Pheasant season (last Saturday) opened at noon and when we drove around there were roosters running all over the place. The DNR had stocked about 3,000 in this area. So we pick a spot and walk to it for the start and a bunch of other hunters follow us and are walking the fields right by us. Hundreds of acres and they have to do that? Duh. In any case no birds for us and later in the day walked through a clover field (easy walking) on the way back. Dog kicked up a rooster right by my feet! Almost flew up my pant leg! I fumbled around and got on it but it was flying real low with the dog running after it directly underneath it. I passed on the shot as I didn't want to kill the dog. BIL had safety problems on his CZ O/U and couldn't get off a shot either. That was it. Lot's of birds, not many shot. But a fun day.
