The pellets you see here make up the content of a pre-production sample of Federal’s new Prairie Storm pheasant loads, a lead version of their Black Cloud. The normal looking shot is copper-plated 4s. They are mixed with “Flitestoppers,” which are also 4s but have rings around them that look like Saturn, or like WWI helmets. The white stuff is buffer, which helps the pellets keep their shape as they go down the barrel.
Wonder if this will be as effective as heavy shot loads.
Like Bee said it was rough out there Mon and Tue. We lost several birds that fell yet evaded the dogs and was never recovered.
If you caught my last post, you know that F&S Whitetail columnist Scott Bestul and I just returned from an 8-day bowhunt in southern Iowa. We were after a 150-inch buck. There are lots of them, comparatively speaking, in The Hawkeye state. But even here, the best place to find one is at the taxidermist’s, especially with 75-degree temperatures in early November and a sea of corn still standing. So between morning and evening hunts, we dropped in on Risher Taxidermy (641-647-2648) just outside of Centerville, IA, where we found owner Monica Risher working on a ...
There is an 8 point with mass, width and height that compares with this deer in a park near my home. Got a good long look at him last week but did not have the camera so no pics as of yet. That might change.
Congrats to the hunter, he will be hard to top.
With all due respect to the many great Marlins of the past, this rifle bears an uncanny resemblance not to them but to the cult favorite Winchester Model 71. Both rifles are lever guns that deliver Serious Thump—in fact, the ballistics for their respective cartridges are almost identical. The main loading for the 71’s cartridge, the .348 WCF, is a 200-grain bullet at 2,530 fps. The sole loading for the .338 Marlin Express (developed and loaded by Hornady) is 200 grains at 2,500 fps.
NOS Jest wanted to let you folks know Beekeeper is now back in Georgia. We had a great time chasing pheasants out in Southwestern KS in spite of the weather (it rained and snowed). I'll never forget that purty waitress standing over us with a fire extinguisher while we ate lunch in a small town rest'rant. It seems she was worried about the sparks from my knife and fork. Ol' Bee shot a rooster that had no spurs. Dan is having that one stuffed. One other thing, don't make any shooting bets with Beekeeper. He is one helliva wingshot. Back to original subject thanks Dave.
Fresh, hot biscuits, anyone? It’s hard for me to imagine a meal in any fishing or hunting camp without some of these tender, flaky morsels soaking up melted butter or swabbing a plate clean of that last bit of gravy. There have been days--and this might be one--when I’d kill for a good biscuit.
Yet another reason for a NJ bear hunt, from the New Jersey Herald: When she heard a different kind of sound coming from the llama pens that night, Lynn Gannon knew something was wrong
"I grabbed the flashlight and went out. It was a kind of scream I had never heard before. Then I saw it. A bear was tearing at Lily[, one of the llamas]," she said. . . .
"The bear. . . ripped her open," Gannon said of the wounds, and the veterinarian euthanized the llama. . . .
On my recent trip to Oregon, a bunch of us were sitting on a ridge waiting for a mule deer to do something stupid, and one of our number left to walk down an adjoining ridge. When he was 1,000 yards away or so the head honcho of the ranch said: “You know, I can see him as clearly as if he were wearing blaze orange. That camo of his doesn’t work.”
And it was true. The ridgerunner was wearing some kind of dark camo designed for sitting in a tree in a Southern swamp, and at a distance all the branches and leaves and Spanish moss and cottonmouths in the pattern blended together into a dark and highly visible mass. I’ve seen this many times; very few camo patterns travel well.
There are three that do, and they work because ...
The optifade camou sounds good for hunting in the open areas of the west. BUT, for bowhunting Mossy oak does a good job in the woods were most deer are up close when you first see them. When I'm using a 25-06 and wearing orange camou isn't an issue 'cause I'm usually in wide open spaces.
BTW, Beekeeper's plane is due to land at KCI in about an hour. We will soon be on the road to Ulysses, Kansas along with Billy D, and Taxidermist Dan Snowbarger. Hopefully Jill and Buck will find plenty of long tailed roosters for us to shoot.
Yesterday I saw another huge Kansas buck in a park where he is safe. About a 150-160 inch 8 pointer, he looked pretty old too.
A 12-point buck shot Nov. 5 in Sheboygan Falls, Wisc., will almost certainly become the new Pope & Young world record typical whitetail and has a strong shot at toppling the Milo Hansen buck from the top spot in the Boone & Crockett record book as well. The buck was taken by Michael Gregoire on his brother’s farm. It was 4 1/2 years old and grossed 217 5/8 inches typical when green-scored by an official Boone & Crockett scorer.
Update: Jack Reneau over at Boone & Crockett's Trophy Watch blog tells us they think this buck will NOT score high enough to beat the Hansen buck. From the Trophy Watch site: Numerous recent articles have been brought to our attention claiming that this buck has a green score higher than the Milo Hansen World Record Typical.
Many years ago, when Shari and I were first dating, my wife-to-be was under the mistaken notion that I drank a 20-ounce bottle of pop every time I went hunting. Finally, I had to confess that I was not hooked on soda. The bottle was empty when I stuffed it in my backpack and, um, filled if my bladder convinced my brain we’d been in the treestand too long.
