I am kind of shocked by the number of low-brass empties I come across while hunting.
When I see my dog put all she has into a hunt there is no way I could look her in the eye and tell her that I went cheap on shotgun shells.
I am not a big fan of extending the season. It would lead to pushing hens as well as roosters out of good cover right before dark with cold/stormy weather moving in. If we had a severe winter in January, would it lead to road hunting stressed birds looking for some grain or gravel along the...
I tend to stick to areas where deer hunters are less likely to be and places where I can see and be seen. I check with my landowner connections to make sure I don't screw anyone else up on private land that I have permission to hunt. Regular firearms deer hunters only have a couple of weeks...
It has been slow to warm up but we have had regular rain and no big snowstorms. Williston was on the dry side and I see they got recent rain also. Things are greening up nicely. There seems to be a decent number of birds around.
I have mot patterned the ones in my 20 but they did seem to perform well. I have a set of non-ported for my 12 ga 725 Feather and they did pattern better than the factory tubes.
I got the same gun a year ago. I used 2 3/4" Federal Premium 1oz 5's. They did good for me. Later in the season I put Federal blue box 3" 5's in the second barrel. They did well also. I run Briley ported chokes in light modified and improved modified.
What a tragic situation.
About 15 years ago I hunted with a guy who had a Lab with all kinds of titles. That dog did not retrieve without using the e collar. I will take my imperfect dogs that are out there enjoying themselves over that any day of the week.
I have just done a version of Fajitas. Just put the Pheasant breast, onions, peppers, and fajita seasoning in a crock pot. The meat will just shred and put it on tortillas with cheese, sour cream, salsa, and whatever else you like.
I moved away from MN to ND about 19 years ago. When did MN go to allowing only 3 shells in a gun for upland hunting? A friend of mine there did not know this. I noticed it a couple of years ago when I had license for all season and thought about trying for Pheasants when I was around at...