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I shot a rooster in solar pannels last season. Farmer said it was okay, just dont hit a pannel or it would be thousands in fines. I guess the solar company leases the ground for the pannels but only owns the pannels and access road in? It was nice crp style weeds/grass in there and lots of birds

Yep just went through it with a lab. My cause was a bacon treat he was getting (as best as i can tell). My vet gave Prednisone which cleared it up immediately, then had me stop ALL food other than his regular dog food for 1 month. Then slowly introduce a treat or supplement one at a time...

Ive decided this year I am buying a tag. Suppose i could go do that now. Too many times flushing/jumping them in the fall. They about give you a heart attack when they flush, might as well get even and make some turkey jerky

Its tradition, to get that Thanksgiving bird. Iowa does a quota system since you can shoot hens, the tags never sell out though besides the low pop zones that only allow like 200 tags. Its hard to shoot a fall bird in most places, you have deer, bird, and small game hunters out in the woods...

People don't realize how good sweet corn fields used to be. Before everything went chemical fertilizer they would hand pick the ears and leave the stalks standing all winter to prevent nitrogen loss and top soil erosion. These days, like everything else, they get mowed down/discd as they are...

My retriever was retrieving dead pigeons at 3mo and finding them in tall grass, and i "worked" (played) with him every single day from the day i got him at 7wks. A paint roller once a week is a missing out on a whole lot of good fetching and bonding time with your pup. Dont be lazy, dogs are...

I once shot a rio steel shell ( 1 1/4 2) that put i think 35ish pellets on a 30" circle at 35yds with IC choke. I thought I missed the board. Had someone else shoot it and it looked like a blunderbuss, shot hitting ground in front of it, 3 feet to every side.. it was actually pretty funny. Same...

Force fetch is an obedience like you said, it also cleans up the whole retrieving/holding process. Teaches to pick up anything on command, hold it, soft mouth, being calm with birds, and to not ever let a bird go once it has it. Full FF is not needed for upland, but it does help in a lot of...

Gotcha. We are going to plant a cover plot next year in one field and have been trying to decide on either a mix or just making my own mix of sorghum/millet

Is that a pheasants forever mix then? Star used to do the mixed for PF habitat store

Millet is good early season food for upland birds. Millet loses its seed easily so it doesn't last into late season, although it stands pretty well and can be ground cover. If you have a millet food plot field nearby, there will probably be pheasant in it next month if they arent there now. Its...

Havent seen a one from the road since early July, but the cover is extremely tall this year from all the july rains so they probably arent in any of the ditches/field edges like they were last year. Last cut of hay is about to happen (or is happening), that will push some out to be visible. I...

Ive read that one, and I dont understand it. It goes against almost everything i have seen with my own eyes in the field. 42% of birds hit were crippled?? I dont think I have had 2 crippled in the last 100 ducks ive shot with bismuth. They all are mangled and look like they got hit by a bus...

Im late to the party on this thread, but first contact i bring myself dressed nicely and clean while being respectful. But its always ended with "what do you drink, i will leave you a thank you when i hunt" and i do leave their favorite bev on the porch with a thank you and my name/number...

Safety reasons is why you want your dog collar conditioned. Even the best dog will get excited and want to sniff that skunk or porcupine, or chase after a deer that they jumped out of the grass. You can yell all you want but pressing a button is a whole lot easier and works 100% of the time. I...

On waterfowl, ive never seen birds get hit with steel like they do bismuth. Its night and day different, however several inedible birds due to damage from fracturing. Its a love hate relationship. It knocks the snot out of birds, especially the ones on the edge of decoying range (35-45yd) where...

VERY common now that they have switched to a softer wad material. Just wait until you hang a wad in a rooster at 25 yards due to shot stuck in the wad!

That "10ga" trench gun (assuming rem mod 10 12ga?) sounds like a fun pheasant gun! Cyl bore little short gun would be a riot

I knew a farmer that did the same thing with the sparrows that were crapping all over his equipment. He said he tried a bb gun and they laughed at him, a pellet gun only got a handful before they learned to keep moving, now he uses a 12ga with 1 1/8 #9s and gets 5-6 a shot usually. It's...