I’ve was raised on pheasants, hunting with HS and college friends; then concentrated on traditional archery for whitetails for some years, and moved on to rifle hunts for elk for over two decades. I never left pheasants, but for some years they took a back burner. We had Hun’s in NW Iowa then too. Loved ‘em. Great little birds.
There are many upland birds I’d love to hunt if plunked down into their world, but the social aspects of any hunt now take priority over any species. The few times I hunted Canada geese in the Big Bend area from a blind - pass shooting- was great fun. Except it was in the pre-tungsten-matrix days and it made me decide I’d never shoot steel again.
Boiled down, any upland hunt I could do with some good friends or acquaintances would be enjoyed.
