Upland Bird Dog: Upland Bird Hunting

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Upland Birds

Pheasants
2000 general pheasant season. All images were taken on hunts and on wild bird (Pages 1, 2 and 4).

The cock pheasant was flushed just ahead of Max (left) while Temis honors. Good bird dog work is trilling to watch and oftentimes the harvesting of birds is secondary to it.

Temis located and pinned a cock pheasant just in front of her while Max backs. There are less pheasants in alfalfa fields compared to other crops but the use of well trained Pointers help to find these birds.

A leery group of pheasants prefer to run instead of flying to escape danger. These birds run into a short grass field but in only a few minutes they disappeared.

Tracks show evidence of pheasant travel direction and sex. These tracks were fresh as indicated by the clear and sharp edges. The tracks were made by a cock (top) and hen. Cock pheasants have longer tail feathers compared to hens. The drag marks from the tail feathers following the foot prints indicates the tracks came from a cock.