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Feral cats are a MUCH bigger problem here than natural predators like bobcats or yotes. Luckily, coyotes regularly hunt and prey on feral cats. So they are doing some good.

I wouldn't feed them (yet). Given the conditions you stated, they can still access good cover to roost and food under a couple inches of fluffy snow. Bitter cold won't bother them if they have those other two items available. It's really deep snow and/or a layer of ice that inhibits their...

Making an emphasis to hold my gun in the "ready" position with 2 hands years ago significantly increased my harvest rate. The amount of time required to grab the shotgun with a second hand, shoulder it, and get a good bead on a bird is often exponentially magnified when fractions of a second...

I don't specifically ask the landowners for exclusive permission. Lol that would be kinda ballsy. It just happens to randomly be that way at most of the spots I hunt.

That law has been on the books since I was legally able to buy firearms at 18. So its at least 24 years.

Something to consider in MN, specifically, on the type of firearms offered in a raffle. MN requires a "permit to purchase" when acquiring specific type of firearms. Handguns and ARs fall into this category because they have a "pistol grip." You may want to consider this when raffling off...

Completely agree. This is exactly why I set out to find permission on private land 20 years ago. I'd get to a public spot an hour ahead and others would show up minutes before, only to just go 200 yards down and start hunting there instead. I'm finished with that rat race. I get to a spot...

You know a shotgun is really old if there's no recoil pad lol

Where was this deep snow last year speak of? Most of the Midwest had the mildest, snowless winter on record.

I'm also a British lab owner, mine turns 13 later this month. The only time period she ranged too far consistently was her second season. I fixed that with some e-collar training. It's rare that she is beyond about 20 yards of me since that season. I know what you mean by trying to keep up...

They are Danner Vitals in camo pattern. I misspoke earlier, they are 400G insulation, not 600.

Full disclosure, I am not mid 50's +. I've primarily been a Rocky boots customer and user my hunting life. I've generally been satisfied with them too. I use them as an all-purpose hunting boot for spring turkey, deer (stand hunting), and pheasant hunting. So I need something that fits that...

Danner hunting boots. Bought them last January and although I used them to turkey hunt last spring and to deer hunt for a week in November, the true test was walking miles while upland hunting. I expected them to be stiff, but they really weren't. I've generally been a Rocky boots guy most of...

While I think it's admirable for trying to introduce someone to the great outdoors, when a firearm is involved, safety is more important. No rooster is worth getting shot at. Anyone unsafe with a firearm has and will not be hunting with me. I'm not taking BBs just so someone else can tag...

All 3 of the individuals I mentioned above only got into pheasant hunting because they knew me, and I invited them with. They would have never gone on their own because 1) they don't have anywhere to hunt, and 2) they don't have a dog. The other thing is, at least in terms of who I take with...

Accessibility to decent hunting land (public or private) and a dog are major hurdles. Of course, neither one is required, but they are the two largest variables IMO. I think a lot of this has to do with whether the person is into the outdoors stuff in general. If that person is already a...

Otter - I've seen big dead carp before too near an open ice hole.

That's a reasonable number - less than 7%. I think 10% is a number that upland hunters should try to attain regularly. Goose has lost 18 JUST this season. If he's bagged 200 birds, then I can understand that number.

Wow, almost 60 degrees in late January? Its about 40 degrees here which is quite a bit warmer than normal but 59 is absurdly mild.

One of the spots I hunt about 3 times/season is owned by a dairy farmer. He dumps his dead cows/calves on one end of the area I bird hunt, out of sight near a small grove of trees. Every time I walk past it, my dog bee-lines right to the carcasses lol. She is a bottomless pit when it comes to...