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Just got back from our 4 day trip. For sure there are "more birds". We had pretty good success hunting public. Probably 80% young-of-the-year birds, including one that should earn my buddy a trip to wherever. It had a narrow strip of "hen colors" down the middle of the breast. I passed on...

I tested the "Bioammo" loading over the summer. It allegedly has a biodegradable hull and wad, leaving only a little bit of metal from the shell head. It tested OK. Not good enough compared to traditional plastic loadings. While my sxs has ejectors, it's a pretty simple to position your hand...

Fantastic photo!

I've been through phases. When I had a lab I was into waterfowl, upland with bigger groups, and deer. Then as my lab aged and ultimately passed away I had younger kids at home and wasn't ready for a new dog. For that 5-7 year period I drifted towards big game hunting--my family had some good...

That one I put you on is the one that was being hunted two weeks ago. It wasn't your truck that day (different county). Did you see any on it this year? I've seen chickens every time I've been there, although I don't always get a shot. Plan B was the one nearby that you told me about. My...

The first time we went--two weekends ago--we had to switch to plan B because someone was already there. There was one truck, a more-or-less local truck, parked right where we were going to park. Like many chicken spots, it's a big WIHA, and I've seen trucks there before. We didn't see the...

We got out for our final trip on Sunday morning. It was great to have some cooler weather! My dogs covered about 13 miles; couldn't tell you how far I walked. A very loose group of 3 flushed just within and just beyond range. The other guy shot once and missed. 50-100 yards later a single...

I have one of those too. While I've considered it, I have never used it for dog nails. After reading this thread I wonder if the lowest speed is perhaps too fast and would generate too much heat. Maybe I'll try it.

Can you provide a link to this piece? I'd be really interested to read it myself.

Westie is right about the areas to hunt. I'd also suggest looking at the brood survey when they publish it (should be soon). As for deer season, I'd stay away from the state ground surrounding the major reservoirs and focus exclusively on WIHA. Before putting dogs down I'd survey all the road...

I have two vizslas. The radius alarm on my alpha is set at 200 yards and rarely goes off. If it were 50 yards I think I'd hear it a lot. 100 and I'd probably hear it once or twice a day. As others have said, they'll hold point as long as the birds hold. Both of them will bump a bird now and...

I finally got out yesterday. We hunted one spot before it got too hot. Saw a single and a pair within 50 yards of each other after almost 2 hours of walking. The pair was on the edge of gun range for the other guy, but he didn't shoot. Then my dog locked up pretty hard, again probably only...

Does the new generation incorporate more functionality into the relay device? Using your phone's internal GPS rather than pay for a GPS receiver in the handheld is a great idea, but the handheld on the original version had no functionality. It just relayed signals between the collar and your...

Depends on the glove. It seems to be ok with my preferred gloves that have deer hide fingers. I very rarely touch the screen when in the field anyway. My system for carrying the unit does a pretty good job preventing incidental screen touches. Good enough that I rarely mess with locking the...

Alpha 100 here. I've had it over 10 years now. As others have said, I can't imagine hunting without it, particularly with 2 dogs on the ground. My 2 main hunting buddies have gone to that unit too. The Pro 550+ and the Alpha 10 were not available when I bought mine. I might have gone that...

And there was more last night.

Dogs came down with kennel cough on 9/13. Vet recommended "no hunting" for this past weekend. I'm travelling to go to a wedding this weekend, so now I'm looking at 10/4-10/5. fingers crossed...

HuntFishSD is really the Aberdeen Convention & Visitors Bureau. Amy was very helpful on the phone and followed up with the email below. I hope she's correct. >> Hello Matt, I’m pleased to confirm that South Dakota Game, Fish, and Parks will indeed be mailing out the 2025 Pheasant Hunting...

Yes, you can request one. I did that maybe two weeks ago. But per my phone call with the SDGFP yesterday, they won't actually send it. I think I'm going to request one and some other random publication every day for a while. I'll call HuntFishSD. Hopefully they'll send me one. Since I'm in...

Call me a dinosaur if you want... When I'm hunting I prefer to have both a paper atlas and OnX going. Paper for big-picture stuff and notes and the OnX screen only showing a few square miles. Anyway, I used the SDGF website's tool for requesting publication to request this year's atlas. That...