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That's a successful hunt. Congrats. We wild flushed 1 big male in the first 20 minutes of opener, but then haven't seem a bird since. It definitely got too hot yesterday so we didn't hunt between 10am and 4pm. We'll keep moving around to new spots. We noticed a lack of grasshoppers this year...

Do you feel like you don't take shots when they are far out? I agree they are weak for taking down. But 1/2 7.5 is very low pellets. I practiced clays with 1/2 8.5 load and the range very quickly dies out. 40 yard shot would have hits that didn't break clays. But 20 yards and the 410 is amazing...

The #11s I really loaded for chukar hunting, just testing it on grouse at the moment. I think a #10 would be just right on grouse. My #9 load is 1/2 oz for pheasant but I think that is over kill for grouse. The difference in cost does add up when using tss. Currently it's $42/box to reload for...

No, but to be clear that's not what I planned for with this load. It was decently far shots so I can't say if lead would have done any different. I do want to reiterate that it is 3/8 Oz. Which allows me to run a 4lb 410. It's crazy light for doing big miles in the mountains, and an overall...

Blue Grouse season has started up so I am getting my first experience with TSS on them. Using a #11 3/8 oz at 1700fps load on them. Yes that sounds ridiculous but TSS is crazy stuff. It has the same amount of pellets as a #6 lead 1 1/4 oz shot 1300 fps and has the same penetration at 65 yards...

I just recently got into the non toxic game, only do upland hunting. Bismuth should do better from physics side but I agree that the brittleness is the downside. The vast majority of loads I patterned with bismuth did not pattern great. The boss 1-1/2 oz work but only because it has enough...

If anyone needs to carry a lot of water for longer hikes, I highly recommend the bladder bottles like Hyrdapak or platypus. As you hunt through the day and hopefully gain birds, the bottle shrinks which gives better room. It took me awhile to trust the bladders but they have worked well. Much...

My dogs aren't big eaters either. After a hunt/hike, I take their normal serving of food, add the k9 athlete supplements which is powder, float that so the powder is dissolved. Then add a full can of wet dog food on top to make it more appetizing to them. They seem to recover very well the next...

It's a subset of national forest and typically there's plenty of other nation forest around. And again only like 1 out of 5 wilderness do the pets on lease thing.

Okay yeah that would be Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness which does require pets on lease. Need to check any wilderness you are looking to go before assuming.

Which ones you referring too? West Elk Wilderness https://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/stelprdb5357195.pdf 3. All dogs, except for working stock dogs, guidedogs or dogs used for legal hunting, must be restrained on a leash and/or under direct verbal control of the dogs’ owner or...

I think I'm the odd one out of the comments. My feet get cold pretty easily. I love uninsulated up to October, but November-January I need the insulation. I think it's more about circulation which is mostly genetics.

That one depends on the wilderness. The default is just "under control" which means recall trained. "Dogs must be under control at all times. Dogs can harass, stress, injure or kill wildlife; annoy fellow hikers and introduce disease. Some wilderness areas require dogs be leashed at all times."

I also started with the Alpha 100 and spent the money to upgrade to the 300i. It really is a great system. I personally love that they added inreach since I'm in the mountains without service really often. I don't know much about the dogtra but I don't think I would like using the phone for...

I might not be the targeted group for this but out west, BLM and national forest allow dogs off lease. Developed areas and campgrounds are the exception.

Interesting. I could see that being slightly better. But very heavy stress on slightly. I think the biggest one I actually believe. The bottom barrels recoil is more inline with the stock which means it won't raise your gun as much from a shot. Which allows for easier follow up shot. But again...

I think the difference is negligible which ever way your choose. I do bottom barrel since I had chosen that early on due to random reasoning that probably doesn't make sense but once you have 1 way, it's much better to stay the same so you don't mix up which choke you end up shooting later.

Certainly not arguing against reload as I am doing it myself. But I've been doing the math and it is questionable. Mainly, time spent is not free. I was able to do 6 boxes/ hour of trap and about 2-3 boxes/hour of TSS (hand measuring everything). If I set my "worth" at minumum wage $10/hour...

This made me laugh/smile because that exactly what it is like. And I'm not sure how someone couldn't find that style really fun. It almost never lines up that perfectly every time so it's not like hunting feels like a joke. And watch the dogs work something that well is more enjoyable than...

Figured that would come up. I honestly haven't seen a pointing lab work so I can't say one way or the other. I'll leave it up to each person. If you consider your lab to be a pointer, that's fine. But I don't think it can be both. It either points or it flushes when it smells a bird. A...