Pheasant Hunting in March?
Only on a pheasant farm can you enjoy pheasant hunting this late (early?) in the season. My friends from Viewpoint Engineering came up for a business meeting with UDOT and we were able to squeeze in one last hunt at our local Utah Pheasant Hunting Farm. It was fun to bat cleanup for the many corporate clients that miss many birds. We bagged eight birds in all and the only one that got away was a big rooster that I missed. My friend holding the shotgun in the picture above was perfect on six birds. Then he got feeling guilty and let me bag one or two. I left my dogs at home in the interest of time and I must say it was fun to watch the game farm dogs do their work. Jakes littermate "Biff" was along for the ride and did well to watch and learn from the pro dogs. I thought the birds would run a lot harder than they did, but they were darn right agreeable. It helped considerably to have the owner personally guide us into all the right spots. He sure knows where they hold up after a few weeks of freedom. With any luck we can go work our dogs a few more times before the farm closes their season at the end of the month.