Frank's outdoors...

November every year comes with an annual trip to Kansas to hunt pheasants.  More accurately, this was the 3rd annual hunt, but another amazing trip.  We shot our limit for 3 days, and the weather was terrific (Read: cold and windy).  Thanks to Don's Guide Service for the being an outstanding outfitter! After the trip on the way home, we did have a terrible car accident.  By miracle both my father-in-law and I survived with scratches, bumps and bruises but walked away.  For that I am eternally thankful.  This is the time of year to be intentionally thankful, and I am doing just that. Enjoy the photos: The crew and a days limit PawPaw and Rowdy a 5 mo old German shorthair Me & Rowdy

My crew and I experienced another amazing hunt with Don's Guide Service in Glen Elder, KS!  Don and his wife Cheryl are wonderful hosts and got us on wild Kansas pheasants. We got there on Sunday evening right as the first real cold front was moving through northern Kansas, and it was in the upper 20's at 4pm.  Dinner was on the table and the drinks were in hand.  By Monday morning for our first hunt, it was 17 degrees with a 15mph wind!  It did warm up to the 40s each day, and in the low 50s on Wednesday. We had 7 hunters in our crew.  7 hunters, 3 days, 4 birds per day limit... so we were shooting for 84 birds.  We came up 1 short for the hunt!  Great hunt! Enjoy the photos!

Thanks to my father-in-law and some of his ol friends, I had the opportunity to go pheasant hunting for the first time in Glen Elder, KS.  We hunted with Don's Guide Service , and it was TOP NOTCH!  Don and his wife, Cheryl, had us on birds all week, and they were great to hang out and hunt with.  Good people. Don and his wife have 13 German Shorthaired Pointers that work the field like pros.  Seeing those dogs on point was a thrill.  When the birds flushed, hearing the roosters crow as they take off was a heart pounding experience I'll never forget!  We hunted 3 days, and took limits (4 per person and we had 6 hunters) 2 days, and on the third day I only hunted half day in order to get to the airport, but I assume they got another limit.  I took a Browning Silver Hunter automatic and a Fausti over-under.  Don quickly told everyone to put the over-under back in the case.  You can take the plug out of your autos and hunt with 5 rounds, wh...