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North Dakota Pheasants
Uploaded on October 24, 2011I just returned from two weeks of pheasant hunting in ND. The overall population is down which means that you need to hunt for them. My 6 mo. old German Wirehaired Pointer and 3 year old Brittany did great. Hunted near the Cannonball River area. Roosters are like rockets in that North Dakota wind.
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I can not carry my heavy 12 ga. anymore so shoot a 20ga and 3" shells in a standard, 12 ga load...1 1/4 Oz of #5's let's say. Most guys that shoot a 12 ga. in the Dakota's are shooting very heavy, mag loads of 1 1/2 oz. in 3" I hear from several guys. So I would be under gunned using my 20 ga. ??
Sayfu, I usualy shoot 2 3/4" 1 3/8 oz lead shot #5 or #6 at 1420 fps. This is out of an older Browning 12 ga. O/U w/modified and improved modified tubes. I had no trouble puting down birds over my dogs. My nephew and several others shoot 20 ga. only, with good results. One guy hunts 20 ga. with 7 1/2 heavy shot and was taking roosters up to 50 yards. I don't know his chokes but he sure impressed me. We hunt with dogs and try to shoot pointed birds only. If you are handy with that 20 gauge, you wouldn't be under gunned especially with heavy shot or those prairie loads.
I live in South Dakota and yes the birds can move in the constant winds. I only use my .20ga but use 3 inch nitro mag shells. I have no problem with it at all. However this year I am not even going to hunt them because the population is so low. The GFP needed to close the season. Two wet springs and two hard winters back to back really take a toll on the population. Statewide we are down so much. I have yet to talk to someone who has shot a limit of 3. On the otherhand the grouse are way up out west which is a blast to hunt. I shoot them with my .20 too and have no problems.
Same deal here in Idaho although our wild pheasant pop. is far, far below your's and SD's pheasant pop. Wet Spring and heavy snow Winter put a big hurt on our upland birds, but the forest grouse numbers are up.
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I live in South Dakota and yes the birds can move in the constant winds. I only use my .20ga but use 3 inch nitro mag shells. I have no problem with it at all. However this year I am not even going to hunt them because the population is so low. The GFP needed to close the season. Two wet springs and two hard winters back to back really take a toll on the population. Statewide we are down so much. I have yet to talk to someone who has shot a limit of 3. On the otherhand the grouse are way up out west which is a blast to hunt. I shoot them with my .20 too and have no problems.
I can not carry my heavy 12 ga. anymore so shoot a 20ga and 3" shells in a standard, 12 ga load...1 1/4 Oz of #5's let's say. Most guys that shoot a 12 ga. in the Dakota's are shooting very heavy, mag loads of 1 1/2 oz. in 3" I hear from several guys. So I would be under gunned using my 20 ga. ??
Sayfu, I usualy shoot 2 3/4" 1 3/8 oz lead shot #5 or #6 at 1420 fps. This is out of an older Browning 12 ga. O/U w/modified and improved modified tubes. I had no trouble puting down birds over my dogs. My nephew and several others shoot 20 ga. only, with good results. One guy hunts 20 ga. with 7 1/2 heavy shot and was taking roosters up to 50 yards. I don't know his chokes but he sure impressed me. We hunt with dogs and try to shoot pointed birds only. If you are handy with that 20 gauge, you wouldn't be under gunned especially with heavy shot or those prairie loads.
Same deal here in Idaho although our wild pheasant pop. is far, far below your's and SD's pheasant pop. Wet Spring and heavy snow Winter put a big hurt on our upland birds, but the forest grouse numbers are up.
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