My Dog Hunts - Upland BirdsAuthor: Randy Shepard
Where-to, how-to and when-to bird hunting advice on pheasant, partridge, ruffed grouse, sharptails, prairie chickens and quail, Host Randy Shepard has bird hunted from Oregon to Wisconsin to New Mexico and Arizona. He's taken 15 different combination limits and four different double limits of upland birds across the mid-west. He's never hired a guide, leased land, hunted as a guest or engaged in a swap hunt, while in pursuit of dual limits. All self-made, self-planned hunts, on public (and a little bit of private) land. My Dog Hunts, isnt your typical upland bird hunting podcast. You wont find 20, or even one minute of advertising in my episodes. Im not trying to convince you that if you buy this gun and that ammunition youll become a better shot. That if your dog comes from this line and travels in that crate, hell be a better hunter. And if you Friend me, youll be hunting all these wonderful covers and shooting birds in numbers youve only dreamed of. Nope, that aint My Dog Hunts. My goal in presenting the My Dog Hunts podcast, is to encourage each of you to hunt - more birds - in more states more often. And to buy more hunting licenses! I believe that the most important investment that each of us can make for the future of bird hunting, is in the purchase of multiple, bird hunting licenses. Lots and lots of licenses.Hopefully, my stories will convince you to do just that. After listening to my successes, youll realize that taking a daily bag limit of birds, even as a non-resident, can be a realistic goal for you. Im as close to a trophy hunter as an upland bird hunter can be. Ive been pursuing combination and double limits of upland birds for more than 40 years. My hunts have never been about amassing large numbers of birds in a season. I believe that season numbers are more a reflection of time, access and money. Enablers that Ive never had in abundance. In the beginning, my interest in taking dual limits was a private matter. Dual limits hav Language: en-us Genres: Leisure, Sports, Wilderness Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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Ruffed Grouse & Woodcock Combo Limit
Monday, 9 December, 2024
Send us a textThis was in the "good ol' days" of ruffed grouse hunting in southeast Minnesota. Back when the daily bag limit for woodcock was 5 birds. Hunting with a buddy Russ and his lab Char, we shot 19 ruffs and 14 woodcock in two days of hunting. I had tried for several years for this combination limit. It was tough because it was a lucky day for me to even see five woodcock in a long day of hunting. I've been told that was because the majority of migraters funneled down the Mississippi River bottomlands, rather than dispersed across the landscape as they are further north. Another case of me trying to shoot birds where they weren't. I've had good luck, sometimes underserved, that's allowed me to take a few of my dual limits, but this was exceptional luck.