Recent content by waterdog09

Yea I remember talking to a couple other farmers out there about him and they said they couldn't believe how much land he had and everything he was buying. They said it was hard for anyone to compete against him when it came to purchasing land. Funny because one of the farmers only had maybe 600...

Was out this weekend both Saturday and Sunday. Saturday had my limit by 8:40, only saw 4 roosters on my walk and a handful of hens. The group walking the other side of the field put up somewhere around 20-30 birds in the first 30 minutes. After that I went and did some scouting for the following...

Sure would be nice if the rest of his land got put into CREP, I know there is probably still a couple thousand acres that are farmland that could be transitioned over. I never met him while I hunted that area years ago when I had family living out there but when we did hunt out there, he was...

Glad to hear that the cover is finally coming in on those pieces. I remember driving around them the first year they were enrolled in CREP and the cover was only about shin high. Really glad that the farmer decided to put some of that land in CREP as he has tons of land in the area and recently...

Only thing I would look out for is when IA has there deer season. Most public spots in IA that has even 2-3 trees will have deer hunters on it. I would avoid those weeks just to free up access for you.

For opening morning, I would say the latest you would want to be to any spot is 7am, I see tons of trucks driving around at 6am. The guys I hunt with don't worry about it as we drive down the night before, go grab some dinner at a small local place and then go to our spot and sleep there in our...

it's actually Dickinson County in IA, it's where Spirit Lake is located. If you look it up on OnX you will see the amount of land in the area and the spots he is talking about. I would guess in total the Spring Run Complex has somewhere in the neighborhood of 2000+ acres and is divided up...

From my understanding, it was between the two original owners of Boss. Not sure exactly what happened or what the fight was over but it's been resolved now. It's kind of funny because I have talked to the other previous owner who attends all of Pheasant Fests and is a big donor and he is a...

I like the fact that birds are coming out, the problem is the size of that complex!!! It spans miles, I have hunted it numerous times and always shot birds. I will be out in that area this weekend on Sunday but not hunting that specific area. We have a usual Sunday spot we always go to and are...

One owner as of now, lawsuit was settled. I really like Boss and have a lot of their bismuth in my safe. I will say that the whole copper thing seems like a giant marketing ploy. For the longest time they only pushed bismuth and everything else was inferior. Now that bismuth is out they have a...

Depends on the field, I would say more often than not we hunt together with about 20-30yds in between us. But there are numerous occasions where we split up and hunt completely different parts of the field. It really depends on the field and the cover and terrain.

went out Saturday morning to a spot we hunted last year on opener, my buddy and I both had our limits within a hour. Easily saw 50-60 birds on the piece. Hunted Sunday morning for a couple of hours until the heavy rain hit, I lost one bird and dropped a leg on another that wild flushed. Ended...

Anyone have any updates as to how the Youth season went? I am guessing a lot of crops are still in the field but any reports would be nice, just trying to gauge what part of the state we are going to head to in November? We are pretty mobile, we tent camped last year the 2nd week of November at...

It will be a morning hunt for us, maybe the golden hour depending on how the morning goes. Hunt Sunday morning and head home after that.

Went out this past Saturday morning to do some scouting for opener, weather was perfect heavy dew no wind and sunny. Got to the first field we had planned for opening morning at first light, and I was met with the sweet sound of roosters cackling everywhere. This piece of public isn't huge...