Recent content by birddude

Does it include walking 100 miles of God forsaken desert?:)

That's a good way to bring a little something back home to the missus.

I have pulled a couple of muscles before. That's what I called it anyways because I never went to the doctor. One from hunting all day in CRP. with a snow. It was that muscle on top of your femur that lifts your leg. The other was a groin muscle from pulling cockle burs for two days. Mine...

I feel this gut-wrenching jealousy, But I'm not sure if it's the gun or being single.:sick:

Dang, I knew north Texas got some rain but didn't know south would be that lush.

That's a lot better than it was a few months ago but I'm still trying to stock up on 16 gauge. I don't shoot them either. 😁

Not much you can do. Running with a wider dog will sometimes pull them out. Running in more open country where they can see you. Sometimes those will give them a little more confidence. She might get a little wider with age. But don't fret it. You can find as many birds with a close dog, you...

Looks like Iowa is out for me do to the snow, so heading to K.S. Looking to go somewhere different. Not hot spotting, just looking for your assessments of different regions. I'm thinking south central.

1100's are good guns but they too will occasionally jam. Plus, they are heavy for today's standards, The 20 gauge LT's were pretty sweet. My dad used one for decades with minimum jams.

How's her range? Close medium? I'm assuming not wide or you wouldn't be near as proud.;)

Yeah, but who puts in the front every single time. I love my 28. I spent several years hunting quail with it. As far as the runners go, I'll take my chances with 1 1/4 of 5's. By the way, I wouldn't hunt anything bigger than a dove with 7/8's. And I don't think there's any difference between an...

I questioned a rancher in N.D. once about how the birds out there survived the blizzards. He said the pheasants were the 1st to come to the cows and hay bales. Sharptails 2nd and the Huns last. He also said that the deer ruined some stacked round bales. lived on them for a while.

Yeah, it looks like everything above interstate 70 or 80 is out for me.

Yup. Bad snow and them and turkeys will be picken corn from the cow pies. Adds a different flavor to the meat though.

The only con to steady to wing and shot is that a cripple has a big head start. The other problem is it's difficult to maintain if you hunt with anyone whose dogs are not steady. And even if you do have a very solid dog that will honor other dogs retrieve. It's not going to get to many retrieves...