2020 bird season

[ORHunter]

Got in a few short hunts over in E OR this week. I spent the first two days of the trip packing elk meat for my nephew so didn't get a chance to get after it like I wanted to but still got into some birds.

I was starting to think someone broke into Kent and loaded all the shells with blanks because I couldn't believe how poor my shooting was this trip. Luckily Trekker did his job and kept pointing coveys.

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[IdahoElk]

How icy was it on the rocks? Usually snow seems to push them down

not too bad, with snow on the ground we're focusing on the south slopes that have burned off

 

[IdahoElk]

Another fun day chasing Chukar.

 

[Thedeerfarmer]

Been an interesting season for me. First actual full season having a dog for me and ended up working far more weekends than I had planned on. Still managed to get out a few times and might still get a wild hair and head to Nebraska for a weekend. Colorado has been tough this year with very little cover so I’ve hunted preserves as much as wild birds to get the pup on more birds. She’s doing awesome and learning every time I’m out with her. So fun to see.

 

[Thedeerfarmer]

I’ll have to chat with some of the folks on here from MN, looking like we may end up there in the spring. Excited to be closer to more opportunity

 

[Muleyczy]

It’s been tough this year or so it seems in my part of the world

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[shotgunwilly]

The last few weeks have been good for geese

 

[Jigmasterflex]

Just joined the page but figured I’d share my limited Wisconsin 2020 waterfowl season. Been struggling with some back problems and this fall I missed a few weeks of really good hunting because of it, did get in for surgery a couple weeks back though so fingers crossed next year will be better.

My season started great, found more bluewings than I’ve ever seen locally. Got out once during our early teal season and did great and although I was hoping for more mallards during our regular season a majority of what I saw and shot were teal.

We’re lucky to have a lot of wild rice around but the double edged sword is where the rice is the loon shit is. Walking in that stuff is a nightmare and like in years past that eventually did my back in and I missed a good chunk of October.

Late in the month I was getting around a little better and got out a few more times including my first few trips with my dog. He did great and retrieved a limit, a lawn dart and a goose his first trip. We still have a little work to do with finishing retrieves all the way to my hand but we’ll get there.

We ended the season with a few divers and some pretty good mallard hunting. We were a bird short one morning and on the way home when the most notable adventure of the season happened.

I had taken a half day off and had to head home but on the way back to the landing I stopped to check a little cove on an island to see if I could jump a bird to finish up. They were there and I told Bruce to stay in the boat. I snuck in and flushed the group and shot a nice drake to close out the day, things would get interesting shortly after this point. As it fell I heard Bruce jump out of the boat and in a moment he was on the bird bringing it back to me. As we walked back to the boat he started to act sheepish, just before shore he turned and started walking away. About then I new something was wrong and looked out to see my boat about a quarter mile into the lake blowing towards the opposite shore. I had beached the boat on the lee side of the island but only looped the bow rope a few times around a branch in my haste. We were now on an island getting soaked by sleet and rapidly closing in on me being late for work. I ended up calling in to work and waded out on a sandbar to watch for boats. The odds weren’t very good but after an hour and a half or so I saw a boat in the distance and luckily he came close enough to flag down. We scored a lift to my boat and were home free thanks to a lot of luck and a crazy musky fisherman.

 

[BackCountryMulies]

Are those Huns on the tailgate? Never shot one but hear they are tasty. Good looking dog too.

Yea we have both huns and chuckars here they are delicious

 

[BackCountryMulies]

Slipped over to NE for few days last week to hunt with a couple buddies

 

[stumpknocker]

Had a heck of a deer season in South Carolina but could never find much for ducks that weren't covered up in other hunters.

Visited NH for holidays and was surprised to see coastal zone still open (all freshwater frozen). Borrowed dad's kayak and brother's gun and shot birds every day for 5 days straight.

 

[AK_Skeeter]

Interior Alaska has ptarmigan and 3 species of grouse: ruffed, spruce, and sharptails.
Sharptails are my favorite to hunt, but sometimes I shoot all three in cranberry patches.
The lab is holding a spruce grouse, the grouse on the ground are sharpies.

Grouse opens Aug 1 and Ducks open Sept 1.
Duck hunting is an expedition....camping out, and hunting for 14 days straight.

 

[IdahoElk]

Chasing some Quail

 

[guf54]

My season so far has been pretty good. It's my dogs 2nd season hunting and he is coming along nicely...still plenty of room to improve but he's been solid.

 

[mfsights257]

Hunted AZ for first time, first Gambel's Quail! Most Challenging bird I've ever chased.

 

[huntineveryday]

I love hunting with an experienced dog on days my shooting isn't going well! Despite my worst day shooting in a couple years, we managed to bring home a limit Saturday. Only two weekends left for us this season. .

 

[mtnlomo]

Idaho was great, finished up school and moved back to Oregon in December but November was filled with a few daily limits. My female lab's first season and she did great, found and flushed birds and retrieved all the birds to hand. Just got to keep her away from pheasant breast meat though, she may have eaten some while I had my back turned!

 

[Kawabunga]

Started out hunting low with no luck so
drove up to 9500’, made one loop and got lucky. One more weekend for us here in HI.

 

[Nickziegler]

Ended our year with 26 rooster. 14 grouse and 34 woodcock and a brand new hunting buddy of a sister. A great year

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[ChasingSqwach]

Great pics, loving this thread!