ORIGINAL: petrey10
if you have no dog then get as many buddies as you can to hunt with you....try using blockers...by this i mean have some guys go around and ahead of where the starting point is...push the birds towards them and just wait for those roosters to pop up at the least possible second they can...I have had pheasants fly and hit me when they flush because they sit so tight...they are very smart...walk quietly and try to sneak everywhere you go this seems to work better than making lots of noise because it doesn't give the birds as much warning to when you are coming...I haven't owned a hunting dog yet (im only 20) and have been hunting pheasants without a dog for about 10 years now and just last year I got 25 roosters all without a dog...Pheasant hunting is my favorite kind of hunting but it is very difficult and tiring
here is my info on this..i feel that groups driving pheasants should be reqiured to hunt in certain areas away from the dog hunters and single hunters without dog..on stategamelands here in pa.its getting crazy and must be stopped before someone is hurt bad..
i hate to even say this in one way because the pgc could stop stocking birds if more people are complaining, like me..
these driving bird hunters are nasty, they yell to get out of way ,here we come..they shoot at you, over you, around you..
you cant have people driving in groups of 6 or more and expect safety to be great..
on preserve , i am for it but not on stategamelands..if hunter shows up by himself, i always ask if they would like to come along with me to hunt ..
its a wonder that pgc is nice enough to still stock birds here in pa..some of hunters i am seeing lately with/without dogs are disgusting human beings..
sorry i got off subject ..yes, driving pheasants with buddy and no dog works ,i am for that..