Recent content by wapete

Grouse Woods of northern MN

Any suggestions for someone looking to buy a smoker? I have guys at work who are part of the Traeger army but those seem more $$ than an nice gun. Any suggestions in a more reasonable price range?

Welcome - I'm often chasing grouse as well but its about the time of year that I switch to the prairies.

I talked to my county department about this and they recommended by "early may" as consistent with DNR regs - no set date was shared and it is word of mouth. This was the guy that pulled burning permits so I took his word on timing. Fire is valuable tool for the prairie and the county was more...

Golden hour - I did pick up a shotkam at the end of last year which is how I now know I aim high. Awesome tool. I've been using the same gun forever so I'll go back to the basics and work on the mount. Appreciate all the responses

Appreciated. I think rushing it has alot to do with it. My brother had a similar issue a couple years back. He suggested only loading one shell for a while- that forces you to take your time and make it count. Anyone heard of that - or other tricks to force taking it slow?

Thank you all - I am 100% sure its something I am doing (vs. the gun's fault but a new gun would be nice). It's such a challenging sport when you connect on the dogs/spot/weather and totally miss the shot its just humbling. Every bird in the bag is mighty fine reward.

I've been hunting for about 20 years and developed a new issue toward the end of last year and this season. I seem to shoot over birds (including two yesterday which really pissed off my pup). Its in my head now and I'm working on shooting lower but I can't seem to fix it, I've been working...

A couple years back I was hunting grouse on public land in cass county during deer season (about 3pm) and some guy in all camo was walking up the logging road the other direction with some type of assult rifle - said he was after deer. While I never heard a shot, I was a little spooked and...