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Cenex!

Are pheasants supposed to fall when you shoot?

My shooting has been good except for the roosters that flush close and back at me. I get jammed.

Ha! It survived. I managed to disassemble and reassemble without any damage.

I know the Mississippi River bottoms well. I live 3 miles from the river. I broke through a frozen slough one time in 8 degree weather while deer hunting. My prized Winchester 71 .348 was underwater in the hand that I needed to get upright. I got to shore and wrung out my clothes best I could...

Got lost hunting grouse in WI Chequamegon NF. Late in the day and I was completely turned around. I made my way out but it was not fun.

It’s a good idea to calibrate the handheld now and then. Takes about a minute.

The 28 gauge Iside (all grades) is on a 28 gauge frame.

Even with an experienced dog there is a good chance that rooster was laying out there dead. I never used to believe in the "air-washed" theory, but years ago I did the same on a rooster in east central Iowa. I had an experienced wirehair and I had marked the spot well. We looked and looked for...

I've went to more open chokes in the last several years. Easier to swallow with a two-barreled gun with a tighter choke in reserve. What I discovered was with tight chokes I had been hitting closer birds with either the fringe of pattern and they came down flapping, or I was hitting them too...

I like the Mechanix gloves that I get at Menards. Warm enough for pheasant hunting and they give good trigger control. $15

There's only one solution; the 16 gauge!