Recent content by McFarmer

My condolences for your loss. Always hard.

Don’t have that one but I have others that are similar, they don’t agree with each other often. Choke designation is an odd thing. The definition is a certain %of pellets in a certain sized circle at so many yards. It can only be an accurately determined by shooting the shotgun. You can look up...

I keep everything in gun socks while in the safe.

Howa made the long guns for Smith, couldn’t remember, had to look it up.

My father was a Smith and Wesson dealer for many years. He sold a ton of their long guns, rifles and shotguns, made in Japan. The rifles were extremely well made. The shotguns were not as well received, they were heavy and the early ones had some issue I don’t remember right now. The Super...

Actually the Japanese Brownings are functionally better than any made prior. The Japanese Model 12s are things of beauty. I enjoy my 1940s auto five and it’s clones but if I had to carry one exclusively, it would be a Japanese auto five.

I am fully convinced the demise of oats as a cash crop in Iowa is one major reason we don’t have the pheasants we did in the past. Think about it, disk late March, early April and seed the oats. Don’t go back in until the middle of August to combine. Then Jack rabbits. We had them by the...

Oats can stand a lot of cold temps, in fact, they thrive on it. Our average last frost date here is first week of May, grandad said if the oats aren’t in by the first week of April might as well forget them. I seed oats in the garden as a cover crop in maybe September, they stay alive well...

Well the doldrums of winter are upon us. What is everyone watching these long cold nights ? Me, I spend a lot of time on “Tubi” a free internet based streaming service. I try to work out during the winter months to keep my youthful appearance and right now I am watching the Twilight Zone...

I have used Lowa boots on the farm, very good boots.

….have a good start to 2026. Remember, health, family and friends (human and fury) are what are important in life; most everything else can be replaced. So, take care of yourself and take care of those you love. I have a family member who all their life chased the all mighty dollar...

Oats was the reason Iowa had such numbers in the past. Seed it as soon as the frost is out, some around here do it before.

Farmers would go out at night and thin them around here.

Is there a bag limit on those ?

Other than its shape and higher price than the competition it doesn’t have much in common with the older auto five. Probably a very good shotgun, but any comparison to the older version is marketing. That might not be a bad thing however.