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First off, understand that I am not a professional or even an accomplished dog trainer. A couple of seasons ago, my dog started running off on hot pheasant trails and flushing birds out of range. It was really bad when we had the opportunity to hunt a private property that had hundreds of...

I unload my gun at the end of shooting hours and walk out to my vehicle. Zombies, bigfoot and aliens do not exist. I have no fears of coyotes or raccoons, etc. My amygdala must not be as easily stimulated as some of yours. I do not want a ticket for hunting after hours, especially when...

She may not be able to purchase a license without first taking a Firearms Safety Class.

I sincerely doubt that she was observed committing an offense that warrants a ticket. See this link. Go to the fifth bullet point on licenses. The reference regards deer hunting but I think it applies. https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/hunting/deer/deer-season-faq.html If she was observed...

My 9.5 year old pointing lab is really showing her age. I mentioned in a previous post that I have been giving her glucosamine supplements and that has been helpful. However this past week has been rough. After hunting last Friday and Saturday, she had difficulty climbing the basement stairs...

I got trained at work as an early adopter. At the time, all websites were text based and changes were occurring very rapidly. When I started on the Internet, it was still a wood burning system.

Fixed it for you 🙂

My attitude about the game is: "They didn't invite me to play again this week, and I do not have to watch them."

Got out this afternoon for about an hour in SE Minnesota. My pointing lab had several solid points and the birds sat really tight. Had 9 hen flushed but no roosters.

Slip on recoil pads are as ugly as homemade sin. Also, on most field guns, it lowers the point of impact as it increases the length of pull. Unless those are your goals, as Cheesy suggested, have a real recoil pad installed.

That's why you cannot hunt til 10:00 a.m. They need time to plant the birds each morning.

Reminds me of the words of the late, great, Jimmy Buffett. "I would rather die while I am living than live while I'm dead."

Reading this thread does make me feel better. I fell twice this season while duck hunting on the Mississippi River. I slipped on rocks on wing dams.

We had 4-5" of light powdery snow. I did see three pheasants flush at long distance but 12 held tight. Most of the upland cover always covered with snow and blown down. The birds were mostly in the edges of brushy cover.

I have done all my MN pheasant hunting in SE Minnesota this season. It has not been great but it has not been bad either. Last night and today we got our first plowable snow. My neighbor and I got out this afternoon for about 1.5 hours. My dog pointed/flushed a total of 12 pheasants. She is...

ROTFLMAO 😂

I hunted on snowshoes many times when I was a kid in NE Michigan for hares. I much preferred not using snowshoes. I have a question: If the snow is deep enough to warrant using snowshoes, how is a dog able to move?

I do not know anything about your friend's character or his recent behavior. I have personally witnessed two hen pheasants fly into a power line and kill themselves. Both circumstances involved my father on his only hunting trips to Iowa. The first time, I was driving the car, my father was...

Hunting ditches in Iowa is legal. Why would it not be looked on favorably? Also, what do Canadian plates have to do with it?

Yeah. However, the focus is on the bird, not the gun. I may see the gun, but I am not focused on it. It's not unlike swinging a bat at a baseball. You may see the bat hit the ball but you must "keep your eyes on the ball" it order to hit it.