Recent content by Drew

I just realized that some of you folks are retired. Otherwise you are calling in sick a lot.

All told, I hunt 3-5 days for grouse, 6-10 days for chukar, 12-16 days for quail and pheasant. I would love to hunt more but my job gets in the way.

Yup

I should stop, but……… I never said ignore the world’s problems, or bury your head in the sand. I have dear friends on both sides of politics and I respect them all as well as their stances on issues. I just don’t want to spend my spare time talking about things (issues/politics) that are...

I sincerely wish that folks would leave politics out of discussions like this. I was raised in a very rural community and my family were farmers in Iowa. You see a lot of death for a lot of reasons, some of them justified and some of them not. As a result, perhaps I am hardened to the act of...

I am trying to locate some ammo for it right now. It is a pretty cool gun.

A good friend of mine was moving into a retirement home and selling his house and many possessions and asked me to come over to see if there was anything I wanted. He had some 12 gauge ammo that was purchased in the 1960's, several gun cleaning kits that he wanted to give me and the he pulled...

I hunt with a guy who runs a Golden. It's the first time I've ever seen one in the field. It is a solid hunting dog. Oddly enough, it's never hunted waterfowl. Only chukar, pheasants, quail and grouse. It is equally talented on any of those birds and in all habitats. It does have a really...

I'm still trying to find the right hearing protection. In my Army days, I dealt with explosives pretty much all the time and am trying to minimize any additional hearing loss. I have tried Walker Ear electronic hearing protection and I don't like the background noise that you get when it's...

Thanks Birdman. It wasn't my intention to rub it in at all. I truly lose sight of the value of where I live and the opportunities that it provides.

You guys are making me feel much better about living in the west. There are always a few chukar within an hour of the house and lots of public land and solitude.

At least Goose seems to have a good sense of humor.

Do we really need rules to discuss dog preferences?

I wanted to have a back up gun for multi day trips and purchased a Stevens 560 12 gauge to suit that need. I was able to get one out and shoot some skeet with it prior to purchasing it and it is light, sleek, easy to load, easy to unload and shoots straight for me. So I am now an owner and I...