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Report from Redfield farmer was estimated at 1500 birds on the 6,000 acre farm along the James River in early winter where they were feeding. Spring floods pushed them all out of the cattails where they over-wintered and the count was at about 500, of which 100 were hens. Fields cleared out...

According to biologists, pheasants forever and locals the bird numbers are dependent on weather, winter cover and predators. According to journalists/book writers, marginal landowners, bird dog hunters and government landgrabbers it is CRP "Habitat". You can do something about winter cover and...

I deer hunt on a powerline in norther MN just outside the large iron ore mines (Hibbing). I shot a nice buck on opening day this past season and dropped it in the open where I could see it. I got out to go tag and gut it right away. My dad was a half mile down the powerline and I got a call from...

I do quite enjoy being a contrarian but try not to cross over into be argumentative or be fanatical about a point so yes, moving on is a good idea. I'm not critical of high dollar investment but rather the opposite. You have good reason for those choices and I don't assume you are gullible...

e contra frater meus I've patterned my gun and chokes at long range on a bedsheet sized target with high velocity PS shells and I don't get holes in the pattern. Some guy pumping out fashionable anti-latest everything pundit hot takes with Bennelli 20 gauge on 30 inches of paper is not an...

Al contrario mi hermanos. Safety- All types of hunting in SD averages about one death and 25 injuries per year, including heart attack and drowning. Most pheasant injuries occur in the field but there are a few in the vehicles. With 120,000 hunters a year just pheasant hunting, you have to win...

Yes, I did mean 2.75in, thank you. I just got a little excited with the idea of a custom load 3.5in magnum high velocity pheasant load for a minute. In my boat with my gun, 50 yards is called dinner.

Im gegenteil mein bruder. Circumstances have us road hunting most of the time so it's not necessarily a stylistic choice. And I would politely disagree as I think I'm very sporty, seeing as I do everything myself that a dog does and then shoot at double the distances. Which is why I find PS...

Au contraire mon frère. I'm willing to give it a try for the sake of hunting science. You have me intrigued so I went searching ... Closest I can find commercially are Federal Grand Slam 3.5in #4s copper plated lead for turkey but they are just a measly 1200fps so I would have to turn to...

We hunt this way out of necessity. My dad wouldn't make it 50 yards in a field, let alone miles due to knee and back issues all his life. But he can get out of the truck in time if they hold nice and he is a reliable blocker. He averages 1 birds a day on these trips so he drives the truck and I...

Road hunting down the gravel road in the middle of the afternoon with corn on the driver side and alfalfa on my side. Deep ditches and a rooster runs from the corn side across the road and into the dirty ditch on my side. There's a decision point in road hunting to either pass by and come back...

I get 5-6 birds a day hunting with my dad for 5 days straight, flushing birds without a dog. I need guaranteed killing power at distance and I need to sling a lot of lead. I've a lot of experience at multi-shot patterning technique- also know as skybusting, scattergunning or fire for effect...

Roy Rogers would come out to SD and would shoot his Colt . 45 Single Action Army revolvers from the hip and take down pheasants (just speaking the lingo and making references many posters here will relate to). Now that's a tight pattern at 50 yards but more importantly, effective penetration. So...

"Honey, the internet demands I get a gunclub membership and double the number of hunting trips as soon as possible to get to 500 rounds. It's important research. Yes, I know- but think of all the children that will grow up and buy a used Remington from the 2010s, unaware they have doomed...

Just from the color of the part, I do suspect the gunsmith was using Benelli parts. They have not been in bankruptcy for years so they have abundant parts that are cheaper than Rem parts. Rem parts were darker like a blued metal while Benelli was silver metallic. Here's the common wear items...

Just a 2.5 week turn around and Alhmans was done with it. They put the micrometer to it and found the cam bolt pin was worn down. This is part of the bolt assembly that rotates as part of the shell extraction. They were not at all surprised to be replacing one, despite having less than 500...

I think you miss the fact that the major producers manufacture both shotgun and rifle/pistol ammo. There are still record high sales levels of rifles and pistols guns in 2022, just off the all time peak in 2021. Very high percentage of first time buyers who get a lot of ammo with their gun...

Whoa, somebody hacked into my account back in 2020 and posted a very whiny, gripey post about hunting in the snow. Got to do better with the security web guys. But I could see myself being very disappointed by my first hunt in the snow. I make it out to SD just for opener so snow in mid Oct...

Chestle and Kismet, you make a 51 year old guy feel young again. But I did take two birds this year from the hip so young-and-dumb is still in my bag of tricks. That's why the mare's leg stock on the truck gun is a feature, not a bug for me. I'm surprised the Classified Ads forum on this site...

Oh yes, I also have often been a temporary owner of many fashionable Versamax bolt handles from the factory zippo lighter design, spirals, jeweled pattern, tactical knurls. I am running out of new gun part machining adjectives to try. May have to resort to gluing in the next ones. Reminds me of...