Itchy trigger finger

I need to scratch this and am having a hard time waiting for PHEASANT season. Watching my young GSP go on point and having a rooster blow up at my feet is almost as good as topwater bass fishing. Everyone was talking grouse but pheasent season is what gets my blood pumping. The site of the dogs doing the hard work and then having a bird jump into flight, HEN HEN but every once and a while ROOSTER BOOM!!BOOM!!
Thanks for letting me get that out of my system, I should be ok now as I only need to go 10 more days.

I feel your pain Slider. Only 10 days to wait. I think my dogs is going crazy too. Good luck when the day finally comes.

I feel your pain Slider. Only 10 days to wait. I think my dogs is going crazy too. Good luck when the day finally comes.

RON- I HEAR YA MAN. I HAVE TWO YELLOW LABS THAT POINT AS WELL AND I LOVE TO WATCH THEM WORK. WATCHING THE DOGS IS ALMOST AS GOOD AS DROPPIN THAT 1ST ROOSTER OF THE YEAR. I CAN’T WAIT FOR THE 16TH. I HAVE BEEN OUT LOOKING FOR GROUSE A FEW TIMES THIS YEAR, BUT IT IS NOT THE SAME. WHERE IS YOUR STARTING DESTINATION FOR OPENER? IF YOU DON’T MIND ME ASKING. I WILL BE IN SOUTHERN MN HUNTING PRIVATE LAND. ITS GOOD TO HAVE FRIENDS WITH CONNECTIONS. GOOD LUCK AND HAPPY HUNTING.

RON- I HEAR YA MAN. I HAVE TWO YELLOW LABS THAT POINT AS WELL AND I LOVE TO WATCH THEM WORK. WATCHING THE DOGS IS ALMOST AS GOOD AS DROPPIN THAT 1ST ROOSTER OF THE YEAR. I CAN’T WAIT FOR THE 16TH. I HAVE BEEN OUT LOOKING FOR GROUSE A FEW TIMES THIS YEAR, BUT IT IS NOT THE SAME. WHERE IS YOUR STARTING DESTINATION FOR OPENER? IF YOU DON’T MIND ME ASKING. I WILL BE IN SOUTHERN MN HUNTING PRIVATE LAND. ITS GOOD TO HAVE FRIENDS WITH CONNECTIONS. GOOD LUCK AND HAPPY HUNTING.

I hear you Slider. I’m actually heading to North Dakota this weekend if it doesn’t get to warm! Can’t wait. My Lab has been acting really strange lately , like he is a pup again. I think he know what is about to transpire.

I hear you Slider. I’m actually heading to North Dakota this weekend if it doesn’t get to warm! Can’t wait. My Lab has been acting really strange lately , like he is a pup again. I think he know what is about to transpire.

can someone tell me why Ia opens so much later than Mn? Iowa opens the 30. I may have to go to mn. How much does a License cost. for out of state in Ia it is $90 I think. We like that out of state money. And I will be hunting on our land. We have 20 acres of crp land in one spot and a little bit more on other feilds. I can’t wait

can someone tell me why Ia opens so much later than Mn? Iowa opens the 30. I may have to go to mn. How much does a License cost. for out of state in Ia it is $90 I think. We like that out of state money. And I will be hunting on our land. We have 20 acres of crp land in one spot and a little bit more on other feilds. I can’t wait

Ron, I feel your pain and I am counting the days. Fortunately my days are a week less than yours. I am going to a game farm this weekend to get me up to speed for the wild birds. I know it is a different game, but the birds still cackle and scare the crap out of me either way.

Ron, I feel your pain and I am counting the days. Fortunately my days are a week less than yours. I am going to a game farm this weekend to get me up to speed for the wild birds. I know it is a different game, but the birds still cackle and scare the crap out of me either way.

I hear ya, Slider. I knew this topic was coming but was hoping that it wouldn’t start this early.
Last year I winged a bird and it dropped into a picked corn field with our Irish Setter on its tail. It took about 3/8ths of a mile for that dog to catch the rooster but she brought it all the way back and gave it to me still alive. Priceless. I love it because my friend feeds her all year and she brings me the bird.
I have 400 acres of farmland in Western Minn of which 200 is in CRP and am leaving next Thurs to put up signs and watch bird movement.
Well, there go my nights of fitfull sleep for awhile.
Thanks a LOT for bringing this up!

