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Home Depot parking lot. Photo speaks for itself: Carry on...

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Game farm/preserve birds act differently than non-pen raised birds. They are also not as strong. Personally, I rate private land birds (that are very rarely hunted) only a couple notches up from preserve birds, regarding how they behave (not regarding muscle mass, strength of flying, etc.). I...

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.fox9.com/news/iowa-state-senator-wants-state-buy-9-mn-counties.amp @gimruis - Do you need to bone up on your Iowegian? Or are you above the danger line? For those in the line of fire, my condolences. Look on the bright side. You'll get to start the hunting...

Last week, I only bagged 13 birds in 5 days on public land in South Dakota. I have done some serious soul searching, as a result. What can I do to reach that upper echelon of rooster royalty? What more can I possibly do to hold court with the likes of @A5 Sweet 16 and @Golden Hour? Do I...

For anyone venturing out this weekend, thought I would give a heads up on weather conditions. This is for NC, east river, so may vary depending on your location. About -17 windchill on Saturday, with 20 mph wind, and 4 deg. Sunday starts at -7, 13 mph, with a -27 windchill. But it gets up to a...

Coming from Minnesota, where if you can access water from a public piece of land (public hunting areas, road right of ways, etc), you can hunt it, as long as there is ice under your feet, the SD situation always gives me headaches. Just when I think I do understand it, I read something that...

Day 1, all public land... As usual, no matter how much preparation I do the night before, intending to get in the vehicle 15 minutes after my alarm goes off, it always takes me much longer. Instead of leaving at 5 AM, Honey and I rolled out closer to 6 AM. Ahead of us was a 6+ hour trip to...

I will do a longer report when time allows. But for anyone who wants the basic info on bird behavior and numbers... I posted this in another thread: Today, I found them in cattails, grasses near cattails, switch grass not near cattails, reed grass, and grasses in a strip that had 3 rows of...

Driving to SD today. I checked the weather for the past week and was surprised at how warm it was the days after Christmas (high 40s?). Has anyone noticed any problems with the ice, or did it just get wet on top and that top melt should be refreezing now? I'm heading to north central, east river.

May everyone have a safe and fulfilling new year. Let the 2025 hunting begin!

I haven't seen any reports of people hunting in SD this past weekend. Is it one of these? - People aren't hunting - People are hunting, but not getting birds - People are hunting and getting birds, but not reporting it Did @A5 Sweet 16 and @Golden Hour take out all the roosters, and there are...

'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house, Not a shotgun was stirring, not even for grouse. The shells were all packed by the chimney with care, In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there. The hunters were nestled all snug in their beds, While visions of pheasants danced...

I have a pair of sjk brush pants. They are getting close to retirement after 2 or 3 seasons. They aren't the most resistant to briars when new and get kind of fuzzy and less protective over time. However, they have decent pockets, and I like that they have zippers at the bottom of the legs...

As I think about the will to live some of these birds have, I often wonder... Is it the fact that a bird is old and has tougher muscles that makes them shrug off a shot to the body and keep on trucking, or is it because they were a tough son of a gun to begin with, and that allowed them to...

When I was out on Friday, in SC MN, although I didn't take any actual measurements, it looked like it was about 3-4+ inches thick on the sloughs. It was wet on top, by the end of the day, from the sun and 40+ degree temps. I did not go out Saturday or Sunday, but know it was supposed to be in...

Made the trek over from Minnesota today. White out conditions in some areas made it take a little longer than it otherwise would have, but made pretty good time, considering. About 25 degrees and 25 mph wind, with a 9 degree wind chill for much of the drive. I chose some CREP land that would...

I've only seen this behavior a handful of times. If roosters are hanging out together, they will start to flutter up several feet and back down into the cover. They might not even move forward, and come back down in the same spot, or they might only move forward several yards. Not just one...