Not a Great Start

I have learned long ago that a successful day bird hunting has much more to do with positive experiences in the field and positive interaction with the dogs than the number of birds in the bag. Don’t get me wrong, a plethora of birds is always welcome, but it is not required. Happy, healthy dogs, and the opportunity to be out in a beautiful place is all that is really required.

Whether I went left and should have gone right, had a serious streak of bad luck, or just generally experienced the truth regarding the low volume of upland birds that we have in Nevada this year, there were not many birds being put in the bag this weekend. In fact, this was the worst opening weekend (in regards to birds) that I have ever had, period. I hunted 5 separate mountain ranges in 2 days and saw little to make me believe that we have anything resembling a healthy upland bird population. - The good news is that things can only get better from here, the dogs had a good time, Cash had an all time epic retrieve on a cripple, both dogs got to point birds, I got to pull the trigger a few times, we got to see some beautiful country, and everyone is healthy and ready for the next 3 plus month of birds season.

I hope everyone had a great opening weekend of upland bird season here in Nevada, whether you shot limits or not. I am looking forward to getting back after it this coming weekend. All time good year, or all time bad year, I will get my 40 to 50 days in either way.

 

Nothing exciting happening here. Just posing for a picture in front of a really cool rock pile.

 

 

Jay Kincaid