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Looks like a nice mature bird Dave. Are you seeing good numbers? I had a rooster in the front yard yesterday, but we are out of bird hunting for at least another week, maybe more.
_________ BrentD, (Professor - just for Stan)
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Brent, he was nice bird, streamlined type, but the tail feathers were just a touch over 23". I'm not seeing big bird numbers, just hunting them down one at a time. Saw a total of 5 roosters yesterday and one hen. Missed one longish, but makable shot on a bird, and the others were getting outa Dodge before we were close.
Edit to adjust the Iowa total to 3 roosters encountered. The other 2 and the hen were on the Minnesota side of the line. I often hunt both states on the same trip.
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keep it simple and keep it safe...
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Hey all, My son Jim and I went out for a couple hours today, wasn't terribly successful. I managed one. We did see quite a few birds, almost all hens (we could have limit out in a half hour if you could shoot hens!). Not many boy birds. The ones we saw were pretty skittish. That time of the year I guess. Anyway, I used my 16ga Garbi 100 And Addie in the frost! Not a bad day, especially hunting with my son. Best, Greg
Gregory J. Westberg MSG, USA Ret
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Beautiful gun and a good looking dog too. I bet it was good to be in the field. Should have been a lot of pheasants shot in Iowa today with the first real snow (6" here). But we are in lock down for a while longer yet. I'm setting a week from Monday as our relaunch.
_________ BrentD, (Professor - just for Stan)
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Limit of ducks with a damascus Husky 16 and 2.5" ITX reloads, in my layout boat. Good times.
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Nice cloudy day today, temps in the low 50s. Great for dogs. We are finding birds. Floyd, Sadie and the MuttPak.
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GLS, The photo looks like a great day for Woodcock, I can't wait until our season next year in the fall! Karl
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Congrats on another great day, Gil. Makes me wanna move to GA.
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