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The future of CRP is the future of Iowa pheasant hunting. Much of our other cover is getting torn-out rapidly.

Hope things go as well as they possibly can.

I saw the length of the OP and skipped down to the next posts and quickly decided Bob had a bit of time on his hands by the shear length and title of this thread. Must have been a slow day at work. Looking at the length, I think there must be books published with less content. Good to have...

Funny topic. Until 3-4 years ago (56 or 57 years old), I really hadn't fallen. That year I had 2 dandies and another one or 2, maybe one or 2 since, but not this season...yet. One hard fall I got tangled in a dog cable by my back door, the other was into a big badger-hole, I fell hard...that...

Most around here $250 to $350 for cash rent. Need a good CRP rate to compete with that.

Not exceptionally long, but pretty much the entire spur has turned white...nice ivory spurs! Shot him Saturday. Last night I made over 12 pounds of breakfast sausage, it included him.

Was that out west? Never see tail feathers like that here, spurs grow, but not tails like those!

The last pic was for A5. Old birds are lucky birds, maybe they RUN like heck at the first sign of trouble. Running might not be the best choice for them in all situations, but against hunters it is. Maybe they find out of the way roosting/lofting places.

Gim nailed what I am driving at, it isn't at all about the shooting the of the roosters, it is the hens you bust out of their roost's. Like A-5 says, if there are almost unlimited roosting options, not a big deal...but in places with limited heavy themal habitat (like much of Iowa), on a 5...

Those are "breathable" boots

If there is enough snow to warrant snowshoes, maybe it is a good time not to stir the birds up. Life for them would be a real bitch when there is over a foot of powder to try to find a meal and a warm place to ride out the cold in. The older I get, the more compassion I have for them. I...

So much of this hits home, even in Iowa. So much is geared toward production and very little toward conservation. Not sure how to change this except with his statement about that was something like "conservation paying as well as production". The man should be a lobbyist for conservation...

An ounce and 5 eights....interesting load choice. I would try running the gun dry in the cold temps and then those turkey loads should go bang.

I am pretty sensitive to hunting close to roads since seeing that. I still remember it pretty vividly. It wasn't the driver's fault, it was like the dog was memorized with the vehicle coming at her....she sure wasn't listening to us.

"But even in his story the dog didn't die because the owner was hunting a ditch, it got hit while hunting public ground. Always know where your dog is. Hunting a ditch is not inherently dangerous, every situation is different." I am nervous anytime I am up against a roadway, starting and ending...

The only all cordura boot I have purchased didn't last a season before wearing holes through the fabric. It wasn't on the toes, as I used the rubber "tool dip" for protect/cover there.

Have witnessed it myself also.

BDoggin, I don't think even with Iowa plates, people will get the warmest reception road hunting around here. Oh, Bob already has a license, I was giving all other non residents permission, sorry to be so vague about that....I am glad that got cleared-up. I have spent all 60 years of my life...

I know it is legal, I know you can retrieve injured game (without a firearm), that have ended-up on private, even posted ground. I know you can hunt the ground the landowner owns (and pays tax on) but has the roadway easement (the ditches). I am just telling you what the attitude is here...

My guess on "straight-up" is a head wound or some type of nerve injury.....the "sudden drop" syndrome...they ran out of oxy/blood and should be lying where they fell.