Recent content by Wolfchief

My first pheasant dog in 1990 was a Golden and he was also one of my best ! I was a new bird hunter at the time, and his instinct to retrieve, fine nose and hard drive helped make me a pheasant hunter worthy of the name. Didn't matter whether we were after roosters, quail, huns, sharptails...

I use the Browning A5 (not Auto-5) Sweet 16 which is a bit less than 6 lbs. so an easy carry all day. I mostly use an IC choke but do carry a mod tube. My loads are Boss non-toxic #5's and #6's with 1 1/8 oz. shot. I seem to get every bird I deserve to with that set up. I'll be taking a...

The Indiana Game Bird Habitat locations are full of surprises. We've been picked probably a dozen times since 1990. About 6 of those times the hunting was good; another 3 of those times it was fantastic--rivaling Iowa--and another 3 times it was poor to very poor. One tract, the Deno property...

I have a round knob Belgian Sweet 16 with Mod choke from about 1966, a 20 gauge Belgian IC with rib and round knob (what a quail gun!) and a 20 gauge Belgian choked cylinder with a vent rib--(like new, I don't shoot that one) along with one of the new (about 5 years old) A5 Sweet 16's. John...

Thank you; I have contacted folks and believe we're as ready as anyone can be who's never hunted there before.

Hey Dustin Mudd, could you please reply--I inadvertently misplaced your phone number, thanks.

I started this thread about bird numbers near Lewistown MT. last February--the wish has turned into reality as my son, wife (non-hunter) and I will be staying in a guest cabin and hunting on private ground a bit NW of Lewistown. I contacted a local PF biologist who told me "don't expect South...

This quote is for my tombstone (if I die last; otherwise my wife would never allow it): "he was a middling successful business man, a forgetful father and a fairly attentive husband--but he did shoot a hell of a lot of wild birds."

I bought the '24 Suburban in May of 2024. I really love it; it's about perfect for the outdoor activities I do. My son and I took it to South Dakota and had it off road for several days there but we didn't do any heavy duty mud bogging. It doesn't seem to make sense to take a $94,000 vehicle and...

A5 makes a good point about experience level, and it can be relevant because of the size of the reservations and to add to the complexities, the rez land is not always one solid block of real estate with clear boundaries; there can be tracts of privately owned "non-rez" land interspersed with...

The Native American reservations can be real sleepers in that they have the habitat and may not get as much non resident pressure as in other parts of SD. We haven't hunted Lower Brule but have hunted Ft. Thompson (right across the river to the east) and found roosters, sharptails and prairie...

I have been considering the purchase of the fancier A5 Ultimate (if I can find one with really "ultimate" wood) and I'm wondering, for those who may have one in either 12 or 16 gauge, can that model handle the newer steel and non-toxic, including TSS loads without damage to the gun? Just would...

When I use a 20 gauge for pheasants I sometimes use Boss 1 ounce of #5 or #6 but I've also used the Remington Express fives and sixes (1 ounce) 2 3/4" shell and they work fine too. I agree there's no reason to use the real heavy (and costly!) loads on roosters.

I like it---Texas isn't the only place with Buckaroos!

The Merkel 1620 I use has a 28" barrel with IC/MOD chokes. That setup works fine for me; I'd hate to have the barrels any shorter.