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I don't shoot any 3.5", even with turkeys a 3" seems to kill them pretty dead. Pheasants I run BOSS #4's, ducks it's federal speed-shock #2's, geese same in BB, and turkeys is usually Winchester Double X 5's; currently have had short-shucking and jamming issues on all rounds hence the switch.

I've been shooting an old 870 express for the last 20 years, and the time has come for me to upgrade. Over the last couple years I've had more instances than I'd like of me short-shucking a shell and I watch as the rooster flies away unscathed when I could've had another shot at 30 yards; or...

November and it's not close in my opinion. I always do the weekend after opener at we find plenty of places to hunt, also like coming back in early january and it's rare to see a truck. Have to work harder for them but I enjoy hunting cattails with my pup.

My golden doesn't "point", but occasionally (maybe 20-30% of the time), he flash points and holds solid, does it more as he ages (he's 6 now). My though process is it's either when he sees the bird or the scent is so hot he knows it's right there. He generally darts between making eye contact...

Ended up wearing the Dan's 5 star for 2 weeks and I have to say they are pretty much exactly what I wanted. I wore my kenetrek gaiters over the top for the last 2 weeks of pheasant hunting and was really happy with them. I broke through the ice in a slough this last weekend in wet, gross...

Yup-Briarproofhunting is where I got mine. Ordered on Monday and I had them on a Wednesday, quick service!

I ended up going with the Dan's 5-star, we had fresh snow Friday night so I wore them Saturday and Sunday in the snow. First thought when I put them on is they're a little noisy, but once I started hitting the cattails I didn't notice the noise. I had a thought that it would make pheasants a...

I'll be wearing my gaiters over the top of the chaps when wearing them. I got the Dan's in last night, they do seem a bit noisy, but for 50 bucks they seem pretty decent quality. I'll likely only be wearing them for a dozen or so hunts each year when the snow is deeper or on the cattails. I...

I had a couple other people recommend Dan's Five Star Chaps (50$'s) which I may think of giving a try, also made in the USA and cheaper than the Filson. I already wear Kennetrek Gaiter's, it's my thighs that get wet. Reviews seem pretty decent as well. I'll order some up and post a review, I'm...

I spend a lot of time chasing pheasants in the snow which means I beat the shit out of the cattails with my golden. Anyone have any recommendations for a high quality waterproof chap or upland pant? I have a pair of browning and Carharts that I like and wear every time out, but I do get wet...

My golden is in the low 60's towards the end of pheasant hunting and floats around mid 60's late winter into summer when we begin running heavy. I generally have to bribe him to eat during pheasant hunting, otherwise he starts skirting with the too light category. He's tall for a field bred...

I've killed a couple "doubles", but they didn't flush at the same time, staggered flushes but I was standing in the same spot. Early in the year I've been lucky and flushed really large broods occasionally. Had a group of 8 roosters get up this year, only needed one more for a limit so I had...

Western and northwest WI has a wild pheasant population. I'm not going to give you GPS pins or anything but I would be willing to help you get started in a direction if you want to shoot me a PM, I hunt a couple different counties and kill wild birds (I think, no stocking nearby any of my...

Bird numbers are good where I hunt. We've put up a few different young coveys where the roosters haven't turned yet. Let a couple fly that I wasn't sure on only to have them cackle 80 yards out. We've killed 7 already in this young season, been a lot of guys out but my normal honey holes...

Bird numbers have been good, multiple flushes every-time out. Had a terrible streak of 17 consecutive hens flushed but that should mean 100 roosters next year right? We've killed 6 public land roosters hunting 7 or 8 days in the northwest part of the state on non-stocked lands. Shot a dozen...

So are they fake birds that I'm shooting? Or am I making up numbers? Or are they grouse that I'm flushing when running in the spring next to a big switchgrass field? Just curious where I need to work on my story so I'm not sugarcoating it at my next big gathering and I go really big with it...

I hunt two counties that don't release any pheasants, and I shot 21 last year, have been out 4 trips so far this year and have limited out each hunt, hunting mostly federal WPA's and some state land with habitat that rivals SD in a certain 10 mile stretch that I love hunting. WI is known more...

Couldn't disagree more. Plenty of pockets in the state that hold wild birds. Most of WI is ruffed grouse and woodcock country; but plenty of wild pheasants have found the bottom of my vest in WI. 21 in WI last year alone actually.