I hear ya, Slider. I knew this topic was coming but was hoping that it wouldn’t start this early.
Last year I winged a bird and it dropped into a picked corn field with our Irish Setter on its tail. It took about 3/8ths of a mile for that dog to catch the rooster but she brought it all the way back and gave it to me still alive. Priceless. I love it because my friend feeds her all year and she brings me the bird.
I have 400 acres of farmland in Western Minn of which 200 is in CRP and am leaving next Thurs to put up signs and watch bird movement.
Well, there go my nights of fitfull sleep for awhile.
Thanks a LOT for bringing this up!

Out of state MN small game license is $80.50 + pheasant stamp. MN Hunting licenses 2004

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can someone tell me why Ia opens so much later than Mn? Iowa opens the 30. I may have to go to mn. How much does a License cost. for out of state in Ia it is $90 I think. We like that out of state money. And I will be hunting on our land. We have 20 acres of crp land in one spot and a little bit more on other feilds. I can’t wait

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Out of state MN small game license is $80.50 + pheasant stamp. MN Hunting licenses 2004

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can someone tell me why Ia opens so much later than Mn? Iowa opens the 30. I may have to go to mn. How much does a License cost. for out of state in Ia it is $90 I think. We like that out of state money. And I will be hunting on our land. We have 20 acres of crp land in one spot and a little bit more on other feilds. I can’t wait

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Putz
Are those signs that say, WELCOME IDAers

Muskies
Have 40 acres of private and then also have permission for about 350 acres up north by Princeton. Most of the land is ave but we do have 15 acres that I would say is the best that I have seen anywhere One year, 7 of us went into the 15 acres and limited in about 3 minutes, could do that 4 out of 5 times.

Big Beaver,
Not a clue on why you need to wait 2 more weeks. NonRes license is .50 cents cheaper that yours Mn 88 Iowa 88.50. I think. We will be down there hunting your birds on the opener also. We have land down there also around Spencer.
Good Luck to all of you this season.

Putz
Are those signs that say, WELCOME IDAers

Muskies
Have 40 acres of private and then also have permission for about 350 acres up north by Princeton. Most of the land is ave but we do have 15 acres that I would say is the best that I have seen anywhere One year, 7 of us went into the 15 acres and limited in about 3 minutes, could do that 4 out of 5 times.

Big Beaver,
Not a clue on why you need to wait 2 more weeks. NonRes license is .50 cents cheaper that yours Mn 88 Iowa 88.50. I think. We will be down there hunting your birds on the opener also. We have land down there also around Spencer.
Good Luck to all of you this season.

Game farm that itchy finger! I’ve been going to one in Wisconsin that is very nice. That is the only way to get my young dog in front of birds and it is working out nicely. I’ve heard of game farm nightmares but I haven’t seen them. They plant the birds in superb fields. The birds scatter a ways. My dog tracks them and flushes them. Boom. It’s about as real as it gets and like I said the only way for ME to train my dog on pheasants. My dog ran a rooster last Sunday for about 75 yards to flush it. That was pretty real. I even missed one and that was very real!! All I know is when I do take my dog south for wild birds I will be pretty confident in her ability and she will be fairly seasoned. By the way those easy game farm birds are not a guaranteed flush. I bought 6 and found 4.

Game farm that itchy finger! I’ve been going to one in Wisconsin that is very nice. That is the only way to get my young dog in front of birds and it is working out nicely. I’ve heard of game farm nightmares but I haven’t seen them. They plant the birds in superb fields. The birds scatter a ways. My dog tracks them and flushes them. Boom. It’s about as real as it gets and like I said the only way for ME to train my dog on pheasants. My dog ran a rooster last Sunday for about 75 yards to flush it. That was pretty real. I even missed one and that was very real!! All I know is when I do take my dog south for wild birds I will be pretty confident in her ability and she will be fairly seasoned. By the way those easy game farm birds are not a guaranteed flush. I bought 6 and found 4.

The last license that I sold last year was 90 bones. I don’t no what is going on now. It could of went up or down but I think it is the same. I can’t wait till I can go hunting.

If anyone can help me,whare is a good place to get good but cheap camo???

The last license that I sold last year was 90 bones. I don’t no what is going on now. It could of went up or down but I think it is the same. I can’t wait till I can go hunting.

If anyone can help me,whare is a good place to get good but cheap camo???

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If anyone can help me,whare is a good place to get good but cheap camo???

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Fleet Farm!!!!!

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If anyone can help me,whare is a good place to get good but cheap camo???

