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Happenings
Fall/Winter 2011-12
Summer 2011 Winter
2010-11
Fall 2010
Summer 2010
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Spring
is arriving rapidly on the prairie. We have had a several weeks of visits
from the many migrating snow geese. These thousands were in section 13,
on the southern edge of Daybreak last Tuesday evening.
A large number of nesting pairs of
Canada geese are present throughout the farm. Water levels are down, but
every pond has ducks. The pheasants had an easy winter; we are especially
encouraged seeing flocks of hens.
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Morgan
has utilized the Daybreak fields a number of times this late winter for
dog training. He brings about fifteen dogs out to prepare them for the
spring field trial season during which he will compete in 8 to 10 trials throughout
the Midwest. Helping this time were Ross C., Mark R., Lynn C., Steve K.,
Mark and Morgan.
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We brought in the New Year at Daybreak.
The weather was nice for several hours of pheasant hunting with our English
springer spaniel gun dogs. Front Row, l to r, Merlin, Zia, T.A., Middle
Row, Pelli, Joannie, Sophie, Back Row, Hadley
the Buttermaker.
The winter was quite mild
throughout. Not much snow to restrict movement of the game, not much cold
to endure.
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In
mid-November we hosted Eric Mathiowetz and his
brother Todd Dahna of Mountain Lake, MN. Eric
was the winner of the Million Dollar Bird Hunt promoted by Ron Schara’s Productions (RSP), the Aberdeen CVB and Pine
Shadows Daybreak.
Eric
became aware of the contest through Pine Shadows Facebook. Besides the Pine Shadows
huntsmen and springers Eric and his brother were hunting with Minnesota
Bound personality Bill Sherck and his
associates. RSP is filming the entire weekend for stories to be presented
on Minnesota Bound, Due North, and Pheasants Forever
Television over the next year and a half.
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Great group of friends with
the Minnesota Bound (RSP) group for the Sunday hunt at Daybreak: Morgan,
Jake Gibb, (RSP), Casey Weismantel, (Aberdeen
CVB), Larry Brenner, (RSP), Aaron
Achtenberg, (RSP), Bill Sherck, (RSP), Eric Mathiowetz,
(contest winner), and his brother Todd Dahna.
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Good friends, two pair of
father/sons, a group of eager hunting dogs, a batch of birds – priceless.
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December hunts – frozen
ponds, grouped birds, clear weather - a delight for hunters.
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September: Early season goose
hunt brought some excitement. Hunter Barnett, one of the farm staff,
hosted his brothers and his girlfriend for a great hunt.
Crops are still in so birds
have a lot of hiding places. We have flushed a few coveys of young
pheasants.
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September: One afternoon we were looking out the east door of
the barn watching a nyde of four roosters and
six hens scratching in the wheat stubble. A pair of roosters comes running
across the field to the group.
They
begin to display their wares and pick a fight with each other. The show
lasted about five minutes and they chased each other into the woods. The
remaining pheasants continued to scratch for another thirty minutes.
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October: Our first groups on the first week of the
month. Hunters came from Oregon, Arizona, and Winnipeg, Manitoba. Weather
is very warm, lots of south wind. We are finding birds in the grass
adjacent to the wheat stubble.
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This group of avid sportsmen from Milwaukee have hunted with us for
several seasons. This year they brought five of their own springers along
for the hunt.
Besides chasing pheasants some from this party had duck licenses
also. Each day we lured an interesting variety including wigeon, gadwall,
teal, mallard and pintail over the blocks for nice shoots.
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appreciate these improvements also. reallydlo\ng grass
fields and the CRP areasparticipated in the the big hillside food plot t
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For some of our hunters, pheasant camp is extra special
as it brings together old friends for their annual visit - the
conversations, the campfire, the party, the hunting, the memories
made.
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As
the corn harvest progresses we see more game, pheasants and deer, as they
no longer have those many acres in which to hide and eat during the day.
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Morgan examines a banded
rooster shot by one of our guests. The Aberdeen Convention and Visitor’s
Bureau has a hunting season promotion “The Million Dollar Bird”. They
released a hundred birds throughout Brown County, each worth a hundred
dollars if bagged and turned in. In addition, the lucky hunter is entered
into a drawing which may have a reward of a million dollars. Good Luck
Don!
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November: The South Dakota Wheat Growers
and their guests have been enjoying several days of fine weather and
great hunting. This week we have introduced Dakota Pheasant Hunting to folks
from Massachusetts, Colorado, Texas, Connecticut, Minnesota, Arizona and
Missouri.
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Fall Pheasant Hunting, the way it ought to be.
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Call Mark 218.821.1295
218.829.4736
Ó Daybreak 2012
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