Recent content by Rude One

I hunt to the North and Northeast as well. This year the numbers were solid. Last year was good as well. There was one year where a hail storm decimated the bird populations in the strip that got hit. It was crazy how few birds there were and how much damage the hail caused. Not as many grouse...

Ruger Red Label O/U 12 gauge 26" barrels. It just fits me and I shoot it well. It was the first gun I ever killed a pheasant with.

Just got back from SD yesterday. This year was the most birds I have seen in the last 9 or 10 years. Besides one slow morning I saw birds on every walk and had plenty of chances to shoot. Even with some poor shooting I limited everyday. It was hot and windy which made things harder on dog and...

Beautiful dog. Makes me miss my Vizsla. She was darker like yours. Such a sweet dog. Dang that girl could cover ground.

I started doing triathlons as a hobby and now I barely ever drink. I just don't like training hard early mornings after drinking the night before. Even one or two can make me feel sluggish. If I am going to have one IPA's are my go to. I probably drink more on my pheasant hunting trips to SD...

My friend who has pretty limited mobility just got harassed for walking a ditch. His dog wasn't on the other side of the fence nor was he as busting brush is no longer his thing at mid 70's. He said the guy was so unglued that he just turned around and went back to his car. He then talked to...

I was in the central time zone. If I would have been in the moutain zone it would have been 8am even worse. My guess is it was a preserve.

I was out for opener. First time hunting on the opener. The first day I didn't see nearly as many birds as I had anticipated. The amount of fields unharvested was really high. They were going hard though and it made a huge difference as the week went on. Each day I saw more birds and by...

I second Animal Clinic in Pierre. Used them when my dog lost a battle with a barbed wire fence. They got me in right away and were very affordable.

Pretty slow here. Only saw 3 hens. Only got out Sunday afternoon because of kids activities. There was so much corn up that I knew what I was getting into. Kicked up maybe 15 deer. Some really huge bucks. I was surprised to see them bunched together still. One almost ran my dog and me over...

1. 2 maybe 3 if I can get my daughter out 2. 2 yo French Pointer and my cousins lab 3. South Central 4. Rugar Red Label 12 gauge. Lead - 6's first barrel 5's second 5. Private land 6. 50 overcast slight breeze 7. IPA Lots of grab ass

Have you ruled out Lymes Disease?

I was able to get out on the 29th. The snow was really deep. I couldn't remember hunting in that much snow. The top was crusted over which made walking tough. I made it a couple of hours but man it was tough going. There were drifts 8' high in spots. I have never seen anything like it...

First bird I shot was near Basin City, WA. It was my first time out pheasant hunting my Dad didn't get me into it because the fall was for farming and we didn't have time. So at 25 a fellow teacher (like a second father to me) got me hooked. Unfortunately we never found that bird which was...

Got out yesterday for a fun afternoon hunt. Saw a ton of birds. Some held really tight. Finished up with 7 for 3 guys. Could have had out limit if we would have shot a bit better. No cripples lost. Some areas had a good amount of snow to trudge through. I can feel it in my legs today. Between...