Pheasant hunting this past Sunday

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A Marine Corps friend of mine set me up with a pheasant hunt in Baxter Springs KS at "Show Me Birds Hunting Resort" and all I can say is WOW. Thanks Art! That place is 100% class all the way. From the second you walk into the clubhouse and are greeted to your getting in your car and leaving. The staff was great, lunch was great and I got to meet a lot of people and share hunting stories.

I went with my cousin in law, Pete. He has never hunted upland game until Sunday, so I was a little nervous about him maybe swinging the shotgun around to follow a bird and end up pulling a Cheney! But there were no problems at all. The first bird popped up less then 10 mins into the hunt, I didnt have a shot at it but Pete did, but he forgot to take his saftey off. So that bird got away. Over the next hour, I was 5 shots 5 birds! Pete was roughly 20 shots 2 birds. Towards the end of the hunt, a bird popped up and Pete shot once and missed. About 5 mins later another one popped up in his direction, well he forgot to chamber a round from the last shot, so he pulled the trigger and of course nothing happened, the guide and myself then hear the gun cocking and then the shot. The guide says "Bet ya forgot to put one in the chamber after the last one huh?" So now Petes new nickname is "CLICK"

Wait, it gets even better. We are just about to the truck and end the hunt when the dogs go on point. There is a rooster hiding in some trees. I drop down into a dry creek bed and the bird starts getting nervous, i stop and wait for Pete to get into position. The only way I will have a shot is if the bird jumps straight up in the air, which he does, I shot and missed, but it was flying towards Pete. First shot is a miss, then all we hear is him cocking the shotgun yelling "stupid &^%$#%$()(* !!"

Yep, he forgot to reload!!

We had a great time and are already planning another hunt in October. His birthday is a week from mine. So anyone else that wants to join us, it would be a blast. check them out at www.showmebirds.com

the 1st picture is 2 of the 4 dogs working a field

2nd picture is the guide bashing through the trees looking for a bird

3rd is Pete and Jerry(guide) walking the fence line, the dogs went on point (you can see Pete pointing a finger at me to get my attention) I ended up shooting that rooster

4th is the bids that were shot during the "European" style hunt they had eariler.

[Randall]

sounds like a helluva time. pheasants are a blast.

by european hunt, are you talking about standing in a spot while guys scare up birds that fly toward you? or are you talking about a continental hunt where a guy in a pit throws a bird up in the air and guys in a cirlce around him shoot at birds coming toward them?

i've never done the european style because i haven't found a place that does it. plenty of places have the continental hunts though.