East meets West, birds meet lead, people well fed

Under the expert guidance of Lord Kadizzle, Ned bagged some pheasants at the estate's hunting preserve south of Hazen. A wonderful day for a hunt arrived with the morning sun. Lord Kadizzle shot a wonderful double with two long shots. The birds tried a new tactic. Instead of the usual escapes to the north and south they took an eastern flight today. It seemed easy to follow them into the field of high weeds and give them a dust up, but when we got there they managed to vanish. However, we did find a few of the wiley critters in the CRP field to the east. Some hunting mistakes were made. Someone forgot to take the safety off, and at one time failed to have a shell in the chamber. Another member of the party missed an easy shot. All in all it was a wonderful day. Had the shooting been perfect four more birds would have been in the pot, but such is the nature of the game.