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Pheasant flying direction question
Posted on 2/25/21 at 7:41 am
Posted on 2/25/21 at 7:41 am
So last week I'm at a pheasant shoot and they appear to all take off and fly upwind, and the old guys are commenting that this is SOP.
Yesterday I see someone telling when you're using a group of guys to flush them in a field that you should walk with the wind and flush them downwind toward waiting shooters. I've never done this method before, but it sounds like the opposite of how they fly.
Thoughts?
Yesterday I see someone telling when you're using a group of guys to flush them in a field that you should walk with the wind and flush them downwind toward waiting shooters. I've never done this method before, but it sounds like the opposite of how they fly.
Thoughts?
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Posted on 2/25/21 at 8:06 am to tadman
Let me first say that I have never been pheasant hunting. It would seem to me that aerodynamics/lift may be in play here. Just like an airplane takes off into the wind to increase lift, birds may do the same.
Posted on 2/25/21 at 8:07 am to tadman
Pen birds operate differently than wild birds. A pheasant can be a strong enough flyer to fly into the wind without a problem. For wild birds, you want to walk into the wind for a couple of reasons. First, you don't want the birds to know you are coming, they hear well and will leave the area you are planning to hunt with either their feet or wings before you ever get setup to hunt. Second, you need the wind in your face to give the dogs an advantage.
Posted on 2/25/21 at 8:09 am to Pioneer BS 175
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Just like an airplane takes off into the wind to increase lift, birds may do the same.
I think all birds take off and land into the wind or as close as possible.
Wind across the wings causes lift, that’s how airplanes become airborne.
Posted on 2/25/21 at 8:39 am to wickowick
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Pen birds operate differently than wild birds. A pheasant can be a strong enough flyer to fly into the wind without a problem. For wild birds, you want to walk into the wind for a couple of reasons. First, you don't want the birds to know you are coming, they hear well and will leave the area you are planning to hunt with either their feet or wings before you ever get setup to hunt. Second, you need the wind in your face to give the dogs an advantage.
All of this. Plus, wild birds will jump straight up, hit the wind, and take off with the wind!
Posted on 2/25/21 at 9:17 am to tadman
Baw, we placed my grandpappy at the end of the field to be are spotter. Walked the entire field and got one bird. When we got to about 50 yards from our “spotter,” we had about 12 running birds kick up and take off. It scared my grandpappy so bad that he dropped the gun and didn’t get a shot off.
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