Search results

I'm a big Rizzini fan, I've got a Roundbody EM 28ga that I love. But one thing to know about the 16ga BR110 is that it's built on the 12ga frame. The other models like the Aurum, Artemis, Roundbody, etc are built on a 16ga frame. These models are quite a bit pricier, no surprise there. I like...

That's my answer too. My wife has the 28ga Ethos with a wood stock. Holy cow that's a sweet gun.

I second this motion :p

He's talking about sharptail grouse, and he's right that they're fairly easy to bring down. BB mentioned Hungarian Partridge being tough and he's right, they're tougher than sharpies even though they're about half the size.

Welcome! Head out west in a year or two and give it a try, you won't regret it!

I second the suggestions above. Sharptails aren't real tough, but they do tend to flush at long ranges sometimes. I have used 7&1/2's before, but I mostly stick with 6's now. 7/8 oz in 28ga, 1 oz for 16ga. When non-tox is required I use bismuth 6's. Not quite as effective as lead 6's, but...

My recommendation would be that if you're gonna hunt ND for the first time, go 3-4 hours further west/northwest. I know, when you're already making a long drive, adding 3-4 hours is easier said than done.

Great choice, I bet you're gonna enjoy that gun!

I've got a camo 12 ga Affinity, it's my main duck gun and I do use it some for pheasant late-season. My wife has the same gun in 20ga. We haven't had any issues with the benelli click in the 5-6 years that we've had them. Great guns. I bought my wife a 28 ga Benelli Ethos at the start of last...

I would suggest focusing on areas that look good for pheasant. By late-Oct, the sharpies in MT have been hunted for two full months. They're gonna be real hard to hunt at that point.

I've hunted the area 20-30 miles east and north of Coleharbor. Quite a bit of public land in that area, PLOTS and WPA's. Good numbers of phez, sharpies, and huns. The earlier in Oct the better. The sharpies start getting very jumpy by early Oct.

I take multiple bird-hunting trips each season, some as long as 2+ weeks, so I do a fair bit of cooking in motels. I rely on a crockpot quite a bit. Stuff like beef stew, spaghetti sauce, curry, etc. It's great to get back to the room and only have a few min of prep to do before chowing down...

I'm working in ND at the moment, and out driving around quite a bit from day to day. Eastern 1/4 of the state though, so definitely not a prime area. I did see a hen with one chick last week, and I'm sure there were others I didn't see since they were standing right next to tall grass. The chick...

Same here. I've cut open and weighed quite a few shot charges. Off the top of my head- Remington, Federal, Winchester, Kent, B & P, Fiocchi, and Hevi. 12, 16, 20, and 28 ga. With the exception of Hevi, the shot charges have all been right on, or just a hair above or below. With Hevi, you can...

I hunted around Pierre last season, and again this season, all public. Didn't really hunt close to town, mostly 30 to 45 min away, to the north, northeast, and east. Pretty good numbers of birds last year, and this year there was a very noticeable jump in numbers. Private land around there...

Same for me. Having the safety off prior to the gun mount would be a hindrance for me since switching the safety off is part of the motion of mounting the gun. Doing it that way doesn't slow me down even a tiny bit.

Same here. It's mind-boggling to me that there are people that do this.

You forgot a very important one from the world according to Goose........don't play grab-ass!! :LOL:

If you really want to get into them, I'd drive the extra 3-4 hours to east-central New Mexico. NM has a 4-day small game license for $33, and tons of public land. I tried the CNG for a day on my first trip to Kansas back in '18 or '19. Didn't find any scaled quail (we call them blue quail in...

34 would've been even better.