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The responses to this thread are great! Couldn't have said it better myself! I will say though that at the end of bad day shooting or bad trip, nothing makes me forget about that bad day faster than a compliment about my dog and a retrieve she made or something she did that day or that trip. I...

Besides the usual water, shells & transmitter. I carry a Leatherman, nice folding knife, large zip ties & rope/lead for traps, emt gel, toilet paper in a ziploc bag, baby wipes and usually a extra pair of gloves.

I purchased the Orvis Upland gloves and the Orvis cold weather gloves this season. Now don't get me wrong they are crazy expensive for gloves, $98 for the upland gloves and $119 for the cold weather gloves but they have been nothing short of incredible this season! I have hands that get cold...

I shoot 3" #4's out of my 20 and 2 3/4 #4's out of my 28, both with a IC choke shooting Hevi-x shells.

I shoot both a 20 & 28 in the A400, love both of them! I have the 12 as well but it feels like a tank compared to the smaller gauges so it usually stays home.

I hunt MN, IA & SD and I love the early start in IA of 8am, birds are starting to move and come off the roosts but you can still find plenty of birds in CRP or light cover. MN is 9am and by that time most birds have already moved to the food and have left the roosts so it makes for a more...

I hunt both SE SD and NC & NW Iowa and I would say they are both comparable. The habitat in Iowa is fantastic! Other states could learn from IA on this one. The only problem with NW & NC IA is you are in the heart of the highest #'s and that means you see the same for hunter numbers.

Our group still goes out every opener, we have a spot that is pretty secluded and only has two parking areas and no bordering roads. we usually have 1-2 trucks at each parking area and really don't have to worry about the mobs of people, they drive down see trucks and back out. With that being...

From what I have seen in my travels in the last couple weeks, beans will easily be gone by opener and corn I would guess in the 25-50% range if we have good weather the rest of the month. A complete 180 from last year!

SD about 90%, MN 100%, IA 100%

I purchased the sound gear custom molded plugs this past spring at pheasant fest. I was able to try them out shortly after during a European hunt and the amplification of voices and other sounds was amazing and the reduction in gun fire sound was also impressive. They are expensive at around...

Will hunt home state of MN, 2 trips to SD and weekend trips to Iowa. Possibly looking to add a late January trip to Kansas for 5-7 days??

Where about in clay county? I do some hunting in that area and was just curious?

Just returned from our last trip to SD of 2018. First trip was 2nd week of November and we did very well, brought home 55 birds for 5 guys hunting 4 days. We lost 3 birds that trip and 3 were not salvageable after cleaning them back at the house. A lot of the crops were still up for that trip so...

Just got back from out first trip of the year to SD, we pushed our annual trip back 2 weeks hoping for cooler temps and more crops out compared to opening week. Well we got the cooler temps for sure but crops out not so much. I would guess that 90% of beans have been started but only 25% of...

Just a quick question for you Iowa guys that deer and pheasant hunt. How busy is it on Saturday on public land? A group of us that hunt every wknd are contemplating Hunting this wknd but I’m curious how packed public land is with deer hunters and if it’s even worth it making a 2-3hr drive? Are...

Hey guys, heading out towards the Mitchell area on Tues morning. Just curious what this recent rain/snow did out there? How much rain did you guys really get and what snow is left? Also how are the roads looking, are most still drifted over or are they a muddy mess? Just trying to get a feel for...

Got a call today from the marketing manager at Gander Mtn saying I won a guided all expenses paid hunt with a Minnesota Wild Player next week at Wild Wings in Hugo. Has anyone been on this or won it before? Just curious as what to expect? She stated that all the gear and shells will be provided...

It's official I have mentally checked out for the rest of this week leading up to Saturday morning!! I still have the rest of tonight and tomorrow night of OT at work to go and needless to say it's going to be two long nights!! Heading down to SW MN with 5 guys for opener on Friday to do some...

Got out this morning for a couple hours in north part of Iowa, should of had my three but the double that could have ended it of course didn't go as planned! Birds wild flushed to my left after my dog got 2 hens up to my right and well of course there was a farm that impeded my shot on the first...