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If you were nearby, I would invite you over and teach you how to do to do it for the cost of a beer.

If you are handy, it is not a difficult job to do yourself. I have opened the chokes on about 4 barrels. I have worked from the muzzle and never seen it change the point of impact of the gun. The first I did several years ago was a 12 gauge Model 12 that I inherited from my grandfather. The...

Congratulations on an outstanding hunt. The Minnesota prairie chicken hunt is truly a quality, enjoyable experience. I hope it remains so for a long time. I should be able to draw a permit next fall.

$500 sounds like a lot of money for a used gun with an ill fitted stock. I think you did the right thing.

I hope the nearby flush of a pheasant, whether hen or rooster, never grows old. Enjoy the season.

Lead fragments too. https://phys.org/news/2022-08-pheasant-meat-sold-food-tiny.html

I do not know how great a shot you are, but I can tell you this, I hunted both upland and waterfowl for many years with lead. I have seen birds bagged and birds crippled and lost with both. Lead shot is not some sort of magic death ray. Last fall, in Iowa, during the first three days of the...

Thank you. I appreciate your candor. I have no doubt that copper plated #5 lead shot is a very effective pheasant load. I have used such for many years. I choose not to use lead shot for game for a number of reasons. I do not expect that ingestion of lead will kill me. However, I doubt it...

Since you may not be able to scout, you can go to the Minnesota Recreation Compass and look up the public lands in your selected zone. Often there is a phone number available for the local wildlife manager. Call that number and ask for some tips where the birds can be found. I found that very...

I kind of sensed that from your previous post. Can you persuade me that I am wrong about using nontoxic shot? What are the advantages of lead shot?

Lead residue in the pheasants that I shoot is something that I never worry about. I have completely removed it from my list of life/health threats.

Bob, enjoy your hunt. It is not difficult to ID prairie chickens in flight. They look like a dumpy domestic chicken as they try to gain altitude. Here is a pic showing a prairie chicken, on the left, next to a sharptail. My son-in-law shot these on his first prairie chicken hunt in...

I have only lived in Minnesota for 4 years. I do not recall that the regulation has changed.

No. Sharptail grouse can legally be taken by prairie chicken hunters.

I have been camping for bird hunting for about 4 years. I have camped while bird hunting in Michigan, Minnesota, and Iowa. I plan on hunting in South Dakota this fall. I have done both remote and campground camping. When remote camping, I can usually stay 3 days with battery power and...

You present a very compelling strawman argument.

I am in NC Iowa for the dove opener tomorrow. I ran my dog briefly as it cooled off in the evening. She flushed two hens with very young broods. The first hen had 5 young with her. The young birds were smaller than my clenched fist. The second hen had two birds about softball size. It...

Got it. Why does it "suck"?

I think I can understand where some of you guys are coming from. The fact that lead is toxic and contributes to a myriad of health problems, and is found in game that has been shot with lead is not enough to make an informed decision. You are going to wait for a study showing that humans are...

Most discussions of banning lead in fishing tackle is for weights of less than one ounce. Tungsten is used in premium jigs. Other, less expensive alternatives such as steel, tin, bismuth, brass, and even stone are being used fishing tackle. I have switched to nontoxic alternatives for much...