Do you take a poke at the long range birds ?

BRITTMAN said:
In parts of the Dakotas especially ND ... having a DU insignia on your clothing or a DU sticker in your truck window will get you turned away from permission to hunt.
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Yes…Not even sure if PF stickers, etc are safe in the eyes of some farmers…non-hunting farmers…lots of corn seed gets eaten by pheasants in the late spring…
 
I have not lost a wounded pheasant in over 4 years of hunting. In the past two decades maybe have lost an average of 1 bird a year. Many years I find quite a few wounded birds ... last year I had my limit without lifting my gun.

Note that I hunt solo 50% of the time, with one other person 40%, and two other people 10% of the time. Most of our shots are close under point and we are relentless (well our dogs are) in pursuit of any bird appearing to be hit.
 
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McFarmer said:
I count lost birds towards my daily limit, not for the good of the population, although I know there are instances were that could apply, but rather an attitude of “save some for the next person”. The daily limit in Iowa is three, I think that is to give more folks a chance at a bird, but there are probably more game management reasons than that. If I lost three I think I would go home for the day, not continue to try and get my daily limit in the bag.

But some would say I don’t have the killer instinct. If there was a shell that made sparks fly out of their butt when hit and continue on unharmed, I would probably be good with that.

I do know there have been times the DNR has suspended the limit on game fish when the oxygen levels have been an issue.

I hope I don’t come off as an ethics snob, but I have mine and I am comfortable with them. You do you, within the law of course.

Shooting trap the target is to land 50 yards from the house, or 66 yards from the 16 yard line. That’s a long shot.
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I also count wounded birds against my limit. I think some of what you talk about comes with age. When I was in my teens through my early thirties, my count was all that counted. Piles of birds and a few deer and maybe a few coyotes and I was good. I walked harder, shot better and was proud of my success. I remember a trip up north with some guys that were more interested in drinking than hunting. We limited in four days with five guys. Sixty birds, I bet my dogs and I harvested thirty of them. I enjoyed being a better hunter than them. Maybe I was overcompensating for something else, who knows. About twenty years ago I gave up deer hunting. I much prefer steak and the kill doesn’t do it for me anymore. Gave up ducks except for maybe once a year. I’ll be honest, sometimes when I kill a big old rooster it makes me a little sad thinking of how many times he gave death the slip. Now those little ones that goose likes, I’ll blast those little egg heads all day and sleep like a baby.
 
carptom1 said:
I also count wounded birds against my limit. I think some of what you talk about comes with age. When I was in my teens through my early thirties, my count was all that counted. Piles of birds and a few deer and maybe a few coyotes and I was good. I walked harder, shot better and was proud of my success. I remember a trip up north with some guys that were more interested in drinking than hunting. We limited in four days with five guys. Sixty birds, I bet my dogs and I harvested thirty of them. I enjoyed being a better hunter than them. Maybe I was overcompensating for something else, who knows. About twenty years ago I gave up deer hunting. I much prefer steak and the kill doesn’t do it for me anymore. Gave up ducks except for maybe once a year. I’ll be honest, sometimes when I kill a big old rooster it makes me a little sad thinking of how many times he gave death the slip. Now those little ones that goose likes, I’ll blast those little egg heads all day and sleep like a baby.
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I’ve been sending him pics of those baby roosters, post-harvest…he’s actually requested more, and he’s provided me SASE’s to send them in. There’s something going on…
 
