Thanks for your comment and watching the video! The late season smart birds are one of the purest forms of the hunter/dogs against nature for upland birds. You win some and you lose some but the challenge is incredibly fun for us while we grow in knowledge/skill!
Haha, thanks for watching! Can be very true but hang tight for our next video. We have my father who is over 70 with a heart condition out there battling :)
I have hunted pheasant in ND a couple of times and it is wonderful. Never had the luxury of using dogs but we've always been successful and the locals have always been very friendly.
Thank you for watching @CB! Also great to hear about your experience and that matches what we commonly see. Everyone here is pretty friendly and if respect is given, it usually is shared! Love to hear it!
Your dogs work pretty well, some guys like myself allow the dogs to get out 50-100 yards or so, their job is to pin and hold the bird till you get there to flush it, if your dog is flush birds that another matter… I’ve discovered over the years that no matter how solid the dog is … on occasion they will bump a bird and it will flush
Really good dog work and like you said a lot of things learned! Very similar to my experience in se MN. Educated birds are survivors. I appreciate the content!
KS has similar conditions. Native grass here is very clumpy which enables birds to run through it more easily, leading to longer tracks in bigger areas like you're hunting.
Hey @doubled! Welcome to the channel and thanks for watching! You nailed it and although frustrating, this is some of the most fun hunting you can get. Love the challenge!
Went out yesterday for the last hunt of the year and got a limit (3). Got some really great dog work from my GSP. Got all 3 with the wind at our back..
Thicker cover/ cattails= better chances for birds to hold better imo, what I've been experiencing this year/ every year, thinner grass they will sprint
Nice footage. Dogs and hunters are learning. As a fellow UA-camr, can I suggest work on balancing your audio levels between raw audio and narration. I actually use a Decibal app to make sure all my audio is in the same 75-78 range. In your case, your natural audio track needs to come down and your narration needs to be brought up. Once you learn what % works, making the adjustments is quick and easy.
Putting a gun on the ground in the swamp or woods is not smart. Something could easily get in the barrel and you could have trouble. I seen it happen 1 time when I was just a kid. My uncle blew off the end of his barrel. Some one could easily step on it. I see he was blowing dirt and snow out of it.
Dogs have great lateral movement, why not hunt with the wind at you back instead in your face?🤷 Every predator that hunts pheasants must use the wind to THEIR advantage……except us hunters. Have done it several times over many states, definitely brings success to birds that experience heavy gun pressure.
Thanks for watching the video and your comment! We definitely hunt against the wind at any times we can but eventually you have to go with or at best an angle with the wind. In this scenario, we know the field well and where birds tend to be so we play our percentages to have good wind at us in the best places and then take our gamble on the lower percentage places. Always learning but hindsight is always 20/20 =)
Awesome video. Dogs are looking great!
Thank you! This end season hunting will test any dogs potential! Fun to see and thanks for watching!
@@northpointkennels6020 Hello amazing videos i have hunting videos on youtube
The perfect storm.
So true especially with newer hunters and late season roosters.
Boy, the dogs earned their kibble for that hunt! Nice work!
Looked Fun! Been thru those scenarios many times!
Thanks @don for watching and it was a blast! We take the ups with the downs!
Fun watching the dogs work. Those birds sure ran fast and far.
Thanks for your comment and watching the video! The late season smart birds are one of the purest forms of the hunter/dogs against nature for upland birds. You win some and you lose some but the challenge is incredibly fun for us while we grow in knowledge/skill!
Tough hunt. Glad you got a couple birds out of it. Late season is a young man''s game. Gotta have the legs for it.
Haha, thanks for watching! Can be very true but hang tight for our next video. We have my father who is over 70 with a heart condition out there battling :)
I have hunted pheasant in ND a couple of times and it is wonderful. Never had the luxury of using dogs but we've always been successful and the locals have always been very friendly.
Thank you for watching @CB! Also great to hear about your experience and that matches what we commonly see. Everyone here is pretty friendly and if respect is given, it usually is shared! Love to hear it!
Your dogs work pretty well, some guys like myself allow the dogs to get out 50-100 yards or so, their job is to pin and hold the bird till you get there to flush it, if your dog is flush birds that another matter… I’ve discovered over the years that no matter how solid the dog is … on occasion they will bump a bird and it will flush
Really good dog work and like you said a lot of things learned! Very similar to my experience in se MN. Educated birds are survivors. I appreciate the content!
Thank you Phil and I appreciate you watching the video!
KS has similar conditions. Native grass here is very clumpy which enables birds to run through it more easily, leading to longer tracks in bigger areas like you're hunting.
Thanks for watching @DrBigler and spot on! Makes for a fun hunt and dog work!
Hello from Oklahoma! Those late season pheasants love to run. They will frustrate the hell out of pointing dogs and hunters. Good Luck!
Hey @doubled! Welcome to the channel and thanks for watching! You nailed it and although frustrating, this is some of the most fun hunting you can get. Love the challenge!
Nice ! I hunt with 2 labs , no collars . I run at least half the time !!
That is awesome!
Late season birds are trophies, especially public land birds. I’m lucky to hunt a lot of private ground, late season birds are still tough…
Well said and thanks for watching!
Went out yesterday for the last hunt of the year and got a limit (3). Got some really great dog work from my GSP. Got all 3 with the wind at our back..
Thicker cover/ cattails= better chances for birds to hold better imo, what I've been experiencing this year/ every year, thinner grass they will sprint
Nice footage. Dogs and hunters are learning. As a fellow UA-camr, can I suggest work on balancing your audio levels between raw audio and narration. I actually use a Decibal app to make sure all my audio is in the same 75-78 range. In your case, your natural audio track needs to come down and your narration needs to be brought up. Once you learn what % works, making the adjustments is quick and easy.
Thanks for the tips and watching!
I disagree. I prefer audio like this it is more natural and puts the viewer/listener more in the scene. Fully balanced and all that seems unnatural
Nice dawgs 🇺🇸
Hey @robert- thanks for your comment and glad you enjoyed the video!
So the middle hunter had his gun pointed at the hunter to his left after the first kill.....just sayin 🤔
Bird got up right in front of the guy, and he misses. Guy drops his gun in the snow.
Why do you throw your gun in the snow? Are you over excited or something? I've never seen anything like that. Calm down young man.
He set it in the snow no big deal
Putting a gun on the ground in the swamp or woods is not smart. Something could easily get in the barrel and you could have trouble. I seen it happen 1 time when I was just a kid. My uncle blew off the end of his barrel. Some one could easily step on it. I see he was blowing dirt and snow out of it.
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I’m amazed you don’t have the dogs trained to a whistle , all that shouting would drive me nuts ..
Dogs have great lateral movement, why not hunt with the wind at you back instead in your face?🤷
Every predator that hunts pheasants must use the wind to THEIR advantage……except us hunters. Have done it several times over many states, definitely brings success to birds that experience heavy gun pressure.
Thanks for watching the video and your comment! We definitely hunt against the wind at any times we can but eventually you have to go with or at best an angle with the wind.
In this scenario, we know the field well and where birds tend to be so we play our percentages to have good wind at us in the best places and then take our gamble on the lower percentage places. Always learning but hindsight is always 20/20 =)