A Long Walk for a Chicken...

Bird Hunting As Calorie Negative

My first pheasant of the 2024 season.

I am fond of saying that hunting birds, especially upland birds, is an entirely calorie negative endeavor. Long walks, tired legs, soreness — all leading to a bird or three.

This can’t possibly be worth it, can it?

I contemplated this as I high-stepped through mats of reeds and bulrushes and cattails in a dried-up w…