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Re: Report from the North Country Lloyd3 #666435 10/14/25 04:13 PM
Joined: Dec 2012 Posts: 3,631 Likes: 1057 Parker, Colorado Lloyd3 OP Sidelock
OP Lloyd3 Sidelock Joined: Dec 2012 Posts: 3,631 Likes: 1057 Parker, Colorado	Things have slowed down a bit here Ted, but I still have a few tricks up my sleeves. Looking forward to it.
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Re: Report from the North Country Lloyd3 #666551 10/19/25 07:46 AM
Joined: Dec 2012 Posts: 3,631 Likes: 1057 Parker, Colorado Lloyd3 OP Sidelock
OP Lloyd3 Sidelock Joined: Dec 2012 Posts: 3,631 Likes: 1057 Parker, Colorado	Sorry about going dark but the motel we're staying in here in ND doesn't seem to have functional wifi. Heading back to Minnesota monday and will update the post then.
	1 member likes this: Ted Schefelbein

Re: Report from the North Country Lloyd3 #666603 10/20/25 09:09 PM
Joined: Dec 2012 Posts: 3,631 Likes: 1057 Parker, Colorado Lloyd3 OP Sidelock
OP Lloyd3 Sidelock Joined: Dec 2012 Posts: 3,631 Likes: 1057 Parker, Colorado	Back in God's country tonight. Steady rain almost all the way here so tomorrow's an R&R day (I reckon). Got a cooler full of dead ditch parrots I need to deal with and lots of equipment I need to clean up and relocate. At least I missed the MEA weekend. Last edited by Lloyd3; 10/20/25 09:12 PM.
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Re: Report from the North Country Lloyd3 #666616 10/21/25 10:59 AM
Joined: Dec 2012 Posts: 3,631 Likes: 1057 Parker, Colorado Lloyd3 OP Sidelock
OP Lloyd3 Sidelock Joined: Dec 2012 Posts: 3,631 Likes: 1057 Parker, Colorado	Hard to compare these two forms of upland hunting (woodlands and plains). The scale of things seems so different to me... My 1st decent double (bought in the middle/late 90s), a made-as left New England Arms 557 Arrieta 12-bore. I seldom show it off anymore, but it has travelled with me to many destinations. The blueing is almost worn completely through where my palm touched it during carry in warmer weather (didn't have proper shooting gloves then I guess, & too-late to worry about it now). A modern gun to shoot heavier loads than I normally do, but these wild plains birds are tougher than the woodland variants and it seems that speed does-indeed kill. Last edited by Lloyd3; 10/21/25 01:05 PM.
	5 members like this: Jimmy W, Jtplumb, Tim Cartmell, Parabola, Ted Schefelbein

Re: Report from the North Country Lloyd3 #666617 10/21/25 11:36 AM
Joined: May 2016 Posts: 1,546 Likes: 341 SE Michigan Karl Graebner Sidelock
Karl Graebner Sidelock Joined: May 2016 Posts: 1,546 Likes: 341 SE Michigan	Lloyd, You are certainly correct regarding sense of scale! I had hunted N.D. near Garrison when it became very apparent! Karl
	7 members like this: Jimmy W, earlyriser, Tim Cartmell, Imperdix, Parabola, Ted Schefelbein

Re: Report from the North Country Lloyd3 #666643 10/22/25 07:48 AM
Joined: Dec 2012 Posts: 3,631 Likes: 1057 Parker, Colorado Lloyd3 OP Sidelock
OP Lloyd3 Sidelock Joined: Dec 2012 Posts: 3,631 Likes: 1057 Parker, Colorado	Yeah, hard to compare these two scenes... and this... to this. Last edited by Lloyd3; 10/22/25 08:00 AM.
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Re: Report from the North Country Lloyd3 #666655 10/22/25 06:19 PM
Joined: Dec 2012 Posts: 3,631 Likes: 1057 Parker, Colorado Lloyd3 OP Sidelock
OP Lloyd3 Sidelock Joined: Dec 2012 Posts: 3,631 Likes: 1057 Parker, Colorado	An interesting repurposing of an old fishing stringer, eh? They'll be ready to process by the end of the week. Cool and wet here these days. Looks quite different from even a few short days ago (when I left for North Dakota). Autumn is starting to age-out a bit here. I've got something like 10-12 days left so... hopefully the weather will cooperate just a little longer. Last edited by Lloyd3; 10/24/25 11:19 AM.
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Re: Report from the North Country Lloyd3 #666659 10/22/25 09:46 PM
Joined: Feb 2009 Posts: 7,711 Likes: 346 craigd Sidelock
craigd Sidelock Joined: Feb 2009 Posts: 7,711 Likes: 346	Originally Posted by Lloyd3 Hard to compare these two forms of upland hunting (woodlands and plains). The scale of things seems so different to me... Uplands, looks like a nice little prairie pothole, part of the duck factory. Easy to underestimate distances, even on those pronghorns. Nice pictures.

Re: Report from the North Country Lloyd3 #666692 10/24/25 11:08 AM
Joined: Dec 2012 Posts: 3,631 Likes: 1057 Parker, Colorado Lloyd3 OP Sidelock
OP Lloyd3 Sidelock Joined: Dec 2012 Posts: 3,631 Likes: 1057 Parker, Colorado	Brisk this morning. Pulled all the boats a few days ago and we began the process for close-up here. Still lots of birds about and the trails all seem productive again. Things are becoming quite monochromatic here... Another week or so and then....another autumn is done in this northern clime, at least for me. Last edited by Lloyd3; 10/24/25 11:18 AM.
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Re: Report from the North Country Lloyd3 #666694 10/24/25 11:36 AM
Joined: May 2016 Posts: 1,546 Likes: 341 SE Michigan Karl Graebner Sidelock
Karl Graebner Sidelock Joined: May 2016 Posts: 1,546 Likes: 341 SE Michigan	Lloyd, The leaf fall sure makes shooting easier. Karl

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