I’ll be honest. Two weeks ago I would not have known there was a pheasant in Oklahoma, other than the tame kind. Then I was lucky enough to be invited, along with The Old Man and some KC hunting friends, to join a group of Texans who had a lease of sorts in North Central Oklahoma. It actually turned out to be closer to my home than my usual Kansas hunting.
After 3 days of hunting I still don’t really understand the exact nature of the arrangment but we had access to plenty of ground owned by a variety of people. Mostly it was very dry looking grass waterways, edges, and pastures. Many of the best spots were places you wouldn’t stop your truck for in Western Kansas but the pheasants were in there.
Friday I worked but the group of 10 finished just short of their limit (3 per person). Saturday people came and went all day but we again finished just short of a limit. In a couple of hours 4 of us scratched out a few Sunday morning as well. Considering it’s January and the birds have been shot at now for several weeks, I think everyone was pleased. The country was very dry and the birds were rarely very concentrated so we covered a lot of ground. By Sunday afternoon I felt like my dogs looked:
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