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    2022 Season In Pictures

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    ND mixed reviews

    Due to work, didn't get out until this weekend. Pretty much every PLOTS near my place has been mostly hayed off and those with any kind of cover at all got hit 3 or 4 times a day. Consequently, most of the birds flushed wild & out of range. There are birds around but if you aren't paying to...
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    Hunter Nation

    We have a Back Country Chapter in ND, I think they are out of Minot. Those are the sadists that set up the "extreme" course at the Badlands Classic 3D Shoot, aka The Medora Shoot, every year in August. The "standard" course is challenging both physically & skills-wise in it's own right, but...
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    Hunter Nation

    Anyone a member of and/or have an opinion of the Hunter Nation organization? Earlier this week Ted Nugent's show Spirit of the Wild was essentially an info-mmercial for it, with several outdoor personalities urging watchers to join. Obviously, Uncle Ted and his wife are both heavily involved...
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    The Bird Word...

    Here's NDGF's official word on the upland outlook this season. Not sure I agree, at least around here, but who knows? https://www.thedickinsonpress.com/northland-outdoors/7188446-North-Dakotas-pheasant-population-down-grouse-and-partridge-remain-steady
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    Moving to....

    Will be great area for waterfowl. I can't speak to the upland hunting...
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    16 Ga Prairie Storm Price!

    Went in Runnings today to see what was on the shelf. I don't own a 16 gauge and I know it's hard to find now, but this is ridiculous. This time last year at Runnings Prairie Storm was $18.99 a box and at the same time they had it bulk 100 rounds of 12 gauge in a plastic ammo box for $59.99...
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    Grouse And Hun Opener

    Didn't flush a single grouse, but saw a very mice mule buck bedded on a hill who thought he was well hidden. Too bad I didn't take a bow with, it was a very doable stalk...
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    First night with new puppy

    I do the same, Pro Plan LB Puppy for the first year, then whatever Large Breed Adult food you decide is best for your dog...
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    Youth hunter - looking for 410 non-tox shells

    I killed everything from rabbits to mallards & roosters with a Spanish-manufactured 410 double barrel with hammers (you could get them in any store from Woolworth's to actual sporting goods stores in the 60s-70s, wish I had bought several) from age 6-13. Now my nephew's boys are learning with...
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    Uninsulated Danner Pronghorns For Early Season...

    Gave the Danner Grouse serious consideration, in fact they were in the final cut. Decided their weight was a negative, and having decades of Badlands hunting behind me knew that those aggressive soles would fill up with clay gumbo in wet conditions...
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    Bare shelves

    Was in Bismarck Scheels on Sat, they too had a bunch of 12 gauge 3" 5 shot Prairie Storm...
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    Mott area for late season phesants

    Local or not, private land in the Mott/Elgin/Regent area runs about $250 per gun per day and you may well not be the first or even second on it that day. On PLOTS you may not be the first on it that day, but at least it's free... Personally, I will not pay a trespass fee to hunt even if I have...
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    Uninsulated Danner Pronghorns For Early Season...

    Looking like early season in ND is going to be dry & warm/hot, so it was a good excuse to look for a new pair of boots. I had gotten a pair of Irish Setter Vapor Treks for this purpose a couple years back. Broke them in but didn't use them much until a few weeks ago when I wore them during the...
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    Bare shelves

    Call me Capt. Obvious, but I can advise 3"ers are no fun to shoot in a 12 gauge Citori Featherweight. That being said if 3" were the only PS available, I would buy some and limit their use to my SX4, BPS, and various 870's. For waterfowl, 99% of the time I shoot 3", and that last 1% is 3.5"...
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