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    Getting Down to Brass Tacks

    Like I said Gim, I really don't care what you think.
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    Getting Down to Brass Tacks

    I just love all you people with your definitive, one-way opinions on this particular subject. But everybody has an opinion, and they don't all have to be the same. We beat this issue up several times a year, it seems. Let me ask you: if you went to a public land, open-to-all wild bird location...
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    Browning a5

    I wanted a Superposed back in the mid-60's because my buddy used to use his Dad's 20 gauge when we hunted quail and rabbits. It was beautiful. I didn't get my own until 2019. The first round of skeet I shot with it (choked IC/mod) I broke 25 straight. I was, and remain, a very happy man with...
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    2026 Pheasant Fest-Report

    It's ALL political, like it or not. You said your piece and I said mine. I wouldn't change any of it.
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    2026 Pheasant Fest-Report

    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...
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    2026 Pheasant Fest-Report

    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...
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    End Of The Season

    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...
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    Stopping by Cornfields on a Pheasant Evening

    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!
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    Snow accumulations

    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.
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    Golden hour

    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...
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    Golden hour

    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...
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    Wanted: Semi auto 16 gauge

    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.
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    Cattle

    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...
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    Gifts for hunters

    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.
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    2025 season reports

    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...
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