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    Hits & Misses...

    Benelli has a solution for the "both barrels empty" problem........;):) The same solution also covers up for the first couple of misses on a close bird......
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    Shot choice on public land in Iowa

    Of course its not.
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    Feral cats

    I killed 3 muskrats at my cabin last weekend due to their destructive nature along my shoreline. Was it fun? yes. Was it necessary? I think so. I'll probably get more this weekend. Once in a while I thin the herd if they set up shop on my property. There are hundreds more doing just fine out...
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    NW Iowa report 11-12-20

    Nice report. Thanks. I may try a day hunt somewhere along the I35 corridor next week.
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    Delicious Pheasant

    Please explain to me how you brine the pheasant first. Thanks.
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    Feral cats

    I dont think that matters. If a cat is on public land then it is obviously hunting wild animals. If there are no nearby houses I wholeheartedly agree to someone's right to shoot it. I've had chances to shoot ferals at my cabin but I couldn't pull the trigger since there actually were nearby...
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    Shot choice on public land in Iowa

    27 counties are WMA/WPA non-tox. Appear to be most of the good pheasant counties or at least all the ones I hunt. Ditches are not so I have purposely been using my stashes of lead ditch hunting before it too is illegal and Im left with a lot of unusable ammo.
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    Backup Gun Rant

    Excellent!
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    Backup Gun Rant

    I bought a Franchi Infinity as a backup to my Benelli M2 and I like it so much I use them both. Very similar actions. I have an extended magazine tube on the M2 so I choke and use that anyplace steel is required. I can load (5) 3" rounds. We can still use lead in places so I choke and use the...
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    NW Iowa report 11-12-20

    I just finished my 3rd weekend in a row and it has not been a very good year. We keep saying its the weather because we have had all kinds of unfortunate weather conditions with super high wind topping the list. Still I think we should have seen more birds. Last Friday I didn't shoot a single...
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    Average drive time to hunt

    Twin cities to Iowa. 3 hours give or take depending on where I start.
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    Found GSP SW of Dickinson ND

    Great outcome. My dogs all have collars with name plates with mine and my wife's cell phone number. Even the electronic collar.
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    Looking for orange dog collar

    Ill add even more to this. One of the name tag rivets came off my recent collar. I emailed GDS and Steve replied back very quickly that I could send it in for repair or they could send me rivets. I opted for rivets to fix it myself. I expect them any day now. Great Service!
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    Best breed for finding cripples

    I think its an individual quality. Ive seen different breeds excel at it. Its rare to see in my circle of friends. I cant think of one dog that is great at it alive right now. I've seen way too many birds lost in years past and now I only shoot when they are close and I can blister them good...
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    Huns

    Was hoping to see some but not yet over the last two weekends in the NW.
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    Hunting in rain?

    If I drive far away to hunt or fish the rain doesn't stop me. Especially if I am there overnight.
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    IOWA Opener is finally here! Share your opening day success.

    For the first time ever we did not lose a single bird shot on opener. Just good luck. Next day we lost 1 right out of the gate.
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    IOWA Opener is finally here! Share your opening day success.

    Most hunters I ever seen. We couldn't secure a public spot almost an hour and a half early sat. Hunted a private field instead and got 16 for 6 guys. Finished the day after lunch in ditches. Today we hunted other public and private with almost the same luck.
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    Looking for orange dog collar

    I got this one for my new golden. Started with med and now have large. She swims so much we needed a waterproof collar as the leather one got nasty. Nice collar. https://www.gundogsupply.com/wigwag-large-dog-collars.html
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    Public land etiquette?

    My group respects other hunters but I see some that dont. Last year someone parked an empty truck in the small parking space at a public spot we like. The night before. We surrounded the empty (cold) vehicle with our trucks and informed the guys (truck owner) that showed up 10 min before time...
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