Recent content by carptom1

That and the elimination of Milo. In the seventies most wheat stubble was left high and there were many miles of Milo. It was rare to see a corn field in many parts of the state. Soon the Milo disappeared and corn started to take over. There was a resurgence when CRP made sense then corn and...

Not if you have enough land and the habitat is correct… so back in 2010 or so I would hunt a property out around Murdo that was owned and run by three brothers. That area is the extreme west side of what would be considered pheasant range in SD at least the south side. I would hunt the second...

He reminds me of an old guy I encountered when I owned my remodeling business. Showed up in an old car and older clothes and asked me about coming by and giving him a price on some work. My helper at the time commented he doubted that he could afford us. I told him I thought maybe he was trying...

While I have no doubt a GSP can be crazy… They are not the only ones. I had male field labs for years. They can be a little high strung but will also settle in the house some. When it came time to get a new dog my wife’s only ask is that we try a female. I was like okay I can do that. I had...

So the first thing you have to do is assess your risk and how much goodwill capital you have built up then go for it. The first mistake was asking…. You throw subtle hints without actually asking the question. This way you have some level of deniability when the shit hits the fan. But honey you...

You think it only happens there? It’s more of a product of lack of decent hunting. I grew up hunting in Kansas both public and private. When the hunting was good in Iowa, Nebraska, the Dakotas crowds were never an issue. But when Iowa and Nebraska tanked, along with a downturn in the Dakotas, it...

He put his dog in a box???

My daughter took these off the back deck. We live 30 miles west of Kansas City.

I mean you have to take those shows for what they are. When I was a kid growing up old Harold Ensley wasn’t pounding public either. People lined up to have him hunt their property for the chance to be on TV. I have watched it a few times and found it tolerable. The episode where the dog dies in...

You didn’t misunderstand it and I don’t know why anyone would think you were one. As any experienced hunter knows, five miles can make all the difference in the world. Consider my experience up there. I was into fair birds the first day and a half, but decided to travel 25 miles NW where I had...

I have seen plenty of pointers that will bust cattails all day without wearing down. I have seen others that won’t

So I will tell you I didn’t shoot a limit up there by 10 but there were a couple days I didn’t start hunting before 11-1130. Had a couple days it came easy and a couple days it came hard. There were plenty of birds around but I moved around until I found them. Sounds like maybe you were locked...

She knows the law.. she also knows she can run off plenty of people that don’t want the hassle. Maybe you need to go up there and throw her one so she mellows out a bit. Nothing like Marlboro breath in the morning

Yeah I would let the game warden know you were being harassed. I am sure they are aware of her. Simply bullying bullshit. I had a similar experience over by Blunt northeast of Pierre some years ago. Half the hunters is SD go there because of ROW hunting

So when I was in my twenties and really into bird hunting I had a lot of options. Kansas was good to great west of about Salina, I could be hunting in 3 hours, 1.5 if I went north of Topeka. I hunted North Central Missouri and south central Iowa with decent success in the late 80’s. South Dakota...