Posted By: DrifterAT
Vega Texas Pheasant Hunt - 12/01/17 02:20 PM
Leaving this morning for a 2 day hunt. Temp expected to be around 70 Sat and Sun. Will post pics on our return.
Posted By: Jim B
Re: Vega Texas Pheasant Hunt - 12/01/17 09:02 PM
Good luck, I will be in that area next weekend.
Posted By: Matpk
Re: Vega Texas Pheasant Hunt - 12/02/17 12:47 AM
Good Luck Buddy.
Have a safe trip and lots of Birds.
Posted By: DrifterAT
Re: Vega Texas Pheasant Hunt - 12/08/17 12:34 AM
13 Pheasants total from Sat Dec 2 to Sun Dec 3 noon. We had lots of fun but boy was it hard work! Easily walked 10 miles!
Posted By: Jim B
Re: Vega Texas Pheasant Hunt - 01/04/18 12:12 AM
we had a good hunt
the only thing that did not cooperate was the cranes they left when we got there.
Posted By: DeerTamales
Re: Vega Texas Pheasant Hunt - 01/04/18 03:25 PM
I'm assuming these are all wild birds? Was this with an outfitter?
Posted By: Jim B
Re: Vega Texas Pheasant Hunt - 01/04/18 08:11 PM
I'm assuming these are all wild birds? Was this with an outfitter?
Cannot before sure on all wild birds because there are lots of birds released in the panhandle, we did cover a lot of ground. Was with a farmer, his BIL and I have been friends for a long time.
Posted By: DeerTamales
Re: Vega Texas Pheasant Hunt - 01/04/18 09:36 PM
I'm assuming these are all wild birds? Was this with an outfitter?
Cannot before sure on all wild birds because there are lots of birds released in the panhandle, we did cover a lot of ground. Was with a farmer, his BIL and I have been friends for a long time.
Sounds like a great time!
Posted By: Coldwind
Re: Vega Texas Pheasant Hunt - 01/05/18 03:24 AM
Those birds are good looking with healthy plumage and long tail feathers, that tells me that those are wild birds. When you are hunting the vast open fields and plains you can tell the difference between a recently released pen raised pheasant and a real wild pheasant. The real wild pheasant who hatched in the wild and has been running on the ground since he came out of the egg and chased by predators from day one, has a well developed cardiovascular system and flushes fast with a vary rapid wing beat and some times flushes out of gun range. On the other hand, the fat no exercise, often poor plumage (not all of the time) pen raised pheasant has a slow motion wing beat and flush. Some times a vary easy shot.
Posted By: Jim B
Re: Vega Texas Pheasant Hunt - 01/05/18 07:35 PM
Sounds right I have never hunted pen raised pheasant, on purpose.
Hunted SD one year was worried about what had read about all the released birds there, most of the ones we found would bust 100-150 yards ahead of the dogs or hang out around a school or church.