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< 16ga. General Discussion ~ Bird hunting S. Dakota |
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Mon Apr 10, 2006 6:33 pm
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Just received a fun magazine promoting bird hunting in S. Dakota; "Pheasant Fever". You can request one at www.theamericannews.net/pheasantfever/ or call 1-888-525-3438. Then start dreaming of flushing pheasants darkening the sun |
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Mon Apr 10, 2006 7:18 pm
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Location: NH
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Thanks for the info rev. |
_________________ A bad day of hunting is better than a good day of work. |
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Mon Apr 10, 2006 7:30 pm
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Joined: 15 Oct 2004
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Location: Indiana
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....and they just about DID darken the sun last fall....I never in my life enjoyed wild pheasant hunting like that....so my son and I are going back again....can't wait.... |
_________________ One Man with Courage is a Majority
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Tue Apr 11, 2006 2:21 pm
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Went goose hunting in north central SD around April 1. Pheasants overwintered well, probably the most I've ever seen in the Spring in that part of the state. It is quite dry west of hiway 281 and that could affect nest success. Should have brought the 16, first morning was foggy--we had 35 yd shooting at snow geese! The borrowed Baikal 3 1/2" autoloader was way too much gun. |
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Tue Apr 11, 2006 2:35 pm
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Love S. Dakota, love the people, love the 'sky that's filled with the mind of God' (from a little girl's diary written in the 1880s), and can't believe my eyes every time 150 pheasants get up out of a field of milo (unfortunately, it's usually because SOMEBODY'S stupid LAB is chasing them ) |
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Tue Apr 11, 2006 3:46 pm
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That's a beautiful quote Revdoc. I'm wondering if it was penned by Mary Worthy Breneman, author of "The Land They Possessed", a book about pioneer SD circa 1887-1905. |
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Tue Apr 11, 2006 6:48 pm
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Location: Illinois
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Two random thoughts.
1.Revcrew-NEVER-EVER say stupid and LAB in the same sentence
2.Someday I will make the trip.We used to have bountiful pheasants here 20-25 years ago.Between the fences and hedge rows ripped out,the end of CRP,the need to farm to the ditch and the drudge ditches filling up/being dumped in illegally our pheasant populant is sad to say the least .I now see a bird or two the whole year.I maintain a ten acre area for nesting--don't know if it helps much-mabey it is sustainin the only birds locally |
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Tue Apr 11, 2006 7:00 pm
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hoa-good for you brother.
Re:labs-I was just trying to think of something that wouldn't be censored. All my buddies that run labs call them things the 'site admin' would just delete from our posts |
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Tue Apr 11, 2006 7:42 pm
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Location: Plains, MT.
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I was once told by a lab owner that the bump on the labs head was the one brain cell they had trying to escape. After having a lab I wonder about it a lot.
Best,
Ron |
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Tue Apr 11, 2006 7:57 pm
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DANG-we should have a thread on this topic alone-----as they say just the facts maam.......That bump on the LAB'S head is nothing shy of pure ambition,thoughtfullness of the owner and willingness to please just trying to come out Around here in the great midwest the Lab is THE undisputed king of duck/goose hunting and what pheasants we still see.Not to mention a great family dog and excellent buglar system----While my lab is sleeping and the intruder breaks in there will be a certain thump when he stumbles over my dog and hits the floor. |
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Wed Apr 12, 2006 7:37 am
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Rev, what you talking about. you must be some kinda future teller, cause I know my stupid Lab Beau hasn't been out there YET. He's here, again lying under my desk, growling at the 3 sqweeky toys he just had to bring to work with him. |
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Wed Apr 12, 2006 7:46 am
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A good pointing dog would be outside throwing their dinner dishes around or banging them on the fence making noise. |
_________________ A bad day of hunting is better than a good day of work. |
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Wed Apr 12, 2006 8:22 am
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thats cause thats where pointers are supposed live. OUTSIDE don't want those smelly (not the girls of course, speaking generally) pointers despoiling the inside of the house, at least thats what Beau told me when I suggested getting him a little gps buddy. He said he's be ok with IT(don't know why he said it that way) living out side, but let it inside , and I better sleep with one eye open and my throat covered. plus he wanted a increase in his chewy allotment |
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Wed Apr 12, 2006 1:27 pm
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That's a good combo, pointing dog to find and point and then send the lab in to flush. It works.
Did you explain to beau that if the new pointer lives outside, he might have to move out too, just to keep it company? |
_________________ A bad day of hunting is better than a good day of work. |
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Wed Apr 12, 2006 2:02 pm
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Location: New England, home of fat teddy k.
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sush, he's reading your post over my shoulder, and growling |
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