Kevin W said:
Spot on!!!
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More than age, I think it’s a continuum of life experience…I’ve hosted “mature” individuals that haven’t hunted much, and they’re gung ho to shoot em up and take pics and brag to their buddies back home…saw it last trip…when one hunter has that history of different stages, and matures into a different stage, or stages, over time, that’s somewhat common…if a guy evolves that way, or not, is his business, as far as I’m concerned…enjoying the time spent with your 2 and 4 legged buddies is what it’s about…
 
benelli-banger said:
More than age, I think it’s a continuum of life experience…I’ve hosted “mature” individuals that haven’t hunted much, and they’re gung ho to shoot em up and take pics and brag to their buddies back home…saw it last trip…when one hunter has that history of different stages, and matures into a different stage, or stages, over time, that’s somewhat common…if a guy evolves that way, or not, is his business, as far as I’m concerned…enjoying the time spent with your 2 and 4 legged buddies is what it’s about…
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You can also apply this type of thinking to many things in life besides hunting….
 
carptom1 said:
You can also apply this type of thinking to many things in life besides hunting….
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Yeah, hard to imagine approaching life at 60 the way I did at 20…but having said that, I often feel like I’m 20 or 30….I sometimes think about my dad and his buddies when they were my age…I see them differently than who I am, but maybe that’s normal, or inevitable…they were 35-40 years my senior, that’s how I remember them. Bottom line, my MO has always been to attempt to make people around me laugh, as well as attend to them, take care of them, etc; still that way, suspect I always will try. Father Time will change a lot of things…
 
benelli-banger said:
Yeah, hard to imagine approaching life at 60 the way I did at 20…but having said that, I often feel like I’m 20 or 30….I sometimes think about my dad and his buddies when they were my age…I see them differently than who I am, but maybe that’s normal, or inevitable…they were 35-40 years my senior, that’s how I remember them. Bottom line, my MO has always been to attempt to make people around me laugh, as well as attend to them, take care of them, etc; still that way, suspect I always will try. Father Time will change a lot of things…
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Falls into two groups… those that take and those that do. I have lived both ways and the latter is much more peaceful
 
20251107_200137.jpgI do take lots of pictures Parker Repro 28ga. banger, mainly for myself or very close friends. They bring back a rush of good memories when I'm at work and missing the dogs.

You do a good service inviting buddies out to hunt with you and showing them a good time and the lay of the land. And share a lot of good info here with people learning. When Nick Faldo shows up to hunt with you, gotta take a picture with him and Mr. Jones for sure!
 
Labradinger said:
Remy your posts lately kinda make it look like you think youre a better bird hunter than everyone here and now youre a better human and conservationist than everyone too? Probably not a lot of guys on here that can run out and drop 20k an acre ground to make into pheasant habitat. Curious, did you buy all of yours for that?
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I from the folks I know and hunt with (not all the folks here), I would say, I might be a better hunter than them...I try harder. I am staying with the dog, watching the dog (when the cover allows), I am always ready for a flush if I am in cover. So many people that I have hunted with, won't or can't stay with my dog or their's, they are holding the gun like a suitcase or over their shoulder, watching the ground, looking at something that isn't the dog. I have started hunting solo much more this season. When there is talk about GSP used to keep track of dogs....I just don't understand that, but maybe that is modern hunting today and I am a relic of the past.
Conservationist....we have some here, which is awesome. I love to see what other do and the result of their efforts. It is not "are you better or worse", it is "you are one or you are not one". You create habitat or you don't, not better or worst. When you help create habitat and see the results, it changes you. If you are lucky enough to have the resources to be one, that is a huge step, then you have the opportunity to be a conservationist. Or you can manufacture the opportunity to be one. By this I mean partnering with habitat organizations (such as PF, there are others too). Become a member on their board. Those guys volunteer their time to help with shelterbelts, native grass plots and other projects. They also could have restoration projects to bring the land back to useful wildlife habitat also with transforming land acquisitions into public hunting opportunity parcels. You not have to have control of land to be a conservationist. Maybe your definition of a conservationist is different, let me know.
 
In general I like PF. But…I’ve said here before somewhere, anywhere I see a PF sign in a grass field it’s a solid no on permission. So many in fact I don’t bother asking anymore. Now a grass field sans PF sign, I get a yes 90% of the time. That being said I do appreciate what they do but sure seems where they’re involved I ain’t allowed to go.
 
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