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I always keep mine on until I'm ready to fire. That's what they teach in gun safety class. You should be able to raise/shoulder your shotgun and release the safety in one motion. After a while, it simply becomes routine. Walking around uneven terrain through swamps, cornfields, grassland...

Definitely a few days of colder weather coming to the area starting Sat. No snow or rain/snow mix predicted where I am. But the lows on Sun and Mon morning appear to be in the teens. I'll be in my deer stand 20 feet up in a tree. I am fine with a cold snap. It keeps the animals on the move...

Good call LC. Also, just a reminder that the main 9 day deer firearms season here in MN starts on Saturday and goes through the following Sunday. Added blaze orange requirements in effect (again).

Safety for the dog and other hunters should be most important. That being said, I've shot plenty of injured roosters on the ground. Sometimes if you don't finish one off, you'll never see it again. I never set out with the game plan "I'm gonna ground pound my limit today" though.

You must be on another planet. I'll go ahead and flatly disagree with that one. He should have been permanently banned years ago if it was up to me. Deficating, shooting hens, bashing e-collars and travel kennels, promoting trespassing, calling big game hunters rubes. Ya that the line in the...

You missed my point. A post was made that you can't hang a deer. When in fact, you can. As I previously stated, get a rope and hang it up.

I'd rather walk than own a minivan. My family had minivans growing up for many years and I hated every one of them. Thankfully, SUVs have essentially replaced them now. Soccer practice moms, no thanks

I could put a lot more roosters in my season bag if I had more time to hunt too. My season total is dictated by the numbers of days I'm able to get out; not by the bag limit. Because I fill my bag limit nearly every time I hunt. I go about once every 5 days starting mid November through the...

Sorry, I meant "hunting." A game farm isn't hunting. It's right up there with shooting at domesticated poultry.

If you are hunting in multiple states, then I would add up the possession limit total for each individual state license you possess, and that would be the total possession limit. I'd also clearly label my birds with the state and date they were harvested for good measure. If you only hunt in...

I don't shoot that many and I definitely have trouble staying under the possession limit. I give a lot away. The possession limit here in MN is only 6 until Dec 1, then it goes to 9, which helps some.

We have a bunch of early youth hunts here in MN (deer and waterfowl). Adults that accompany the youths are absolutely not permitted to partake in the hunt. The regs are very clear about that. They can only "supervise." Technically an adult that is participating and shooting during a youth...

I tried Gallaprant (arthritis meds) in Aug/Sept for a month and I didn't really notice any help from it, although at that point she was not having the issues she is now. What else can they prescribe? Rimadyl? I've used that in the past for inflammation after an injury.

I usually post my results at the end of the MN thread. Last year was my best season since 2018.

My 13.5 year old yellow lab has taken a turn for the worse in the past week. She is becoming wobbly and unbalanced on her feet. It might be the arthritis they diagnosed this summer in her back legs. I don't know if she's going to be able to hunt this season with the current condition now.

People get sick from food borne illness by the thousands in this country every day. If you've ever had a case of it from salmonella, e-coli, listeria, staph, or norovirus, you'd know it. And after an experience from it, you'd probably never forget it. I certainly haven't. Which is why I...

Why can't you hang a deer, exactly? I hang every single one I shoot after I field dress it. Get a rope and tie it up. Been doing it for 31 years.

I'm guessing the majority of you don't deer hunt. Imagine leaving the guts in a deer and hanging it like that.

50 degrees is the mark at which bacteria starts to grow exponentially. Below that its still pretty safe from a food borne illness stand point.

Good call charging up the jumper pack. I have two of them I should check on.