Recent content by JoelC

Report from last week in North Central SD. As mentioned earlier my son and I were out last Wednesday and back to Minnesota on Saturday. Hunted mostly private land and a few public WPA’s. It is crazy dry out there. All small ponds and sloughs are completely dry. My farmer friends...

Bman, what part of the state are you hunting?

Pine Shadows Day Break north of Aberdeen. Go to Pine Shadows Kennels web site for information. You can tell Mark Haglen that Joel Conrad sent you.

My son and I will be ot west of Aberdeen next week for 4 days. Will hunt both public and private land. Two terrific dogs, my 10 yeqr old Griffon and his 7 year old springer. Have been hunting central MN so far this fall and doing ok each time out. I am just not sure what to expect next...

I use an O/U and like to take my time to see the bird well. I for years have used a modified in my lower barrel and full in the upper. Always use lower barrel first. This has worked well in field trials where we want a bit longer challenging retrieve. Also with wild birds they get...