Montana 2020 Sharpies & Huns part 2

Second episode of my Montana trip for sharptails and Hungarian partridge. We find good bird numbers and have a great time.
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[@zackmay925]

Great video! I always leave my keys in the truck - nothing worse than losing keys..

[@pisom4314]

thank you for sharing!!! it looked like a great trip.. beautiful country you were in!!!

[@marvinlacsina2662]

Hey Eric, I always watch atleast one of your hunting videos every morning while I’m taking my coffee (that somehow makes me start my day), and this is one of my favorites… that last point of Sisi (your dog, not sure how you spell it) where the field was so plain then all of a sudden a huge covey of huns suddenly emerged… that’s really Epic man. Thanks for sharing and hope you keep on doing them Sir.👍🏻

[@ericforrester1]

Thanks Marvin! I agree, that flush was one of my all time favorites! 👍

[@benwarner8995]

That final sequence where the huge covey of huns got up at your feet was outstanding! I am so fired up now for our chukar and hun opener this Saturday! Also, your shooting looked really on point this trip.

[@ericforrester1]

It was an epic flush for sure! You in Oregon?

[@ventureoutdoorswithkirk]

Looks like nice numbers up there this year. Might have to do a road trip. Really like MT.

[@Mikey-cm7xs]

You’re doing a great job man. I really enjoy watching your videos time after time

[@ericforrester1]

Thank you! 👊

[@kylewilliamson5020]

I just wanna say that I just found your channel and I absolutely love it, keep up the great work.

[@ericforrester1]

Thank you!

[@cordsullivan8223]

This was my first year bird hunting went with my grandpa to South Dakota and I am hooked... the losing the keys I did the exact opposite and I looked my keys in my truck before we started hunting on the very first days all guns and vest locked in while it was 20 degrees out lol... but this year definitely has me hooked looking into getting a dog of my own and more trips in the future for sure

[@ericforrester1]

That’s awesome! Glad you had a good time and welcome to the club!👊 Just so you know, if you get your own dog you will be completely obsessed!

[@jmelrose240]

Love your videos! I’m in Nebraska and Upland hunt regularly with my dogs. I’d like to see you get the Nebraska Upland Slam one year!

[@shawnaculver8296]

Love to watch you video never been to Montana would like to try that this year

[@markeaton802]

Hi Eric , great video it is helping me get through lock down in the UK. Love them sharpies and huns .We can run our dogs on red grouse and pheasant (plus a bit of goose hunting) .I run a smooth vizsla and my mate a vizsla x GSP cross. We have trained both dogs to stop on flush and not to run in to shot .We then decide which bird the dogs are allowed to retrieve .

[@ericforrester1]

Thanks Mark! Very cool! Stay healthy.

[@llucq1]

Great hunt, beautiful dogs

[@carlosponce8269]

Your videos are fantastic Eric

[@ericforrester1]

Thanks Carlos! 👊

[@samsmith7150]

Awesome trip!! Making every birdhunter jealous haha

[@psathp30]

Beautiful video Eric!

[@ericforrester1]

Thank you!

[@bellegladesportsman5739]

BTW. great videos and superb shooting.

[@tylerzimmer1553]

Eric I want to do exactly what you are doing. Just wondering if you have any videos of the truck arrangements, sleeping, etc.? Love the videos you do great work, love the dog work.

[@ericforrester1]

Thanks Tyler! I do have a video on the truck/camp setup and other subjects on my Patreon page, www.patreon.com/ericforrester

[@scottfuller9950]

Fantastic video! Awesome dog work

[@ericforrester1]

Thanks Scott! 👊

[@cole6089]

This is a great video, thanks for sharing 👍

[@ericforrester1]

Thanks! 👊

[@robertcalamusso4218]

Thx Great vids. Good info. Nice dog work

[@ngn_vetpath]

Thanks for the incredible work Eric. That accident happened to me an actually I lost both the car keys and my cellphone during a training session. Never was able to find them and I had to walk to civilization with my dog on the leash to ask for help. Fortunately I didn’t have dogs locked in the car.

[@ericforrester1]

Thanks Nikolaou! Yes I was very fortunate to find the keys. I’m not sure how many days I would have been stuck there but it would have been bad. It was a good lesson, I will always have a spare key from now on!

