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Seems like now is just as good as a time as any being that grouse and dove season is open, and woodcock starts in 3 days. Post your Minnesota upland bird hunting strategies, photos, success, and failures for the upcoming season right here. Pheasants, grouse, woodcock, doves, prairie chicken...

Iowa's survey has been posted. Pheasants are down 18% statewide, quail and partridge down double that. The southwest portion is down a whopping 72% from last season. I assume flooding played a role in this. The report says survey conditions were very similar to 2022 and 2023 in August...

Let's hear about it. Strategy, success, failure, photos, whatever. I know there's plenty of turkey hunters on this forum. I intend to hunt season B (shotgun) here in MN which starts on April 24. gobble gobble

Has anyone noticed the significant increase in ammunition prices? I don't go through a lot of ammo but its getting to be a little ridiculous. $30/box for pheasant ammo? $50/box for 20 rifle rounds? Even a trip to the sporting clay course turns into a steep adventure. I'm not trying to make...

Yesterday when I was hunting I had a fully alive wild rooster run through an opening in the brush/grass. The dog had gone on the downwind side of the habitat, and I was standing on the other side, so I knew where she was. The rooster ran across about a 20 foot opening into another patch of...

Another thread got me thinking. I've literally never, not once, encountered a game warden or LEO when I've been hunting (big game, waterfowl, turkey, and upland) or fishing for almost 30 years, mostly here in MN. I do occasionally encounter creel surveyors or invasive species surveyors that...

I don't hunt in Iowa, but they released their road side counts yesterday. Pheasants are up 15% statewide from last year. https://www.iowadnr.gov/Portals/idnr/uploads/Hunting/annual/2023SurveyMap.pdf

My yellow lab is 11.5 years old. This will be her 12th hunting season. I have seen a noticeable decline in stamina from her the past two years. She is in good shape for an 11.5 year old dog and still has the desire and health to hunt. I just need to give her a few days rest in between hunts...

The upcoming hunting season regulations are out. Really no change in upland bird hunting regulations from what I can see. However, they've now legalized the use of a crossbow during deer season for the general population during all of archery season. Its going to put more people in the woods...

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I know there are a number of turkey hunters here. With seasons opening up soon, let's hear about your strategies, success, failure, and whatever else. More importantly, let's see a photo of your spring turkey if you fill a tag! Gobble Gobble

I know there are a fair amount of turkey hunters on this forum. What else though, I'm wondering. In addition to pheasants, I also hunt deer and turkeys (spring). I used to waterfowl hunt but haven't done it the last 3 years. What else do you hunt?

The prospects for 2022 are out. Up 18% state wide on average. The central zone is up a whopping 46.5%. https://files.dnr.state.mn.us/recreation/hunting/pheasant/prospect_map.pdf?20220908-58 Supporting data https://files.dnr.state.mn.us/recreation/hunting/pheasant/roadside_survey.pdf?20220908-58

I know there are a fair amount of turkey hunters on this forum because more than once a pheasant or quail thread has gone sideways on a discussion of it. I don't know if this is the right place for a thread like this, but here goes. 2022 Spring Turkey hunting - post your strategies, failures...

How many Minnesota upland hunters have or regularly see Hungarian Partridge while pheasant hunting? They're obviously in the hunting regulations with a fairly long season with a liberal bag limit, but how common are they? I presume its more of a localized population in southern MN so I...

I'm wondering how many of you completely disassemble your shotguns and clean/lubricate the parts? I'm pretty good about cleaning my shotguns regularly but I can't disassemble the firing mechanism or small internal parts because I'm worried about putting it all back together properly. So about...

There's 6 days left in the season here and the temperature looks pretty cold. I'm generally pretty tolerant of it and prefer to hunt this time of year rather than in October when its 70 degrees out. My question is, how cold is too cold for you? I went on the last weekend of the season a few...

The other day a friend of mine texted me that he got a double when he was pheasant hunting; two roosters get up almost simultaneously and he shot each of them with one shell (not the same shell). I have done this a few times before, but I've never had a triple. Has anyone accomplished this...

I found out recently that my left ear has some permanent damage from shooting firearms. My right ear is fine but that's because its covered up when I shoot. I always wear muffs at the range but I don't wear anything when I hunt because I need to hear a deer walking, a turkey gobbling, or a...