Recent content by waterdog09

I have talked to a couple places/lodges that claim all wild birds, I told them great I am sold. But then I hit them with a question that always seems to make them backtrack. I ask them that if all their birds are wild, I shouldn't have to worry about shooting a bird with flared nostrils, right...

Crispi or Kenetrek, both are great boots. They are both spendy but will last multiple years with proper care.

Totally agree, I have had mine for a couple years and love it. I hunt with a bunch of guys and we all switched to Final Rise from our Wings Works and not one of us has a single complaint!

Boss makes a 100% copper shot, it's their replacement for bismuth. I believe there are 1 or 2 other companies following suit to Boss. Luckily I have plenty of Bismuth in the safe to last me a couple of years so no worries here.

Why do you say it's a short-range gun? I have no issues with my 28ga out to 40yds. 1oz of #5's out of a 28ga at 1350fps is no different than 1oz of #5's out of a 12ga. Birds don't know the difference, just a little smaller pellet count. Need to be slightly more disciplined when shooting a 28ga.

Would like to get a Beretta 688 as a dedicated target gun and if Beretta would ever come out with it, I would love to get a .410 A400 to complete my set. Wishful thinking on my part for the .410 :ROFLMAO:

I will say that the majority of the hunting you see on the Flush and Rooster Tales is fair chase wild birds. There have been episodes where they go to a lodge, and you can immediately see the difference in the birds. I have personally run into the Rooster Road trip guys when they were out a...

This is exactly why a lot of people have issues with hot spotting. If you give the spot, area or even county in which you were hunting it doesn't take long for that area to be overrun with other hunters. All it takes is one guy going to a that spot, he then tells his other buddy who brings a...

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...