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Yes. It is amazing how short O/U are when set next to an auto. I just don’t think Santa is putting a 686 under my tree tonight. No fire in the fireplace just in case.

My Weatherby Orion (40 years or so) is a great 20ga gun. I believe it is SKB partnered production. I have killed quite a few ruffed grouse , woodcock and even some pheasants with it. Small gun but great in the woods. I am looking at a 12 ga. OU. Down to Franchi or Beretta. Most likely...

If you shoot FITASC one ounce loads is the max for a 12g load

Did James Madison U move up a level in 2021 just to get away from the Bison?

Dad was on the Bison team briefly after the Navy. He was a top ND HS player (RB) before his service. Knee went out and that was it. Probably ACL. He never said and they would not have been able to do much then anyways My daughter is a 3rd gen Bison grad. People forget they were a DII...

I never could stand those beeper collars so have never really used them. Get your friend the Garmin and GPS collar. Used one for 10 years now. Killed a lot of birds with dogs wearing these collars.

Yep. I switch to ice fishing for my outdoor recreation once the snow gets too deep. Then again two years ago ... deep snow hit before the ice was ready to hold it well. Water pushed through holes and cracks in the ice resulting in a formation of ice-water-snow. Wore rubber boots ice...

Who the heck got stuck in a cattail slough and how were they rescued ... snowmobile ?

A few comments: Agree with S16: Each area is different when it comes to hunting roosters in winter and the impact it has on that local population of birds. Interesting pheasants are the only upland (not including turkey) where only males are killed by hunters. If the hunting mortality is...

Years ago (and I mean like 35+ years!) we were hunting with a SD farm family. This was pre-CRP or maybe just when CRP was in its infancy. Anyways we were working a creek bottom and flushed a coyote. A couple of "cousins" to this family who were watching us from the road in an old pickup...

Wait now. On a different thread there is a photo of you (BP) walking a ditch towards your dogs (I assume hanging out with your hunting partner).

I have never hunted at a private lodge. I have hunt pheasants in four states (MN, ND, SD, and IA). I have had 50 - 100+ flush days in three of those states (not IA - only hunted there a day or two because I got an upland license that carried to fall with my turkey permit). Most of those 50...

It was a nice day to be out hunting.

SD Outfitters are mostly catering to larger groups or combined groups. Rare is the outfitter that offers self-guided hunts on wild birds for 1 - 3 people. The economics are probably just not there. They want to have groups of 8 - 20 walk a few spots, kill their limit and on to the next day...

I think many MN hunters on this site would view the Glencoe area as a day trip destination so we are not going to be much help based on personal experience.

Who gets to go next ?

Not to be out done ...

Newest dog on the team.

From a few years ago now. That solo hunt lasted about 1/2 the time that it took just to drive out there.