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  1. J

    Spring wild turkey

    I very much agree with you here. A standard full choke and most any pheasant load will kill turkeys cleanly to 38 yards or so. I once tried a turkey choke and found it very difficult to hit birds with it. This week's episode of Michigan Out of Doors contains a turkey hunt starting at about...
  2. J

    Spring wild turkey

    Looks like someone had tried to poach the bird that I bagged. I found this air rifle pellet against my grinder plate after I ground the leg, thigh, and some breast meat.
  3. J

    Spring wild turkey

    Thanks. That is my first MN tom. I have lived here 6 years. I shot several in my native Michigan.
  4. J

    Spring wild turkey

    Got my first Minnesota turkey yesterday evening. I had hunted on Wednesday by hiking in the dark to a location where I found roosting birds last spring. Unfortunately, as I leaned my gun against a tree to set my decoys, a turkey flushed from the tree above my head. I set up anyway and as it...
  5. J

    What produces recoil? Velocity or payload?

    How is that true when KE = 1/2 x M x V^2 The kinetic energy that causes recoil varies directly with the mass and with the square of the velocity.
  6. J

    Iowa wants to buy all the southern-most counties in Minnesota

    If that happens, the people in those 9 counties will be happy to not have to live through another Minnesota winter.
  7. J

    16 gauge

    Have you considered Cerakoted? There are many colors available and some mimic bluing. https://www.cerakote.com/project-gallery/39839/cerakoted-h-238-midnight-blue
  8. J

    End of shooting hours,? for evening hunters

    This has become an "off season" thread.
  9. J

    16 gauge

    As another point of view, I shoot a sxs with double triggers. I have never had an issue while wearing gloves.
  10. J

    Slowing your dog

    First off, understand that I am not a professional or even an accomplished dog trainer. A couple of seasons ago, my dog started running off on hot pheasant trails and flushing birds out of range. It was really bad when we had the opportunity to hunt a private property that had hundreds of...
  11. J

    End of shooting hours,? for evening hunters

    I unload my gun at the end of shooting hours and walk out to my vehicle. Zombies, bigfoot and aliens do not exist. I have no fears of coyotes or raccoons, etc. My amygdala must not be as easily stimulated as some of yours. I do not want a ticket for hunting after hours, especially when...
  12. J

    Game warden question

    She may not be able to purchase a license without first taking a Firearms Safety Class.
  13. J

    Game warden question

    I sincerely doubt that she was observed committing an offense that warrants a ticket. See this link. Go to the fifth bullet point on licenses. The reference regards deer hunting but I think it applies. https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/hunting/deer/deer-season-faq.html If she was observed...
  14. J

    Dogs over 10

    My 9.5 year old pointing lab is really showing her age. I mentioned in a previous post that I have been giving her glucosamine supplements and that has been helpful. However this past week has been rough. After hunting last Friday and Saturday, she had difficulty climbing the basement stairs...
  15. J

    Antique road show

    I got trained at work as an early adopter. At the time, all websites were text based and changes were occurring very rapidly. When I started on the Internet, it was still a wood burning system.
  16. J

    MN report

    Fixed it for you 🙂
  17. J

    Vikings game

    My attitude about the game is: "They didn't invite me to play again this week, and I do not have to watch them."
  18. J

    MN report

    Got out this afternoon for about an hour in SE Minnesota. My pointing lab had several solid points and the birds sat really tight. Had 9 hen flushed but no roosters.
  19. J

    Slip on recoil pad-stock treatment

    Slip on recoil pads are as ugly as homemade sin. Also, on most field guns, it lowers the point of impact as it increases the length of pull. Unless those are your goals, as Cheesy suggested, have a real recoil pad installed.
  20. J

    Tail Length

    That's why you cannot hunt til 10:00 a.m. They need time to plant the birds each morning.
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