Recent content by bigjohnsd

Gun Safety Biggest peeve is looking down the barrel of a gun. Second biggest is people not doing what they agree to do.

what, no Rogers Picture over here?

SD FIELD CROPS REPORT as of August 30th Ninety percent of corn is at or beyond dough stage, 26 percentage points above the previous year and 8 percentage points above the five-year average. Fifty-three percent is at the dent stage, above the 5 year-average of 42 percent. Corn is estimated at 2...

Tools - Snap On or Craftsman? I used to feel the way you do, the gun is a tool, a functional piece of equipment. But.......there is a difference between Craftsman and Snapon and I feel the same thing when I have the guns in my hand. Thus the 1100's the 11-87's have left the stable and a...

Miller Bet you really liked that heated shop to clean the birds in too!

Farm Burea/Road Hunting I think that the thread has become another debate on the age old question. I also don't think that the SD GF&P Commission will take this on as ith has been to the legislature many times and to the Supreme Court at least once. The system we have now seems to work. We...

Walmart 20 Ga PF Federal :) I really scored a big hit at Walmart in Brookings SD a week and a half ago. They were clearing out all of their Pheasant ammo and had the Federal 20 ga PF #5 loads marked down to $9.99 per box. I bought 4 boxes! When I went to check out the girl scanned the...

A Pair to draw to! Fausti "Style" model SxS, a 12 and a 20. 12 weighs 6# 14 oz, 20 weighs 6# 1 oz.

Cabelas Boots I really like the Cabelas Kangaroo Upland Goretex boots I have. They are the second pair I've owned. I had trouble with the welting on the toe wearing through but I figured out that if you coat the Welt with Krazy Glue it wears like iron. I have two seasons on my current pair...

Wisconsin Ruffed Grouse - Phillips area I hunted with some friends around the Phillips area from 10/03 thru 10/08. We had lots of flushes despite cold rainy weather. Lots of leaves still on the trees, lots and lots of ticks too. It was my first Ruffed Grouse hunt, tough cover, tough...

Both Eyes Open Have always shot my shotgun with both eyes open, I never see the rib, just focus on the white band on the neck and pull the trigger. The bird just falls out of the sky, when he doesn't I really wonder what the hell i did wrong :)

A) What type of Camping do you do? Old Dodge Class B Motorhome that I've rebuilt B) Why do you camp? Less expensive, enjoy being out in the field, like the solitude, dog likes it. C) What season do you camp most frequently? Fall - Bird season D) On average how much time is spent setting up your...

My Sable is almost 15 and he has a hard time on the stairs now but still tries to jump into the truck when i go to coffee in the morning. He gets the front end in but i have to lift the back. Certainly not looking forward to the day either. My condolences.

We used to hunt Bandtailed pigeons in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountains in California when i was a kid. You had to scout to find out where the pigeons flew over the ridges between their roost and the acorns then set up and wait early in the am and late in the evening. fast and...

When I'm out just scouting around looking for a new place to hunt. CRP or weedy field on one side of the road, Wheat stubble or cut corn field on the other. Road ditches are bound to hold birds. Out west in the plains of SD I look for the creeks, stock dams, draws etc.. any structure near a...