Recent content by AtTheMurph

I have a new Final Rise. Wasn't sure about the rear load bag but it's so open that plopping a bird in there is easy. basically just have to reach back and drop and it's in. I bought to carry water and like the weight on the hips. When carrying a full game bag it is nice as well. shell pockets...

Is she cute?

This turned out pretty good the other day. Basically Chinese stir fried pheasant. I marinated the cut up breasts in a little soy, fresh ground ginger, oyster sauce, and garlic for an hour or so. Longer would probably be better. Take out, pat dry and dust with cornstarch. (I put in plastic bag...

Great article: Hanging Game Birds I really got interested after my mom said she liked pheasants. She didn't like any other game and wouldn't eat it. She reminded me that when my dad hunted (he stopped when I was about 10) he would hang his pheasants in the shed in the back. I had forgotten...

Except I have 5 other witnesses!

How do you keep it in shotgun range, yell at it??? :D

The guys in that truck had only bagged one bird before that happened and it was lying dead in the bed. Maybe that cock saw that dead bird and thought it was a good hiding place!

I have a 20ga 870 Wingmaster from the late 1960s that my dad bought for my older brother. I ended up with it as older brother moved away after HS. I used it for everything from squirrels to Canada geese and deer and everything in between. Haven't carried it for quite a while but did take it to...

This is the only correct answer. if you are not aging your birds, you don't really know what good pheasant tastes like. It would be like butchering cattle, taking the prime rib and throwing it right on the grill. You wouldn't like that! As for the butchering, after 3-6 days of aging i will...

Sure, if it includes a side trip to Lesterville.

Where are you located?

I prefer O/U because of sightline v. SxS but I will carry both. Hate autoloaders with a passion. I grew up on a pump gun which is OK for me.

Heading back to vehicles on Sunday one of or party yells out, "There's a live pheasant in the back of the truck!" I thought for sure it had to be the bird he had tossed in thinking it's dead. It wasn't. As we got closer I could see that cock standing upright ready to bolt and the bagged bird...

Land around mine in Wisconsin is going for $12-$15k/ac. It's not super productive farm ground either. Land near where I live in central Indiana is going for $10-$14k. Much better for farming and yields but no big dairy operations (which is what I think drive WI prices where I'm at.) Farmer...

2nd time out in IL yesterday. Hit three spots, 10ac, 20ac and 40ac patches of CRP. Have to be honest have never seen very many birds in any of these spots, but it was the places we had permission. The farmer had said, "You'll do OK" so I had higher hopes than normal. First spot we put up about...