It was the afternoon of opening day. Fred and I were headed east along an interior berm with water on both sides of us. Lola was hot, but she was all over the place. After leading us in what seemed like hot pursuit, she turned and headed back in the direction we came from. As [...]
Archive for the ‘pheasant’ Category
Lola’s Day to Shine
Posted in Hunting, pheasant, tagged pheasant hunting on November 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
CDFG Reduces Hunting Opportunity for Pheasants
Posted in Hunting, hunting public areas, pheasant, tagged DFG Reduces Pheasant Hunting Opportunity on November 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Looks like CDFG’s budget issues have impacted pheasant hunting opportunity. The biggest losers will be those who enjoyed pheasant hunting in the closed zones at Sacramento NWR and Gray Lodge WA on the first Mondays and Tuesdays of the pheasant season. With an improved hatch last spring, there could still be a few roosters to [...]
Fate of the Birthday Rooster
Posted in Hunting, pheasant, tagged delta pheasant hunting, pheasant hunting on December 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
If you read the story of the pheasant hunt that took place on my 60th birthday (Nov 25th post), you will recall that I had a rooster dead to rights that day. Lola chased him into a patch of fragmites along the 30 foot wide ditch that runs along the east boundary of our club. [...]
November Always a Spotty Duck-Goose Month
Posted in Duck hunting, goose, Hunting, pheasant, tagged Novermber duck hunting on November 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Duck hunting in November has always been spotty. There are exceptions, but if I had to eliminate duck hunting during November it wouldn’t break my heart. Fred and I did manage to bring home some geese last week, but the hunt was boldstered by one big barrage at a large flock of Alleutians that came [...]
The Good Old Days – again.
Posted in California Delta, habitat manipulation, Hunting, pheasant, wildlife conservation, wildlife management, tagged delta pheasant hunting on November 25, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Nothing makes me think of the good old days like pheasant hunting. While looking through the archives – the days before digital photography – I found some old photos of our 90s pheasant harvest. A few of them have the date on them – 11-25-95. That is fourteen years ago and it sure was different [...]
Birthday Rooster
Posted in ethics, pheasant, tagged pheasant hunting on November 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
What a day for a birthday. Sunny and clear after an evening of outdoor dining and a little jamming, however weak. The banjo and guitar supplied by Rob and cousin Wes and some singing by me. Our rendition of “He’s in the Jailhouse Now” left plenty to be desired, but on Saturday morning all I [...]
Looks Like 2009 Produced a Good Hatch
Posted in pheasant, turkey, wildlife conservation, Wildlife habitat, tagged quail hatch, turkey hatch on August 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
For some time I’ve been thinking that the wet spring of 2009 should have been a good one for quail, turkey and maybe even pheasants. Now we’re seeing signs that it was. On my way to the ranch last week I took a route through our turkey territory and came upon a flock of about [...]
Pheasants on the Public Areas
Posted in hunting public areas, pheasant, wildlife conservation, Wildlife habitat, wildlife management, tagged pheasants, publc huntng areas on December 15, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I’ve never believed that the public huntng areas were a great pheasant hunting resource. However, the records do show that many public areas have been a reliable source of pheasants. Gray Lodge, Sacramento Wildlife Refuge, Delevan and Colusa to name a few. The most enjoyable pheasant hunting I can recall on a public area was at [...]
More on the California Pheasant Crash
Posted in Farm Management, Hunting, hunting public areas, pheasant, Ranch Management, wildlife conservation, Wildlife habitat, wildlife management, tagged Managing land for pheasants, pheasants on December 12, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Ed Smith has a long history with pheasants and he is one of the most knowledgeable people in the country when it comes to producing pheasants. We spoke by phone today and he commented on the current pheasant decline. According to Ed, the spring of 2008 was the driest on record and the record goes [...]
The Pheasant Crash
Posted in California Delta, Farm Management, Hunting, pheasant, Ranch Management, wildlife conservation, Wildlife habitat, wildlife management, tagged managing for pheasant production, pheasant hunting, pheasants on December 11, 2008 | 5 Comments »
A comment on my post about the weekend hunting asked my opinion on why there are no pheasants in the Central Valley. The question is very appropriate and to say that the pheasant population has declined dramatically is an understatement. Pheasants are survivors. They live in diverse habitats and under good conditions they thrive in [...]
