Recent content by Carguy2Banker

I went to a spot today that was excellent all year just to walk behind my severely depressed and under stimulated dog since the 25th of January. There were so many birds. I think I'd be underestimating if I said 100 came up in the 1 mile of it that we walked. I would estimate that 70% of these...

I've had this happen over before also. Even worse are the times I remember walking to where a bird that I was sure folded, only to have a bird flush and hit/miss and didn't even look long for the first one because I was certain that must have been it. Only takes one experience like yours to...

Last year was good and I was genuinely curious how many bird contacts, bagged birds and retrieves my dog had last season. This year, I started logging how many birds me and any hunting partners harvested. So far, I've hunted 24 days total all within 15 miles of my house. Some of these hunts were...

Fellas! I'm happy to report back a mutually fair transaction with another person from this forum fulfilling my desired BSS acquisition.

I bought a case of 20 gauge 3" 6 shot because they were on sale. I'll buy again! Don't feel like I need 3", but then I convince myself that it's better to have and not need than need and not have! My confidence did grow with these, and I've had some really good and surprising long shot kills...

Yep! This is a wheat variety change that farmers were happy to see. The variety I grew up around harvesting was called Larned. It was everywhere. It was a very tall variety and would allow the "farmer/rancher" to remove the straw spreader off the back of the combine and it would leave a large...

Sounds like you are committed... Both to coming regardless and to putting in some miles behind your dog in the field. I can assure you, parts of Southwest Kansas have seen improved quail numbers, and even with poor shooting, finding/bagging more than 5 quail in any day you hunt is achievable...

Some of the excess CRP hay bales may be required as part of the program. Much of the CRP was in a 10-year contract, and this time is up. Some of this is getting converted back into farm land but a lot of it is being re-enrolled. Either of these scenarios the grass either has to be swathed and...

The legs were very light colored compared to the other birds. Almost like a chickens leg color. Came out of 8' fragmites, so feeling fortunate we ever got to hold this bird. When it went down in the middle of this stuff, I said to myself, "we'll never find that one". Dogs are incredible hunter...

Sunday was my 20th "hunt day" of the season. It's been a tremendous year, but was too warm for afternoon hunting many days. I weighed my dog tonight....I thought she was a very fit 4 year old American Lab and weighed 62lbs at the beginning of the season. Tonight she weighed 58lbs. I'm more...

We got a similar colored bird last Saturday. It was the first of it's kind for me.

One tip on quail that's different than pheasants. If you watch where they land after the initial flush, it's easier to get shots on singles as they tend to sit longer. Sometimes it's hard to get them to flush again, but since you know where they are, you can be patient and hunt that area very...

His shoes were actually Vans, which I think are skateboarding shoes?!? The dog wasn't necessarily hunting, it walked beside him the whole time. Possibly it was an emotional support animal? 🤣 It wasn't gun shy, and seemed just happy to be included

I have the desire to add 2 old Browning's to add to my safe when the opportunities present themselves, but I am not in a rush. I would like to find a BSS and a Sweet 16. The BSS is my first acquisition target. I figured this forum would be a good spot to start in the event someone has one that...

The Friday following Thanksgiving this year was the first time "joining" a stranger has been a negative experience for me. We pulled up to a very good WIHA with our group of family that we do annually. I don't like big groups, but this is kind of a tradition for us. This year, we had 12 people...