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Looking for suggestions on a quality nontoxic bullet for .243. Last year my daughter shot a deer with her youth model .243. It was a perfect shot to the vitals, not through a leg bone or anything... When I went to process the deer I found that the bullet had practically exploded inside the...

This Spring has been the first one that I have heard quail whistling on my little farm, and Sunday I had the good fortune of seeing a few of them run across the trail ahead of me.:D The place looks about as "quaily" as I can make it on my budget, but it's a tiny island in a vast sea of...

Looking for a recommendation for dog boarding in Manhattan, KS. Need to board our two dogs for a week later this Summer, and we've never done that before in Manhattan. Last year we had a neighbor come over and feed them while we were gone, but when we got home they were totally out of water...

Beretta Xtrema 2 for sale. Kick-off, Max 4, original case, 5 chokes. Shoots 2.75-3.5" shells. I bought it new. It's been my one gun for all upland, waterfowl, and trap. It's been a magic wand of avian death. :laugh: But seriously, it's a great gun that has been properly cared for...

If anybody is within a reasonable drive of the Flinthills Discovery Center, I would highly recommend stopping by the prairie chicken exhibit that is currently on the second floor. The photography is stunning. There are some of the best photos I've ever seen of greater and lesser prairie...

I hope KU and WSU both win their games on Friday. That would set up a very interesting game on Sunday! :cheers: I don't think the B12 will make a lot of noise in the tourney, except for maybe Iowa State. Hope I'm wrong. The later rounds will be a lot more interesting if they involve teams I...

Pheasant season ended on the Kansas forum like a bad date. We all just said, "see ya!" and never called back... :laugh: I've got some firewood to cut, and hack down some cedars at the farm, but it's just tough to get too excited about anything in February... I've got a ton of stuff to do...

Late season adventure! Got permission to hunt some good looking quail cover this morning, so the dogs and I were there before sunrise. I was very optimistic because the farmer had reported seeing quail in this field earlier in the week. It was 20 degrees, and the moisture from the creek had...

Made my first trip west this weekend, hunted Friday and Saturday. Ouch. It was a serious butt-spanking by the birds. Hit 100% WIHA on Friday on my way out, and saw a few rooster pheasants flushing ahead but got no shots on them. Found a few quail and bagged a single after not firing on the...

Still a few days left before we can bird hunt. Just wondering if anybody has tagged out on their deer yet? If so, post up some stories and pics. If not,,, any good stories of the one that got away? My daughter tagged a young doe in the youth season with her new .243, and it was delicious...

I'm not looking forward to our propane bills this Winter, and thinking about adding a wood furnace in the basement or one of those units out in the yard. I would like it to be an add-on, so we could still have propane heat available when we need it, but could get at least a portion of our heat...

My 9 y/o daughter tagged out on Saturday during the youth deer season. She made a perfect heart shot on a young doe. I knew she was a good shot with her new .243 on the paper target, but I didn't know how the excitement of live game might affect her. I guess she has ice in her veins. :D...

I've been planning to buy a youth deer rifle for my oldest daughter to use this season. My Cabelas points are getting pretty high right now, so I was thinking of just buying a new youth model and scope with my points. It looks like there are at least three or four companies selling small-frame...

Any of you have success with wood duck boxes? I have been thinking that building a few would be a fun Spring project with the kids, and we could place them along the river at the farm. The stretch of river holds ducks all year, in the little pools and eddys. Just wondering if anybody has...

So,,, my season ended on the strangest possible note! :laugh: The air was cold and crisp, with just a few flakes of snow blowing in the air. The weather seemed just right. I had my unloaded shotgun tucked through the game pouch of my vest, and my camera in my hands. The dogs acted like...

Took the wild bunch out yesterday morning for a little quail run. We hunted a couple hours and got our daily exercise. It was a really nice morning with the mud still pretty frozen, but the creeks had some open water to cool the dogs off. Just about perfect conditions, honestly.:D It was...

They say, "bootleather kills birds", but I don't know about that... In terms of efficiency, drought does a much better job, I think...:o Walked Saturday and Sunday until I was completely wrecked, which took a lot fewer miles on Sunday:o, and ended the weekend with one bird in the bag... I...

So Wednesday was the rifle deer opener here in KS, and I still have a doe tag so I went out. I was absolutely freezing my berries off, not seeing a dang thing for three hours...:mad: Apparently after three hours of hypothermia you can really have some great hallucinations, because I have...

This morning was my daughter's first tag-along upland hunt. She's getting to be a seasoned deer and turkey hunter, but I was saving the best for last... :thumbsup: She gave me a solid 2+ miles walking through some pretty nasty cover. I think it would be good early and late in the day, but was...

I had a skunk get in the chicken coop last night and pick off a low-roosting hen. At least I am guessing that from the dead, half-eaten hen and the smell inside the coop...:( I've deployed a couple box traps around the coop tonight, hopefully the skunk moves on or gets caught tonight. For...