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The personal and online chronicle of your bird dog's hunting career.

Chaos and I just returned from a four day pheasant and grouse hunt in South Dakota and we took the 6 bird combo the first two days of our hunt! Give this episode a listen to get your dander up for a hunt of your own.

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The personal and online chronicle of your bird dog's hunting career.

A little talk about last week's sharptail hunt in the Dakotas and a re-live of a sharptail & Hun combination limit I took over two pups. 

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MY DOG HUNTS - Upland Birds
The personal and online chronicle of your bird dog's hunting career.

Follow along with me and Critter, as we take a triple limit of 3-pheasants, 3-sharptails and a fall turkey in South Dakota. 

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MY DOG HUNTS - Upland Birds
The personal and online chronicle of your bird dog's hunting career.

Bobwhite quail from Oklahoma to Nebraska, Blue quail in New Mexico, and Valley Quail in Idaho, Oregon & Nevada. And a short story about Gambel's and Mearn's in Arizona. Mostly limits over Labs with a little Springer work as well. 

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The personal and online chronicle of your bird dog's hunting career.

I can't believe I'm doing this. I got no sense! Now I'm going to find out of state plates at every one of my rooster hidey holes. Bo's turning over in her grave and Chaos is whining, "Don't do it dummy!". 

How I shot more than 50 roosters off the same public area in Nebraska in one season, with no competition from another hunter! Then I'll tell you my secret for limiting out on public marsh roosters before freeze up. Be ready to get your knickers wet! 
(I wish I knew someone who'd tell me all this good stuff.) 

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The personal and online chronicle of your bird dog's hunting career.

I talk three different combination limits on this podcast, all including Wilson's Snipe. I know you're thinking "who cares about snipe!". All I can say is if you think dove shooting is fun you need to head to a marsh in October and hustle after some snipe. They'll teach you what shooting is all about! And they eat pretty good too.

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MY DOG HUNTS - Upland Birds
The personal and online chronicle of your bird dog's hunting career.

The real intent of states establishing daily bag and possession limits. Why you should explore outside the "best" areas as defined by game commissions. And if you're a non-resident pheasant hunter traveling to the Dakotas, Kansas or Nebraska, why you should be early season prairie grouse hunting. 

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MY DOG HUNTS - Upland Birds
The personal and online chronicle of your bird dog's hunting career.

I recount pheasant hunts from Kansas to North Dakota, Minnesota and Iowa. I've hunted pheasants from 1970 thru today, taking dual limits of pheasants all the way through the 2019 season. All self-made, self-planned hunts on public (and a little bit a private) land.

Every dual limit hunt that I talk, is or was available to any of you without owning land, paying a fee, a guide or engaging in a swap hunt. My message is just go!     

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MY DOG HUNTS - Upland Birds
The personal and online chronicle of your bird dog's hunting career.

If you're not knocking on doors, you're missing out on most of the best upland bird hunting opportunities in the country. As good as public lands are, they don't compare to the acreage and underhunted habitat that you can gain access to for FREE, with just a short conversation!

I'll share everything that I've learned in more than 50 years of knocking on doors from Wisconsin to Oregon and North Dakota to New Mexico. And you won't hear the same tired advice that most writers recommend. I'll tell you how to approach the landowner and initiate the conversations that have allowed me to hunt hundreds of thousands of private acres without ever paying a fee or offering to do chores. 

Many times I've cold called on a farmer or rancher and in just a few minutes gained access to land that no one but family members hunt for free, and in some cases, land that had never been hunted during their ownership.