Mr. Bojangles:
Start by adding an electric fence to your third of an acre and getting your name on a good breeder's list for a birddog. A setter would be a great choice! Then, when you get the call from the breeder, pull out the cash and go pick the cutest/prettiest puppy they have. My setter spends all day outside, contained by the electric fence. I keep the garage door cracked in the winter. After sunset is about the only time my setter is in (and wants to be in) the house.
Once you have that beautiful birddog, get in your truck and drive to the birds. Pen-raised, wild; hunt them all. Bird contacts make a great birddog.
Pennsylvania offers plenty of opportunities for grouse, woodcock and pheasant, possibly even released chukar and quail. And much more public hunting land than I have here in Ohio. Get yourself the Scout n Hunt map for Pennsylvania and, perhaps, Michigan and New York (
https://mobilehuntingmaps.com/), and let that birddog run. He/she will teach you the rest.
-Victor
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