A day in the corn field

The corn has been cut and chance is in my favor because I'm lucky enough to catch it in the transition mode between waist high stubble...and being plowed. Farmers around here don't leave the fields in prime pheasant hunting condition long. Also unfortunately there is no snow. So going by yourself and your gun dog in these conditions is mostly an effort in futility.  There is always some missed corn though which is why the pheasants are still hanging around.

The best way to hunt this kind of cover is to push them from one side of the field to the other and have a blocker to keep them from running out of the field. Roosters love to run...and boy can they. If you are ever privy to seeing a king on the run you'll see why your usually left in the dust. I could hear them cackling and even saw them relocate a few times. We worked the areas where we saw them and Kati got their scent but they were no where to be found...ghosts in corn stubble.

It was a good morning hunt even though we came out of it empty handed. Wiley Rooster wins again.