Recent content by MiUplander

I'm normally a public ground hunter staying at mom and pop motels. Love to work for and earn the birds. Normally go to SD and ND with my buddy, but have hunted Kansas a few times on WIHA with limited success. Both my buddies have new pups and we'd like to get them on some quail this Fall as...

I'd like to return to Kansas for another hunt as I'd like to get into some quail (in addition to pheasant) with my pup. It was many years ago when I was there and was a bit disappointed in the public ground hunting. So I'm looking to hunt private ground for wild birds from a lodge or motel...

I've been enjoying trips out West for 26 yrs, and 20 with my buddy. We take a week around Thanksgiving and hunt for 6 days. Always public and staying at Mom and Pop motels. Hunted the usual....SD, ND, NE, MT, Iowa when it was good, and once over 10yrs ago in north central KS. Picked up a...

For my buddy and I that have been enjoying western hunts for going on 25 yrs this year, a good day is a chance at our limit. We always hunt public ground and hunt later in the season the week of Thanksgiving. Two guys walking later in the season with 1 or 2 GSP's putting up 6 roosters within...

I owe that to my dogs -- and the birds I pursue with them. I dunno ditchparrot......do you really owe it to either of them? I get what you're saying, but just getting my pups out in the field is what they really want. They seem to be just as happy on conditioning runs as bird hunts :) And I...

GP, we've got some areas to the north an hour or so that have been good for us in prior years. Sounds like you've seen good numbers around there :thumbsup: Best of luck on your return trip with your buddies.

Hi Jonny, We stay in Ft Pierre and hunt areas up to an hour or so away in all directions. Mix in some some sharpies in the grasslands makes for a great week. We know the area pretty well after umpteen trips, so we've got quite a few spots that always has birds. I PM'd you. Respond with your...

Hey johnnyB, if you're out in the Pierre area on the 20-24, I'd enjoy a day afield and/or a few beers in the evening. My buddy and I will be out with an older Viszla and prime GSP. We hunt the public ground pretty hard and know where we can earn our birds. Love to tag up if you're in the...

GPowers, sounds like a great trip. What area were you in? My buddy and I will be out in the Pierre area in 2 weeks. Like you, we hunt the public ground :cheers: Pheasants and sharpies for the week we're out :) Been doing it for 20 yrs. It's more special each year as my buddy comes home from...

I've been hunting with my buddy over 20 yrs and we normally try to shoot our own limit, as it's always just the two of us. But we've got a standing rule for multiple flushes in that either one of us can add to the "party" limit :cheers:

I've had a couple memorable ones. The first was about 15 yrs ago hunting with a buddy in Iowa, south of Des Moines down by the state line. Working the creeks beds for quail, the pups locked up on a nice size covey. I let my buddy have the honors and he whiffed on 4 straight shots with his...

Cheesy.......grouse hunting is nothing like hunting any other bird. You're tromping around thick poplar/alder thickets where you usually can't see any more than 15-20 yds ahead of you. Climbing over downed trees, ducking under low branches, getting slapped in the face or poked in the eye with...

Duppy, it sure is a winner for me in the grouse woods. It's a great snap shooting gun, which, as I'm sure you're aware, is essential to knocking down birds in the thick stuff. As far as using it in the pheasant fields or trap club......no way. Too light to swing through a bird. I've tried...

My perfect grouse gun is my Browning Citori Lightning O/U 16 with 24" barrels. It's very light, short so that you don't hit as many saplings when pulling on a bird, and the 16 ga has a few extra pellets over a 20 when all the leaves are still up in the early season. I've got plenty of other...

519vx, Really enjoying your adventure. Look forward to the pics when you get back. But that's one of the drawbacks of hunting alone.....no one to take you pic :( I've gotten pretty good at propping my camera up on a cooler or fencepost, and taking a self pic that way. Usually take two or...