Recent content by ole_270

Been pheasant hunting with a Dickinson Estate 28" 16 ga for about 10 years now. It's for sure my goto gun except when its cold enough I have to wear gloves too bulky to use the double triggers. 1 1/8 oz home loaded 5s@1250-1270fps sure gets the job done.

Had a day like that in Nov, without the successful shots

I've been wearing a pair of Cabelas chaps for about 20 years. Helps when the grass is wet or frosty and comes close to warming my legs as much as a pair of long johns. Then I can take them off midday or so when it warms up

Me too, but I'll be 72 next month. heading back up to SD Friday with family and friends.

3.2" of much needed rain so far this morning here at my place in SE Ks. Of course the phone app says 1.65", everything from radar there and the station is 15 miles away.

At age 71 I hit the gym 5 days a week year round. 2x 25 reps- Back Extension machine with 150 lbs 2x25 reps Rear Delt machine with 80 pounds 2x 25 reps Abdominal crunch machine with 80 lbs MWF Treadmill set at 3.5mph, first 5 minutes at 15 degrees elevation, drop to 12 degrees for another 23...

We only got .3" last night, but have had close to 2 ft the last couple months since this stuff started.

1.75" last night here, probably around an foot and a half over the last 2-3 weeks

Wish I live close to pheasant country. I’m about 4-5 hours from where we used to hunt here in Ks when there were enough birds to be worth it. Last few years we’ve traveled 10-12 hours to SD for pheasants. Two hunts last year, 6 days total

I grew up hunting southern Wilson county in the 60s-70s. Getting a limit was entirely about shooting success, not bird numbers. Big farming hasn't helped,but the cedar takeover on the old hill pastures has been worse.

Son in law said they had 3” north of Winfield. Seemed to vary some

I'm in Wilson county, wasn't as dry as some a bit southwest of me along the Oklahoma border, but lots of ponds dry.

Here on the other side of the state the drought is definetely over. I had 4" Thursday night and 4.8" last night with multiple tornadoes scattered around the area. Lots of water everywhere you look.

The thing that worries me is the IC setting is great out to 30 yards or so with the 1 oz 5 or 6 loads I've tried, the IM is pretty nice at 35 yards, but really tight at 25-30. Unlike my double trigger SxS I can't wait to decide which choke to use till after the bird gets up.

I bought an 870 Wingmaster 2 3/4" 20 ga back in the early 70s. The modified choke barrel shot like a rifle, was no good on quail. I had a Polychoke put on and had good luck with it. The skeet and IC settings are somewhat loose, but in brush country quail hunting I had a lot of good days. The...