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    Ithaca Mod 37 16 ga. Mod choke pattern?

    Using today's shells i wouldn't worry about using i.c. .
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    License check. Is this legal?

    My local C.O.s all know me and if they stop to talk I have to prod them to check my license ,game shells.
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    Crop rotation

    If it's Alfalfa it may be in rotation but not a every other year type rotation. Alfalfa will add some nitrogen back to a field and if the farmer needs hay or has a market for it you may see corn go to Alfalfa for a few years. Corn is the cash crop king so it wins out.
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    Opening weekend and Monday, Shocked!!! Kimball, Chamberlain, Platte area.

    I have never seen a flush that blackened the the sky but 300 birds in 10 rows of a snowed in cornfield is something I will never forget. Another thing I have seen is a path like a deer trail where pheasants were walking between a abandoned farm place and a cattail slough. The path went down...
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    Opening weekend and Monday, Shocked!!! Kimball, Chamberlain, Platte area.

    Yesterday I had my farmer friend with his brother and nephew out walking some private ground that always holds plenty of birds. My friend thinks we always have to have a blocker so he takes the nephew and hightails it around the crp. The brother and I are in small patch of crp with my 3 weims...
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    Opening weekend and Monday, Shocked!!! Kimball, Chamberlain, Platte area.

    Well you might extrapolate something along those lines. And from there you may deduce that you may need to change your tactics.
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    Opening weekend and Monday, Shocked!!! Kimball, Chamberlain, Platte area.

    So I hunt as much as anyone and I will tell you the weather and the habitat greatly effect the # of birds and most importantly where you will find them. 5 and 6 years ago we had a lot of birds and unusually wet ground and the birds were hard to hunt without hipboots. All the cover meant birds...
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    What's for Dinner?

    Tonight I had my first meal of birds from this season. Cooked the pheasant breast chunks in butter with black pepper and a pinch of salt. Open skillet cooked till almost all the moisture was gone. Added a couple tablespoons of honey and more black pepper. Stirring constantly with the heat up...
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    Helping a friend

    Most pups aren't ready at 4 months.
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    Dog Starting Heat Cycle - Bring for SD Opener ?

    Maybe Woke individuals don't care for the C word so neutered is now "the proper word" for a male that is no longer intact.
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    Dog Starting Heat Cycle - Bring for SD Opener ?

    Thanks for having the wisdom to not neuter early.
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    Winger Cautionary Tale

    Keep your hands and face away. Inspect the bands. Keep the remote in a safe place.
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    I'm looking for good specific spots/waypoints Brookings, SD.

    It isn't a shithouse. It is a small bldg for utilities. But it is known as shithouse corner.
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    I'm looking for good specific spots/waypoints Brookings, SD.

    Well as a Minnesota resident this weekend wouldn't have been a good time anyways.
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    2024 youth hunt

    The kids enjoy this so much that all involved love helping. The dog handlers thank us for inviting them! Parents are so pleased with how smoothly and safely it goes that some volunteer to help in following years or offer donations.
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    2024 youth hunt

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    2024 youth hunt

    We did our pf youth hunt for 20 kids. Split up into 4 groups and went out to h7nt with dog handlers. 3 groups had pointing dogs from the local navhda group,Midwest Tristates navhda. The other group was older kids in a little thicker cove with some great Labradors. A good time was had by all...
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    Retirement gift for me!

    You do realize Browning offers grades higher then the Citori?
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