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    F.a.i.r Iside

    Where are you located. There is a dealer in the Twin Cites and one south on I-35. Are you in this area?
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    F.a.i.r Iside

    What is the actual weight on that 16 ga. I've held one at a dealer up in the Twin Cities last month...I wasn't sure the Iside was on a true 16 ga. frame...seemed a bit heavy. Would love to hear from someone that owns one. The dealer I visited wouldn't weigh it.
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    South Dakota Guide

    Look...not trying to fight with you. Wait...wait...wait...I said that wrong....lets start over. Look...I couldn't care less about the incessant 'yammerings' that compose your reply above. Ok...now that I got that right. South Dakota does counts each year. Several...including brood counts...
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    Remington premiere O/U 12 gauge

    Not sure some of the Rem. offerings were also out of F.A.I.R. Rizzini manufacturing. Owned several Rizzini's...I'll review some of my references.
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    South Dakota Guide

    South Dakota "guides" are a mixed bunch at best. Over on FB @ 'Pheasant Hunting Unlimited' some outfitters are plastering picturesque images of tons of birds here in SD. Hunters draped in hauling straps full of birds. One guy is simply PIMPING his fool butt off to get people to send deposits...
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    SD question

    both hands and both feet!
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    Ive got a bunch of lead #2’s….

    They do...but not for us. Ironically both Win. and Federal make lead magnums (2's and BB's) for sale in Australia. They use for fox/other predators and for hares...so I've read.
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    Hevi-Hammer Upland load

    What this load is trying to do is make their customers forget the product below that actually had 'hevi-shot'. Previously it was a duplex offering of steel and hevishot. This was a cult favorite for a lot of guys I knew for years. They bought it by the case. I've never had a lot of use for...
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    Ive got a bunch of lead #2’s….

    They were great hulls...when they were going out I bought up a ton (more than I'll ever need) from BP. Between 12, 16, and 20 ga hulls I probably have about 2000 hulls. At least 1000 in 16 ga. alone. I never wanted to run out. Now in my 50's...might be buried with them. Aspirations of a younger...
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    Benelli 828 U

    Shot one once at a game fair a couple years ago. Thought enough about it...not to ever think about it again. I've own 'B' guns, SKB's, and Rizzini O/U's. I have good things to say about all of them. They each have their strengths. On this Benelli O/U attempt, first thing I noticed was the...
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    Shot a whopper pheasant

    Funny...this happened to a springer I had just out of college named 'Pete'. He was a great dog. Retrieved ducks and geese just as enthusiastically as pheasants. Not kidding...water retrieved geese. Anyway, he got spurred his second season pretty bad. Cut his mouth up fairly good. After that if a...
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    From Brookings County Wildlife Federation on ...

    This isn't the first time we've seen this. The instinct to shut it down is understandable. But it's not a solution. You can't stock pile pheasants. Spring weather and nesting cover quality will do more for next year's pheasant population than any effort we make to limit rooster harvests until...
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    Shot a whopper pheasant

    By golly...he is wearing gloves. I had removed mine as the retrieve was being made. Was fixing to "offload" some coffee from earlier and, as stated, the bird looked dead. Only offered the pics as pertinent to subject matter. Certainly I consider you a stout, battle-hardened, rooster battler.
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    Replacing a stock on a Browning Citori

    Not to be a wise-guy...but the internals look pretty damned good for the age. (y) to Browning and/or the care you gave this gun. Not to hijack...but: To anybody looking for this kind of stock work...just want to say that I had a VERY HORRIBLE experience with 'Wenig Gunstocks' in Lincoln MO. I...
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    Shot a whopper pheasant

    Yep...and spurs don't need to be as big as Bob's bird. Here's what a rooster did to me yesterday with spurs not in the same class. Damned thing looked dead when my springer was bringing him back...but threw a fit when I took it by the neck from the dog. Bird went bat-crap crazy...kicking and...
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    Shot a whopper pheasant

    Growing up, we used to have various "long tailfeathers" contests here in SD. Pretty much a thing of the past now. Unlike Bob's bird...a lot of those 30"+ feathers ended up being from game farm breeding cocks that were actually still alive in a pen somewhere. In my experience, from my 1st season...
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    Shot a whopper pheasant

    NOT!...a rookie bird. If no one had hunted that patch for years, he obviously picked just the right hideout. His last thoughts probably were: "HEY!...WHAT THE HELL IS THIS GUY DOING HERE!"....bang! Heading out right now here in SD...ironically into the cattails as well. Gawd it's an ugly...
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    Sold Reloads?? Should I say something?

    yep...made a lot of purchases from Mack's over the years. This isn't their usual M.O.
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    Sold Reloads?? Should I say something?

    If I missed it above, I'm sorry...but could you identify the vendor you purchased these from. Depending on your outcome they'll certainly not make my "do not buy from" list.
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    Most Unusual Double

    Not a 'true' double species...but when I was living in Iowa in the late 90's I hunted up to a creek bed for pheasants. When I topped the bank a pair of gadwall flushed. Took the first duck, swung on the second...at my 2nd shot a rooster flushed about 5 yards to my right. I was able to turn and...
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