pheasant season

Kenobi_fan · 10-28-2009, 05:47 PM

Well, pheasant season is coming up and I'm getting excited. I was just wondering if anybody has been seeing birds. I've seen one rooster all summer. Hopefully there's some out there. It may take a while to start seeing them with so much corn up, though.

Cross Hair · 10-29-2009, 04:44 PM

No pheasant around my property for about 4 years now! Dang coyotes... keep killing them and killing them... I miss pheasant hunting... whole area used to be good, game warden told me that the red tailed hawks are over populated and will kill pheasants too.

best of luck... post some pics!

Kenobi_fan · 10-30-2009, 06:38 PM

Yep, coyotes and red tails suck!

jerry · 10-31-2009, 06:49 AM

Only ones I know of around are the pen released they hunt down and sand ridge state forest, Jim Edgar, etc.. When I was a kid & we could still hunt RR tracks, I remember seeing a few.

LarBar · 11-03-2009, 11:10 PM

You guys make me miss my dog.
A few years ago I put my shorthair down. Had her for 13yrs.
I would take her to chain o lakes state park for pheasant lottery dates
and times would go on stand by for cancellations.
She would never pick-up birds but shed hold point til I kicked the damn bird to flush.
I miss those days.
Im not even sure if the chain has hunting anymore?
Hunt clubs in my parts are outrages price to join.
I shoot skeet now. Cleaning clay pigeons is a lot less messy.
Lar

tramlaw · 11-06-2009, 05:01 PM

Saw a roster today

but it was being chased by a hawk

10-28-2009, 05:47 PM	#1
Kenobi_fan Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Central Illinois Posts: 62	pheasant season Well, pheasant season is coming up and I'm getting excited. I was just wondering if anybody has been seeing birds. I've seen one rooster all summer. Hopefully there's some out there. It may take a while to start seeing them with so much corn up, though.

10-29-2009, 04:44 PM	#2
Cross Hair Long Tail Squirrel Hunter Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Central Illinois... Middle of Nowhere Posts: 1,305	No pheasant around my property for about 4 years now! Dang coyotes... keep killing them and killing them... I miss pheasant hunting... whole area used to be good, game warden told me that the red tailed hawks are over populated and will kill pheasants too. best of luck... post some pics! __________________ *Most of my life I've spent hunting,... the rest of it I've just wasted*

10-30-2009, 06:38 PM	#3
Kenobi_fan Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Central Illinois Posts: 62	Yep, coyotes and red tails suck!

10-31-2009, 06:49 AM	#4
jerry Short Time Shirt Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 13,229 Images: 9 Blog Entries: 1	Only ones I know of around are the pen released they hunt down and sand ridge state forest, Jim Edgar, etc.. When I was a kid & we could still hunt RR tracks, I remember seeing a few.

11-03-2009, 11:10 PM	#5
LarBar Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: northern IL Posts: 80	You guys make me miss my dog. A few years ago I put my shorthair down. Had her for 13yrs. I would take her to chain o lakes state park for pheasant lottery dates and times would go on stand by for cancellations. She would never pick-up birds but shed hold point til I kicked the damn bird to flush. I miss those days. Im not even sure if the chain has hunting anymore? Hunt clubs in my parts are outrages price to join. I shoot skeet now. Cleaning clay pigeons is a lot less messy. Lar

11-06-2009, 05:01 PM	#6
tramlaw Registered User Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Central Illinois Posts: 3	Saw a roster today but it was being chased by a hawk