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I think I'm ready For the last 4 years, my hunting has unfortunately been limited as I've been my Mom's caretaker. Dad passed away five years ago in July of '18 and mom suddenly had a myriad of health issued come boiling up. She only had one functioning kidney and was in stage 4 of renal...

For me, the memory is still as fresh as it was some 33 years ago. It was a cheerful Friday afternoon as the third weekend in November kicked off in 1988. I don’t remember the day, I don’t remember school, I just remember being home at 3:30 when I heard the phone ring. Mom called to me and told...

For me, it all started when I was 11 years old in the fall of 1988. My parents wouldn't allow me to take my Hunter's Safety course as a fifth grader, when you could take it without having a parent present. Not a big deal to me, I enrolled in the class during the fall in sixth grade and complete...

Let's face it, adulting is hard. I'm stuck behind the microphone for a college basketball classic because our coach can't read a clock and thought a 1 p.m. tip was a great idea. It'll be only the second Opening Day I've missed in 31 years of hunting. Despite it, I'm still frothing at the...

When it hit, it was like a ton of bricks had been dropped upon me. It was a sensation which pounded into me with an incredible swiftness, a proverbial punch to the gut which left me gasping, not for air but rather at the intensity of the feeling of wanting more. It was the feeling of the...

It's been six weeks to the day my dad passed away with a massive heart attack. He was a key member in my little hunting group, once a walker, having been more relegated to being a blocker/truck mover. I know Opening Day will be a bit rough, but I'm just looking for any tips or how you guys...

Gang, It's time to blow up our senators and rep's Twitter and email. According to Pheasants Forever, this bill looks to drastically cut funding to CRP, which is already dwindling. It will hamper all wildlife, not just those type we pursue. PF had a link to every state's senator's and reps. It's...

So there is an actual group of people out there which will be attending the commission meeting on March 22 with the idea of basically splitting the upland season. This group believes the upland season needs to open two days before Thanksgiving through Thanksgiving weekend, followed by closing...

When the sun finally sets on today, it ends my (and I would wager many of yours) favorite time period. My gun gets cleaning and goes into the cabinet, lonely and waiting for the next time it is pulled out and loaded to take to the field. This was one of our best years yet, having shot 38...

If I recall correctly, a person is NOT allowed to shoot clays on WIHA. What about state owned public land which is not walk-in?

And like that, the 2016-17 season ends. We shot three roosters, missed a fourth, and flushed five quail today. Even with it being 56 degrees, we banged up six other hens with all but one of the birds flushing from just behind us. We worked slow, lots of stopping and standing, but these were...

There is a privately-owned 80 acre CRP tract we have been hunting for years. For me, it takes a quick phone call to the landowner after the second weekend and off we go. We've always had fair to incredible luck in the grass. However, I learned last night that a battalion of hunters went through...

Key word is working. There are a lot of other avenues in which to be productive, however. You know, getting hunting clothing laid out, making sure the rolls for the morning are fresh, dinner reservation at Cy's tonight, making sure collars are charged, there's water for the dogs, the most...

I've been thinking about this topic for a while and wanted to get some discussion going about how you guys approach your hunts. For the longest time, I was told/taught to hunt the cover first thing in the morning, move to food in the afternoon, then back to cover. Every piece of literature...

but 113 'til Opening Day, a day which should be a national holiday. And ironically, the 113 might be the temp today.

So, if I go pheasant hunting and shoot a hen in this day an age, can I now say the hen was a transgendered rooster? Who am I to argue with the fact this hen identified with her inner rooster? For all I know, the hen should have been born a rooster. Think a game warden will let it go? (these...

There are 284 days 'til Opening Weekend. My family thinks I have a problem.

All in all, I'd call it a success. We saw a lot of birds this season, finishing the year with 3 roosters and 6 quail. We had lots of wild flushing birds in the wind but got the ones for which we had shots. The highlight of the day was seeing one of the dogs finally remembering what to do...

Every so often, my 870 won't pump after firing. Am I shooting a shell which is expanding just enough to jam things? Anyone else have this happen?

Right now, it seems the pheasants are acting incredibly weird. We're seeing them in random, non-traditional places. We saw 8 roosters trotting along a hedge row bordered by green wheat on both sides. The moment we slowed down to watch what they were doing, they turned and skittered back down the...