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Let me know when that Franchi needs a new home! 😜

Interesting... I don't know if I've ever seen a 30" "field gun". Those Rizzini's are beautiful and probably a good value for the craftsmanship. I'd like to see one in person sometime.

My first trap gun was an 870TB with a fixed full choke. I shot it well, but eventually upgraded to a few different Browning's. My favorite was a BT99, until I thought I needed to add another barrel for doubles (I've never shot doubles) 🤦 Never went back to a single barrel gun after moving into...

That it's a pretty gun!

The last thing I need is more guns since I don't shoot most of what I have ....but a Sweet 16 is definitely one I'd consider if/when the opportunity presents itself.

Like many of you, the gun safe is full of options, but I always gravitate to the same gun for the pheasant season. Mine is a Franchi Alcione (2 barrel set), but I mainly only shoot the 20 gauge barrels. It wasn't expensive when I bought it new in 2003. Cost with both barrels was $1150. It fits...

My fear is as I'm laying on the ground, the staggered triple opportunity will present itself. (I know I have had multiple shooting opportunities when either crawling under our over a fence with no gun in my hand.) You must live a "cleaner" life than me! Nice reward... Congrats!

I'd be tempted to join your pursuit if my calendar was free. I have been eyeing the grasslands as a destination hunt to see it and hopefully add the scalie to my harvested Kansas bagged bird. I visited with a lady in early December, and she said hunting had been tough, but noted the scaled...

Something I heard years ago....if you aren't always training your dog, you are un-training your dog.

All of Western and Southwestern Kansas that received timely moisture that avoided the drought has seen drastically increased bird populations the last 2 years. I haven't seen it with my own eyes, but sounds like southwest had seen nice quail populations also. It appears that it takes a good...

2025 had been good for me also. Went out with 2 guys on Wednesday, and we filled our 12 bird limit. Unfortunately, the weather kept them from joining me today, but I was able to get out today alone and thanks to some great dog work, I was able to get my 4 birds again. Not going out tomorrow...

I am in agreement. Kansas tail feathers are special if they hit 23". My experience is 17-20' is normal. If you ever get one longer than 23", you better figure out how to display it. Last Saturday we cleaned 24 birds and the longest tail feather we had was significantly longer than all of the...

I see that you have an ivory Golden in one picture. Tell me more about it please. We are adding another dog (wife's dog) to the house soon and she is set on a Golden Retriever, but will only consider an ivory one. We had a golden for 11 years before he passed, but he wasn't from a hunting...

I like to think I am in control of me too. I hope my wife doesn't join this conversation, because she will say I am out of control and it's my mother's fault! :p

I heard about a turkey "poaching" conviction this weekend from a friend of mine that occurred on his property and I think it is worth sharing for anyone that is interested in. He was on a business call in his house when he heard a gunshot. He looked out his window and saw a vehicle he didn't...

When I hunt alone, I am very quiet and have success and can easily convince myself that it was because of a stealthy attack. When I am with a group, we are way to noisy in my opinion, but it is what it is and we also always seem to have success. This weekend I hosted an annual father/son (my...

I think you nailed it when you say over-weight dogs break down. Small dogs can over eat (get fed too much) and break down also. For most people, their dogs (especially labs) will gladly be couch potatoes 9 months out of year. Good pedigree and high energy dogs, regardless of their size, make...

Early in my hunting, I saw many of my friends with "heavy" labs (English Labs??) that were great retrievers, but not great hunters by my new standards after the first 3-4 years of the dogs life. They quickly began trailing along all day at pace of the hunter or slightly behind with the sole...

I would a think that the flocks of 10,000+ snow geese that we have around here certain times of the year could be susceptible.

For me, I will say parts of Kansas are back, and this happened quickly! I have mentioned on here before that 2 years ago, I had a 9 month old pup that we walked close to 50 miles before I was able to shoot her first rooster to retrieve. Last year was good, and this year has been amazing. I do...