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    1330 fps

    This is the one I tested. Pretty sure I bought the box a walmart for maybe $17-$18.
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    New Gun Safe

    I moved a safe, once. When I first bought mine almost 20 years ago I borrowed a trailer, rented a refrigerator dolly, and recruited a couple friends to help. It wasn't too bad until it was time to get it down to the basement. Once that safe reached "level" with the stairs, there was no...
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    1330 fps

    My data suggests that the answer is "no". Fiocchi Field Dynamics, Federal Hi Bird and Winchester Super X are all 1.25oz, 1330 fps loads. Fiocchi patterned best out of my gun at almost 83%. Federal was worst at 72.6%. Whether 72.6% is good enough is up to each of us as an individual...
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    1330 fps

    I spent a few hours on a project like that last month. I've decided to get out of reloading hunting ammunition, so I wanted to invest a little time to find a load that patterned well out of my gun. I had 8 different rounds to test, ranging from Winchester Super Pheasant at $35/box to a few...
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    Corner crossings

    It was thought to be illegal in Wyoming too until this case. The criminal case, which was decided a couple years ago maybe, was state court. That verdict was "not guilty." The court of appeals decision arose from a lawsuit brought by Iron Bar against the hunters for devaluing the Iron Bar...
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    Corner crossings

    This is a crucial point. The corner at question in this case was a surveyed corner with a marker. One of the hunters is a fence builder in real life, and thus is familiar with surveying, corner markers, etc. He had also built a ladder-like contraption to span the corner, allowing them a...
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    Waterproof Upland Pants?

    I wore Pyke Dakota all last season. The whole pant isn't waterproof, just the facing on the front of the legs and up to almost the knee on the back. Most of my hunting is in Kansas, which is drier than Minnesota for sure and also most of east-river SD. I hate "wet leg" days too, and these...
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    Cold temps and feeding the birds

    That's certainly a risk. I try to mitigate it through feeder placement. All the feeders on the first tract are positioned on the edge of plum thickets, ie, feeding birds have thick plum bushes over their heads. Probably doesn't do much to protect against bobcats, but the raptors would have a...
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    Cold temps and feeding the birds

    Conditions are a little bit better here in Kansas, but still much colder than normal for us. I don't worry nearly as much about temps as I do about snow/ice cover. I have good cover for the birds everywhere, and on some tracts there is plentiful waste grain when there is little-to-no snow and...
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    Franchi semi autos

    I have a al-48 in 20g that I bought for my wife many years ago. It has a 24" barrel and is light as a feather. Probably less than a case of ammo through it in about 30 years. I can't hit anything with it. About 10 years ago I let my then-teenage son use it for a while. It had been in safe...
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    Superstitions

    Pick up a couple random pieces of trash in the road ditch, or parking area, or wherever. I can use as much karma as I can get!
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    Might have to switch to canvas

    I've seen that in cold temperatures with some brands. This brand has held up for me regardless of conditions...
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    Goodbye '24-'25 Non-Season

    They all go by too fast anymore. I had a much better season this year. Quail numbers were just as good as last year, probably even a little better. Pheasants also improved. If can get some properly timed moisture this year I'm excited about next year. Wish I'd been able to get out at least...
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    2024 gear review...what worked and what didn't?

    Big thumbs up for Pyke Gear Dakota Pant. Like the fit, like the weight, liked everything about them this season. For the price I'm hoping for many seasons, but all's good so far. That was the only really new thing in my kit this year.
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    Family

    Wish I had a better answer. Both my sons hunted with me quite a bit when they were in high school, but both have shown flagging enthusiasm since. The older one was in the marching band during college, so his weekends were pretty much full during hunting season. Then he graduated, got married...
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    Future of CRP ?

    I bought some of those signs for a tenant once. He and I started a conversation about some things we might do differently with wheat stubble. I never thought we finished the conversation, but he implemented anyway. In short, he didn't spray the stubble. Of course it exploded with weeds and...
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    Future of CRP ?

    My thoughts too.
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    Future of CRP ?

    Is the parcel you're referencing the one described here? https://ksoutdoors.com/KDWP-Info/News/News-Archive/2009-Web-News/January-2009/KANSAN-BEQUEATHS-PHEASANTS-FOREVER-LARGEST-DONATION-IN-26-YEAR-HISTORY I've often wondered what happened to that piece of land. I'm pretty sure I saw it in...
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    Things I learned and Questions I have

    The best way to turn a "yes" this year into a "no" next year is to create a hassle for the farmer. "-Late season birds, when one flushes they all flush and they’re gone" -except when a couple stick around
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    What is a good quail hunt?

    5 coveys in 3 days is a little on the low side. But for late season public ground in Nebraska that might be about the best you could hope for. If you're really targeting quail, I'd probably change it up a little.
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