[@GaryBlankenship96b40]

Also diversity of birds makes good teaching also pheasant quail grouse chukar . One reason considered grand slam in idaho

[@GaryBlankenship96b40]

Considered idaho section 45 and western part of 54. Upper peninsula mi grouse. But need grassy fields for these pups

[@horizanadventures]

I used to raise about 3,000 huns a year. I have never hunted them, but have seen them while hunting. I know how jumpy they can be.

[@salvadorguzman5067]

nice video i m new hunting and i learning much more thanks for sharing

[@robertevans9387]

Nicely done

[@kyleduncan221]

Love it! Hard to beat a big covey of Huns in your face!!

[@ericforrester1]

Amen brother!

[@eddybkbk4962]

I just love female dogs and this sisi is awesome!

[@charlesharakal4892]

Awesome videos!!! Now I know what my next hunting road trip will be for. Have you ever hunted this area around Thanksgiving? Thats the only time in the fall I have enough time off to make the trip. Was thinking of trying Nebraska(how I found your channel).

[@ericforrester1]

I’ve never been there in November but there seemed to be plenty of pheasant and a few huns running around so I bet it would be good.

[@dontcallmetravis]

Fun video! Good job!

[@ericforrester1]

Thanks!

[@nomadeland8913]

I just subscribed to your channel.. great videos..🙏😊, Regards from Denmark

[@ericforrester1]

Thank you!

[@Jraab18]

I hunt pheasants in PA all stocked birds. This looks awesome!!

[@ericforrester1]

Yes it is! 👍

[@bobbygreen2291]

Great footage , and I don’t know how it could get better

[@ericforrester1]

Thank you!

[@bobbygreen2291]

We always hide our keys near the truck especially when there are more than one hunter

[@callmecamo2]

Another great video! How good of table fare are the huns and sharpies? As good as a pheasant?

[@ericforrester1]

Huns are good. Similar to phez and quail, light meat and mild. Sharpies are dark meat and are good if you treat like beef and cook medium rare. They get tough when over cooked.

[@gmexican18]

I like ur videos I was wandering what shotgun you use

[@ericforrester1]

Benelli Ethos

[@jst07111]

I'm jealous. My season here in WA hasn't started yet but my lab and I are ready and living vicariously through you. Where were you? Nearest town? Was it public or private land? Thanks.

[@ericforrester1]

I was all over the eastern side of the state. All public or block management.

[@christinepullar8208]

Hello I appreciate what you have put together I would love to talk through how you are putting together your film most of the presentations lack your level of quality can we discuss your techniques privately I love in nz a hunt mainly wild birds

[@jeremyshearer9792]

Eric you are a great shot, do you hit the clay course often?

[@ericforrester1]

I don’t shoot many clays but with hunting, training, and trialing I get some practice.

[@toddvanvooren8028]

Are places to hunt relatively easy or hard to find? I absolutely want to go to Montana to hunt sharpies and Huns. I hunt pheasant and quail in central Kansas every year. You saw lots of young pheasants on this trip. I’ve never hunted sharpies. Great videos brother!

[@ericforrester1]

It’s pretty easy, similar to Kansas. I have OnX but there are online maps and even nice big paper maps they will send to you.

[@johnhutcheson8869]

@@ericforrester1 So you are referencing maps of public land ? Can you give me a link? ~Hutch

[@ericforrester1]

myfwp.mt.gov/fwpPub/planahunt

[@toddvanvooren8028]

@@ericforrester1 thanks for the info!!!! I plan on making a trip next year.! Keep the videos coming . Love the dog work❤️👍😊

[@johnhutcheson8869]

For $5.00 you can make a door key, wire it to the frame...at leastyou can open the truck and get to the water.

[@bellegladesportsman5739]

Before I make my observation I must commend you on some great dogs who find birds. I've hunted with dogs who were lacking. However I also hunted with dogs who were trained to be steady to wing and shot. I've noticed that ur dog break point when the bird flush. Do u specifically train them that and if so why???

[@ericforrester1]

Yes I allow them to break at the flush

[@uplandknight5782]

What camera are you using Eric? Christmas is coming and thinking of getting one.

[@ericforrester1]

GoPro Hero 8 Black. There is a newer model out now but I don’t know much about it.

[@uplandknight5782]

@@ericforrester1 ty sir

[@benjamintaylor3082]

What gauge/load/shot size are ya using for this hunt?

[@ericforrester1]

12 ga 7.5 shot

[@toddvanvooren8028]

I just subscribed to your channel. I would love to hunt Montana. Are you on public ground?

[@ericforrester1]

Thanks! Yes all public and block management.

[@philipmorphew6301]

Hide a key!

