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Gotcha. Yeah at least she points and waits for you to get closer, my springers certainly dont do that. A running rooster in light grass usually gets up about 80 yards away. That scenario you had right afterwards was so cool to capture on video though, really makes me thinking about putting...

Nice work man, fun to watch.... you better stretch out before you go with Sage, looks like a workout! Question, whats an "Iron Pony Hunter"?

No beers for me when the shells are in the gun.... but some of my favorite memories are putting the dogs in the kennels, watching that last bit of colorful sunset with a cold one, talking about the last golden hour hunt. Dont drink and shoot guns, its just stupid.

Heading out on Saturday for the second half of the license, going to be in a group of 7 hunters (we mostly split up however thankfully) and was wondering on some current slough / ice conditions. Any reports from the past few days after the big cold blast would be appreciated. Its 16 degrees...

Good report, and prayers for you and the family on your brothers passing.

Kinda like my golf game :unsure:

I know why you named your dog Sage, cuz you are a wise advisor... haha. Yeah getting out and hunting is the biggest hurdle for me to bag more birds now. I envy the guys that say they hunt 40 days in a season.... I am lucky if I can spend 12 days in the field. But my kids got me running like a...

Yes, we need about 3 inches of wet snow to freshen everything up - not too much yet, gotta make some ice still. I see plenty of water in the potholes yet where I have been, but we definitely need more

Went for a Saturday morning hunt with the boy in hopes of him getting that elusive first rooster, boy there was a crap ton of hunters out! Thankfully my brother in law had some private land spots and we moved a few birds on those, no shots on the first one... but then - on the second one, we...

I dont normally call BS, but I LOL at that one. I run for distance and can tell you that you didnt "hunt" at 4 miles per hour. That is a steady light jog man! ^^^ Either your watch is off or you arent right with your times

I will be heading out for a quick 3 dayer tomorrow morning, sounds like the wind will not be TOO crazy. Gonna bring my 14 yr old kid and 71 yr old dad, we were hoping for a little more mild temps but what do you do. Hopefully the boy will score his first rooster this year!

Congrats to you on having that old stud around for so many memories. He will live on, in your heart.

Sorry to hear reddog, will Breez be able to get out for a swan song yet this fall?

Its out. And damn, its not encouraging (of course). Looks like all the areas I hunt are down, some dramatically. Down 25%

You can definitely do it in the same day, with a ruffed and a pheasant. Only about an hour drive or less. Shoot me a PM if you want a general area

Here's what I saw as far as conditions go from a West to East trip across SD from the Black Hills area home to central MN. Black Hills are very lush and green. The grasslands arent doing too bad. Get to Chamberlain and the crops look really good, grass is green. Get about to Plankinton and...

Thank you all for your kind wishes and responses. The wound is still very fresh, but we are working through this. We got his cremains back yesterday so he is home. That is somehow comforting, and the little bush/landscaping I put in helps a little. Just one more pic of the 2 stooges

This might help me deal with what happened and it might not. Theres only one way to find out. I might not even hit submit on this but lets see. The past 2 days have been incredibly tough and I need to just put something down. Through this site, I became the proud owner of my first dog...

Ive shot a bunch of deer in my life already, so when my 13 yr old shot his buck opening morning, it wasnt a hard decision to forego the 2nd weekend of deer camp to take him out to SD pheasant hunting. (FWIW it was awesome). Plenty of venision in the freezer yet as of now.

I have learned that time spent in the field is not wasted. Memories of 2 roosters flying by my parked truck while sitting in it with my son - and then looking at each other wide eyed, like "Lets go get em"! Hunting with friends and family is better than hunting alone, you have alot better...