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Wow. Opening day, and not a peep. Either a comment on this forum, or pheasant hunting in Colorado. Speaking of which, being on the Western Slope I didn't get out for the B-52s, but I did manage to get into a few quail. Yes, Virginia, there really are Gambel's quail in Colorado. Should have had...

Gonna put in a plug for my old childhood buddy, Tom Reed. I particular like Blue Lines: https://www.amazon.com/Blue-Lines-Fishing-Tom-Reed/dp/1606390244. It's mostly fishing, but a bit of upland and other outdoor pursuits thrown in. A great writer, IMO.

+1 for the Model 37! Exactly what I use for turkey, has never failed me - 25 consecutive years hunting Merriam's in Colorado. Never a problem knocking them dead <=30 yards. In my early days, I used a Model 12 shooting 3" Mags, X full choke, and missed TWICE somehow. I do use #4 /#5 turkey loads...

Amidst all the doom and gloom here, I just wanted to add a semi-positive report! Sitting here wondering if I could squeeze in one more end of season trip next weekend now that it's cooled down and there is snow on the ground (or used to be), but a long list of home projects is probably not going...

Guess I just got lucky. I made two solo 3-day trips to KS this year, and came back with 8 birds each time (plus only 2 quail, but I only hunt them when I run into them). That included a daily limit once on each trip. It helped that I was shooting what is for me, lights-out, only missed maybe 4-5...

I do think leaving margins is key. I have found in some fairly wide-ranging hunting when I drive by fields that are edge-to-edge clean - regardless if the field itself is any good - there are very few birds around. even marginal fields with 10-20' of weeds/tall stubble/something around the edges...

As a life-long hunter and avid environmentalist, let me just say - it's about time. These two sides have always had more in common than not, it's largely been a "guilt by association" and divide and conquer approach by the opposition that has kept them apart. It drives me crazy when hunters...

I've been wondering about this. Is it really "against the rules" to graze and/or plow under tracts enrolled in WIHA? The ones that really get me are the edge-to-edge cover crop fields. I don't mind if there are weedy corners (though seems to me they should only be paid for the corners in those...

Don't see much discussion of "cotton-tops" on here, but here goes anyway. Where I pheasant hunt I run into a fair number of quail, both bobs and scaleys in about equal number. This weekend I stumbled into a large covey of scaleys, around 20 birds. First interesting item is they acted much...

Has anyone ventured south of I-70 this year? I know the SE corner didn't get as much precip as NE, but I will have a day and a half this weekend, leaving from Pueblo, and was wondering if I should invest in the extra 1.5 hours to drive to Yuma/Wray area vs. heading down the Arkansas Valley, then...

Ok, it's probably post-season cabin fever, but I have a hankering to go take a walk in the canyon country out west, and pretend to be hunting partridge. Does anyone know if there's still a huntable population in CO? Don't expect any GPS coordinates, but any general direction would be nice. The...

Got out today, for only the third time this year. Just me and Spencer, my 8-year old yellow lab. Light wind, high about 52, but for some reason, birds were getting up just about perfect. I saw about 150 birds in smaller bunches all day long. I finished up before noon, so I spent the afternoon...

Got out today, for only the third time this year. Just me and Spencer, my 8-year old yellow lab. Light wind, high about 52, but for some reason, birds were getting up just about perfect. I saw about 150 birds total in smaller bunches all day long. I finished up before noon, so I spent the...

I'm a loner by nature and don't join many forums, but since this is probably my #1 passion, I decided I would finally join. I've been reading threads here off and on for a couple years, and overall enjoyed them. I've been hunting pheas and elk most of my life, and added turkey, dove, grouse and...