Recent content by Rapscallion Vermilion

Good luck with that!! Do you see the size of the feet on those guys? Those are hobbits. Impossible to catch and insatiable appetites. The Kansas pheasants are doomed.

I think east of Colorado and north of Oklahoma nails it down well enough.

I wouldn't leave a cripple if I could help it - finish it off, but I wouldn't take it with me either.

I've shot O/Us, semi-autos, and SxSs and I shoot best on pheasants and quail with my 6 1/4 lb 16 gauge SxS. I don't notice the barrels at all. However, I do think the quicker you mount and shoot, the more important good fit is going to be. My 16 fits me better than any of my other guns. I've...

Yes! It sure does.

Kudos to you Brad. If I ever lose my dog, I hope someone like you is around to help out.

He sounds like a natural. I can't see your pic though, except for a strip at the top.

We hunted a different part of the state (SW corner) but noticed the same thing. A lot fewer birds to be seen while driving around. In the actually hunting, some fields were about the same as last year, and some were worse. It was the warmest conditions we've ever hunted in though and the...

The NY times article mentions Michael Pollan's book The Omnivore's Dilemma. I really enjoyed it, learned a lot about where most of our food comes from, and as a hunter enjoyed following the author along as he sought out someone to teach him how to hunt. I also appreciated his conclusion that...

Worn out but grinning ear-to-ear. Great pic.

Growing up back east, where hunters always outnumber the pheasants, this was a really hard thing for me to learn. Our group has teamed up with other groups that arrived on big sections the same time we did and its great how quickly the tensions ease when you start planning a hunt together.

Onpoint, I agree with you on the better flavor of plucked birds. It is a pain to pluck them dry, but worth it in my opinion. Much more moist. I even stuff butter under the skin before roasting them. The guys I know that skin them, most of my buddies among them, don't waste anything. We...

In short, yes. We put up with a couple of birds in the past because the land access was great and honestly we didn't really know what the norm was, but last year was over the top. We said we didn't want a repeat, hoping to turn things around, and that was pretty much the end of it.

I was wondering what everyone's take is on the Guides with Guns phenomenon. Have you hunted with a guide that carried a gun and shot his limit, maybe "helped" some of the other guys shoot theirs? Is this a common thing? We had a guide until this year. He dropped us because we complained...

dogman, GoBadgers, thanks for the cover tips. The cover you describe is very different from our usual WIHA areas. The one covey we did find on a WIHA was near an old tractor shed. On the private land we hunt, there are a lot more trees, brush lines, old farm equipment, etc.