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I use 2 mushroom anchors on the Columbia river and Oregon coast where we can see 10' tides. One off the bow and one off the stern to keep it from swinging or the wind from pushing it around. Before I had my Marsh Rat with me all the time one anchor line was extra long and would be placed on...

I carved some "flaties" to supplement my bluebill spread simiar to those. The bodies and heads were cut out of rough cut Cedar boards for garden beds. The heads do not come off but they work great. I would consistently have birds land with those decoys over the regular ones. One theory I heard...

Couldn't agree more. Diane's bags are by far the best out there! With the sewed in pockets on the bottom. I can just drop a decoy in with the anchor line hanging without worry of tangling and they have held up far better than any of the other I purchased before hers.

I switched to BIsmuth #5's 3 years ago and loved them. Had only one cripple. the next year I had probably only one bird that wasn't a cripple. I have thought a bunch about it and I think the biggest difference is that the year I started shooting bismuth I hunted by myself mostly and I enjoy...

I will second making your own. It's easy and you can make how YOU want. and if you don't like it, its easy to make another.

I have a question about the government shutdown and federal refuges. I plan on hunting in Klamath for Oregon opener on the 11th. If the shutdown is still going does anybody know if the refuges will be closed? I want to say back in 2018 they were but can't recall for sure.

I will throw in my 2 bits on this. When I first started bird hunting I was a terrible shot. In college my girlfriend (now wife) and hunting partner went to the local skeet range. First round my girlfriend hit 2 and I hit 1. One of the local old guys must have took pity on me because he came over...

I am with William. Use the big boat to get close to where I want to and the small boat to finish up. I actually use the little boat more for hauling decoys if I can walk the last bit to save my back or to get to the big boat if the tide has come in. May not be the best for your situation but...

I like the idea of the Yardina combiner. I have never seen one of these. I currently have my starter battery in the stern. My deep cycle in the bow with and on board charger/maintainer that I plug in when it is in the driveway. The batteries are not tied together at all but my switch panel can...

I have forgot guns and waders, it is just going to happen after 30 years of waterfowling. I now make a pile by the door the night before so I don't have to think when wake up. As long as everything from the pile makes into the truck I am good. But the this was the most memorable case of...

Henry, My daily shooter for ducks is an 870 that I have had for 36 years. It had it cerakoted a few years ago because it was down to bare metal just about everywhere and would rust if you looked at it funny. I typically keep the "nice " guns for upland

Not a 28ga but on the subject of bismuth. I recently acquired a 1956 Stevens 16Ga SxS that i was pretty fired up to use for both pheasants and ducks this year. I need non toxic for pheasants where I hunt and I don't want to shoot steel out of it. Was planning on adding a box of bismuth loads...

I have got my last 2 from Lee at Wind River and both have been awesome. https://windriverlabs.com/about-wind-river-labs/ She is up in Onalaska WA a little over an hour north once you cross the river.

Has anything happened on this? Have any cuts been decided. Not looking for opinions or what might happen, just what has or has not.

I abandoned the lithium grease after using it the first time way back when due to the gunk that accumulates. and have tried other stuff since but nothing seems to have lasted. It has been increasingly getting more difficult to raise and lower over the past few years. I keep checking the worm...

I thought I would check the brain trust on here on what can be a sticky subject. I have had a Grizzley G0690 table saw for about 15 years. I make a lot of cuts less than 1" deep and most at 90 deg. after doing this for awhile I find that if tilt or want raise it higher it binds up. I do have a...

First of all, Tod, that's nuts. I made a couple jigs for my circular saw to do scarfs. The one in back of the picture is for plywood. It screws to the circular saw base (table) and acts a fence so I can run it along the edge. Of course it does not have the depth to go all the way through over...