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The rarely-seen web-footed aquatic rooster 😂

That's a dead rooster for sure.

I definitely didn't, I've never had any buffered bismuth. The ones I patterned were factory- Hevi-bismuth 4's and Kent bismuth 5's.

This was my experience too. I did some pattern tests 3 years or so ago, and bismuth patterned just a bit tighter than lead. That was Hevi-bismuth 4's and Kent bismuth 5's, in my new-style Sweet 16 through a Trulock light-mod choke tube. Like you, I'm not a fan of Hevi.......weird-shaped shot of...

Many times over the years here in TX. Some have been cool, some have been jerks. Been taking 2-3 trips each season to SD for the past 8 years and have only crossed paths with one game warden. He was very nice and gave us a couple of tips about public spots to try. Didn't even check our...

Sharptails are my favorite game bird to eat. I treat the breast filets like steaks- light coating of olive oil, montreal steak seasoning, then into a hot pan just long enough to be medium rare. Absolutely delicious to me. I do the same thing but with mexican seasoning instead of steak seasoning...

I have the Affinity in 12 ga, synthetic/camo stock, and my wife has the same gun in 20ga. They're our main duck guns, and we couldn't be happier. I mostly use other guns for upland, but my wife has used her 20 for pheasant in SD a good bit. I love Remingtons, I shot 870's and 1100's growing...

You're welcome, good luck to you too!

I'm in MN on a work assignment and this past Saturday I had go drive up into central ND and back. Didn't see any birds, but I was on paved roads the whole time, and most of the driving was done mid-day, so that's no surprise. But the countryside definitely looked lush and green, lots of water...

I've only hunted ND the past 3 seasons, so I'm no expert on ND. But my guess is that there are probably decent to good numbers of sharptails around Rugby, but marginal for huns and phez. If you went an hour or so NW, W, or SW you'd be in better territory. ND game & fish website has range maps...

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I saw a pair of huns in the SE part of the state last year in july or aug. Those were the first ones I've ever seen in SD and I've been taking 2-3 trips each season since 2015. Like Dakotazeb said, if you want huns, western ND or MT is the place to go.

Great photos, as always!!!

You won't regret taking a trip for prairie birds, just do it. Hunted quail and pheasant since I was a kid (55 now), and took my first trip to ND for sharptails and huns in '20. Had a great trip, went back in '21 and '22, and it's gotten better each time. Pheasant will always be my favorite...

I agree, very well put.

This thread makes he glad that 99% of my hunting is either me and the dog..... or me, the wife, and the dog.

Here's what I use: https://water.weather.gov/precip/ I spend a ton of time between about May and Sept looking over various areas in the 5 states that I hunt. Incredibly helpful tool.

Good news for sure! Hoping the sharpies and huns made it through alright.

Great pics, as usual!!

Wow, that had to be a very cool thing to see!