First pheasant trip I went on .. spent 20 hours driving to South Dakota . Got to the lodge unpacked. Next morning up at 7, my dad and I had our breakfast. Stepped outside and it was 20 degrees with about a 30-40 mile an hour wind.
My dad said I’m not going out in that. Your dumbass is more than welcome .
Went out to the first Milo field with my then 9 month old pup (he is about to be 9 years now)
Guide had a vizula and GSP as pointing dogs.. we were using my guy to flush.
Flushed 2 roosters off the bat .. bang flop , bang flop.. made it to the end of the field and flushed the third.. bang flop
Guide looked at me funny and said well it’s too early for lunch , most people have the jitters and takes them 2-3 boxes . I told the guide I was happy to keep walking and let him shoot / exercise his dogs.. he laughed said he wanted to get out of the cold as well.
So 1 / 2 mile walk then however long it took to walk a 3-400 yard stretch of milo. Went back to the lodge, cleaned the birds and then got in my PJs and sat in front of the fire the rest of the day.
Next day weather improved my dad and I both went out and then in afternoon went after grouse and Prarie chicken .. making a day of it.
Another quickie ..
Drove to Maine to get my black ducks. Tide was down at launch. Drug the canoe about 1/2 mile. Threw out a dozen decoys. Big flock came over.. bang splash , picked out another single.. bang splash. Too more time to throw out decoys than it did to shoot.
My girlfriend rode with me the first time to more sight see… this year she decided she wanted to shoot… we took a lot longer