Pheasant Hunt

I recently covered a pheasant hunt at a private hunt club.  The birds were released European style and flew towards the hunters.  It offered great opportunities to get photographs of the birds in flight.  The weather was bitter cold and windy.  The morning started mostly cloudy but cleared a while later.  This is one of the prettiest shots where the rooster was not only close, but the sky was the bluest.  Very challenging to track the birds and keep them in focus.