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Lowell,
How many ducks have you shot in the last 2 years ??
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Only a few, but taken just so!
On your own place, your not so heavy handed.
Just so, is what counts.
Last edited by Lowell Glenthorne; 08/22/07 10:26 PM.
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Lowell,
How many ducks have you shot in the last 2 years ?? Dennis: a gentleman doesn't ask such questions. It's not about actually shooting ducks - it's all about nostalgia gear and 'proper' style. 
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Steve: My thoughts were on the ruffs, but a sharptail grouse, or Prairie Chicken as people in the plains states call them is certainly a good way to spend September 15th. What do you folks call true Prairie Chickens? Chi-town, The Nebraska Game Commission refers to them in the aggregate as "Prairie Grouse." The Sharptails are located in the western part of the state, with a few Greater Prairie Chickens mixed in. Here in SE Nebr. there is a remnant population of GPC's that are locally referred to as "Chickens." If you ever wanted to see just how big your dog will run, this is the place to find out. sv
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I can't wait to get back to Manitoba for ruffed, sharps, and spruce all in the same habitat. Sure wish they would start a woodcock season. Here I have broods of pheasants in my yard, garden, road ditches, cropfields and pastures, but the dummies can wait till I can hunt them in the snow. Seven days till doves open though and my old Sauer Model 8 will be smokin' Plenty of local sharps and gray partridge here, and the ponds are loaded with young ducks.
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Steve: Thanks for clearing up the Plains State nomenclature. When I used to hunt pheasant in South Dakota everyone there refered to sharptails as Praire Chickens. When I asked them what they called Prairie Chickens they all gave me a funny look and said Prairie Chickens.
Of course depending on where you live many call the ruffed grouse "Pa-tridge".
Hal: Do you, or did you, use a guide service in Manitoba?
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Chicago, what do old west Michigan grouse hunters call ruffed grouse? 
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Erik: Pretty much Pats when I was growing up, now I would say grouse is more prevalent, at least among the circle of friends I hunt with. As you know if you ask some locals about grouse hunting they give you a funny look, but ask them about Pats and you gain some level of credibility.
And your part of the state?
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Maloney, those are some damn good reasons for it all.
Now add a few ducks in the mix, days in the blind and good dogs.
...and a great gun of course....why ol'boy you've got yourself a hobby.
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Erik: Pretty much Pats when I was growing up, now I would say grouse is more prevalent, at least among the circle of friends I hunt with. As you know if you ask some locals about grouse hunting they give you a funny look, but ask them about Pats and you gain some level of credibility.
And your part of the state? Well done, PATS it is. Or are. St. Joseph to Cross Village. We lived on the shore from '58 to '85. I still have property there.
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