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Although pheasants are my favorite bird to hunt, for a eating quail and chukar are my favorites. Both white meat grass seed eating birds.

Also, if you’re new to shooting to steel, do not shoot steel through anything tighter than a modified choke. Steel doesn’t compress like lead going through the choke. Use tighter than Modified and you’re looking at a stuck choke tube or worse, a damaged barrel.

@benelli-banger - Was this east river or west river? I’ve only seen 1 brood in west river this year but then again I’ve only seen a brood one other time in my life. For a couple years I would just stay off the upland hunting sites just before the season opener because anything less than stellar...

Was at the Cabela’s in Mitchell yesterday and they were pretty stocked with shotgun, pistol, and rifle ammo. The prices though…ouch.

Thanks Joel! It really is a gorgeous gun. My first O/U was a 686 Onyx, which I still have. It, like all my field guns, looks like its been through a war but it still gets used for dog games. :)

Bump for the new folks... For Sale: Beretta 686 Silver Pigeon I over and under shotgun. $1900.00 $1750.00 $1650.00 shipped to your FFL or $1900.00 $1700.00 $1600.00 if face to face in the Pierre or Sioux Falls area. PM me on this site or email me at Beretta686forsale605(at)gee-mail(dot-com)...

Second vote for the Gamehide shirts. Pretty indestructible for the price.

@turkhntr16 - The Report/Like/Reply are automatically appended to every post. You’re not doing anything wrong. It’s a feature of the software that powers the forum. Congrats on the new shotgun!

Not with a 28” barrel. Unless I missed one in which case I’d be grateful if you’d point me at it by IM.

Thank you for the link. Yeah it’s a little nutty out there. Haven’t been in the market for a new gun in a couple years. I’ve been on a lot of sites and most of the guns y’all have suggested are out of stock. Everywhere. Buds, Cabelas/BP, Scheels, bare shelves for Benellis and Franchise with 28”...

No, it's an ATA Neo. I take a backup with me if I'm going out of state but I've gotten complacent. Aside from some FTEs it's been pretty solid but I've never used a semi before. We're not going to talk about how many roosters got away this season as I fumbled looking for the safety. :mad:

I've got out Saturday and Sunday last weekend for likely the last time this season. Generally I hunt on Saturdays and take care of regular adult life stuff on Sundays. I try to leave to catch the first hour of sunrise because I like watching all the wildlife that is out and about at that hour...

I have lusted after a semiauto upland shotgun my whole life. Found a cheap one that I hunted with all season with the exception of the last hunt and loved it. Unfortunately it broke. So I would like to spend a little more than $250 on my next one. Sadly my budget maxes out at about $1,000...

Another vote for the 686. I love mine, they point very naturally for me. That said I hate the inertia firing pins and trying to get the pins to reset after a bad mount, but that is likely more an issue with my bad form rather than the gun.

I will still try and get out at least once on the weekends but at this point I’ve been skunked two trips in a row and im going more just to get the dog exercise and get out of the house. I see big groups of roosters bunched up on private land but the public land I hit last weekend I didn’t find...

No sling for me on my upland guns. Like others I have a sling on my waterfowl gun.

I'll be out Friday and Saturday. Let us know how it goes! Good luck!

Short version - A Prairie Chicken and a Sharptail Grouse in the bag on the same day. First time in my life I was able to bag both native species of prairie grouse on the same day. Taken in different fields, about 2 hours apart. Long Version - I had an afternoon off and decided to hunt one of...

@jonnyB - I was working hard at not finding birds in central South Dakota. 😉