Oh - first real snowfall of the year, so the dogs were going nuts with finally having scent. Shot two birds, recovered one, the other one ran and I literally watched it jump into a badger hole just as my dog went to roll it. Didn't recover.
Saw plenty of pheasant, my Lucy had 4 hard points with her nose almost in feathers, but they were all the wrong color. She also stuck with 4 other birds as they were moving and flushed them - all the wrong color. The good news is we saw over 40 birds today and only about 10 were roosters. Plenty of seed stock. If we have another easy or even normal winter our numbers will keep rising.
