Recent content by birddude

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...

I still have my 1st pair of Meindle Ultralight's. Wore them yesterday. Still feel good but leak now if it's wet. I have another pair that I've worn a couple times to make sure there's no hot spots. I don't see them on their website, but they have Euro Lites that will be my next pair.

Grizz...

Yeah, I frigin knew it would happen. Got a trip planed for the week before Christmas. If it doesn't melt off which I bet, it won't. We all know what that means. There will be a hard crust on top. No way..

My 8-year-old has been on it almost 3 weeks twice a day. Hunted 2.5 hours day before yesterday. Still limps pretty bad afterwards. Fingers crossed.

A couple buddies and I were duck hunting when we see a couple hundred mallards on a slew across the river. We plotted and schemed until we came up with the bright Idea to cross it. Our local river isn't the Mississippi, but it is a couple hundred yards wide. When it's near flood levels as it was...