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It varies, of course, but the more you practice yardage estimating the better you get at it. I used to shoot archery a lot, shot at 10, 20, 30, 40 yards…was fairly decent at estimating yardage because of that. All you can do is do your best, hopefully err on the side of not taking overly...

My main hunting partner and I guess at various objects and walk them off pretty often

As a point of reference, it’s 20 yards from the plate to the mound, 30 yards to first base, and about 42 yards from the plate to 2nd base, the same distance between first and third. I haven’t been on a Diamond in a while, gonna do it sometime for kicks to eyeball the different distances. I...

I shot LOTS of SD roosters past 40 yards this season with my IC choked guns typically using #5 lead, standard velocity loads…works for me…not preserves, rarely pointed…but it’s not uncommon to get close flushes, either…I could see using LM choke, or even M…just haven’t been persuaded by my...

If I understand trap: the target starts at about 42 mph, 16 yards away, goes basically straight away, and is about 4” across and about 3/4” deep…very small target traveling very fast, probably never being broken much closer than 30 yards…never gonna come at me, or give me a crossing shot…and...

You get to hard core by starting at soft core…😜

I always assume the fewer shells I’m carrying, the more opportunities I’ll have, and vice versa…but I tend to carry too many shells, especially on potentially longer walks…

Usually 20-25….if I’m in SD with a group, 25+….I shot 6-8 birds several times this season, and probably had a miss or two each day…may have shot at 10 birds +/- several days this year…I sometimes resupply once or twice during the day, depending.

A lot of times the wife works for the health insurance, not to mention the extra income. The #’s that a farmer contends with are astronomical…starting with the land. If you’re not born into it, hard to imagine making a go of it. The farm family I’m closest to farms ground that the deceased...

Think one of my farmer friends who I talk with routinely told me corn had recently broken through $4…was double that not that long ago, which served to set cash rental rates, land prices, etc. Tough stuff…lots of decisions on a very regular basis. I couldn’t do it.

I have generally taken a path of least resistance approach to most of this stuff; been hunting a lot for the past 31 seasons. Mainly 2 guns, a Montefeltro for 23 years, and a Benelli Ultralight the past 8. Both 12 gauges. IC chokes 97% of the time. Lead #5 shot 95% of the time, many...

Wasn’t me…😆 lots of guys aren’t very thoughtful…

It’s February and I’m glad Bob created this thread. Not a lot going on. Fun to bs about this stuff. Reflecting on the season, which just wrapped up for me 1/26, I was happy with how things went…shot quite well, birds fell, dogs did their part. This is superfluous but enjoyable banter…do what...

I’ve done a good bit of patterning…agree, it’s helpful. I don’t run right out to pattern shells that I acquire, especially a few boxes. I’m very happy and content with the choke choices I make…kill lots of birds every year, north of 100, especially when including early prairie birds…don’t...

And if you’re using non-tox some of the time, it may pattern tighter…steel does. I bought some hevi-shot #6 from a friend, he commented that it patterns tight…used that ammo on a WPA last trip, shot a crosser at about 40…he landed on a snow drift, looked hard hit, but I shot again as he layer...

I use IC in my Benelli Ultralight 12, as well as my Beretta AL 391 20…most of my doubles are Skt1/Skt2. Works great for me…mostly shooting lead #5…I don’t shoot that spendy, high-velocity stuff…mostly around 1200-1250 fps. Most birds I shoot are 15-40 yards. I hunt by myself a lot, or with...

Are they 3 1/8”, or, are the others 2 7/8”?

Had gun stolen from van, middle of the day, while napping. Tiny town in ND that had/has drug issues. Was parked right in front of the rented house.

My dad hunted SD in the ‘60’s, and the 4 of them could possess 25 each, which was 5 days worth…so for at least 60 years they’ve done the 5 day thing, I assume it was 2 5 day periods?

I scoured the SD GFP website, couldn’t find any history of the NR provisions. All I know is what I’ve experienced in my 31 seasons.