A buddy of mine and my dog and I went rooster hunting this past Saturday, Oct. 21st with no real game plan in place as far as where we were headed. Left Devils about 6:30am and headed west. Took to the gravel roads south of Minnewaukan and hunted spots we thought might hold birds from north of Maddock, south of Esmond, North of Harvey, Lone Tree area and south of Lone Tree. South of Lone Tree/Mcclusky area it started to rain.Dog and us were pretty wet when we decided to turn around and slow hunt homeward. We returned home about 6pm.
Results of the day: We SAW exactly one Rooster all day( it was a young rooster crossing the hiway near the Lone tree bridge-that we never were able to locate/flush after we stopped). How about hens? Did we at least see any of those? One.
More crops were being taken off so that is good.
Our take on the day- The spots we stopped and walked normally should hold birds, good cover, water nearby, etc. We just did not even SEE birds that a person would normally at least SEE birds..on posted land, edges of standing corn, flowers, roadsides, etc. I will continue to get out with my dog but the expectations of a limit each time out is just not realistic this year.
No shots fired by either of us all day.