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I live a few miles north of New England and drive 32 miles a day round trip M-F on gravel/scoria roads for work. I leave the house about 0445 hrs so I'm traveling during prime time to see what's out there. The pheasant numbers look to be pretty decent, I would say about the same as last year...

As has been said already, it depends on any number of factors, not least of which is your dog's age, physical condition, as well as conditioning.

I didn't need to see the pic, I knew Echo was a lab after reading your post. I second SJohn's post, and I'll raise a tube of EMT Gel in my shooting vest dog first aid kit. We also carry Gerber Dime multi-tools. They are a small, light weight tool that has both a really nice small needle nose...

Birdhshooter makes some valid points. Shooting too quickly (i.e., before the rooster opens the range a bit) is very apropos, particularly if like me you favor the tight patterning Prairie Storm load. Even with IC over Mod, I found I needed to let them get out a bit or the result would be a...

This sounds like the "he'll grow into it" school of thought that was the norm back in the 60's. To this day I recall the frustration of after "outgrowing" the double barrel 410 I learned to shoot & hunt with, being given a cheap Sears 20 gauge pump by a well meaning uncle. That shotgun's...

The last several years there seems to be a great emphasis on technically correct wing shooting. That's cool & all, but when hunting no two shots are the same so it follows that no technically perfect technique will work for all. I learned to wing shoot back in the early 60's. Essentially...

It's axiomatic that if you are hunting with labs and they get birdy, you get to running...

Not just Stark County, the stuff is used all across western ND. Normal road gravel material isn't found out here so it's expensive. Cities use regular gravel and counties use it on a few heavily traveled roads. The further west you go from the Missouri and the farther from the bigger cities...

I could be wrong but I don't believe it's required to e-post. The blocks I checked did though...

Electronic Posting goes into effect on 08-01-21. Landowners can now post electronically but still have the option to post with no trespassing signs. If land is unposted it's incumbent on the hunter to check if it's e-posted before going on it. The impression I get is that "I didn't see any...

Super tough and sharp orange-red crushed rock they dig up for gravel out here. It punches through 6 ply tires like Goodyear Wranglers with ease, so most folks who live in the country use 10 ply All Terrains. If you are in ND west of the Missouri and find yourself on a road of bright orange-ish...

Primarily adults and feathered out chicks from the earliest hatches.

07-27-21, SW ND: Miserable hot and water is way down everywhere. That being said, still seeing plenty of birds going to/from work and along the scoria roads in this area...

You aren't whistlin' Dixie, bro. Couple years back we were hunting along the Cannonball a few miles from the house. My rooster machine YLM Harley goes over the bank to work some brush, comes back and hits the cover in front of us. My wife says "what's Harley carrying"? I whistle him in and...

Welcome to the forum. Every year I manage to get a couple around my place early in the season, but they aren't real abundant hereabouts. Had a pair nest in my shelter belt this spring. We often saw them hanging out in the yard with our chickens & guineas. To get into them here in ND, you...

Lewis Dog Boots, you can get them from Gun Dog Supply. I live in SW ND and use them as SOP. They are a PITA to take on & off, and getting the duct tape residue off them is ever a bigger PITA, but nothing will protect your dogs feet better. There are lots of videos showing how to put them on...

With the first ChiCom Flu payment I pulled the trigger on a Browning Citori 725 Featherweight 24" in 12 gauge, and I'm damned glad I did. Hands down the finest rooster killing shotgun I ever swung on a bird. You won't be sorry...

If you look around you can probably find a nice used Browning Citori for around $1200. I have the Citori 725 Featherweight with 24" barrels in 12 gauge and it is my go-to shotgun for roosters, ahead of everything else in the safes...

Sharps are fun to hunt and I'll take them when they flush, but are not much of a table bird. IMO they make OK stir fry meat, but that's about it. Same with doves. I shoot a few around the yard when the season opens. They are challenging targets but IMO not great too eat. Hardly seems worth...

The Chief looks to be very similar design to the Q5 Centerfire that was finally delivered to me when the season was over last January. Seems to me the primary reason to get a Q5 or Chief is to carry more gear. Hunting out here in western ND I tend to carry a lot of gear and the Q5 has so many...