On the land · 2 min read
A bird that flushes toward the road is not your bird
A bird that flushes toward the road is not your bird. It is smaller than the day, and that is the point. Look at the road, the house, and the stock first.
At the truck
Then let the bird go when the background is wrong. Mark the turn-around time before you mark anything else.
The slip
Watch for a swing that follows the bird into a bad background. If it is already true in the parking area, it will be worse a mile in.
The check is the gun stays down when the background is wrong. Fail it and you are done for the morning. That is a successful use of the note.
Keep on the land boring. Boring means you came home with the same people you left with.
A field note, not legal advice. Check the season, the species rules, and whether you have permission to be on the land.