The roosters I hunt are all wild. I have several farmers and ranchers who welcome me to hunt on their private land. The birds do feed on crop lands. They glean grain seed that didn’t stay in the combines. For the most part, stubble fields are various varieties of wheat but also canola flax and some corn. The birds will also hang around where cattle are fed. Right now I’m seeing numbers in the hundreds but since Charlie passed, I’m hunting dogless so the opportunities for a shot are limited. I no longer shoot birds that will drop into thick cattails or heavy thorny brush as I simply can’t find them. The average day involves about 10-12 kilometres of hiking and maybe five or six shots. This particular day was only two shots and one bird taken. Will try again tomorrow. Gotta get in as much as I can before our government succeeds in disarming all civilians. Sad times for gun owners north of the 49th parallel.
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Hunt ethically. Eat heartily.
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