Stute Slap wrote:.....but the young men of today with straight billed hats and Banded gear wouldn't have the grit to do what needs to be done in the story.

That's the truest statement I have seen on the Internet all day.

Fish Felon wrote:

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Does anyone really slip bobber that shallow? Just seems odd to me.

I just finished this. A must read IMO

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/a-hunt ... 1110914873

This is up next.

http://jimfergus.com/books/hunters-road ... n-uplands/

Next question, do you still shoot lead for waterfowl? Yes, absolutely. I said I clawed my way back from insanity, not kept going towards it. No more beer, smoke and narcotics! Lame You misread what I wrote. Only beer, smoke, and narcotics! How does the new Chick feel about stealing Sun Chips??

I was up around Detroit Lakes at the Wife's family cabin last weekend. Just going here to there saw probably 10-15 harvested fields and not a single goose using them yet. One did have a nice Crow feed though.

I think I'll be dove hunting Opening Day.

I'm still going to do the same thing I do every year.......wait until the snow goose hotline says there are no snow geese left in South Dakota, then go there and pound them.

I drove with the wife and kid to my parents place just North of Brainerd on Thanksgiving for the weekend. I saw scattered ducks and geese on the way up but no real big concentrations. All the lakes North of Brainerd were still WIDE open. I shot a couple grouse, but didn't see any ducks or hear any g...

Well I hope everyone is not getting their hopes up too much for a storm system we should have got in late Oct. My guess is the biggest winners on this will be the goose hunters in the big spots (Fergus, LQP & Rochester).

I will be looking forward to the reports on Monday.

lanyard wrote:
I was an armorer in the US Army. Never met a firearm that didn't need maintenance.

..and part of maintenance is using them! Splashing water.

It's ALL about cleaning the rails. Q-tip & Hoppes 9. I suspect Bullet and others that don't have problems know this. I am yet to get my hands on a 'flawed' Benelli I couldn't make sing by cleaning the rails.