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Just came back from a week hunting North Dakota. Drove past Ray and Tioga. Couldn’t believe the wildfire devastation. Over 90 thousand acres in that area burned. 2 people died in the blaze. High winds and warmer temperatures while we were there. Please use all caution when driving, parking off...

Having springers I can feel your pain. Several years ago I found a couple items I keep in my dog bag that help immensely. Showsheen for horses tails and manes. Spray it on before going afield. Work it into the fur, pay attention to underarms ears, anywhere the pup has feathering. Dries in a...

Can understand the Dilemma well. Have a six year old springer and a 1 year old. My two girls work together fairly well but as you noted anytime the younger dog gets in a bird the older wants to retrieve. Still working the issue but for the most part glad to have two good noses in the field...

Lol. Headed to NODak. Yeah, fish is easy for me to get. Salmon season winding down. Lots of halibut and Lingcod this year. We’ve been fortunate with the places we’ve stayed. The folks here are truly exceptional. Wish I could bring em more but they are happy that they get something fresh and...

While we haven’t had many times where we’ve needed to ask permission, I usually carry some items with me in the event it comes up. Living in the northwest I usually bring some fresh salmon and halibut for the landowner where we stay. I also have some smoked salmon and stainless drinking mugs...

Where we live the three main brands are Snug Top, Leer, and A.R.E. They are are decent canopies. The prices have gone up dramatically and if your good with used I’d favor online classifieds such as Facebook, OfferUp, and Craigslist for a used canopy. On my last several trucks I was able to find...

While we have a few plots lands we frequent, we do hunt many private lands, and don’t forget school lands. You need to take the time to look at the regs. NODak has some specific requirements for posting. We have also met more than a landowner or two who even though their lands were posted, a...

I gotta agree with Greg. While Plots are available we tend to hunt other areas and with OnX you can easily identify closed properties. Still a few farmers/ranchers who use paper signage but fairly easy to identify. We’ve hunted NODak since 2016 with 4-5 of us yearly (50’s to early 70’s). The...

Southwest corner of the state should have birds. You usually a hot area for upland hunters. If your on private land, so much the better. Enjoy your hunt.

I use cbd chews, as well as drops for people on my dogs. Primarily for pain when working hard. Typically used mist during hunting trips where I know they are going to be working several days straight. Helps them relax but I can’t say anything about allergies. It certainly won’t hurt them IMO.

You can check YouTube. There were some videos last year utilizing a super high speed camera to record and talk about shot string. The majority of shot string is under a couple feet and not worth trying to outthink. It was interesting data though.

While this might seem to be true, having run 3 inch hevimetal at 1450 fps vs 1300 fps I’d have to say the velocity has way more to do with the felt recoil. I shoot 3 inch Fiocchi golden pheasant loads at 1300 fps and dont feel anything significant. I can’t say the same for t faster loads. I also...

I read a ton and watched numerous videos on shot string. Don’t try to outthink it. While the string could be long in most instances depending on distance to target the great majority of the string isn’t more than a couple feet and arrival time on target is milliseconds. When you put the same...

I like 3 inch shells in my 20 ga shotgun when hunting upland. good buddy once told me that if your going to drive a long distance to go hunting (coming from Washington state to North Dakota) you might cinsider the few extra bucks To make sure you have what you feel is premium ammo. I hunt behind...

I’ve bought new batteries off eBay numerous times for various different types/brands of collars. Ideally you can get the part number directly off the batteries and find them quickly and reasonably.

While there are some birds such as chukar on the hills in eastern Washington, there isn’t much in the way of pheasant that isn’t supplemented by the Washington dept of fish and wlldlife. Every year they release in excess of 10,000 roosters. Oh there are places with birds but we’ve also beat on...

Have had springers for over 50 years. Love the look. Love the friendliness. Great family dog and can turn off if/as needed which works well for hime environment. They go everywhere with me and happily stay in the truck for hours without destroying anything. When it comes to the field they have...

Our group 4-5 of us don’t use guides. We’ve spent a fair amount of years locating areas to hunt in NODak. We also don’t hunt the southwest corner of the state where the majority of folks hunt yearly. for us, coming from Washington state where hunting is abysmal our time in NODak is usually only...

While I don’t personally hunt Montana and instead come from Washington State to hunt North Dakota yearly. Can agree with a shortened Non-resident license. NODak allows two weeks on the initial non-res license. personally, imalso dont hunt opening weekend. While I could hunt it I know the...

When hunting out of state NODak I carry 3 in the gun and about another dozen in my vest. With 3 different upland birds available I never know if I’m going to run into pheasants, sharpies, huns, or several of each. usually more than enough as we hunt about an hour at a time and then working our...