[@mikenixon5936]

What part of Montana?

[@frankchance557]

Are you sleeping in the back of the truck? It would be interesting in seeing your setup.

[@ericforrester1]

I sleep in the cab. I have a video on Patreon that covers the truck setup.

[@GaryBlankenship96b40]

I am pulling my hair out deciding where to go. I have 2 pups and need same experience . Get them on wild birds where did you go and does a rtv help you or is it worth taking? Public land?

[@Okay17282]

Do u know where this is in Montana

[@GaryBlankenship96b40]

@@Okay17282 i do not but looks good terrain for dogs

[@jayrobertson232]

Snakes

[@GaryBlankenship96b40]

@@jayrobertson232 do you snake train your dogs? In texas most annually do that

[@GaryBlankenship96b40]

@@jayrobertson232 i also thought the further north you go less likely to get snakes because too cold

[@tyanderson3206]

Hey Eric what cameras do you use if you don't mind me asking?

[@ericforrester1]

I use a GoPro 8 Black.

[@tyanderson3206]

@@ericforrester1 Thanks man. You have the best pointing dog upland hunting on youtube by far.

[@ericforrester1]

Thanks Ty, I appreciate that! 👊

[@GaryBlankenship96b40]

Lord looking out for you lol

[@user-co1oe2xu8s]

Эрик что за камера?.

[@g-man2228]

Any Sagehen’s Eric...?

[@ericforrester1]

No. I wasn’t in an area with sage grouse.

[@WyomingUpland]

Sharptails - schmarptails...hey, show us more of your transport vehicle! It looks like you could conquer a 3rd world country with that thing. Oh, glad you found the keys....could of been a category 5 bummer :)

[@ericforrester1]

😆 yeah I’d hate for a silly thing like ground clearance to get between me and the birds! Yes it was a good lesson, always have a spare set of keys!

[@WyomingUpland]

@@ericforrester1 Actually, I was referring to the organization in interior of your vehicle @ 22:24 , especially those dog boxes. Do they extend the entire length of the bed? It would be cool to sometime see a video of your setup

[@ericforrester1]

Bird Doggin Wyoming yes the boxes are full length so I can fit 2 dogs per hole(6 total)

[@horizanadventures]

Its good to see a video where the dogs are actually retrieving the birds. Instead of these wall banging mutts that the owner. Has to go over and pick them, or the dog drops the bird in front of them.

[@RustySprocket]

What loads were you using? Were they reloads?

[@ericforrester1]

No, they were new 7.5

[@RustySprocket]

@@ericforrester1 Are you still on the non-tox train?

[@ericforrester1]

Yes but I had to shoot some lead this year because of availability.

[@RustySprocket]

@@ericforrester1 Boss ammo

[@ericforrester1]

Yeah they were out of the loads I wanted but I have heard good things about them.

[@uplandknight5782]

Your new name....Triple E ;)

[@ericforrester1]

😆

[@shannonharris898]

Are you hunting Block Management, BLM or Private?

[@ericforrester1]

All open to the public

[@dogstar8871]

just heard you on 'Wing Addiction' podcast - just as you mentioned there, I also got into wild bird hunting with a pointing dog through training (especially for competition) - did that after learning the value of wild birds in training - I've got a brittany, currently AKC Senior Hunter and Field Champion titled - dog is steady till released in competition and steady till fall on the hunting field - every time I watch videos like this, I have to ask: why isn't the best dog on the field trained at least steady to shot ? you know it's not that hard to do and you know you'd loose 3 sec. (at the most) on the retrieval chase - I never shoot a bird my dogs bust or chase on flush and I rarely loose a cripple - surely you also know that if steady to shot you never have to pull a shot for safety of the dogs - with all respect, this is not rhetorical, I'm genuinely curious: why do you let your dogs chase on flush ?

[@johnbeebe7821]

How is your shotgun choked on those smaller wild birds

[@ericforrester1]

I run more open chokes. IC in my Ethos.

[@GaryBlankenship96b40]

I am actually gary Blankenship using my wife's account fyi

[@jayrobertson232]

Ha ha ha, she had me going!😝

[@GaryBlankenship96b40]

@@jayrobertson232 im looking forward to this season for new places and bird species. Otdered a 2022 dodge ram 3500 with high output cummins to pull rv and can go almost anywhere to hunt

[@shanemitchell4516]

U breed ur dogs and sell

[@ericforrester1]

Yes. ghostpointwirehairs.com