Recent content by Wolfchief

Here in NW Indiana, we have already received 62+ inches of snow so far in 2026 and it continues to come down hard as I type this. I hope NW Iowa and central South Dakota are not buried in snow. Temperature here is presently 12 degrees, feels like -5.

Bob, I agree with much of what you wrote. Especially the part about pride in an accomplishment of bagging a wild bird. Last weekend my son (now 43, been hunting with me since he was 9) and I hunted wild birds in east central Illinois. There's not a lot of "typical" CRP cover there, we usually...

We go through this every year about shooting wild vs. "released" vs. "game farm" and practically speaking, some folks just don't have the opportunity to hunt purely wild birds, but they want an outdoor experience and maybe they want to start out a new dog or new hunter, maybe a child/grandchild...

I have an older Sweet 16 Belgian gun, mod choke with vent rib. I'd say 85-90%,noissues with it. PM me if interested.

Back in mid-October my son and I hunted around the Lewistown MT. area. The pheasant hunting was quite a bit different out there than what we were used to in SD, Iowa and Illinois. The very good friend who hosted us does not hunt birds, but he has a lot of pasture and hay ground. We hunted some...

A bottle of Woodford Reserve, embossed with a "Pheasant Season 2025" logo from County Fare grocery in Mitchell, SD---also a pair of good gloves that would REALLY keep your hands warm in zero degree weather, yet still let you shoot with dexterity.

My son and I hunted in east central Illinois yesterday. A lot of snow had fallen over there but this farm, on private land belonging to my son's acquaintance has produced for us the last few years. The land is top notch cropland so what there is to hunt, is filter strips and buffer strips...

I got to go with McFarmer and Remy on this one, fellows...I financed a lot of farmers who really loved wildlife and tried their best, despite intense financial pressures to produce from fencerow to fencerow, to provide what cover they could for the birds, the deer and other wildlife. These...

I like my 12 gauge 725 field gun, it has 28" barrels and fits me very well. Wish it had better wood but so far, no problems at all with it. Bought a couple of Midas skeet chokes and they seem to be good at the skeet range far as patterns go. In Iowa this fall I put in the IC/Mod chokes and went...

I try my best to remember that a shotgun is a SHORT RANGE shooter. If I'm using my 725 12 gauge I might take a 40 yard crossing or quartering shot, but I don't do that often. I've read Larry Brown and Steve Grooms and they say most birds are killed at 25-30 yards. In my experience that sounds...

I just use an "old school" Boyt vest with a mesh back--it has a large game bag and I've had it for probably 8-10 years. I have a studied indifference to these $100-300 game vests with all the bells and whistles; they aren't really necessary, for me anyway, to shoot some gamebirds in the fall...

You can enter for both--in October for the November draw and November for the December draw...I entered for both and was selected for neither....same as last year

I watch The Flush often, they seem to get out in some really rotten zero-degree weather and pound through some jungle-class, hairy public ground---wonder if some of the nay-sayers on here would do that to shoot a couple birds?? They're trying to entice newcomers to pheasant hunting, and Lord...

Obi--I have all 3 of the guns on your list; was lucky enough to buy them 10-15 years ago when they were a little bit more affordable. The Sweet 16 is a 28" round knob Mod choked with vent rib from 1967; the Merkel is a 28" pistol gripped gun I bought new at Scheel's in Iowa City and it is...

That's kind of a blunt question, Bob...exploring for your own honey holes is half the fun----someone said recently....