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Fleet Farm!!!!!

if anyone needs some pheasants to to polish up their dogs let me know i still have about a hundred left. i sell them for $6.00 a piece hens or roosters

if anyone needs some pheasants to to polish up their dogs let me know i still have about a hundred left. i sell them for $6.00 a piece hens or roosters

I can finally sleep again, or atleast until Thursday night. I scratched my itchy trigger finger this weekend. My buddies and I went up to a game farm and blasted some roosters. Saturday was awesome, we shot 39 of the 45 we put out. Today was another story 18 for 40. With the high wind those birds were running and running and running. I hunted behind 4 awesome pointers and even they couldn’t figure these birds out. At times all the dogs would lock up only to find that the bird ran. 100 yards and several points later, these birds would finally get up. Anyone who thinks game birds don’t fly strong would have been shocked at how high and fast they were.

I made the three best shots of my life on saturday. We were walking a fence line between a cut corn field and a cut hay field. Not paying much attention to all the tweetie birds flying from the trees, my buddies uncle yells out “There’s a dove.” I swung my shotgun with a full choke and some 6 shot around, pulled the trigger, and folded the dove about 30 yards away. This was my first dove ever. I was stunned and ready to put my gun away because there was no way I was ever going to beat that shot. 50 yards later, I was proved wrong. A rooster gets up 30 yards ahead of me and goes ripping from my left to right. I put the bead about 4 feet in front of him, pull the trigger, and he comes tumbling down. At this point I was strutting around like I was some type of fancy trick shooter. I bend over to pick up the rooster, and my body kicks up another one. This one got up the same as the last but it was ten more yards away than the last. About a 6 foot lead and this one hit the ground. Thats one dove and two pheasants with three shells, on three of the toughest shots I have ever taken.

I suppose you are all thinking I am a pretty good shot, huh? Well, today I squeezed the trigger 25 times and ended up with 4 birds.

I can finally sleep again, or atleast until Thursday night. I scratched my itchy trigger finger this weekend. My buddies and I went up to a game farm and blasted some roosters. Saturday was awesome, we shot 39 of the 45 we put out. Today was another story 18 for 40. With the high wind those birds were running and running and running. I hunted behind 4 awesome pointers and even they couldn’t figure these birds out. At times all the dogs would lock up only to find that the bird ran. 100 yards and several points later, these birds would finally get up. Anyone who thinks game birds don’t fly strong would have been shocked at how high and fast they were.

I made the three best shots of my life on saturday. We were walking a fence line between a cut corn field and a cut hay field. Not paying much attention to all the tweetie birds flying from the trees, my buddies uncle yells out “There’s a dove.” I swung my shotgun with a full choke and some 6 shot around, pulled the trigger, and folded the dove about 30 yards away. This was my first dove ever. I was stunned and ready to put my gun away because there was no way I was ever going to beat that shot. 50 yards later, I was proved wrong. A rooster gets up 30 yards ahead of me and goes ripping from my left to right. I put the bead about 4 feet in front of him, pull the trigger, and he comes tumbling down. At this point I was strutting around like I was some type of fancy trick shooter. I bend over to pick up the rooster, and my body kicks up another one. This one got up the same as the last but it was ten more yards away than the last. About a 6 foot lead and this one hit the ground. Thats one dove and two pheasants with three shells, on three of the toughest shots I have ever taken.

I suppose you are all thinking I am a pretty good shot, huh? Well, today I squeezed the trigger 25 times and ended up with 4 birds.

Welcome back to reality, Bigfife. My hunting buddies like to have me post the end of the field because I can put down birds going 30 mph fairly often. But I like walking and watching dogs work. Unfortunately if a pointer gets a bird up at my feet, it has a 50-50 chance of getting away untouched after 3 shots. I think the first shot is too fast with no pattern and then I get flustered. After 40 years of hunting these things I still haven’t figured it out. My guns are are a 28″ mod choke 870 for early season and a 30″ full choke BPS for late. Any tips, anyone?

Welcome back to reality, Bigfife. My hunting buddies like to have me post the end of the field because I can put down birds going 30 mph fairly often. But I like walking and watching dogs work. Unfortunately if a pointer gets a bird up at my feet, it has a 50-50 chance of getting away untouched after 3 shots. I think the first shot is too fast with no pattern and then I get flustered. After 40 years of hunting these things I still haven’t figured it out. My guns are are a 28″ mod choke 870 for early season and a 30″ full choke BPS for late. Any tips, anyone?

Sounds cool. I got all 8 I put out on Sat. I’m really pleased with my dog and ready to commit her to a life of pheasant hunting.