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Got back to our farmhouse today, there was a standoff between one of my dogs and a cat screeching….its about the size of a tennis ball….cold and shivering…went to vet clinic 4 miles away.,.I’m now feeding it formula with syringe…

Arrived after dark, snow looks helpful but not problematic…maybe 3-4” fell most recently, not much drifting that I can tell…friend of mine was here hunting during the holiday, snow wasn’t an issue…a help he said…

Been lost a few times, even sharptail hunting in pothole country in ND when fog rolled in…that was a few hour adventure. Other than that, no broken legs, car that won’t start in the middle of nowhere, dog that had to be carried several miles (3/8 mile), being held at gunpoint by rednecks...

Misplaced my golf gloves that I use for bird hunting…found them! I was happy! There’s a special opinel knife, a leatherman, and another Remington bird knife I lose regularly…oh, a special little flashlight…currently, I have them all accounted for! Can’t rest if any are missing…none are big...

Where is he? He’s usually posting between 2 am and 6 am…did he pursue that lost bird from a few days ago after all? Brushy draw…griz country! As we age, and have no family or friends nearby, we can keep track of fellow members. We need a goose drone, just follow him around…that’ll be one of...

I’ve been hunting mostly with older guys for the past 30 years…some younger, not many…lots my age…but mostly older…10, 20, 30 years…I’ve seen hundreds of close flushes over the decades that go totally unnoticed…my hearing is pretty good, and I attribute that to birds in the bag big time! I’d...

If you shoot a round of sporting clays…new course, intermediate difficulty…vs same # of wild roosters…which are you better at? Roosters for me. I don’t think most shots are that difficult. May have a lot to do with covers I’m hunting? Dogs? Etc? (My dogs aren’t necessarily close, but thank god...

Not a lot has sold real recently in my areas, but farmland was consistently hitting 8k in the last 6-12 months…some exceptions either side of that #, but kinda curious…trending higher? Lower? Staying the same? It kinda blew my mind when a 1/4 hit a million bucks, but it’s double or triple that...

Better than usual? Worse? About the same? I’ve been shooting my Benelli Ultralight exclusively, not jumping around between guns, which tends to goof me up…some head scratching misses this year, but overall very happy with things…I shoot that Benelli better than any gun I own, though my Parker...

Anyone do this? Chinese restaurants do this…tenderizes the meat…

I see enough”dead” birds run away that I’m a fan of shooting a second time if it’s possible to safely. May be overkill, literally, but I hate losing birds…and I will happily help others find downed birds, but I’m growing tired listening to the adjective-laden descriptions of just how “hard” the...

Driving back to the farmhouse yesterday around noon, passing some CREP, I see a solo hunter loading a pointer in a crate…stop to chat…young guy from Wisconsin…after a few minutes, he confides “I’m getting my ass kicked!”…hunted for a few days, no birds…has an 18 month gsp he’s trying to get on...

Anybody see them? Amazing here in SE SD….

About 2-3” heavy wet snow fell overnite…birds bunched…much corn out here in SE part of state…saw a dozen chickens roosting in big dead deciduous tree 1/2 mile from my land, flew out and watched them go 1/2 mile and land in different tree…cool!

Bird#’s are good, lots of corn up yet. Just cleaned 9, 8 were this years birds, probably hatched May/early June…good sign. Season will be fun, probably really good. 9 month old lab has had 3 sharpy trips and now a pheasant trip…about 16 hunting days, really hunting well and finding downed...

The report hasn’t come out yet, but a well placed source knows the report that comes out soon…Huns dropped a lot, sharpies as well, not quite as much. More steps! That’s the answer…🍻

Drawers are 48” wide and 60” long, about 10” deep inside, and 12” deep on the outside. There is about 5” of overhang on each side providing more total width for crates, gear, etc on top. Good condition, I bought from Ainley in 2016. $1700. I travel a good bit between MN and the Dakota’s...

By happenstance I learned a newer friend of mine was coming to SD to hunt, he was looking to borrow a kennel cover. I found one for him, and also, insisted that he and his buddy join me at my camp…they arrived Thursday afternoon. Long story short, Bill was diagnosed with cancer in April, and...

Wind blew 25-40+ all day yesterday, made for some serious drifts in places. Snow is fairly soft and fluffy in the non-drifted areas…shot a few today that were burrowed in the snow and flushed very close by. Saw 300+, probably more, at the spot we hunted. Approaching a cattail slough from a few...

Well, almost end of the season…hope to get back out to SD once more. Started in early September hunting sharpies and huns…love that hunt, love that country! Thankful for water in sloughs and stockdams…because such a warm time of year, that water was awesome for the dogs…light cover helps the...