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Absolutely, and keep in mind that just because a state's F&G harvest report maps show an area as being not very productive does not mean there are not a lot of birds there -- it may just mean that not many hunters go there! The first couple of years I spent dozens of hours pouring over harvest...

They're too fast for me to do much reminding. :) A couple of years ago I got two in one shot, thot I was really something. A half hour later one of them started flapping crazily in my vest. Turned out its only injury was a pellet that had grazed its skull and knocked it out.

I think they are just tough to HIT! :)

For how many people?

I understand, thanks for passing it on. My grand-daughter took my shorthair for a hike a few weeks ago and came home with a video of knucklehead circling a prairie rattler in the trail and acting like he was thinking of pouncing on it. Scared the heck out of me!

Is that quarterly for life, or do you start over every year?

How much does the snake inoc cost, how long is it good for and where do you have to go to get it? TIA

Looks and sounds like 14C. Good thing you got out Monday cause the rain has moved back in for a while. Lot of fun on the nice days.

Wow. $250 for 8 boxes. Glad I can make do with lead! Do what you gotta do.

Hunting where I do in SD no one traps. I have a pair of good cable cutters in my vehicle tool box but they are heavy and the chances of me needing them due to a snare are near zero. I always have a pair of NN-pliers on me for quill-removal when hunting, along with a roll of nylon tape to...

Too many, but all we can do is keep trying to get better at shooting, and at knowing when not to. And, yes, watching them until they are out of sight!

It's mostly a miss but a pellet ruptures an artery, resulting in a bleed-out. It is like bleeding out deprives them of oxygen, making them think they are under water, and they fly straight up trying to get to air. We had one of those a few years ago. Only one pellet hit the bird, but that...

Bottle or 2 of Saline Solution in the truck for washing grass seeds etc. out of the dog's eyes at the end of the day. NN-pliers for quills but also a roll of nylon tape to hog-tie the dog with so you don't have such a wrestling match during quill extraction. No change to diet for a long drive...

Yeah, no "Death Valley Days" so far this year. Everything is still greened up.

Great advice, Mosby. I'll try to take it! ;)

But that is what I am talking about -- under SD party limit rules I can shoot my limit and then shoot birds for her, if we want more. Seems to be a good rule to me.

My point was she would not be entitled to any birds in Kansas. The "party limit" rule does not affect only large groups.

Well, west, my GF and I are (legally) "party hunting" every time we go afield. She works as hard as I do every hunt, so why shouldn't she be entitled to a bird or two just because she isn't a very good shot? We have never shot 2 full limits in a day, though -- that would make for too much bird...

Show up as a group of 4 or more where I hunt and you have just about zero chance of being allowed into private property, the best of which will have vastly more birds than any public land, WIA, WPA, etc. Come as two or fewer and you have a chance. I have done it in a group of six, and it was...

"The most important thing in the world is that you be able to shoot a shotgun well." That is what I told my kids the whole time they were growing up, only half in jest. Never heard anyone else say anything so silly. :) Now I would double down on it, but would add . . . "and have good places...