I've been hitting spots from Duluth south to Hinkley, west to HWY 65 and have found spotty hunting. I have been running 2-4 ruffed grouse contacts per hour with most of those being singles or paired birds at most. Broods have been much less common than in the past along with fewer birds per brood. T...

As for woodcock... I love 'em! Wrap 'em in bacon and dust them with Lawry's, toss them on a hot grill and flash 'em. I guess we will have to try them again. We did exactly that, wrapped them in bacon, seasoned and grilled. We maybe grilled them too long, the only thing we all agreed on was that the...

I have the 2000 but won't be available to make a trade until Sunday. If you still need them (I have the full 3000 so if the other falls through Ic an do that too), maybe we can make a meet as I hope to attend the show in Bloomington that morning after I get off work. I'll check back on Saturday to c...

Check your PMs.

I'll check when I get home, I may have that in Federals. Will Winchester work? I believe I have enough of them. I'll PM you tomorrow morning when I get home and then head out. And if I remember what I set my phone calender for. If I have enough we can work out a time and place.

Not me. we have a couple very small clearings (1/2 acre), other than those and our one 3acre food plot its THICK. I know there is a good mix of woods and old pasture land around Aitkin that holds some Sharps, but not any on public land that I have found....yet. I know SGS has spent some money on WM...

So you guys are hunting a fairly open wooded area? I hunt just southwest of Bemidji and we may get several flushes without even seeing the bird because of the thick brush. Trying to hunt before the leaves are down is almost useless, a lot of sound but no visual. If you are talking about ruffed grou...

I am gonna take a stab and guess you are hunting somewhere around Aitkin? I know the DNR and Sharptail Grouse Society have some observation blinds in that area for the spring mating rituals. We have some land over East of McGregor, and while we fall into the technical range of the sharps we have ne...

I did not get out on Monday morning as I had hoped, I got sidetracked buying guns and spent the evening waiting for a bear which did show up, finally. I did get out Tuesday and Wednesday mornings and did OK. Tuesday I made a quick two mile walk along the edge between a woods and an old pasture. The ...

I have to wait until tomorrow to get out but I expect to have a pretty good start. I've been seeing a fair number of ruffed grouse the last couple times I scouted with the dogs but most seem to be older birds as they have no qualms about running as soon as the dogs lock up. I just wish the mud bat ...

I have to wait until tomorrow to get out but I expect to have a pretty good start. I've been seeing a fair number of ruffed grouse the last couple times I scouted with the dogs but most seem to be older birds as they have no qualms about running as soon as the dogs lock up. I just wish the mud bat (...

Is the holster still available? I am interested if it is and could probably arrange a meet on Monday if it works for you. If not, I am either at work or out of town much of the week or so and a meet would be difficult until then. thanks, Al.

I'll be visiting there Saturday morning, I'll wear my " World's Best Dad" T-shirt to fool security into letting me in by myself.

I think Walmart has the best deal. One can get Winchester AA for about $10/box and there should still be a $2/box rebate available from Winchester. I seem to recall one had to turn in at least 10 UPC codes to get the rebate but it is worth it to get a full flat. I think Remington has the same deal w...

Speaking of which... what do you think this is? All I can say it that it was BIG... Coyote never crossed my mind, but wolf did. http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5086/5326875413_fc8cf53b7f_b.jpg Looks like one of those mythical 50+ pound coyotes. It just does not seem to have the b...