Montana hunt

[Richard Flanders]

Not near as many birds obvious today as yesterday but it wasn't bad. A few sharpie and hun groups, one of huns that flew right by me as I was fileting this monster on the tailgate. This is the biggest sharpie I have ever seen; it's as big as a frying chicken and my only bird today. For this area the huns and sharpie populations are healthy but the pheasants are way down. I found yesterdays sharpie cloud in the same place as yesterday and one hun group was at least 20 but flushed at least 100yds out. Those bad boys sit on a rise all day and flush way early. I can't imagine how you'd hunt them around here with dogs. The sharpies are the same really; I walked the perimeter of a wheat field, a bit outside the fence in the pasture ground and kicked up 3 groups. They feed in the wheat stubble then spend the day adjacent to the field on a rise that gives them a good view. Smart little devils. This one just made the mistake of flying by me instead of straight away with the rest of the group. Have added a picture of an idyllic valley to wander and hunt.