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Great gun the 11-87. Carried one for over a decade and still pack it (vs newer ones) as my backup gun. It's a real trash pump - you can use it as a push pole out in the duck slough, shake it out and blast away. Extremely soft-shooting as well. But as I aged I found carrying that 9 lb fence post...

I have seen it brought up in the past. The thought of shards in my meat is enough of a conversation-ender on Bismuth for me. Maybe the increased tin content has fixed it, but steel works just fine for me.

Only once have I shot a triple with 2 shots. All the other times have required 3+ shots. :p

Have you tried a strap vest? An old-school vest will do just as you stated - empty the pockets as you duck under a fence - unless those pockets are zipped or buttoned. A well fitting strap vest will not do that - moves with you rather than being draped on top of you. The shell loops look great...

I have never seen a WIA of 10 acres - smallest one I have hunted in SD was 80 acres. https://habitat.sd.gov/resources/nestingcover.aspx

One of the recent yearly reports states just that - late nesting due to needing sufficient cover growth. It was cited as a reason why the increase observed this year (vs last year's drought year) was fairly minimal.

That holds true for the birds born prior to haying in that year. So yes - in the case of birds already born, they do not drop dead once you mow down the CRP. The bigger problem is that there is much less nesting cover the following spring. It was noted in one of the recent reports that birds...

Care to cite the source of this conclusion, since it is completely opposite to the consensus view of wildlife science and the clear correlation between CRP acres and pheasant numbers/harvest?

Just a theory, but guessing something happened to slightly bend that edge inward (before being installed in gun). Maybe it was dropped before being installed. Shot impacted the raised edge and tore it out toward barrel end. Not sure if being excessively loose might allow shot to impact that...

I had seen that as well, but unsure exactly what it means for much of the pheasant range. Clearly the SE part of the state is in a drought, but does that mean other parts of the state (not in drought) will be hayed to compensate? This is the only data I found and it is not that clear. Not sure...

No problem. I just looked it up recently - was looking for a good place to run the dog. For the state lands it is allowed, though you need to get a permit.

That is correct, but WPAs are not DNR controlled - they are federal. No dog training allowed, period.

You might want to read up on the regs before walking your dog on a WPA pre-season...

Long-term average goes back to the 50's when birds were like locusts and they were killing 1M+ each season. There was also the more recent boom in the 2000s. The 20% over the 10-year average is more meaningful relative to the 'new normal' - takes out those prior 'boom' periods that inflated...

I thought last year was just fine so an increase is welcome. I do recognize it varies quite a bit over the state though.

I went from 1 to 2 dogs (labs) a few years ago and will say that I prefer just 1 dog. At that time I thought the old man was winding down so I got a backfill dog, but he ended up hunting hard through year 11. You just don't get that 1-on-1 connection when its 1-with-2 and as stated before - it...

I knew SE are has been in drought and it looks like Southern part in general is dry. The area I was referring to is still in the 'white' area (has been since spring) so the report I received of high moisture sounds accurate. After last year's drought it is welcome news, just hope crops get out...

What part of the state? SE? I was recently told that NW area (still East River) is moist and crops will be out late.

Where did you see the MN and IA roadside survey results for this year? I do not see those published anywhere yet.

I will second that. WIAs can be good but are too often just crops, pasture, or mowed grass.