Recent content by beach004

I have been looking for this muff; it's out of stock everywhere. Since I don't need it till next fall..But I'd like to try it while it's still somewhat cold in NC.

Delighted to hear someone older than I is still going out after them. I intend to try as long as my son-in-law will convey me out there; I did the same for my dad, till he was in his mid-90's. Though, as Willie Nelson says, "Reasons for quitting, getting bigger each day..." 😟

Well, being nearly 80 years old, I don't even buy green bananas; since I don't need a solution until next fall (if then), I will probably do what I do best: procrastinate! I've tried a large number of gloves before, recommended by younger hunters who say they work; for me, they don't--and if I...

There are some great, useful suggestions here; thank you all, so very much. As for temperatures, if you know South Dakota in November, it can be anything; but as I get (even) older, my fingers get numb at higher and higher temperatures. Anything below freezing and I'm in trouble, especially when...

Can you tell me which model you are using? There seem to be dozens at all sorts of prices. I want to hear from someone like you who uses them as I would, for pheasant hunting.

I hope this is an appropriate place for this question. Every year, I go for a week in late November to South Dakota, after pheasants. Some years it's shirtsleeves, some years it's coveralls; I generally can get comfortable from head to toe--with the grating exception of hands. Partly it's my age...

I think that's what I'm going to have to rely on; I've found some #4 shot; but not a trace of any Herco or Unique powder. That would limit me to ! 1/8 oz of shot--hardly a pheasant load. I HATE a wounded bird! Some days we are forced to hunt without a dog. From bitter experience, if a bird shot...

Thanks! My wads are slit all the way, not half; so that rules out the SP12, combined with the different overall length. In any case, here in NC, I cannot locate either powder or shot, so I'm afraid this is going to be a lost cause, anyway. Between Covid and panic ammo buying, I think I'll have...

OK, so I measured the wad. First of all, is definitely is a 12 gauge wad, not a 16. Its dimensions by my calipers are: Overall length 1.227 inches Cup depth 0.900 inches My deceased friend, Dick Wolff, mislabeled the bag: an ounce of shot fills the cup completely. That said, I don't have a...

Thank you! That's good enough for me to try a couple, providing I can buy the other components. These days...

I'm in North Carolina, and need 12 gauge lead pheasant loads. Anybody know of a good place to look? Failing that, if I can find powder and shot, I'll reload my own--but they may be a problem too! Any help would be greatly appreciated. Oh: I was left 200 of these wads by a dear friend; all he...

I rarely go to this Forum till it gets closer to the season--I live in North Carolina, and wait each year for the one trip I can afford. This year it was already looking dubious: at age 77 do I want to fly out there? Will there be flights? And now I learn that South Dakota intends to gouge me...

This is my sixth year hunting in South Dakota, each time flying out from North Carolina; this was the best. With my son-in-law and the best man from his wedding (who had never shot at a live bird before) we hunted five days, all but one of them without a dog, and were delighted to put 26 birds...

Time, perhaps, for a report from the North Carolina contingent--those without dogs, without a guide, without a put-and-take site. We just showed up and walked: CRP, WPA--and ditches. Lots of ditches: One day I measured 8 miles by mid-afternoon. We were based in the Platte/Kimball area...

We are coming out from sunny, 56 degree North Carolina later this week to hunt; looks like we drew the cold card this year...A question: I have my eye on an abandoned RR right of way, which looks good on the topo, and also to a friend who was out there last year but did not hunt it. Are such...