Headed for ducks and pheasants in North Dakota

[Flyin40]

Leaving October 6th and hunting until the 15th. I'll be duck hunting in the a.m. and grouse/huns in the pm until the 10th. Once the 11th gets here I'll be on those wild pheasants and will get alittle more duckin in also. Just been getting my stuff together. License were kinda expensive, $184, you have to buy a seperate license for waterfowl $85 and then a general license at $85. I even got a $5 sandhill crane license plus a couple of tags. Plus theres snows and speklebellies, should be a hunt of a lifetime.
My wife is headed with our month old baby Avery to California with her mother to see relatives so I had 2 weeks with nothing to do. I get 6 weeks paternity leave from work so said what the heck and planned a trip. I'll be right in the middle of the prairie pothole region and great pheasant area.

Flyin

[firtras]

good luck

[gregcincy]

I'm so jelous. Let us know how you did when you get back. Good Luck

Greg

[3006]

Will be heading out there on the 11th myself. Hope to get there in time Sunday morning for a duck hunt. Staying in Ashley, ND.
Pulled a swan tag, so we will see how that pans out.

Just remember that you can not hunt on public land or plots areas the first week of the pheasant season. From what I hear though, bird numbers are at record levels out there.

[Flyin40]

I'll be North of you in Robinson, north side of 94. Have you hunted out there before. I'm interested in sharptails and huns.
This is my first time out and never hunted them before. If you been out there before any hints on the sharptails and huns. I've already been told by some guys on another forum that berry bushes, forget which ones if its hot to get some shade and if its cool just hit the grass near the bushes. Its not much help but its a start. I'm headed to Lone Oak on Thursday with a buddy to put up a couple roosters. Gettin the dog fine tuned, LOL actually I just want to hear the cackle on the flush.:D :D :D
I heard alot of the potholes are drying up too. We'll see.

Flyin

[Lance]

Sounds like a great trip. I've always wanted to chase huns.

[3006]

Have been out to Lone Oak the past three weekends to work the dog. More so to tire him out than anything. Once the weather turned cooler, he just won't stop unless we go hunting.

The second trip out to Lone Oak also cost me a nice little vet bill. Seems as though he got an eye infection from the seeds he gathered in his eyes.

All in all, he was doing pretty good finding the birds. Although he has started to cheat and search by all the paths since that is where Bill puts them and the birds are not moving after they are planted.

[Flyin40]

I use a large 30cc hospital syringe with out the needle of course, lol and fill it with warm water and as soon as I get home I flush the dogs eyes out. I have a American Cocker Spaniel and a lab. If you know cockers at all they have those sagging eyelids so you really have to keep and eye on them. Most of the time the seed don't cause a problem but when they get under the 3rd eyelid. Make sure when you flush it you make the stream strong enough that it will force water under that 3rd eyelid and get everything out. Thats where you need to get most. The labs eyelids are pretty tight and keep most things out put my lab gets seeds in there everytime out. I didn't realize it until I started flushing them. I guess they just worked themselves out before I started flushing them. It helps if someone helps you so you can keep the dogs eyes open.

All the birds I hunt run like crazy, of course Bill put most in the sourgum, I think thats the crop he plants. They get in those rows and run like crazy. I like it better than planting in the weeds though some run to the weeds and you always find birds in the weeds left over from other hunts.

Is this your 1st time to ND?? Any info on huns or sharptails??

Flyin