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Worked well: Browning Sweet 16 A-5, Boss 16 ga. #5's, Columbia Upland jacket (at least 20 years old, still going strong), Red Wing Wingshooter insulated boots (very comfortable and durable), Newt, my 5 1/2 year old Yellow Lab--great retriever/cripple finder, 2024 Suburban Z-71 (amazed that it...

Thanks everyone for your replies; I'll probably be checking with you after the hatch to see how the remainder of the winter goes. My contact tells me we can hunt his ranch and he stated he rarely lets others hunt it. He'll also introduce me to other local ranchers he know. I've always wanted to...

A long time friend has a 1,200 acre hay operation outside Lewistown and he has invited my son and I out next fall to hunt pheasants. The hunt would be on his private ground and that of other ranchers he knows in the area. He is not a bird hunter, but says if we come there will be birds. Anyone...

I'm 2 months away from 73 and I wear the Irish Setter Wingshooter boots. Hunted 6 straight days in South Dakota with no problems this fall, very comfortable for me. I also hunt once in awhile in uninsulated Meindl's I bought years ago at Cabela's. And as a back-up I have an older pair of...

That's too bad--sorry to see the moderator give in. If you want low humor, check out Saturday Night Live. Stop and THINK: If someone like him came to YOUR farm talking nonsense, would you let him hunt?

My son and I have a friend in eastern Illinois who lets us hunt his private land. With very few exceptions, in that area they farm the proverbial fencerow to fencerow, except there are no fencerows! You get the idea---other than ditches and the accompanying filter strips, there IS no other...

I'm with the new moderator. If all I want is BS, I can go to the gun club.

Brit-- I'll attempt to address your original post. Pay no attention to the naysayers who decry lodges/outfitters. Sometimes, in some circumstances (like yours) they have their place. Before I begin, let me say my son and I hunted hard for 4 days in late October, on private land (NOT a preserve)...

Thanks to all for the replies. Many good workable suggestions to try!

Hunted in NW IOWA last week and shot limit both days but the cold, with my arthritis, gave me fits. Any user-tested glove recommendations? I need something that will allow dexterity so I can handle the gun and shoot in cold weather.

The Cabela's in Mitchell, SD was a great store in the late 90's-early 2000's. Used to stop there on our way to Pierre and parts north, to shop and buy our out-of-state licenses. They had stacks of Prairie Storm on sale, and you could buy Herter's target load 16 gauge shells for $59/flat. They...

Thanks very much for that frank and insightful review. This new one looks pretty good and if it's still there in the morning I'll probably buy it.

I'm looking at one in my local shop. Looks fine, I've handled it several times. If you own one of the new Wingmasters (not Fieldmaster), how do you like yours?

I got my A5 Sweet when they first came out. Mine likes the Federal 16 gauge Upland #5 or #6 loads and the Boss #5 loads. It's a killer with both. I use an IC choke for pheasants and for jumping ducks. It's so light and easy to carry that I have used little else the last few years.

I still don't regret, even for an instant, doing the dog swap mentioned in my post above. The dog I gifted was clingy, with no drive to hunt. I love dogs, but business is business. I don't have many years left to be in the field, and I'm not wasting them on a non-performer, especially with...

About 7 years ago, I had to replace my old Chocolate Lab who was a great hunter. He was 13 and had a full life. So I went to the same breeder I got Gus from, and my first mistake: took my wife with me. She meant well but was insistent on this one remaining Chocolate pup; for whatever reason I...

In my northern Indiana county there are at least 5 companies doing the "stealth" bit--talking to farmers to get them to sign up, but advising them NOT to tell their neighbors. A chickenshit approach, to be sure. Thus, my neighbors and I found out in late April that there have been 5,000+ acres...

A number of farmers in my area are turning to the "siren songs" of contracts with the wind and solar energy people. This is a disgusting turn of events which certainly doesn't bode well for bird hunters. With $3.50 Corn and $10 beans, below breakeven for most producers,--maybe lower by...

Brit---I'd love to, but it would remind me too much about Nero fiddling while Rome burned.....

This is an election year, we have two well known candidates, neither of whom are truly statesmen "worthy"or capable of leading the country with the most potential in the world (free or not free world, makes no difference) to make it a better place. There is belligerence and dissension everywhere...