Thought you guys might enjoy seeing a pic of my most successful pheasant hunt this season. Two days, two limits. All taken in the Columbia Basin, mostly on public land...and, of course, all wild. Cooper is my 9 month old boy and he did all the work in finding, flushing and retrieving those birds.. the golden retriever just likes to have her picture taken... And yes, I own a pink house.

Very nice.

I'm glad someone is having good success finding birds. I hunted earlier in the season and had a heck of a time.

Keep it up.

CWU, were you hunting Cook Creek? It is nice to see a lady in the field, we need more of them out there.

Andy

Cook Creek? You mean Cook Canyon or Reecer Creek game preserves, lol? Neither... those are wild birds, taken on a couple nameless public access points between the U Road/warden exit off of I-90 and Warden.

Don't "hunt" the pens other than to buy a few birds for dog training! :p

I agree there needs to be more of us out there...but I like my all male crew!

Hey CWU,

I am heading over to the Potholes for some duck hunting, but if it's slow I may want to hunt some upland birds. The problem is that I don't know of any public land in that area for pheasants. I don't want to know your zipperlip spots, but some direction would be much appreciated. You can email me to keep the info off the board.

Thanks and good shooting.

Since you are headed over to the potholes anyway, stop in at Mar Dons and pick yourself up a Royal Booster Hunting Program membership ($200 for the season, $75 per day, half price for youth). It will give you access to 25,000 acres+ of private hunting land.

As I have seen far too many men wearing camo dawning the cheap-orange walmart special vest(or no orange at all- lovely) because duck numbers are so off this year, I can't share public land with ya! Too much competition as it is. Well, I'll point you in the direction of land I DON'T hunt, which isn't a judgement on it's viablity, I just don't hunt it. The Winchester Wasteway can have good numbers of pheasant (I've seen 20+ in the off season) and I believe the WDFW dumps birds out there. Also, check out the massive public land near the Moses Lake airport.

Sky pig numbers have been decent if you want to go that direction.

As for northerns... I wouldn't hold you breath. It's still mild over here and a week ago in the pot holes area, I was not seeing an increase in duck numbers. In Late November I saw a surge in numbers in the area- went from seeing 100 a day to 2000 a day, but they've gone an disappeared again. At one point, I saw a flock of northerns easily 800 strong, they looked like starlings they were so thick.

Good luck!

Thanks for the info CWU. My father keeps a travel trailer and the boat at Mardon all season. My little bro and I are headed over Sunday morning to scout and then hunt the next few days. We're hoping that the wind and rain will keep the few local birds moving. If not, we will probably be walleye fishing.

Thanks again!

Hey cowboy here are a couple of areas to try. One is upper crab creek I mean north of moses lake. Lots of cattails ect...

The second and my favorite is lower crab creek almost where it dumps into the columbia. Just follow the creek and if you can get accross it even better. We used to drift it inour 12 foot boats when the atrer is good. Get out and hunt in some places and get some jump shooting in on ducks as well. I would also look at the booster she spoke about it is a great organization and some of the land is great.

Some times it pays to get out and knock on doors. I have done well overthe years doing that as well.

Good luck and great shooting.

Lower Crab Creek, you must be Hunting just below the 4x4 off road park.

There used to be some good pheasant hunting jssut south of Othello going over Radar Hill and down near the dam on Hwy 17 just north of the Connell Turnoff near the old Cement Truck drum and off to the west of there. Matter of fact ther's some pretty good little potholes down in the scabland between Connell and the Boy's Ranch over on Radar Hill all the way over to Sin City (oops mean Basin City.

Too bad the pheasant season is 2 days from over.

My pheasant season (might get out tomorrow, but probably not)... Fair at best- although great dog work helped a lot!! The hatch in SE WA and in the basin was off- the SE pop was very, very down. The basin was probably equal if not increased from last year. But the hunter population seemed higher than last year- maybe because the duck season has been slow.

Royal booster was pathetic at best. All dirt with a few widely distributed fields that were somewhat productive. I will not be spending the $200 for next year. Public land was by far the most productive!!

Ohh well, there's always next year... and yes, I count the days.

Just need to marry someone with land in South Dakota!! :p

A huntin/fishin chic up for marriage eh?

How bout I buy some land in South Dakota (with my imaginary money of course, you know, the stuff I dont spend on outdoor stuff), and then we'll get married and live off the land??

sounds great, but I go for guys who are at least outta high school! Jail bait!! :p

ooo that one buuuurns

I don't know BBVD, I thought it was pretty damn funny!

suckup

Yeah, well there is that..........

You do go for guys that are out of high school...but you also go for guys that are still in high school...

Big Bad Voodoo Daddy....when she was calling you 'jailbait', she was more or less telling you 'SHE WANTS YOU...BAD!'

...my suggestion is to buy a six pack of Schmidt (with your fake ID ofcourse) and invite her over...you will have a marvelous time!

Sparks, you gunna start pimpin??

And do you have a death wish for the guy??? You know I'd shoot any guy who came at me with Schmidts!!

Thats a risk I'm WILLING to take. Thats if she really IS a girl of course... Have you noticed that none of the pics shes showed us have had HER in them?

After watching so much Simpsons and King of the Hill, I wonder if she is really a she at all!

ITS A MAN BA-BY!

O.K. "girl" before your head explodes, lets' see what your made of???

O.K. "girl" before your head explodes, lets' see what your made of???
Don't hide behind the

CWU, I shall be the President of the Board at that time. I will head the committee that does the actual 'deciding' on that picture.

Hopefully its soon tho!

Voodoo....I don't wanna contribute to the delinquency of a minor. Silly boy!!

ahh you guys suck! Minor, kid, boy, damn you all... Hey anyone noticed a complete absence of ducks on the westside? Even the resident shovelers on this pond i frequent are gone!

Hey Capn Dan,

Thanks for the info. I will check into those areas.

Wow. This thread has turned into a hormone induced flirt and slam fest!!

Fellas, when will you learn? CWU is playin' you and loving it!

Dr. Joe... You don't have to share all my secrets! Crimine sakes!! And of course whomever is lucky enough to marry me will be happy to stay home with the kids while I go have fun with my boys! Problem??

Kitchen pass... that is my biggest pet peeve with you boys!! Geez, there is only one thing your wives should have power over letting you do.. .. everything else you should be able to decide on your own! Of course, I am a little biased as some of my boys have to ask permission to come out and play!

Audience of gun owning stalkers?? if only they all had O/U's and went hunting as much as me...alas, they probably all own mossbergs and hang out at trap ranges- I'm pretty safe! Plus, I'm a great shot...

Yep, Mossberg 500. Dont use it much, mostly use my single, break action 20. I love it. Wooden and all, just... tradition I guess.

I hate trap. It's nothing like duck, I dont ever do it. Its a waste of money for a 16 year old without a job. They go the same direction and one BB will drop it. What the hell is that about?

CWU

No Mossberg here. Mine's a Bakail (Russian) O/U.

I'm no kid I'm just a dirty old man, sittin back here watch'en you push the Kid's Buttons and enjoying every minute of it. I don't get out as much as I'd like to shoot it but that's my problem.

I love it you and my wife would make a good pair as she can stand pretty tall when she decides to spread a little hate and discontent.

So de 73's!

ACT... youre one those old guys... that us young guys make fun of.

That old guy has a woman. Where's your girlfriend?? Thought so!!

Don't hate the playa..

The player... with one girl ... who says I dont got a girl?

Ole son


I may be a ole Fart and I've still got a lot to learn, but my guess is I've forgotten more than you've ever learned on a lot of subjects.


CWU Gal

Thank you for the kind words. I appreciate that!