SD w/the new Sterlingworth S&U 12 Gauge

[Foxnut]

Woke up this morning to a blustery SD morning w/winds increasing as the day progressed. While we can start pheasant hunting at 9 a.m. MT where we are at we waited until about 9:45 to hit a shelter belt that we save for windy days such as this. It’s an L shaped belt that surrounds the rancher’s feed lot and cattle operations.

I used the new to me Sterlingworth S&U w/30” barrels choked M/F. A perfect gun for this scenario. I had Rosey w/me as we worked the shelter belt w/another hunter and Rosey’s 3 y/o niece out of Rosey’s full sister. We post blockers at the corner and end of the shelter belt. We were done within 40 minutes and every hunter had their 3 rooster limit for the day.

Four of us decided to focus on Sharptails for the early afternoon and worked an East West fence row w/corn stubble on the South side and Sunflower stubble on the North side w/several small slues and short weedy areas. By the time we started the afternoon hunt the temps were 20 degrees w/a steady 20 mph wind. We worked the fence row from opposite directions pushing birds towards each other. Pointing conditions weren’t ideal but we managed to pick up enough tight sitting stragglers to each get our three bird limit of Sharpies.

All in all a great windy, cold day in SD!!

[Jeff S]

WOW!!! That’s incredible that you found that many pheasants this late in the season. You’ll remember that day for a long time.

[Stan Hoover]

That’s some great shooting!

Howfar west in SD are you, those sharp tail look like big fun?