Recent content by Quickdraw

No questions the labs ability to find cripple and hard to find dead bird. I bam saying abird dog will find far more birds than a waterfowl dog. I hunt with friends that own labs. When was the last time a lab became the Grand national champion never. W have 500 acres near white lake sd. A...

Have any of you guys that hunt pheasants with a duck dog ever hunted with a real bird dog? I know it's very common these days to use labs for pheasants but a good setter or pointer will run circles around a lab. My llewellin will find 10 birds to every one a lab finds. No offense I love all...

I have hunted sd 2or3 times per year for 27 years and have never seen a porkupine. Lots of skunks sounds like they are near and west of the river like the rattle snake s. I hope we never run into either. We have them here in Michigan but I've been fortunate enough not to tangle with one my...

I just bought a BPS 16 ga grade 3. It has nickle plated receiver with engraving on each side. Pheasants on one side duck on the other. It's ahandsom piece. I also have a field model 16. Glad to see I'm not the only one with the sickness

I have a 20 fixed choke imp and mod. I bought it around 1977 had it fitted for a lefty. I'm sure I've killed over 2000 pheasants with that gun. I spent more to have it rebuilt than what I originally paid I no longer shoot 3 inch magnums with it. I have a Benelli berretta citori couple 16 BPS...

Filson best one you can afford.

Maybe he should get rid of the wife peddle her stuff and get another dog. I get been wife less for 26 years and it ain't a bad way to go. I bought my first 320 8 years ago when my dog was apup. We use it almost every day I would not run a dog without one. Buy it and never look back maybe...

I am 60 this week. I bought my win 101 20 ga im mod in 1977. I had the factory rep rebuild the gun about 10 years ago. They told me no more 3 inch mag. It just beats the gun up. I also have 2 implants lower left from the shotgun breaking the root in my jaw. So I just shoot fiochi#5 2 3\4...

First day back since the opener. 2 old guys with 2 old dogs. We were done at 130 the sunset tonight was amazing. No place like SD

Most of my experiance with grouse has been down in NE, which imo is a real sleeper. Ive shot lots of grouse down there in Nov. The sandhills region. I always went to the lee side of the tallest hill I could find. Sneek over the top and the birds would be just off the crest sunning if...

Ive hunted sd for 22 yrs now. Some good years some not so good. For me 50 plus bird bag count is good year. I do buy a few licenses, make a few trips 864 miles one way. I like to hunt. We have some great land we own and I mix it up with some public and ditch hunting. I love ditch hunting...

I spoke with the guy that farms our ground earlier this week, he says bring plenty of shells lots of birds. I also called the vet I use out there she says driving around visiting clients she sees lots of birds way more than last year.

For the record I've never called in sick, not once at 54. More than a day I take my home with me. Lance TC with a 5x8 enclosed trailer if needed. I am packing now for a 3 week trip to SD and NE. I know where I am starting don't care where I end up. For day trips closer to home I just grab a...

I've shot my 20 101 for 35 years now. Cost me more to have it rebuilt than what I paid for it origionaly. #5 fiochi golden 2 3/4 the only shell I use anymore. Last year I took my 686 28 ga grouse gun as well. #5s in a 1 oz load knocked em dead . I kill way more birds than the guys lugging...

I run the garmin around the dogs neck and I put the t tronic trainer around his waist. A trainer showed me that. I generaly hunt alone. Last year in SD I knocked a bird down like dead. It was heavy tall cover. I went to where the bird should have been no bird no dog. I pulled the gps out...