Stepped out kitchen door late afternoon to see two roosters land, cackling, in the CRP along Barn Draw 100 yards from the porch. Covey raved after them, but I was able to call her back, grab 28 ga. Mossberg SA International, @wildfowlerconcealment vest, handful of Kent 7.5s, and go to work. Covey got real birds about 300 yards from the house, right on the brink of the creek where she’d pointed a pair of roosters two days before. I took two steps toward her and a rooster exploded not 5 feet away. I shot much to soon, but even so the rooster plummeted into the nasty hawthorn thicket deep in the creek bed. Covey couldn’t find it, but I knew the 3/4- ounce load of 7.5s had crushed it. Thorough search uncovered it resting peacefully in these thorny branches, snow flakes beginning to coalesce atop the hot glow of its breast feathers. So far this season on Dancing Springs Ranch the 28 ga. is 5 for 5 on ringnecks. @mossbergcorp @wildfowlerconcealment #28gauge #28gaugeshotgun #kentcartridge #pheasanthunting #pheasantsforever @pheasants_forever @pheasantbob #coveydog #beirlsetters #dancingspringsranch #ronspomeroutdoors #wildfowlerconcealment #mossbergshotgun #ringneck #rooster @kent_cartridge

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