Pheasant Photos 2013

[tennman123]

are these pics taken in mn.....I'm planning a trip out there in oct. can you give me info on where to go. I'm planning a grouse hunt but pheasant would be a bonus.

[fishuhalik]

Mine are all taken in North Dakota. Only been pheasant hunting in MN a couple times but I've done a ton of grouse hunting. Where are you going?

[tennman123]

hey fishuhalik, I'm new to this so have patience. I'm trying to plan a trip out to mn. this coming oct. I use to hunt pheasant in iowa until the birds vanished. now I kinda just try to have one trip a year for grouse and pheasant. I'm going to Effie mn just because someone advised me to. are you familiar with northern mn. if you could direct me to a good area I would appreciate it. that's a long way to come not knowing where I should go when I get there. its hard to plan on a place to stay, where to go etc. I thought if I struck out in Effie, then we would go somewhere out there that has public hunting grounds......ans. if you get this. thanx , tennman.

[Dale08]

Hey there tennman123, I would love to help you out best I can. Been chasing the wild rooster for 22 years and got lots of tail feathers to show for it. Let me know if you are interested. I would take you out to South Dakota where we have a business in hunting and fishing. Just let me know if you are interested. Would love to help another sportsman out.

[tennman123]

dale, I appreciate the comeback.....are you talking about a hunting preserve. from what I have been hearing the birds are down everywhere. I hate to give in and give up but things are not looking too good for us bird hunters. that's a long way to travel for me and my buddies and then not know where to go when I get out there. I know Wisconsin pretty well but the birds are scarce there also. I will listen to all comers.....talk to me.

[Dale08]

Not going to lie to you at all. The numbers are down out there, but we got lots of birds again this year. We got over 12,000 acres of private hunting land to chase the birds. We had a group of 10 guys come up this year and we filled them out in 3 hours with 30 birds. All the customers we had this year, we always shot birds and saw plenty of birds. After the first couple snows and once they got group up we would see 500-800 in a spot. Seeing them was no problem, just getting to them was the harder part. We had to plan it out with the hunters on how to go after them and once we had a plan it was game on. We gave away a 3 day hunt last year at my pheasants forever club in Minnesota for 3 guys, and they ending up staying one other day cause the birds they say and shot. I know we could and would get you on birds all depends on the spring we have up here again. I have a Email if you would like it to contact me to learn more about it.

[fishuhalik]

Tenman, sending pm

[Average Joe]

I responded to some of your questions about grouse and Effie along with your Tmberwolf Inn question in the forum. If you want to hunt pheasant on the way home in Minnesota I would recommend it as you have seen in from the photos posted they are around. You will likely have to do some work but you should be able to get a few. I would check out the MN DNR HSOforum, they post a pheasant road side count survey every year, you can then see what counties had the highest. They will post a new one before the 2014 season. Get yourself a Gazetteer, and if you can, the southern WMA map from the DNR, I believe they are free. These will get you to the public land.