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[Fish Felon]

Not MN, but only about twenty miles North to get the border from where we're at in Ioway...

Just scratched out five more.

[Fish Felon]

Well, finished with 23 on the bucket....25 in hand but the one dog that isn't very good are two. There was another six or seven dropped but not recovered. All in all a good day of shooting considering how fukcing cold it was and how many birds were missed due to having to wear large gloves and lots of layers....plus various guns malfunctioning.....frigid upland hunting can be an unforgiving cruel bitch......no such thing as a "gimme" or "easy bird" on days like today. They're all earned and if anything, you're lucky to feel like you aren't lining up one bird for every two you would be if it was twenty degrees warmer and without wind.

Fun Day, well worth being cold... Super Fun Happy Times.....

[Fish Felon]

[Quack]

Congrats on a great day!

I miss shooting pheasants. Used to do a lot of it.


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[maplelakeduckslayer]

Nice! Got an aunt and uncle in okoboji, always heard Iowa was good I should see if I can stay with them next year for a weekend

[Fish Felon]

Thanks guys! Okoboji isn't far from where I was at....same area....where we saw a thousand birds today easily. I can't give you much insight if you'd be hunting public other than there being a lot of birds in the area, and thinking a guy would do pretty well hitting the numerous public areas.....some pretty substantial in size. I doubt they get beat up as much as a lot of public in MN does, and even if I'm wrong the significantly higher amount of birds on the landscape would still result in a guy seeing a fair amount and getting enough shooting.

My parents own several hundred acres of farm land my dad's cousin and son farm....with the same being said for my KC uncle, my Georgia aunt, my step-up from MO, and some other people's land we can hunt because my relatives farm theirs too. Basically it's about four thousand acres we can hunt and 500-700 of that being in CRP spread across each respective farm of acreage of 80, 160, 240, or 320 that was purchased by one of my relatives. Most has CRP on it. There's several 30-50 acre "squares" and a lot of 14-20 acres on farms as 100' wide buffer strips. Not many acre or two farm sites or groves left, but the bird numbers are higher than ever probably.

It's only a three hour drive...really should try to start getting down there as frequently as I used to....It doesn't get hunted much. A lot of the stuff we walked was the first time anyone has hit it....and there is more CRP than you can hit in a day......far, far, far more than we came close to walking today. Guessing we walked a third of it at best.

[maplelakeduckslayer]

That's awesome you have that op. I've never been a big upland guy but with the dog he loves going and has actually shown some pretty good promise at upland...think next year we'll go somewhere we can actually see some birds, whether that's IA,ND, SD wherever... anywhere but mn lol.

[kwackkillncrew]

Went down to dutch harbor for a few days for work.wish a had a day or two longer and a gun so I could shoot my one emporer for the year before they shut them down to hunting again. Also I saw thousands of harlequins there it was unreal

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[maplelakeduckslayer]

See Mike Rowe?

[kwackkillncrew]

crabbing isnt going yet all the boats were tied up.