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I have seen them fight like this before. Just like chickens.

I am pretty good at marking birds. Like shooting in general, I believe if you aim small, you miss small. I tend to pick out a singular object like a cattail stalk and never break eye contact with it as I approach. My dogs beat me to the birds most often, but if they don't come up with it I...

Rick...you picked up on a couple of things that are in my mental checklist for finding pheasants. 1. Never take your eye off spot the rooster goes down. I pick out a specific blade of grass or cattail stem etc. 2. Even with the spot picked out don't beat the dog to the fall. Let dog get...

Without a doubt you would be better served practicing to make your first shot count than you would to make your second shot fast. Any of the clay games shot with regularity will improve your game shooting, but that improvement will be multiplied exponentially if you shoot low gun safety on...

I always take my empties as I am exclusively and o/u shooter for the last 15 years. Prior to that with semi-auto's and pump guns I never looked for hulls. I would pick them up if I saw them, but if I dumped them into snow or tall grass they were staying there. Duck hunting is different. 3 or...

I really hate to lose birds. Here are some of the thing I do to prevent it. 1. When I shoot a pheasant I pick out a distinct object where it fell. I focus on an individual piece of grass or something. I don't rush right to the area if the dog saw the fall. I let the dog get there first and...

You sounded pretty confident when you said I was suggesting something illegal, but don't provide anything to back up an assertion you stated as fact. You say I come off as argumentative, I just feel like when someone implies I am encouraging someone else to break the law they ought to be able...

Please list the state statute you are referencing....unless you are just talking. There is no restriction governing the transportation of cooked wild game that I have ever seen (MN, WI, ND, SD etc). If there was, a person baking a pheasant pot pie and taking it to his neighbors would be just...

I would bring a grinder, a dehydrator, and a Jerky cannon along. My buddies an I can turn a 6 man limit into Jerky in about 40 minutes (cooking time not included).

I use the chemical packets on the top of my hands in normal gloves like JMC mentions. LL Bean makes a waterproof 'Partridge Glove' that is a good combination for me of being thick enough to provide adequate warmth in the bitter cold, but with enough feel to work the safety and trigger on my...

A friend got a case of Prairie Storm for free when it came out. I think he still has it. It patterned an entire choke size tighter than a normal lead load (and patchy). It kicked like a mule, and it was LOUD! He went back to Fiochi Golden Pheasants and was a happy camper. For what it's...

2012 and 2013 were supposed to be 128,000 and 138,000 respectively. I have heard talk they were looking for an increased to 200,000 or 250,000 this fall, but I haven't seen that confirmed. As was mentioned, this is an estimate. Personally I have seen how the numbers have crashed and haven't...

I probably shouldn't complain since it was free. A farmer friend of mine in SD had passed away and his farm house was sitting untouched while the family settled ownership issues. We got an invite to use it for free for a week in December and when we showed up the once nicely kept up place had...

One year a buddy and I brought along a grinder and a food dehydrator on an early season trip. Every night at the hotel we would make Jerky that we were eating and giving away to farmer friends. We got a lot of sideways glances from our neighbors. If you've ever made Jerky in a hotel...

I hunt ruffed grouse as well as pheasant so I am fortunate that the ruffed grouse season runs mid September until the end of January. After the hunting season closes down I still do quite a bit of scouting and working spring Woodcock until the 'quiet' period (when the state says you can't be in...