharing. I like a story with a happy ending. All the best...
Gil