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My two 2-day trips to the Yuma and Holyoke areas the last few weeks were pretty similar . Both trips were just me and one or another of my labs and about 50/50 private and WIA. Really good cover and very few birds. I missed one medium/ long shot. One of those days was with 2" of fresh snow. That...

My 12 mo. old lab pup Tucker could win blue ribbons for badgering our other two labs, counter surfing, sock/slipper stealing, and barking.

Bob, consider the new model (last 10 years or so) Win 101. My fair weather pheasant gun is a maple stocked 12g 101 that weighs 7 lbs 1 oz. My fouls weather pheasant gun is a Browning Maxus camo composite that weighs 7 lbs 2 oz. The maple 101 was about $400 more than the walnut 101 but it called...

Good luck with the new pup. I hope he turns out calmer than my 10 mo old wild child Tucker.

Wow, no posts in the CO tab since November! I hunted 3 days in western NE the weekend before the CO opener. I joined a long-time group for 3 days in SoDak near Winner over the weekend that CO opened. I was able to accept a last minute invitation to be a fill-in with another group in SoDak the...

Does it matter which barrel you shoot first? If it works by firing the other barrel first you can shoot it that way until you want to take the time to send it in for warranty--assuming you bought it new.

Well you sure have to have a sense of humor with dogs, especially the pups. My 9 mo. old lab pup is always in trouble.

Is that the same bird he re-retrieved into the bedroom?

That's the first good report I've heard about Kansas this season with the ongoing drought. We're you in middle Kansas? Tom

Welcome back to the forum. What area do you live/hunt in? Good luck with the GSP. Tom

Well our group of 6 did a 3 day "pay to play near Winner 10 days ago and my 8 mo old yellow lab pup retrieved over 30 birds. It was like a trip to Disney World for him.

Thanks for the report Walk. It mirrors what I heard from my buds the last two weekends. I was glad I joined a SD hunt over the CO opener. My 8 MO old lab pup Tucker had a great trip, retrieving about 30 birds. He can hunt his whole life in Eastern CO and not retrieve that many. S Dakota-Disney...

Depending on the weather and what motel I might be staying at in eastern CO, I often field clean a bird off the side of the road. I travel with a complete cleaning kit, including a plastic basin, 6 gal. Water jug, zip lock bags and trash bags. I take the bird refuse with me to dispose at the motel.

The Felco C7 cutters for up to 5/32" wire rope are $65 on Amazon. There are a couple of other brands, also for up to 5/32" wire rope, for $15 to $20. Do any of you have any experience with those? I did order the kits from the MN Trappers Site and watched the Idaho videos. Thanks, Tom

This past week during a 3-day hunt in western NE (report previously posted) was the first chance to see 8 mo old lab pup Tucker in a wild field. Sometimes I ran them both, sometimes one at a time. The first day it was just us. With both out, Tucker spend a lot of time just chasing Brady around...

Leave no trace and try to pick up after the slobs is my operational plan. Tom

Kooch runs a great shop in Winner. He has helped set us up with local guides in the past. Tom

The next night I had a PBR.

Well heck. For nostalgic reasons I just had a Hamm's beer Thursday night at Ole's Big Game Bar and Steakhouse in Paxton, NE Thursday night after hunting. It went down just fine, along with the ground bison steak. Tom

I would stake a guess that 50% of the corn was still standing, some of it as a failed crop. I'm hoping that all the birds we did not see were hiding in there. If you are going to get a point or flush a bird in the field, it's more often a hen than a rooster. The absence of hens was perplexing...