07 January 2018, 22:19
Brandon.GleasonSome very cold pheasants!
Spent the weekend at Catskill Pheasantry in Long Eddy, NY this weekend with a good friend and his wife. My wife was also supposed to be along, but had to stay home due to a sick baby (thankfully only an ear infection).
I purchased this hunt at auction at the SCI Tri State Chapter (NYC) banquet last May. We had a fantastic time and met some really nice people up at the Pheasantry. We were the only guests in the lodge this weekend due to cancellations due to the cold weather. The lodge was very comfortable and wonderfully warm when we arrived.
We woke up to -4*F on Saturday and were out in the field by 0900 over two spunky GSP's. Both the guide and his dogs were a blast to be around and fun to hunt with. It was cold, but luckily not too windy. We ended up putting up 18 of the 20 birds put out, and shot 15 of them (one missing from the photos as I probably should've waited a *tad* longer before putting 1.25oz through him at 1500fps. He landed in three pieces in three different places....).
We shot a bit of 5 stand in the afternoon, but only made it through two rounds of 25 due to the increased wind. Being a trap shooter, I will say the crossing targets and doubles (I've only shot singles and handicap for the past 3 years) were quite humbling. We're looking forward to getting back up there in the warmer weather to shoot their two sporting clays courses and some 5-stand and FITASC.
17 January 2018, 00:06
samirLooks like fun minus the cold weather.
17 January 2018, 21:16
NortonNice. Do you normally go to Markover?
18 January 2018, 06:25
Brandon.Gleasonquote:
Originally posted by Norton:
Nice. Do you normally go to Markover?
I don't. We usually hunt pheasant down in Pennsylvania at Faith's.
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