Recent content by PairOfLabs

That's the first good report I've heard about Kansas this season with the ongoing drought. We're you in middle Kansas? Tom

Welcome back to the forum. What area do you live/hunt in? Good luck with the GSP. Tom

Well our group of 6 did a 3 day "pay to play near Winner 10 days ago and my 8 mo old yellow lab pup retrieved over 30 birds. It was like a trip to Disney World for him.

Thanks for the report Walk. It mirrors what I heard from my buds the last two weekends. I was glad I joined a SD hunt over the CO opener. My 8 MO old lab pup Tucker had a great trip, retrieving about 30 birds. He can hunt his whole life in Eastern CO and not retrieve that many. S Dakota-Disney...

Depending on the weather and what motel I might be staying at in eastern CO, I often field clean a bird off the side of the road. I travel with a complete cleaning kit, including a plastic basin, 6 gal. Water jug, zip lock bags and trash bags. I take the bird refuse with me to dispose at the motel.

The Felco C7 cutters for up to 5/32" wire rope are $65 on Amazon. There are a couple of other brands, also for up to 5/32" wire rope, for $15 to $20. Do any of you have any experience with those? I did order the kits from the MN Trappers Site and watched the Idaho videos. Thanks, Tom

This past week during a 3-day hunt in western NE (report previously posted) was the first chance to see 8 mo old lab pup Tucker in a wild field. Sometimes I ran them both, sometimes one at a time. The first day it was just us. With both out, Tucker spend a lot of time just chasing Brady around...

Leave no trace and try to pick up after the slobs is my operational plan. Tom

Kooch runs a great shop in Winner. He has helped set us up with local guides in the past. Tom

The next night I had a PBR.

Well heck. For nostalgic reasons I just had a Hamm's beer Thursday night at Ole's Big Game Bar and Steakhouse in Paxton, NE Thursday night after hunting. It went down just fine, along with the ground bison steak. Tom

I would stake a guess that 50% of the corn was still standing, some of it as a failed crop. I'm hoping that all the birds we did not see were hiding in there. If you are going to get a point or flush a bird in the field, it's more often a hen than a rooster. The absence of hens was perplexing...

What a great sister-in-law. I wish I had more pictures of all my past labs.

I returned to Denver Saturday night after 3 days hunting and scouting western Nebraska. Starting from scratch after not hunting this area since 2019, I started scouting/hunting as soon as I crossed the CO/NE line on Hwy 23 just past Venango. I was working toward Ogallala where I had 2 nights...

Thanks BC