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A Long Walk for a Chicken...

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Bird Hunting As Calorie Negative

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Hank Shaw
Oct 22, 2024
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Hank Shaw holding a pheasant.
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…

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