Pheasant Hunting was disappointing

Me and three buddies all got our limits, one (untrained lol) dog, 4 hens and 4 cocks, last one to the game lands and the first ones to leave, only walked 2 fields only there 45min, so far my best pheasant year, in Grove city

Were giving it a go again Friday, should be loads of pheasants after this stocking. Ed

His fingers are so tired from plucking feathers that he cant even type on the computer!

I got 2 pheasants Friday and 2 pheasants yesterday (Saturday)
 
Seen a giant buck running the fields so I archery hunted last evening there. My GF passed on a small legal  buck 20 yards from her. She also got her first pheasant yesterday. Ed

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Had a decent day yesterday until we ran into a little bit of controversy.
 
Started off well with each of us bagging a rooster.  Our strategy was to force some birds into a thick area.  Then as we lined up to take the next section of cover, a guy bypasses us and cuts in about 200 yards ahead.  We hold our ground to let him get out further so that neither of us is in danger.  We watched as his dog flew three roosters.  But there were no shots.
 
We found no birds in that pass.  In the next stetch of cover we put two more in the bag, leaving one to go.  One of the guys with us only gets to pheasant hunt the one day of the year we take him, so it is pretty important to us for him to get his last brd.
 
As we turn to take another piece of cover, again a thick area that we forced birds into, the same guy jumps ahead of us by 100 yards.  Again we wait so that he is not in danger.  His dog flies another bird.  Again, no shot.
 
We work thorugh the cover an find nothing.  While taking a lsight break, the guy comes up and jumps in right in frontof where we are standing.  His Brit goes on point and he motions for us to come over.  We did not.  His do breaks point and a rabbit runs acorss the path.
 
So that we don't run into hm again, we ask where he is going and he responds that he is leaving.  We notice that he has no gun and is only wearing an orange cap.
 
We wait until we firgure he is inthe parking lot, about 1/3 of a mile away before taking onthe last fence row of cover.  The Pointers lock down a bird in the fence row, but before our guy can move in on it, the other guys dog swoops in out of nowhere and busts the bird out from under the point.  So much for our friends last chance.
 
We work a little further toward the car and we can hear the guy in the parking lot yelling and whistling for his dog while it runs around wild where we are hunting.  100 yards furhter and the Pointers lock again.  As the guy who needs to punch his ticket moves toward the point, the loose Brit busts that one as well.  The whole time we can hear the guy standing inthe parking area yelling for the dog.
 
This is getting a little old.  But we hunt on.
 
Another point and another rip thorugh by the Brit and another busted bird.  Our guy does manage a shot at the bird and he gets some feathers, but the bird keeps rolling.  The Pointers see the feathers and are off for the retrieve.  But so is the Brit.  I whistle my dogs off because the last thing I needs is a dog fight over a wounded bird.
 
We pack it in and head for the car.  The guy is still there yelling for his dog.  We tell him we saw him 300 yards back running wild and let him know we are not happy about it busting birds out form under our points -- not even mentioning how he cut us off -- especially when he was not hunting.
 
While we are packing up, he yells that here comes his dog with a bird.  He tries to get the bird and the dog runs off with it.  He asks for help and one of our party goes ith him to help get the bird.  When they return, the guy immediately leaves and our guy i just shaking his head.  He said that the dog just didn't listen and even snapped at him.
 
I'll take someone crossing my line anytime rather than someone, who is not hunting, letting their dog just run wild and ruining the experience.

More like DH and I don't mean designated hitter.

^ Guy was retired and works (might even own it) at a local preserve.  When we were talkiing he said it was poker night at his house and he was just trying to wear the dog out so it would sleep and not bother the players.
 
If the guy were hunting, I would have been more okay with the cut offs, not happy, but more okay.  But there is no excuse for standing in a parking lot 1/2 mile from where you last saw your dog screamng for it while it runs wild through a group of hunters.
 
This is what e-collars are for.  And I don't mean on the Brit.

I did have a short discussion about his dog running wild and busting birds from under our points.  My firend had a slightly different discussion after the dog snapped at him.