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  1. carptom1

    Vikings game

    I am a closet Bills fan but after seeing the dismantling the Chiefs put on the Steelers yesterday I think everyone else is playing for second place. Our defense was stifling with our best player on the bench. Offensively Brown coming back has changed the offense. Between that and the pedigree I...
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    Vikings game

    Well for our sake us Chiefs fans hope you guys make it through…. We want to make sure we disappoint someone new in the Super Bowl
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    Tail Length

    Okay guys it’s been great fun but all this talk about flare nares and fondue is going to call Nugent in here… I’m glad that new guy isn’t reading this… I have already been chastised once for not being serious enough and playing grab ass with you guys.
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    Tail Length

    Oh boy… Never fails that once a year we have to pull back the curtain and talk about the SD stocking programs and where A5 and golden hour really get their birds…😂
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    New dogs, new here

    Very nice response and 100% true.
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    Tail Length

    I would imagine it is no different than any other animal genetic. Back in the 70’s the local bars/ gas stations often held longest feather contests in western Kansas. There were thousands of birds taken those first couple weekends. It was rare for a winner not to be in the upper twenties or...
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    Take a step back and realize what you've got

    Man you guys are going to get me all jammed up reading these memories… My dad and his brother were old upland guys. They raised and trained English Pointers and hunted out of old station wagons. Prairie chickens in South east Kansas, a couple pheasant trips out west to pheasant hunt then weekly...
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    Tripping or Falling

    So I am good for at least one fall a trip. In early November I stepped in a gopher hole not two hundred yards from the truck in the first field on the first day. I really thought I messed my leg up bad. I was in discomfort the rest of the trip but no biggie. Twenty some years ago I stepped in a...
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    Poor man’s quail

    Wow that looks like some kind of a challenge for sure.
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    Is this an old or young pheasant?

    His tail feathers weren’t spectacular but he was a large bird body wise. It looked as if he was losing pigmentation on the end of his spur. I didn’t think to measure them. He was in the far corner of a piece of public in SD. Cattails with water next to cut corn. It was worth the walk for sure...
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    Is this an old or young pheasant?

    How about when they have gone white on the end similar to a fingernail?
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    Most reasonable lodge wild bird hunting

    Agreed, you will have to luck into someone willing to burn up land for a single guy. Years ago I found a couple places like that on Craigslist. Had three experiences. Two good ones that I made multiple trips to over the years and one that lasted about two hours after I figured out he didn’t...
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    2025 Pheasant Season out west/midwest

    We are all fairly immature… It passes the time. You will get the information you need if you weed through the crap. A5 gave you a great start… the rest is on you.
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    Hunting accident in Harvey County

    He was accidentally shot by someone he was duck hunting with. I can’t imagine carrying that on my shoulders for the rest of my life. I duck hunted a fair amount back in my younger days. I really am surprised it doesn’t happen more often. 3-4 guys in a blind/ boat with loaded guns ready to fire...
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    Snowshoeing for pheasants?

    It’s missing the fondue maker
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    Snowshoeing for pheasants?

    Patrick time to quit screwing around…
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    Yips

    I know you remember that last day when we were up in South Dakota…. 3-4 points and layups whiffed by me. Honestly it was in my head so much I didn’t even want her to find another one. That all happened in about an hour and a half. Funny the day before I made several that were much harder in...
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    Coming from Canada

    The reason it is looked upon unfavorably is many violate the rules either due to ignorance or a lack of integrity. It is tolerated more in South Dakota because it is much more prevalent. There are many that do nothing else. I won’t say I haven’t done it and always error on the side of legal...
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    ...Closest location to find good numbers of wild quail from the Carolinas?

    There are a few here on public… we found two covey this morning. There was a pretty good wind and chances were tough. The dog is finally getting pretty steady. Birddude is right. I have been hunting this general area for years. Plan on putting some work in. If your dog covers some ground you’ll...
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    Gregory

    You’re right… Twenty five years ago I would go out north of Salina Kansas and hunt with this old drunkard of a siding salesman that worked for the company I did. He only had one working arm as he was shot several times and left in the trunk of his car for a couple days after sexing up the wife...
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