Uggg...fresh snow on the ground and I thought we would find lots of birds. Leave it up to the locals hitting the wind rows even before I got out there. I am still doing a lot of scouting because I do not know the area well. Did find a lot of wind rows Pheasant's Forever planted. Held a lot of birds but all was on private land. It was specifically planted for winter cover. No wonder we see a lot of birds in this area.

Found only hens in the fields and no roosters seen that we could shoot at. Did see two nice roosters with a few girl friends peel out of our first field we road past. Seems they may have been rousted by locals and were just going back as we pulled up. They flew into a nearby grass field and disappeared. How funny that happens with such a brightly colored bird.

Did get my puppy on two good points. Then after we got all packed up and were heading home we come across a bunch in the middle of the road. No cover, no wind rows, no feed nearby. Could not figure where they came from but they were just hanging. Then they were gone.

Next weekend back to Nebraska Friday through Sunday.