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Hey Goosemaster- this is an older thread, I ended up buying a Retay Masai Mara, so far so good.

Yup- I haven't hunted any of my private land spots yet. Most of my permissions are for after rifle season. I think there were some late broods, I killed one this week that had barely any color, if he didn't cackle I wouldn't have shot him. He had a buddy that I couldn't tell on as well.

Hunting has really picked up in the last week, killed limits twice and had a couple days of 10+ hen flushes without roosters. Multiple young brood flushes and a few dumbies still sitting tight. Most of the pressure seems to have died off from people. I’m up to 8 on the year with 6 being in the...

So I’ve now got a couple weeks under my belt with this new gun. I’ve killed a total of 19 pheasants, 8 of those in WI. I’ve only missed 2 birds that I should have killed to this point otherwise I’ve been (knock on wood) knocking everything down that I should. No misfires and they seem to fold...

Killed one young rooster yesterday and lung hit another that sailed a mile before piling up over a ridge into a slough that we never did turn up. Hunted hard and flushed 3 birds, last one may have been a rooster but couldn't tell until a profile from 80 yards away. I wasn't hunting the golden...

I haven’t had time to throw up a patterning board yet but they did send pictures of the new gun patterning fine. I’ll do a full analysis next weekend and get a few different rounds through it and let everyone know.

For those just popping in, I bought a Retay Masai Mara, I like the looks and feel of the gun, it just wasn't shooting where I was aiming and they're sending a brand new one under warranty, you can see my post above explaining what happened.

Thought I'd circle back on this. I patterned this for pheasants and the pattern seemed low, like 70% of the bb's low with a Mod choke at 30 and 40 yards, thought maybe that was just a quirk of the gun. This spring I didn't pattern (I know I'm dumb), called in a tom and fired 3 rounds of...

Vac seal is the only way to go for everything. We still use bags for ground ven/elk but everything else gets vacuum sealed.

WI was inconsistent. We ended up killing 15 roosters in WI, most on public land with a couple private land birds sprinkled in. Seemed we flushed a a ton of hens in WI which is good. This is the worst winter in my lifetime however for the amount of snow and cold, I'm quite concerned about what...

I hunted the last 3 days south of Aberdeen and there are areas to still hunt. I would say 50% of sloughs are completely snowed in but many are huntable once you get past that first big drift. Also about impossible to approach from the west or north. A lot of areas have a few deer trails through...

And now I’ve got COVID so I can’t even give you a report. Hopefully next weekend I can get out somewhere.

Of course they're getting 18" of snow where I was planning on hunting, the weather for the weekend looks good but man that's tough. May just head west and drive around until I find some spots that are attainable and figure it out from there.

Yeah this is going to turn into a game time decision on where I’m going. There are still some sloughs worth hunting up north according to my uncle. Just a pain to get to but once you’re in it’s not horrible.

My uncle reiterated the same thing, really slow going but the birds were there yesterday. He watched 50 fly into a slough and said it was combat hunting, but he had a couple flushes where he got dusted with snow they held so tight. I'll likely wait until the middle of next week to decide...

That’s really good to hear. Right now I’m likely looking at west and south of Mitchell and will drive where needed from there. I’ll report back with conditions after I get back. Still an outside chance I head to Aberdeen but I’ll wait for a final report from my uncle before I commit.

Yup I'm pretty well prepared. I spend 2 weeks in the backcountry every fall chasing elk and keep a survival kit in the pickup just in case with some of the same items.

I chatted with a couple of CO's this morning, I think I have a plan of what we're going to at least try. In talking with some CO's it is tough, but doable in certain parts in the SE corner. All my buddies bailed on me so it's looking like it's just me and the dog which is ok with me...

I’m planning on heading west the weekend of January 7th. Normally I hunt near Aberdeen but I’m seeing reports that a guy cant physically hunt, cattails drifted in completely and dogs can’t move. I’m perfectly fine with tough hunting, but it needs to be realistic that my dog can actually work...

So far so good!