Last weekend was the Iowa "pheasant opener" and four friends all raised in the "iron range" came down for a long weekend. Saturday, the actual opening day, was very nice and hunting was good. Sunday we had a horrid wind with a sustained wind speed of 45 with gusts over 55. Well, I would have written a day like that off and said it was a waste of time to even go out. The "rangers" went out anyway and harvested five roosters on an impossible day. Today was much better and before they left they got three more for a total of 17. Not bad for my little farm. The wind was so strong that it produced white caps on my six acre pond complete with mist blowing off the tops. The posted photo doesn't show the mist but does give one an idea of the force of the wind. Had to sit when I took it as couldn't stand up against the wind. A good time was has by all with plenty to hunt, eat and drink.
