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We own 110ac on a state hwy in the heart of the prairie pothole region. About 50ac is in wetland easement with USFW the balance is in grass. The property is bordered on the north by a State HWY. As people that have been out her can attest pothole levels have been high for a number of years, when...

Below zero last night, sunday and monday have single digit lows forecasted. Though tommorrow and friday are back to back high 30's so maybe there is some help to start melting all this snow.

It will hunt the way it is, just sand. If you want to improve this one, then I would narrow the whole head a little, that will reduce flat spot on top, width of eye channels and cheeks.

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When I was searching and talking with people I never heard a bad thing and they have many avid supporters out there. If I had normal size feet I would have opted for a commercial brand, there are many out there. But Russell custom makes boots to your feet and I don't think that is an easy...

finish was fine on mine, soon as we loose all this snow I will start wearing them more and see what I think. If there are problems I might stop in next time I am at my dads.

I was there this summer. After years of name brands boots that never fit, I bit the bullet myself. My boots were to arrive in Oct and I recieved them in Nov. When I tried them on I noticed the footbeds had different pressure points on bottom of each foot. I felt more of an arch in the right...

I would agree, I have entered and judged at HDG show; there the birds are thrown in the Chesapeake Bay and judged from an elevated boardwalk at maybe 20-30 yards, detail does disappear. However, the common complaint about the detail in the decoys has more to do with time spent on it. It the...

I like this line of thinking, I would up to 10 hunts, No slotted decoy bag used, birds must have line wrapped around the decoy, must be one pellet hole or grazing identified. Documented proof ducks where killed over the decoy. I have actually entered birds I hunted over the season before...

very nice, I love NC birds, but I am still not imformed enough to make a purchase, but I am working on it.

This is even a more ugly decoy, holly bluebill reheaded by Bailey Moltz, but this one has a "Susquehanna" brand, this was a sister ship to the Reckless. Commissioned in 1883, was a tad smaller but was built for hunting. Both decoys were bought without me or the owner knowing of the brands...

a standard can cover lots of styles, again going to my dogs system, in feild search there are dogs that run at 200yards, some at 50yds thats a style difference, but that is not being judged. what is being judged willingness to find, mehodical, persitant. for example is that dog running around...

I for one Mike love the idea. My dogs are products of the very exact judging system, they are judged to a standard not against each other. There are many "tests" all over the country but no competetition against other dogs. However once year in Germany and here in the states there is are...

There was a post that resurfaced about favorite bluebill decoy not long ago. I got thinking with Pats recent post about the St Charles show what are some of the decoys that inspire me. My favorite canvasbacks. John Graham, this is probably from his heyday as a carver. Clean smooth lines...

I hope to go, just because I like to collect old stuff. To me without knowing the politics, it was a shame the Ohio show broke in two. Its what I love about tuckerton and HDG decoy shows, it combines everyone. If it wasn't for those old decoy carvers making birds to hunt over there wouldn't be...

Pat, what are the competition rules? and how far are they judged from?

Congrats on the gun, looks nice. You would have to look at some of Sherman Bell's and Tom Armbrust's work in DGJ, on keep the pressures down just by lengthing chambers. The risk you run is creating a much thinner barrel wall thickness by lengthing them at the highest pressure point, so you...

lived and hunted MD for 7 years, no issues with my Smith, but also paid under $1000, no CC's just an old used gun. Pellets shouldn't but cheap shells = cheap wads(can still get scratching), Even inside wad can do damages because the still don't compress chromed lined gives the barrell that...

so I understand this, besides not paying you. But they also will only test one boat per manfacture on your dime? so with 3 new boats they will only test one of them? What good are they then? Why are there rules and why are they getting any money from taxpayers? I thought the process was like...

In O/U's yes designs have been good, but not in SxS's. I am not even sure how many O/U's have selective single triggers, I have even heard of problems with berretta O/U single triggers that can't be fixed. In SxS most SST designs have been crap, all are prone to problems and extremely...