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We saw a lot of birds on Saturday but the fog made it kind of miserable. It was hard to see and the grass was wet which made the clothing and boots wet and cold. Once the sun burned the fog off it turned out to be kind of nice and we were able to shoot some birds. The birds we shot sat pretty...

Downtown Bang thank you for your response to my reply. All the time I was writing it I was thinking this is going to make him mad and that was never my intent. I didn't know your background and because I am older than many on here & I have seen other people do things and I myself have done...

Downtown Bang! I think that before you begin to invest in an upland paradise you should first really think about what it is you really want. If all you want is access to great upland hunting opportunities then I would forget about buying property and think about just finding the best places...

I switched to 100% steel shot last season because I didn't want to find myself in the middle of public ground carrying a vest and gun full of lead. I hunt with a 20 gauge OU and shoot exclusively 2 3/4" 7/8 with 6 shot. Everyone I hunt with use 12 gauges and they shoot lead with 5 shot in...

That is an interesting theory and it may be right but, this has been a strange year. I think it may have to do more with the weather this year. It has been so warm and windy this fall that I am finding that fields with lots of birds in them one day may not have hardly any a week or so later...

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Here are a few of the pictures I thought I would share. I took them after hunts in late November and early December 2017. I am blessed to have good hunting habitat, great dogs and good dogs & awesome friends to hunt with.

Hey guys I agree the first couple of weeks of the season were weird., lots of hens and not many birds. But I have had good luck since about Thanksgiving week. I have been working the grass edges of almost any cover. I stay away from the center of fields unless there is heavy cover then I hunt...

A good pheasant hunting day for me starts before daylight with a great breakfast of hot coffee, bacon and eggs. I feed the dogs, load the truck and head out to one of my favorite spots. If there is two to three inches of fresh snow on the ground that is a definite plus in my book. I like...

Clippers are a choice but you should also try a product called Cowboy Magic. It is a product that horse owners use to get burrs out of horses manes and tails. I have a Springer and use it on her when she gets into the burrs. It comes in a 10 ounce bottle you squeeze a little out and work it...

I have been working on "place" with my dog for a while now. I am a little older and hunt with a group of younger guys where everyone has at least one dog some two. We try to hunt only a few dogs at a time so we always have fresh dogs. I think I can use "place" on my dog when either her or I...

Nice video. Great dog work, it's nice to have a dog that retrieves so good when some of the shots are not fatal. Pretty sure you didn't loose many birds. Thanks for sharing.

Thread: NE Iowa ?? Reply to Thread You will not have to go far to get into some birds. Check out Butler County and Franklin County. My advice is go to the Iowa DNR website and look for the public hunting areas in either of those two counties. Butler County has some good IHAP areas too.

Browning A5 sweet 16 or Benelli ultralight 12 Reply to Thread PTH, I don't know a lot about either gun. What I can tell you is a friend of mine won an A5 Sweet 16 at the local PF banquet. I asked him to let me take a look at it the other day so we put it together and I just brought it up to...

Josh, Nice looking pup. Nice to see pics please keep us posted as she amtures and the training intensifies.