Recent content by mcharlto88

Hey mstand, I'd be up for meeting up sometime. Unfortunately I don't have a dog(yet) so it's just me, but I'd love to go with somebody who knows of some good land and can give me some pointers. Where are you from/Where do you hunt?

Got the Browning BPS 12 Gauge last night! Unfortunately I have to wait a few weeks to actually go shoot it because I'm busy it seems like every weekend. Can't wait to get out and shoot it though! Won't be the first time shooting a gun, but it'll be the first time shooting my own gun!

I figured that would probably be the case, but since I know of a couple others in the state I thought maybe there would be some around the area.

Free as in a place that I don't have to pay a membership and don't have to pay to use the place I'm shooting. I'm just looking for an area where my and a buddy can go out and shoot some clays. It doesn't have to be a range or anything. Heck, if somebody knows of a field or pasture or something...

I've actually shot clays at a free range over by Coralville before that was a pretty nice place. They had a skeet range as well as a range for hand guns, rifles, shotgun(slugs), etc. I also had a guy send me a PM on this site that said there is a place West of Des Moines that is free, but it's...

I'm in the Des Moines/Ankeny area and am looking for a place to go shoot clays that is free. I've searched online all over the place and can't seem to find anywhere. Anybody know of any places in the area to shoot for free?

Kent, I sent you an IM. I'd be up for doing some hunting over in Guthrie county. Let me know if you got my message.

Yeah, that's a great point! :) I'm the kind of guy that knows when I post something like this that I will get a lot of varied answers. All this info at least gives me a starting point so I can go out and start. Not matter what(and I believe somebody else may have said this in the thread) it'll...

This also seems like good information for me to keep in mind! Thanks for your help! Right now a lot of this seems clear as mud, but I'm sure once I get out and actually start shooting with some different shells it will start to make sense. When you talk about round shot losing speed quickly, I...

This is probably a dumb question, but when you say 3 1/4- 1 1/4, what are you talking about here? I know I've seen these numbers on boxes of shells before, but I'm not exactly sure what they mean. Maybe somebody can explain what all the numbers on the box mean? Obviously there are some things I...

Thanks for taking my "rookie status" into consideration when answering my questions haha! I understand the purpose of chokes, but I guess I'm not sure how certain conditions make a difference as to what choke to use. Can you help explain this in laymans terms? Is there a general choke to use for...

Seems like great information that I can take with me to the ammo store! :) Thanks for your help! One question though, when you say "Any high brass shell" what do you mean by high brass?

I'm wondering what everybody's favorite ammo is for hunting pheasants? I've only been hunting a couple times and shot clays a few times, so I haven't had enough experience to really know what the differences are in different sizes, brands, etc. That said, can you kind of explain why you prefer...

I'm new to hunting and plan to go buy my first shotgun in the next week or two. I'm wondering if I can get some opinions on a couple options I've been looking at. The Browning BPS and the Remington 870 Express Super Mag. I was pretty set on the Browning, but saw that Bass Pro is having a sale...

It seems like I've seen a post about people's favorite hunting boots but I couldn't find it, so maybe I saw it on another forum. Anyways, I'm wondering what peoples favorite hunting boots are? Preferably something around $100(Give or take $20-$30). Something that's cool during the early season...