Ultimate Pheasant Hunting Member Get Together at Minnesota Heartland Preserve-Granite Falls, MN
Photo from TBear, a member of the Ultimate Pheasant Hunting forum board. Credit: (TBear)
Source: www.ultimatepheasanthunting.com
Published: Mar. 17, 2011
Ultimate Pheasant Hunting (UPH) and Minnesota Heartland Preserve in Granite Falls, MN would like you to join us on April 16, 2011. This hunt is put on by our Ultimate Pheasant Hunting forum board active members. Join us, bring your dog or swing by and watch the dogs work.
From Dakotazeb (organizer):
We first and foremost want to make this get together a fun event for all and an opportunity to personally meet one another. We also want to hold the event in a manner that when you are not in the field that you will have the opportunity to watch the other hunters and their dogs work. Since we have quite a few different breeds watching some of the other dogs should be fun. This is not a competition, simply and opportunity to get your dog in the field and shoot a few roosters. In order to have some semblance of order we so need a format for the event and a few simple rules. The following is what we have come up with:
The UPH Hunt
The hunt will take place at the Minnesota Heartland Preserve (www.minnesotaheartlandpreserve.com) near Granite Falls, MN on April 16, 2011.
The Agenda
- 11:00 – Noon: We will have a lunch in the lodge and also discuss the format for the hunt and hunting safety.
- Noon - 12:30: We will get organized and began the hunts.
- After the Hunt: Time for beer/whiskey and socializing.
The Hunt
- The hunts will take place on 2 fields approximately 40 acres in size.
- We will run the fields in “braces” (consisting of 2 hunters per field). Each hunter will be allowed 1 dog, unless the bracemates agree to letting one or each of the hunters in that brace to use more than 1 dog.
- The preserve will plant 8 pheasants in each field.
- Once the birds are planted the 2 hunters will be allowed to hunt the field for 30 minutes or until the 8 pheasants are shot, which ever comes first. Additional time may be allowed to harvest all 8 birds.
- Each hunter will shoot their own 4 birds, unless they agree to let their bracemate and dog(s) help them harvest the remainder of their birds.
- Once the 8 birds have been harvested the hunters shall leash their dogs and leave the field. Then 8 more pheasants are planted for the next brace of hunters.
- Hunters will not be allowed to watch the birds being planted prior running their brace.
The above format will allow those hunters not running a brace the opportunity to watch the other hunters and dogs work their respective fields.
Safety is of utmost importance.
- All hunters will be required to wear and orange hat and one piece of orange apparel above the waist.
- No shooting of birds on the ground.
- If a bird flushes and for any reason a completely safe shot cannot be taken please let the bird go.
Remember, we are all here to have an enjoyable day in the field. Please respect your fellow hunters, and the employees, grounds & facilities of the preserve.
Hunters Involved from the Forum Board
Read the forum board on how the hunt got together: http://www.ultimatepheasanthunting.com/forum/showthread.php?t=6954
If you would like to join the forum board and become a member for free, click here for instructions and then join this thread and post that you would like to join the group so they know you are coming.
Forum Board Hunters & Their Dogs
goldeneye - English Pointer
goldeneye's - Wife (Julie) English Pointer
Dakotazeb - Brittany
GustavDaGSP - German Shorthair
Teal dog - Lab
Lazlo - Vizsla
Fourtrax - French Brittany
Jeffstally - Springer/Red Setter
Tbear - Lab
Tbear's - Girlfriend's Lab
Waterdog - Lab
Possible Hunters
FCSpringer - Springer
Mr Hyde - Pudelpointer
Onpoint - Weimeraner
Uncle Buck - Pudelpointer
mnbandit32
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