Recent content by Wolfchief

It's ALL political, like it or not. You said your piece and I said mine. I wouldn't change any of it.

I'm just reporting what the people I spoke to told me. I viewed on TV, for days, instances of violence, "citizens" throwing chunks of ice, trash etc. at Government agents. It was a violent protest as far as I'm concerned. In this country we have a process for becoming a citizen. Tens of...

I did ponder the safety factor before we went. I called the PF headquarters to ask about the unrest in the area, and was told that the Whipple Building (Federal facility) in St. Paul was the focal point for the insurrectionists and that downtown Minneapolis was much safer. We did not see any...

I'm pretty sure there are a number of pheasant hunters on the forum, so I wanted to give my impression of the just -concluded (2/22) Pheasant Fest, held at the Minneapolis Convention Center. I met several pheasant hunters from across the Plains states and asked each how their season went. For...

Had a decent season, not as good as 2024 but saw some different country. Shot roosters in Montana, Iowa, Illinois and Indiana. Montana was a refreshing change in scenery, shot several birds and saw elk, mule deer, whitetails etc. This year, bad timing in South Dakota. I think there were birds...

Uhhh....the original author was not Poe; it was Robert Frost--but Limitless hit a home run with this version!! Marvelous!!! Love the photo, fits perfectly!

Here in NW Indiana, we have already received 62+ inches of snow so far in 2026 and it continues to come down hard as I type this. I hope NW Iowa and central South Dakota are not buried in snow. Temperature here is presently 12 degrees, feels like -5.

Bob, I agree with much of what you wrote. Especially the part about pride in an accomplishment of bagging a wild bird. Last weekend my son (now 43, been hunting with me since he was 9) and I hunted wild birds in east central Illinois. There's not a lot of "typical" CRP cover there, we usually...

We go through this every year about shooting wild vs. "released" vs. "game farm" and practically speaking, some folks just don't have the opportunity to hunt purely wild birds, but they want an outdoor experience and maybe they want to start out a new dog or new hunter, maybe a child/grandchild...

I have an older Sweet 16 Belgian gun, mod choke with vent rib. I'd say 85-90%,noissues with it. PM me if interested.

Back in mid-October my son and I hunted around the Lewistown MT. area. The pheasant hunting was quite a bit different out there than what we were used to in SD, Iowa and Illinois. The very good friend who hosted us does not hunt birds, but he has a lot of pasture and hay ground. We hunted some...

A bottle of Woodford Reserve, embossed with a "Pheasant Season 2025" logo from County Fare grocery in Mitchell, SD---also a pair of good gloves that would REALLY keep your hands warm in zero degree weather, yet still let you shoot with dexterity.

My son and I hunted in east central Illinois yesterday. A lot of snow had fallen over there but this farm, on private land belonging to my son's acquaintance has produced for us the last few years. The land is top notch cropland so what there is to hunt, is filter strips and buffer strips...

I got to go with McFarmer and Remy on this one, fellows...I financed a lot of farmers who really loved wildlife and tried their best, despite intense financial pressures to produce from fencerow to fencerow, to provide what cover they could for the birds, the deer and other wildlife. These...

I like my 12 gauge 725 field gun, it has 28" barrels and fits me very well. Wish it had better wood but so far, no problems at all with it. Bought a couple of Midas skeet chokes and they seem to be good at the skeet range far as patterns go. In Iowa this fall I put in the IC/Mod chokes and went...