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Honestly, I am not sure you want to do that, it might be legal in Iowa, but not looked at favorably...with Canda plates, I might avoid that. Keep coming west 100 miles and I will put you on birds.

Shooting a lot more young birds this year also, a sign of good chick survival. We had some rains this year (until August) and guessing many more insects for the chicks to eat, was the big difference.

MNMEAD, I do the same. I filled the birds after the hunt then vac-pak and freeze until I have my possession limit, then I get my pork, sometimes it has also been froze, grind, season and mix. Then vac-pak the finished product. Sausage from over a year ago still tastes great! I think the...

I just saw and stole this from a FB post...wow!

That is a bit out of my territory, but the thicker the cover the more birds it typically holds, is my experience....but what do I know, I am from Iowa, no birds here. Must have family there or SD and all their public ground, would seem more appealing.

Not much for trees where I hunt, all privately ground so it will be like any other weekend. I have to think the deer numbers are way down locally, I am just not seeing many. With the way warm temps, these first seasons deer hunters will have a tough time of it.

Absolutely do not retire that lid! That contains years worth of MOJO that you will lose if discarded. Wear that like a seasoned warriors, it looks great too....old PF cap, love it. I have a old blaze cap with a Leupold logo on the front, I gave been wearing for around 20 years, just bird...

Just wear 2 layers under your hunting vest, if it is above 25°. Between 15 & 25° 2 thin layers under your hunting coat. Under 15° add a neck Gator or turtle neck and maybe make the 2nd layer heavier. I am starting to get to where I am not real excited going out under 15° either.....which is...

Strength in numbers, it always seems that some KS fellas are the ones dogging PF. PF have lobbyists that try to push our conservation agendas, they can create additional incentives for landowners, they can assist landowners improve habitat. When they partner with other organizations land...

My guess is that it was likely "winged" bird. How possible is it that no one had hunted there this season?

The rooms at $50-60 a night have to be bit rough...and that would likely be an over-estmate of the quality. Are the rates less now than in the summer? I am thinking I paid $75 for the nicest place in the town that I hole-up in when shooting prairie dawgs and it is far from "nice". I am always...

Nice pics, that last one looks like you are about to explode a rooster....hope you gave him another second.

Like a basketball player in a slump....you shoot your way out of it. Well, on a positive note, the dog is getting a much longer outing as are you. I know the dog doesn't mind.

With your "handle" I should have suspected you might have some answers/ideas. Those could have some merit, when they came up with the hours.

If there is tons of cover or the night temps aren't burtual, it likely not an issue. When it is late in season, most cover is snowed in and temps are single digits or below, it seems unnessacary to drive them out of the roosts late in the day.

You must be mistaken, there are no pheasants in Iowa. I wonder what the rational is for the 10:00 opening...SD guys? I am sure the is one.

We used to stop at the Mitchell store on our prairie dawg shoots, but haven't stopped for well over a decade now.

Once you get on a heater and thinking you are pretty good at this, that is when this happens to me.

Here is why I don't like (agree with) hunting "golden hour", deep in season. The birds, all the birds you kick-up, need to find a good roosting place as the darkness is setting in. Try hunting in the mornings during extreme cold weather, if you must hunt them in those conditions.

I think the bulk of ours has 5 or 6 years remaining, hoping that a "conservation " attitude is around for that administration.