Jrp267 wrote:Does anyone hunt wooded land?

All I've got. A few openings and fencelines in a field...but I look to get as close as possible in the sticks.

I've got to say that after my first year using Big Foot Rester Shells....VERY impressed. Didn't treat them with much concern... tossed them in bags and threw them in the trailer. They still look sharp on what could have potentially been the last goose hunt of my year. I'll be adding more BF sleepers...

I have seen less than a dozen roosters this fall while putting loads of miles on my truck. I'd almost feel bad shooting any this year with the population so low.

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shnelson wrote:I can see it now, the first annual MNF yote hunt...

We have some up here, in fact there's a den just behind my house, but I hadn't even thought to approach anyone for permission yet.

Or contest? Dogs Down in a Day/weekend?

Tonight a buddy and I decided last second to try decoy some birds. Set a couple dozen decoys underneath the birds typical flight path on about 5" of ice and hid in some pencil reeds. No birds down but it was something I'd never done before. Thought it was a unique decoy set up so I snapped a pi...

Thanks for the help Gimp...

You use shotgun? Buck shot or slugs?

Yes. Handcalls. Any specific one?
Do you use a decoy?

I should thank h2ofwlr for sending me the invite via PM on TOS. Thank you, sir...

I was brought on a few dog hunts last winter and definitely became hooked. I want to get started with solo hunts with shotgun... Any recommendations on one "go to" call to get started? Any advice helps...