Recent content by birddude

I knew Hemingway was a soak, but I had no idea Ruark was. I was once in the cabin where Hemingway offed his self while in a drunken stooper. Sun valley Idaho.

Well, Looks like they quit making the ISIDE basic. :mad:

Cool, it looks to me like you have a pretty good grasp on things. It took me years to get the grasp you already have. I was probably 15 years in before I realized that patience, training and exposer makes a much better dog than the borderline abuse that the old-timers had preached to me.

You might not mess up your pup but it sure can mess up your hunt! I'm kind of kidding but if you don't expect too much from your pup, you won't be disappointed. I've been very pleased with 6-month-old dogs and very displeased with two-year-olds. One setter never hunted a lick until he was 4...

It may be plausible that the chokes didn't have anything to do with it. I remember when screw in chokes became a thing. I would see guys on the firing line at the trap club have a bad round or two. Then head for the truck to change chokes. I've heard guys say their x choke is no good without...

The theory that always made the best scents to me is that pheasants can only reproduce in areas where there were thousands of years of prairie grass. Leaving some compound in the soil that they need to fully form the eggshells. There is a few thousand acers 50 miles north of me that the old...

A few woodcock and snipe but not enough to target.

If I suspect a problem, I hang an old sheet with a spray paint spot about the size of a soft ball up, high enough to replicate a bird. Then step back about 12 yards. Start with a low gun. Pull up fast but not rushing. Put the bead on the spot and shoot. I do it until I get a hole blown through...

Oh yeah, there's never been any pheasants south of Indy.

Well, I wouldn't say always. My granddad fed 9 kids on mostly quail when in season. Up until the 90's I commonly shot 100 birds a year. Granted I hunted a lot. I've never sat down and counted but can recall 5 or 6 coveys a day was common, double digits were rare but did happen. I realize that...

Unless you get pit-bull or pit bull mix!

I'm not going to judge here, but I will say that I did something similar when I was young and it haunts me to this day.

Ok, if a 16 with 30'' barrels is 6lbs 2 oz' then there's no way the 20 with 28's weighs 6.

Well, this thread is a couple years old, and I still cannot find a definite weight on them. I went to their website to see if they had a 26'' barrels yet and did not see the basic anymore. Website says approximately 6 lbs. for the 20 Iside 2. Read a review that said 5.5. To me that's a big...

You mean like a bomb threat? While everyone is looking at the bomb squad and the F.B.I. you slip them in the door?