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Merkel made and still makes some very high quality over/unders in every gauge. They have beautiful wood and are built rock solid. They've made these for a long time.

I continue to state that a more-than-adequate load to kill almost any pheasant one deserves to get, is the Remington Express 16 gauge 1 1/8 ounce load of 5's or 6's. It drops 'em dead if you hit them right. If you DON'T hit them right, nothing works well.

My son and I finished out the season by hunting on private land in Livingston County, Illinois. Over there (I'm from Indiana) there is little cover in CRP. Most of the land is flat to undulating and the cover, such as it is, usually amounts to ditchbanks and continuous filter strips, with...

91Red--I don't know of an index for Gray's but there probably is one; if all else fails, I would contact the editor of Gray's via the website. It would be worth the extra effort. Bob Peters---I hope you enjoy Great Plains--Frazier captures the essence of the Plains. He wrote another book--"The...

I read a lot of the sporting classic literature, especially lately with all of this inclement weather. Here are a few of my favorites: "Grouse & Grouse Hunting"--Frank Woolner; "An Affair With Grouse" and "The Upland Shooting Life"-George Bird Evans "Drummer in the Woods"-Burt Spiller "The...

The 20 is good for good shots (and good women shooters too!) but for an all-round pheasant gun I'll take the 16 gauge and 1 1/8 ounces of Remington Express, or in late season /hurricane winds, Boss #5's. The new A5 or the modified choke Model 12 Winchester 16's are easy to carry, hard on the...

Why are we even still on this thread? OP, you must be a slow learner. You know what they say (and I paraphrase here for the sensitive among us)...cheat me once, shame on you...cheat me twice, shame on me!

Thanks to those who have shown concern. Here is what I've done so far: I've called the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Pine Ridge Agency at 605-867-5125; also the Oglala Tribe President, Julian Bear Runner at 605-8675821 as well as the Pine Ridge Agency at 605-407-8101. I regret to let you know I...

I just read on Yahoo News that the Pine Ridge reservation and its environs are in serious difficulty due to this latest storm. Many if not most of the houses on The Rez heat with wood stoves. With this weather (below zero temps, cruel wind and snow drifting and blowing) they can't get wood...

I keep saying this..for a real upland shooter's treat, try a 16 gauge with 1 or preferably for late season, 1 1/8 ounce loads of #5 or #6. The manufacturers are making some nice 16's now...Browning makes the new A5 and Ithaca the model 37. On the used market, there are plenty of mod. choked 16...

With only 1 ounce of Bismuth, I'd shoot 6's to increase pattern density.

There are several different "levels" of "lodges and outfitters". If you want to spend thousands of dollars and really be pampered, high class food, drink and accommodations there are places like Paul Nelson Farms, Gettysburg, SD. We've not done that. For years, and a few steps down from...

The 12 gauge Browning Auto-5 Hunter would be a good choice--mine has never let me down and I hunt pheasants and ducks, as you do. The 3" model is al you need. I have the Mossy Oak Grass Blades camo but that is purely a personal choice. Recoil is mild. Very reliable. A bit more affordable than...

The above reports are precisely why I spend most of my time hunting pheasants in Illinois, Iowa and South Dakota. It takes birds to make a bird dog, I'm 70 years old, and Time's A'Wastin'!!

In re: shells: My son bought Federal Upland 1 once 20 gauge shells at a small gunshop in Spencer, Iowa for $26.99. I bought a box too. They also had Winchester 9mm 124 grain NATO for $19.99 and I bought those. Brownell's in Grinnell Iowa was a disappointment in both guns and ammo. I bought...

My son and I have hunted birds "out west" for almost 20 years, and the weather, for the most part, has been favorable for the majority of those trips. But this last one was an exception. Our first day of hunting was in East Central Illinois, on Saturday November 5. Those of you who hunted in...

Well, the OP specified steaks so I'd have to go with Cattlemen's Club in Pierre with Mad Mary's as a not-too-distant second. A real favorite of ours as an all-around restaurant is Minerva's in Downtown Sioux Falls; their salad bar is tough to beat too. Don't know if it's still open, but a great...

The foregoing advice is all on target. Your "friend" betrayed a trust. He did it knowingly and with premeditation. There are friends and there are A--Hole Buddies. Pretty clear which category he falls into. Who needs it? Let him go.

Proper choke for the job can depend on a number of items: How quick you are in general to respond to the flush; at what range are you typically shooting at the bird, are you using a dog and is the dog an experienced rooster-getter, what is the weather doing (strong winds), what gauge do you...

You guys must be hunting in the Benton-Newton-Jasper County area. A lot of the GameBird Habitat properties are located there. Up in NC Indiana there are a very few birds; not seeing much so far, so tomorrow morning I'm going to visit my son south of Bloomington, IL and hunt wild birds Saturday...