Recent content by Alaskan swamp collies

Wow the last time I hunted Nebraska was probably 5 years ago and the parcels were decent.

Yeah I was in awe of the CREP parcels, how could not there be birds in there. I also found PATH parcels and CHAP PARCELS that were excellent habitat. Way different from years ago. I am glad to see SD upping their game for the regular hunters.

Just thinking. I primarily hunt MT and ND but sunk down into SD this year. I also hunt almost exclusively public or private /public lands. I am Joe Blow tightwad public hunter. So for the heck of it I’m gonna rank access in those states and please chip in on access in other states just because I...

I got a Fair 16 ga sxs this summer that I seem to be doing better with. It sure is lighter to carry than my Beretta O/U. Still gonna look more.

I I’m 74 and got progressive glasses about 3 years ago. My shooting has gone in the toilet. I’m trying to compensate by buying new guns. It kind of works, at least it is fun.

Oh God I can’t unsee that now.

So Goose have you been 500 miles north of Plentywood? It is nice there. I wouldn’t disrespect that area at all. And just so you know the Yukon takes great care of their outhouses year around. That is not the end of the earth, I’ve seen the end of the earth.

No problem. I just found what you found. A couple days I put on over 200 miles trying to find them with no luck. Spotty is what I would call it, being generous. I’ve been coming to this area off and on since the late 80s and this probably the worst I’ve done here, oh hell I know it is the worst...

Thanks. I also only got 4 while hunting out of Dickinson. The only thing I regret was I have a one year old who I really wanted to work on pheasants. There just was not enough scent to decently have him figure it out. The veterans could squeeze a few in the air but he needs some really dumb ones...

Well that is just what I found. Even where all the crops were in we struggled. Some people found birds but not us. I have veteran dogs and one day the only bird we found was a dead rooster someone else didn’t find. One telling factor is there were no dead birds on the road and we saw none flying...

Don’t feel bad about Plentywood, I’ve been going there since the mid nineties and I left after 3 days wasn’t the worst I’ve seen, 97 was and there was another year that sucked, sometime maybe 20 years ago. Just like you I ended up in SD without a clue. Like you I used onx to find a spot. We will...

Just what I am doing now, only my camper is big enough to hold my wife and 5 dogs. Just landed in a place I’ve never been in a state I haven’t been in ten years. Getting a license today and exploring tomorrow. Part of the reason was where I normally base was really thin this year but part was...

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I drove about 150 miles through decent bird country this morning. Didn’t see a dead bird on the road and more telling not a hunter in any fields. Not like a Sunday in years past.