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MY DOG HUNTS - Upland Birds
The personal and online chronicle of your bird dog's hunting career.

I was fortunate to have hunted Kansas and Nebraska when both states had a lot of pheasants. At that time, and for decades to come, I believed this hunt was the epitome of pheasant hunting. I only surpassed this day one time, on a hunt most of you have listened to in an earlier episode. 

Back in 1981, with two young dogs, Critter, a female, liver & white springer, and Woogie a female yellow lab, we took the four rooster limit in Kansas and the three rooster limit in Nebraska, seven roosters, in the same day! The three of us were fortunate to be together at a time when all species of birds in the mid-west, and private access, were plentiful. Back then, a guy could hunt anywhere from Iowa to Minnesota, and North Dakota to Kansas and find a lot, of any of the upland birds, those states allowed. 

You still can in certain years, and for short periods of time, find hunting like I experienced. If you're smart, you'll make the sacrifices I made to enjoy it to the fullest. As many of you already realize, the very best, goes away, very fast. 

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MY DOG HUNTS - Upland Birds
The personal and online chronicle of your bird dog's hunting career.

Follow along on a dogless prairie chicken hunt in Nebraska. This was early in a 5 day prairie chicken hunt in Nebraska and South Dakota. It was my first attempt at a combo of 3 chickens and a fall turkey.  The previous "Double Limit of Prairie Chickens" episode, was two days after this hunt. If these two episodes don't convince you to get after prairie chickens, I feel bad for your dogs.

    

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MY DOG HUNTS - Upland Birds
The personal and online chronicle of your bird dog's hunting career.

Had a solid few days hunting quail in Idaho with Chaos and Maybe.

I tell you about my 2021 season and maybe you'll understand why I didn't have much to talk about.  

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MY DOG HUNTS - Upland Birds
The personal and online chronicle of your bird dog's hunting career.

Mostly chukar hunting with Chaos and my new pup Mayhem.

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MY DOG HUNTS - Upland Birds
The personal and online chronicle of your bird dog's hunting career.

This episode has the best coyote calling advice anyone could give. The two most important factors for setting up your best opportunity for a successful shot. Stopping a coyote exactly where you want him and how to select the best stand location. These two practices will greatly increase your odds of killing the coyotes that respond to your calls. 

And of course lots of personal anecdotes that illustrate how I learned this advice.    

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MY DOG HUNTS - Upland Birds
The personal and online chronicle of your bird dog's hunting career.

More calling how-to and gear suggestions.  There's some important information here mixed in with hunt stories. I could have saved a lot of money and shot a lot more coyotes if I knew this stuff 30 years ago! 

I have two more coyote calling episodes in the works. I'll discuss stand locations, how to read coyote behavior,  when to stop calling, how to know where the coyote wants to stop before he knows, how to setup for the shot, and much more!     

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MY DOG HUNTS - Upland Birds
The personal and online chronicle of your bird dog's hunting career.

I've been calling coyotes for more than 30 years from Arizona to Montana and love coyote calling only second to upland bird hunting. If you've ever thought about calling coyotes or are looking for new information, you'll want to give this a listen!   This is the first of a series of coyote calling talks  to fill in the dead space before upland bird seasons open.  

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MY DOG HUNTS - Upland Birds
The personal and online chronicle of your bird dog's hunting career.

Unexpected late season pheasant and sharptail "fun" hunt in South Dakota. Me and Chaos hoping to average 2 birds a day on a 4 day mid-December public land hunt. We just hunted a few hours each day and still averaged 3 birds.  10 roosters and 2 grouse.   

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MY DOG HUNTS - Upland Birds
The personal and online chronicle of your bird dog's hunting career.

Hunting pheasants and sharptails in the tall grass of western South Dakota. Chaos and I take the combo limit of Sharps & Phez on two of five days and still have a day for North Dakota. 

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MY DOG HUNTS - Upland Birds
The personal and online chronicle of your bird dog's hunting career.

A buddy and I hunt opening day in Iowa, I finish the day hunting Nebraska. Then we head to South Dakota for 5 days of pheasants and sharptails. Lots of birds!