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We've used the "triangulate" method too, but never with pointed shotguns. The more angle between the two different lines, the better. Several have mentioned, in this tread and the other, those birds that flinch, fly for another 10-15 seconds, and fall stone dead. Sometimes those are easy...

So this past October in SD I thought my older dog was going to pull off a miracle. She's 5 now. Anyway, it was a typical runner. The kind where as the bird is falling you think "oh sh!t". My friend shot the bird and we headed that way with the dog. She picked up the scent and I let her...

This past Sunday my group of 3 killed 3 pheasants and 5 quail. We had zero losses. It helped that two of the roosters were dead when they hit the ground, but one was a runner for sure. 3 of the quail were runners. That was an extraordinarily good day. I think my overall rate this season is...

For many years I've taken a couple of customers to a preserve once a year. Usually in February after the wild bird season is closed and the craziness of the holidays is well behind us. I've used 3: Outdoor Obsessions in Downs, Ringneck Ranch in Tipton, and Scattered Acres in Palmer. Scattered...

Yesterday was our best day so far this year. 3 of us with 4 dogs hunted pretty hard until about 1:00 or so, on private ground. Killed three roosters and 5 quail. Of the roosters, 2 were 2nd year plus, one was this year's bird. There was very little wind yesterday and pretty good dog work.

I keep the thighs, but only if the femurs are intact. If the femur is broken, there will be bone fragments in the meat. They work extremely well in Hank Shaw's recipe for turkey thigh carnitas. https://honest-food.net/turkey-carnitas/ I think this recipe is better with bone-in thighs than...

I've thought about switching back to chickens this winter, but it's really hard to get close to those big flocks this time of year. 2 of us hunted about 4-5 hours yesterday morning before we got soaked. (I'll happily endure a shortened, wet hunt in exchange for some rain) Found three coveys...

599 pieces of 223 left. Please note that I found out that this brass has crimped primers. When I set the price above, I did not know that. $.15/piece shipped, if you buy 200.

That's pretty good results for Kansas this year. Congrats. I miss the days of taking my kids out. They are 22 and 24 now, and not spending as much time chasing birds with me as I would prefer.

I've always thought that the best way to prepare goose was to freezer burn them. (and no, I don't hunt them or ducks)

1981 or 1982, and I was 10 or 11 years old. Kansas seasons stretch into January and I can't remember for sure when during the season. There was snow on the ground and it was just my dad and I hunting that day. The rooster got up to my left and gained altitude quickly to clear the hedge on the...

Funny you mentioned this, I sent a letter to a landowner just last week. The letter was not the ask, and did not ask for a response. It was just to introduce myself and lay the groundwork for a phone call. Not sure when I'll call, thinking maybe next week to ask for permission for the 23rd...

Got it. Wasn't any of those towns, but sounds like it wasn't relation.

Happy Birthday! And congrats on a great hunt. Love those old bridges. If they had been built wide enough for today's needs, I doubt any of them would ever be torn down. As for your family that stayed out in that area, how far south and east have they moved? I saw a marker in a small town...

Thanks to both of you! We've attempted some similar things on our ground. Now we just need some rain.

My dogs go under fences almost exclusively. Sometimes on a really tight fence with a really low bottom wire I'll step on the bottom wire and lift up the second wire a bit. Vizslas are short haired anyway, but mine live in the house and seem to have particularly light coats. They almost always...

That's also my plan. I have a tupperware-type jug with a quart of peroxide, a small bottle of Dawn, and ziplock baggie with 1/4 cup of white powder (officer, I swear it's baking soda!), and a rag for application. Mix it up in the jug, apply with the rag, wait a few minutes and rinse. I've...

No, our group was much smaller than that. We topped out at about 17, in maybe our biggest year. There was a really big group that hunted north of Cimarron that our host called "the sheriiff's group". Maybe that's the group you're talking about. I don't remember a school bus, but 40 people...

Our opening weekend group had lots of great hunts for many, many years in that part of the state. Most of the CRP we hunted is now farmed, and our host (my dad's good friend) passed away. His daughter (kind of a friend of mine) now owns the ground and is very willing to let me hunt, but...

Forgot to mention this. Across the road from our 3rd field was another WIHA, also CRP. My buddy and I picked the wrong one. As we hunted one, another guy arrived to hunt the other one, just him and his dog. He got two, said he missed a couple others, and saw very few hens. He had a rare...