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  1. BRITTMAN

    Start of Minnesota 2025-2026 season countdown

    SD is open to January 31 ... great way to extend your season .... head over there after MN closes. Kansas is open to January 31 also. Pushing out hens from cover an hour or worse yet 10 minutes before sunset is not necessarily a good thing. In a long difficult winter ... forcing hens to...
  2. BRITTMAN

    Start of Minnesota 2025-2026 season countdown

    Weather looks a bit more "reasonable" for Saturday with a high of 70-72 (across southern and western MN). A bit too warm in the peak of afternoon, but the first 3 hours and last hour should be fine. Be careful where you let your dogs cool down and drink.
  3. BRITTMAN

    Start of Minnesota 2025-2026 season countdown

    I bet you MN moves to a Jan 10th closure date either in the 2026-2027 season or the year after that. Mirrors Iowa and navigates the political side of the issue also.
  4. BRITTMAN

    Start of Minnesota 2025-2026 season countdown

    A copy of the questions are out there if you look. What makes you think SD is truly only science based or is it economically driven science based ? SD climate is not quite the same as MN. SD is generally warmer (not much) than most of MN across the pheasant range. Especially true the...
  5. BRITTMAN

    Help me plan a trip to NoDak

    If it is behind a posted gate or inside an electronic posted area - stay off ...
  6. BRITTMAN

    Start of Minnesota 2025-2026 season countdown

    Agree that the DNR knows when MEA is. I doubt the early deer season and pheasant season open during MEA are considered counter or competitive to each other by the DNR ... they are like viewed as additive opportunities ...
  7. BRITTMAN

    Start of Minnesota 2025-2026 season countdown

    A spokesperson for the DNR said that the hunter survey report noted that the January 1 (nearest Sunday) was the least polarizing option in the survey and the January 31st closure date was the most polarizing option. They said staying with the January 1 closure date was the "safest" decision...
  8. BRITTMAN

    Start of Minnesota 2025-2026 season countdown

    Looking at the season start date (Oct 11) and the MEA weekend (Oct 16-19) ... I believe that MN DNR will want the pheasant season to be open on the extended MEA weekend. Hunter recruitment and retention is a big goal of most state wildlife agencies.
  9. BRITTMAN

    Help me plan a trip to NoDak

    Section lines can be traveled when there is a trail or two track road ... but in ND you cannot hunt these section line "roads" or the ditches adjoining them if the land adjoining is posted (physical or electronic).
  10. BRITTMAN

    MN Pheasant Action Plan 2025 - 2030

    MN Pheasant Action Plan 2025 - 2030 https://files.dnr.state.mn.us/wildlife/pheasant/pheasant_action_plan.pdf?v=2025.01.21-16.29.22
  11. BRITTMAN

    Start of Minnesota 2025-2026 season countdown

    Just because it is opener doesn't mean you have to go ... plenty of pheasants survive opening day to be chased the balance of the season. Like ruffed grouse hunting ... some years pheasant opener is too hot, others not so much, other years just right ... Other years it can be high winds or...
  12. BRITTMAN

    Preferred/best pheasant shells?

    Prairie Storm is more marketing than anything else.
  13. BRITTMAN

    Road Signs and WMA Signs

    That guy doesn’t let anyone hunt anyways
  14. BRITTMAN

    Plots guide?

    If you need paper, simple >>> download the page(s) where you hunt and print them off at home or work. Put it on a clip board if so inclined ....
  15. BRITTMAN

    Dog Dies While At Trainer

    Jury selection can make a difference in a case. I would have prosecuted him on both a felony and a misdemeanor charge. A felony charge would be tough to get a conviction on in rural MN. His website is still down. I suspect these charges have disrupted his business quite a bit and the...
  16. BRITTMAN

    Soybean price helps habitat

    For those that do get a contract to ship to Asia (China). Ocean freight costs are pretty low this year and container availability is good. It is actually soybeans which helps get those containers back to China full vs. empty.
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    Soybean price helps habitat

    Soybeans have become too predominant. Ag companies, chemical companies, seed companies, grain trading companies have all developed a true monoculture approach. Beans and Corn. Many farmers had no choice but to comply. 10 years ago, we were in a township in middle NoDak. Stutsman county...
  18. BRITTMAN

    Soybean price helps habitat

    Crude oil works much the same way. Lower quality crude far from end users can go below the price it takes to get it out of the ground when you include the added cost of moving it.
  19. BRITTMAN

    NW ND prairie bird count dropped significantly

    The North Dakota sportsmen groups kind of were run over with the e-posting. Much of ND had their panties in a bunch when the protestors occupied private land south of Mandan ... the tide turned a bit towards favoring landowners ... initial laws did offer some protected/exception to legal...
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