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    MN Pheasant Map 2023

    Looks promising.
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    Hunting a WMA Near a House

    There are a few WMA's I'd like to hunt that have houses that are cleary closer than 500 feet from them. Can a person hunt the areas that are close to the house? The WMA's are clearly marked with signs that you can hunt them. Its seems that the "open to public hunting" signs posted 50-75 yards...
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    2021 Season

    I understand/agree that we all share public property. I also think that hunters need to also be sportsmen and women, and should follow written and unwritten rules for hunting, and represent our sport well. 95% of the pheasant hunters I've met have been great. The other 5% - not so much. There...
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    2021 Season

    I've read the horror stories about opening day ass@#$#$%, but we've always had good luck....until this year. We were waiting at our WMA spot for about 1.5 hours. At about 8:40 a guy pulls up in a truck by himself, no dog. He gets out, slams his door shut and starts walking through the the...
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    Pheasant loads

    I've talked to a few Scheels employees. They don't know if they will get their orders this year or not. Might want to make sure you have some bismuth or steel ready to roll, it's looking fairly bleak for lead.
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    Hatch Opinions?

    Well, its that time of the year again. Anyone in pheasant county seeing any evidense of how successful the first hatch may have been? Too hot, too dry? Predictions?
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    Area to Throw Some Clays in Metro

    This is a interseting post and, and IMO, part of the reason why hunting is a dying sport. When I first moved to MN years ago, I was shocked how difficult it was to just go and grab the .22 and shoot some cans with the kids or shoot some clays. It was, and still is, very difficult to find an...
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    Rate your 2020 season

    We hunted public land MN birds exclusively. Two of us hunted 1-2 times per week the entire season, except for the one weekend we thought it was too warm for our dogs. I'd give it a 7. We never got skunked, but certainly things got more difficult the last month with pressured birds getting...
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    New to the MN Game

    WMA's are good all year long, not just late season. You'd be doing yourself a disservice if you save them for late season.
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    New to the MN Game

    My experience with WIA's is - "meh". There are some quality WIA's and WPA's but overall the WMA's rule. There are tons of WMA's with surrounding crop land. We hunt that stuff the most. Most of the dumb birds are dead, and like Gimruis said, the public land has gotten pounded this year...
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    South Dakota Numbers are up 47%

    After a pretty dismal year last year overall in SD, I bet they are happy. https://gfp.sd.gov/news/detail/1197/
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    Upland Pant Recommendations?

    Time for a new pair. I always liked Cabelas brand for a good compromise between quality and price - but they don't carry them anymore. I was going to get a pair of Browning but have seen quite a few complaints about the snap coming undone, and people saying it should be a button. They are...
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    Two Months Until The Opener!

    It's about that time for me to start getting myself and my dog gradually into hunting shape. At my age (mid 50's) it helps me get through those long walks and beating through the thick stuff. Luckily I live near water so my Lab is getting regular water work. Dang, it's been hot out. I even...
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    Pheasant Hatch

    Any predictions on how the first hatch is going/went? I can't help thinking about how the weather relates to the chicks every morning when I look at the local forecast and radar. The winter was relatively mild. So far so good?
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