Recent content by MNSpaniels

Here's a link to the Pheasant Summit report card. http://files.dnr.state.mn.us/fish_wildlife/habitat/prairie/pheasantaction/pheasant_action_rcard.pdf#view=fit

I'd like to see the percent change listed by route. It is likely that areas with significant loss of habitat, which there are a lot, can't sustain pheasant numbers regardless of the weather. However, those pockets of the pheasant range which have held on to habitat (regardless of where they...

The money you're spending to get the dog trained properly is money well spent. Yes, you could just take her to a game farm and throw some birds at her but a professional trainer is going to train her not just to find birds but also to be mannerly. The fact you're willing to spend the money on...

Thanks, nice looking dog.

Brittman, what's the breeding of your Brittany? French or American?

Nice looking dog, lots to be proud of. My Springer is turning 7 this fall, time flies. I'm a lucky man, with two young daughters and a wife, but I can't help notice my Springer's hair is starting to grey a bit and feel a pang of guilty regret as I cancel days in the field for one thing or another.

Sorry, I hand load so no suggestions on manufacturers. For shot size, if using lead no. 7 otherwise no. 6 for non-toxic (add some speed if using non-toxic, don't need some of the ridiculous speeds available now though). Good luck, I used to primarily hunt pheasants but now starting to primarily...

I'll be heading out for Sharptails and Ruffies. I'll be leaving Friday about 3 am and plan on spending most of the day scouting Sharptail locations. I won a Prairie Chicken license this year, so I'll be doing some scouting in my zone as well Friday. Right now, no rain is predicted for the...

LOL! So true, but I won't let them stop me. I love walking in after them and finding birds they and their dogs walked past. I call it my once a year self esteem boost (it's even better when they're still parked at the area :cool:).

busterdog: "That is one county and $300 is more like it here." $300 an acre for rent now? Even when corn was around $8 that was really good rent. The best I heard of, when the sky was the limit was $325 (and smart operators were calling that crazy). Paying that now, or expecting it, with the...

$250 is very much in the mix of competitive rent. We're talking continuous sign-up, not general. Continuous sign-up targets EXACTLY the type of land where buffer strips would be required. http://murray-countymn.com/mc/pdfs/FarmRentalRates.pdf Regarding ditches, water will always find the...

It could be a good time to push this through. I think right now, a lot of farmers and farm organizations are trying to digest the implications. However, given that the highest paying CRP right now is around water, I'd think a smart farmer would just comply and enroll in CRP (my dad enrolled all...

I've never hunted in SD, but, if it's anything like Western ND, I don't think I want to. I went out to Western ND once. The pheasants were like chickens. Hanging around in peoples' yards and groves, walking around in field stubble. Getting a limit was easy and I ended up just sitting around the...

I haven't been there in years, so I can't speak to current conditions. However, about 15 years ago I was a member. When I'd go during times it was open to nonmembers it was a zoo and the birds were not that great of fliers. Also, if you didn't have a large group (which I was often alone), you'd...

I'd be up for it.