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< 16ga. General Discussion ~ Old guys Pheasant opener! PICS TRAGEDY |
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Sun Nov 10, 2019 11:01 am
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Joined: 15 Apr 2007
Posts: 9455
Location: Amarillo, Texas
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Great in the hunt.
Wow on the FIRE, they
sure do alter plans.
Pleased you are safe
Mike |
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Mon Nov 11, 2019 10:29 am
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Joined: 13 Oct 2015
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Location: SE Ks
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Keep up the good work getting out as you age. I'm 20 years younger, consider myself to be in decent shape(work out regularly at the gym) and pretty sore this morning. Our group hunted the opener in west central Ks, all walk-in plots. We were sitting on the field edge 30 minutes before light, and hunted till just before dusk. 6 of us saw a total of 4 roosters, maybe a dozen hens and a couple covey of quail. I was the only "seasoned" hunter, most were in their 30s-40s along with my 12 year old Grandson. Those "boys" put a whuppin on me. Some of the CRP was head high and really thick. My workouts don't include raising your knee nearly waist high and forcing the foot forward through tangled weeds and grass.
I don't get to carry anything close to the "wee jeff", but my Dickinson SxS 16 spoke twice over two days and tumbled two roosters. Can't wait to get back out after them again. |
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Mon Nov 11, 2019 2:36 pm
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Joined: 17 Jul 2008
Posts: 765
Location: Great State of Kansas
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Good on ya! We had snow last night, and 10 degrees this morning...Sun is out now...I'll hit em again tomorrow..We seem to have LOTS of birds....Access for non locals is pretty skinny...Fires drove away most the opening weekend hunters...I will focus on corners around Corn circles where the corn is off...Stay well...I still have a couple of horses, tried to shoot off my mare ONCE, that did not turn out well |
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Mon Nov 11, 2019 3:00 pm
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Joined: 13 Oct 2015
Posts: 150
Location: SE Ks
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Not many horses would take someone shooting off them. I sold my mule a few years ago, really miss him, but not much in the way of trails around here these days and getting out to the mountains with him was getting expensive. |
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Mon Nov 11, 2019 10:02 pm
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Joined: 16 Mar 2017
Posts: 226
Location: Valdosta GA
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Amen! Probably the best thread yet! If only Buckingham shot a 16 |
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Tue Nov 12, 2019 10:10 am
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Joined: 17 Jul 2008
Posts: 765
Location: Great State of Kansas
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Just getting ready to go look for a few roosters...lil snow on ground...bright sunny day....Minder has been alerted...One more horse comment... I have had that mare over 20 years....Right now, she is trying to founder...She is in the care of a CU vet over in Boulder. Concensus is that she will have to be put down soon.....Another thing I don't want to do.. |
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