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I figured this would be a good time to start a thread for the rifle hunters who are headed out this morning. Please post up some good stories and pics! I'll be watching a clearing in Wabaunsee county in about 7 hours. I'll have my rifle in my hot hands with the beautiful new scope that needs...

Can anybody relate to this? When nature calls, you gotta answer... I tend to "get the call" out in the field at least once or twice a season. Early in my hunting career it was a real panic moment.:eek: Hustling over to the closest available cover... Searching for a good log or tree to lean...

Looking for advice on which way to proceed. I don't have much experience training pointing breed dogs so any advice is much appreciated. (I have a little more retriever training experience, and a lot more house dog training experience) (Short question is, "when can I start enforcing the...

Best boots for sand burs? I'm guessing they will be rampant this year out in western KS. I've never used boots of any kind before, but have had encounters with the burs in dry years past. Seems like I get just as bloody pulling them out of the dogs feet as the dogs get in the first place...

I used to have a copy of Wolters' Gun Dog somewhere in my piles of stuff, but can't seem to put my hand on it now. A thorough search uncovered many previously lost items, but not Wolters' book...:mad: Oh well, I'm sure I'll find it later during a futile search for something else... Getting to...

The house just doesn't feel quite right since Rusty passed. I'm thinking about adding a pup to the family. I think it would be nice to have a small pointing breed dog so I could hunt the pup with Daisy, my GWP. I'm leaning towards getting a Brit. I know I said before that I would never get...

Seize the day, gentlemen. I am probably twice as guilty as the next guy of putting something off until tomorrow, next week, next month, or even next season… But sometimes tomorrow is too late. Saturday night as we were getting the girls ready for bed, we let the dogs in and noticed that the...

Only two weeks until the first shotgun blast of the Fall! How are you guys making the time pass? I got out the clippers today and gave ol' Rusty his Fall hunting haircut. It's almost criminal to chop off all that beautiful feathering on a golden retriever, but it sure makes life easier when...

I thought I should have seen some turkey chicks by now, but haven't seen any around yet. Wondering if they got washed away in the big rain, haven't hatched yet, or if maybe I'm just blind.:confused::laugh: Anybody been seeing any chicks? The feathered kind, I mean.:thumbsup: Turkeys...

I can't help but notice that we devoted 8 pages to a heated debate over a proposed bill that got rejected. Even a few more pages after we knew it had been rejected. I am as guilty as anybody else of keeping the thing going, and I apologize...:o So I was hoping I could start a better thread...

Hi all. I am looking for a recommendation for a gunsmith in the NE Kansas or possibly Newton/Wichita area. From a very kind relative, I was given an old Ithaca 37 featherlight pump. It is a gun I have admired (and attempted to purchase) for years. It is pretty old, but as they say, beauty is...

Anybody seen the show GUN IT on Versus? This week's episode seemed pretty un-sporting to me. The host is a character and the show is pretty entertaining, but probably didn't set a great example of bird hunting ethics. It was ALL about the kill #s. Getting a limit seemed to be the most...

I'm sure somebody else on this forum must have the same problem as me, just wondering what to do... I have been shooting a beretta xtrema 2 ever since they first came out (wow, what a gun!). I have no complaints about it whatsoever except that the choke tubes tend to back themselves out. I...

Meant to post this a few weeks ago... I got a woodcock survey in the mail from KDWP asking me to keep track of my woodcock hunts this season and how many I bagged on each trip.:laugh: Wondering if I should just send it back to them now so I don't forget after the season is over. :confused...

I was thinking about starting my dogs on a more disciplined exercise program. I was thinking about roading them, which I have seen done on TV but don't know anybody who actually does it. I've got access to a golf cart, and I've been shopping for UTVs. Anybody have an exercise program that...

Will I get a long-haired dog! Just gave my ol' gray-faced golden retriever his annual pre-season haircut. He sure is a good sport about the whole thing, but man what a pain in the butt. Clippers won't even touch that silk. Gotta do pretty much the entire job with scissors... I filled half a...

After reading about how many birds guys have shot on a rise, I wondered if anybody was brave enough to share their worst whiff of the season... Mine was pretty bad, see if you can top this!!!;) I take my dogs out to the bird farm several times each Fall and purchase several pheasants each time...

Does anybody in NE Kansas hunt over springer spaniels? I am intrigued by the hype the breed gets on TV and in magazines. Does anybody in the area have any experience with them? My golden only hunts upland birds in order to get something to retrieve, and it shows. He is pretty laid back...

What are the bird numbers like in the Dodge City area this year? Did anybody at least see a lot of birds opening week/weekend? We'll make our annual trip out there either way, but I was kind of hoping to know what to expect when we head West in December. Thanks.

Does anybody on this site hunt for upland birds on Fort Riley? I am interested in giving it a try, but I'm a little intimidated by the sheer size of the area. Also, I know they have procedures that hunters need to follow, and zones that you are supposed to avoid. I would be more comfortable...