2025 Upland opener

[KurtR]

I didn’t make it to SD last year. Wasn’t it an exceptional year? Hopefully will be a banner year.

It was good we haven’t got back to the peak years of crp but way better than a few years ago.

 

[CMP70306]

Here in PA our upland season doesn’t start until the last weekend in October which coincides with our muzzleloader doe season so I won’t be hunting pheasants until November. Only chance I’ll get to hunt earlier is if we buy and set out some chukars on our property to get some practice in.

I’m definitely looking forward to it, Cedar will be 2.5 come hunting season and she did ok on pheasants last year but she was much better on planted chukars. I think the main issue is that she doesn’t have much experience with pheasants and they seem to run a lot more so I’m going to try and get her on more birds this year. I just have to get better at getting her close enough to smell them.

 

[Zak406]

Here in PA our upland season doesn’t start until the last weekend in October which coincides with our muzzleloader doe season so I won’t be hunting pheasants until November. Only chance I’ll get to hunt earlier is if we buy and set out some chukars on our property to get some practice in.

I’m definitely looking forward to it, Cedar will be 2.5 come hunting season and she did ok on pheasants last year but she was much better on planted chukars. I think the main issue is that she doesn’t have much experience with pheasants and they seem to run a lot more so I’m going to try and get her on more birds this year. I just have to get better at getting her close enough to smell them.

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I am from pa as well. The PGC does a great job with the pheasant program but it can be tough.

The one downside to the Sunday hunting is it’s going to be tough getting on birds if you don’t make it out Saturday or Sunday

 

[johnnycake]

Today was a lovely, albeit wet, murder therapy session with Cedarwood's Ava Aurora and Cedarwood's Karma Borealis

 

[medvedyt]

cant wait ... from few years ago. ...

 

[rem88]

Anyone here successfully hunt quail and chukar without a dog?

 

[Jason Snyder]

Anyone here successfully hunt quail and chukar without a dog?

Yes, but it isn’t near as much fun.

 

[rem88]

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Yes, but it isn’t near as much fun.

Reason why I have been looking at pudelpointers and german wirehairs as a potential future hunting partner.

 

[johnnycake]

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Reason why I have been looking at pudelpointers and german wirehairs as a potential future hunting partner.

Before setting your heart on a nice PP, you gotta make sure you can pull off the sweatervest look. We have standards to maintain.