Recent content by wispringer

Anybody else find it funny that Rick Perry and Iowa rep Steve King went on what Perry called an "awesome hunt" hunting pheasants in NW Iowa. If it was awesome either Rick Perry has never been on a awesome pheasant hunt or they were hunting on a game farm. If it were the later it goes to show...

I will second that Christmas wish. Went out the last two mornings gunless. My springer was working hard. We managed to kick up 5 hens and 2 roosters. I went through small patches of standing corn, what appeared to be the only food source in a vast ocean of plowed fields, and saw zero birds. If I...

I Know it's a long time between now and spring. It could turn out to be a tough winter. BUT. Comparing our weather to last year we have already shaved off a month of brutal winter. It might be we just won a battle and not the war, but it certainly can't hurt. Here's to a brown, warm Christmas...

Beautiful birds. Awesome pic!

"I guess it shouldn't shock anyone to see the results of the 2011 roadside counts. Am a witness to the unbelievable string of bad winters in the NC part of the state. Tack on the loss of CRP and the result is the lowest bird count in at least 50 years. I always feel like the glass is half empty...

Dcup - I know that fewer hunters sounds attractive, heck who wouldn't want a bunch of hunting land to themselves. But the reality is that we need all the hunters we can get. We are in such a minority now that its killing us. It all comes down to who has political power. I'm not sure there...

You know boys we are preaching to the choir. The people that need to hear this is our state senators and representatives. This whole ethanol thing has more implications than just us hunters. The environmental impact goes beyond growing our ditch chickens. We only have one world, it's not...

Phil - here is a link to your song. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pR894d3fP1c

Ok - whats your point? If you're right, are the end results any different?

Well I will tell you what I see in regards to the size of the farm. When we had "family farms" farmers certainly cared about making money. They had every right to make money. Nobody blames them for that. Here's the difference in my opinion. I believe we are comparing "corporate owned farms"...

A question for the folks in Iowa. I'm looking for an honest answer. With all the ethonal production taking place, has the average community seen any benefit? Jobs, better schools, better roads, ect?

I guess it shouldn't shock anyone to see the results of the 2011 roadside counts. Am a witness to the unbelievable string of bad winters in the NC part of the state. Tack on the loss of CRP and the result is the lowest bird count in at least 50 years. I always feel like the glass is half...

They are some awesome birds! What a great picture. I will have to wait until next year for another chance. Nice job.

That is a really old deer. The license would cost you around $130 these days. I was really suprised. $112 small game, $13 habitat fee and another $5 for on-line transaction.

A question for you guys. My mom lives in Fairmont. She knows what a hen pheasant is and a hungarian. She had a bird on the ground the under her bird feeder that wasn't a hen pheasant and was too big for a hungarian. Looking through the bird book she thought it was either a ruffed grouse or a...