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  1. gunflint charlie

    2023 Resident Opener

    Ace looks like he earned his dinner. Way out NW in Harding County, birds were very scarce. Blizzards last winter completely buried most cover, saw shelterbelts half a dozen rows wide filled in with 10 ft. high drifts alongside fields scoured clear of snow by brutal winds. In late January I saw...
  2. gunflint charlie

    Huron, SD

    I may have lost my mind. I thought spring planting = crops in, and fall harvest = crops out. Please tell me if I've had this wrong forever.
  3. gunflint charlie

    Side by Sides

    I bought both new quite a few years back, have no idea how they're priced on today's market. The Dickinson was much cheaper, and IMO a better value. But the RBL is a nicer gun and I think was worth its price. The Dickinson 16 barrels are high gloss hot blued, with choke tubes. The gun is...
  4. gunflint charlie

    Side by Sides

    Yes on the stock, all are straight grip. All are single trigger except the Dickinson.
  5. gunflint charlie

    Side by Sides

    It was the 21 for decades. When I got the RBL it became my all conditions, rough & tumble gun. Later I had the 21 dressed up, since then it gets the call on special occasions. :)
  6. gunflint charlie

    Side by Sides

    Win. M-21 16 ga. - my avatar pic, Ray Cover engraving includes my beloved Abby who went suddenly blind at age 8. Restocked to fit. RBL 16 (w/o the heavy pad system) Dickinson 16 - double triggers BSS 20 - restocked to fit Win. M-23 12 ga. International All are straight grip, between 6.5 and 6.8...
  7. gunflint charlie

    11/16 hunt…

    I still have a few 10 ct. boxes of 1-1/4 oz. 16 ga. Kent TM #5s -- with a price tag of $16.99. They're just fine in a 6-3/4 lb. double.
  8. gunflint charlie

    Trip report

    Matt D -- Was all of your hunting done east river?
  9. gunflint charlie

    New DNR roadside counts

    Here's the first detail paragraph of the 2014 pheasant count report: The average number of pheasants observed (28.7 birds/100 mi) increased 6% from 2013 but remained 58% below the 10-year average (Table 2; Figure 3A), 71% below the long-term average, and 89% below the benchmark years of...
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