Guess I'll have to give this a try. That dang bottle can be noisy in my belt pack and it would free up a little room for another grunt tube, can call, etc.
My oldest brother got into the field trial game while he was still in college. At the time, he drove an old Buick Skylark sedan my father had graciously passed down to him. On the weekends when I was lucky enough to tag along, I remember waking before sunrise, shoving the crate in the Skylark’s back seat (and wedging a 4x4 underneath it so it sat even), loading the yellow Lab inside, and taking off for the trial. Once there, I didn’t notice ours was the only car in a sea of trucks and trailers—no doubt my brother did.
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Shotgun Shell Review: A First Look at Federal's New Prairie Storm Pheasant Loads26
The pellets you see here make up the content of a pre-production sample of Federal’s new Prairie Storm pheasant loads, a lead version of their Black Cloud. The normal looking shot is copper-plated 4s. They are mixed with “Flitestoppers,” which are also 4s but have rings around them that look like Saturn, or like WWI helmets. The white stuff is buffer, which helps the pellets keep their shape as they go down the barrel.
Both pellets and the buffer are loaded into ...
Wonder if this will be as effective as heavy shot loads. Like Bee said it was rough out there Mon and Tue. We lost several birds that fell yet evaded the dogs and was never recovered.
200 Reasons To Get Back In Your Treestand36
If you caught my last post, you know that F&S Whitetail columnist Scott Bestul and I just returned from an 8-day bowhunt in southern Iowa. We were after a 150-inch buck. There are lots of them, comparatively speaking, in The Hawkeye state. But even here, the best place to find one is at the taxidermist’s, especially with 75-degree temperatures in early November and a sea of corn still standing. So between morning and evening hunts, we dropped in on Risher Taxidermy (641-647-2648) just outside of Centerville, IA, where we found owner Monica Risher working on a ...
There is an 8 point with mass, width and height that compares with this deer in a park near my home. Got a good long look at him last week but did not have the camera so no pics as of yet. That might change. Congrats to the hunter, he will be hard to top.
Rifle Review: Petzal Tests the Marlin .338 MXLR69
With all due respect to the many great Marlins of the past, this rifle bears an uncanny resemblance not to them but to the cult favorite Winchester Model 71. Both rifles are lever guns that deliver Serious Thump—in fact, the ballistics for their respective cartridges are almost identical. The main loading for the 71’s cartridge, the .348 WCF, is a 200-grain bullet at 2,530 fps. The sole loading for the .338 Marlin Express (developed and loaded by Hornady) is 200 grains at 2,500 fps.
The rifle I got to try out is ...
NOS Jest wanted to let you folks know Beekeeper is now back in Georgia. We had a great time chasing pheasants out in Southwestern KS in spite of the weather (it rained and snowed). I'll never forget that purty waitress standing over us with a fire extinguisher while we ate lunch in a small town rest'rant. It seems she was worried about the sparks from my knife and fork. Ol' Bee shot a rooster that had no spurs. Dan is having that one stuffed. One other thing, don't make any shooting bets with Beekeeper. He is one helliva wingshot. Back to original subject thanks Dave.
Why Southern Flour Makes the Best Biscuits18
Fresh, hot biscuits, anyone? It’s hard for me to imagine a meal in any fishing or hunting camp without some of these tender, flaky morsels soaking up melted butter or swabbing a plate clean of that last bit of gravy. There have been days--and this might be one--when I’d kill for a good biscuit.
Maybe that is why mom's biscuits tasted better than anything we get in KS. My home state was Florida.
Black Bear Kills Llama In New Jersey15
Yet another reason for a NJ bear hunt, from the New Jersey Herald:
When she heard a different kind of sound coming from the llama pens that night, Lynn Gannon knew something was wrong
"I grabbed the flashlight and went out. It was a kind of scream I had never heard before. Then I saw it. A bear was tearing at Lily[, one of the llamas]," she said. . . .
"The bear. . . ripped her open," Gannon said of the wounds, and the veterinarian euthanized the llama. . . .
The idiot left will stop any bear hunt as long as they can. No doubt about it.
Petzal: The Best Camo for Hunting Away from Home56
On my recent trip to Oregon, a bunch of us were sitting on a ridge waiting for a mule deer to do something stupid, and one of our number left to walk down an adjoining ridge. When he was 1,000 yards away or so the head honcho of the ranch said: “You know, I can see him as clearly as if he were wearing blaze orange. That camo of his doesn’t work.”
And it was true. The ridgerunner was wearing some kind of dark camo designed for sitting in a tree in a Southern swamp, and at a distance all the branches and leaves and Spanish moss and cottonmouths in the pattern blended together into a dark and highly visible mass. I’ve seen this many times; very few camo patterns travel well.
There are three that do, and they work because ...
The optifade camou sounds good for hunting in the open areas of the west. BUT, for bowhunting Mossy oak does a good job in the woods were most deer are up close when you first see them. When I'm using a 25-06 and wearing orange camou isn't an issue 'cause I'm usually in wide open spaces. BTW, Beekeeper's plane is due to land at KCI in about an hour. We will soon be on the road to Ulysses, Kansas along with Billy D, and Taxidermist Dan Snowbarger. Hopefully Jill and Buck will find plenty of long tailed roosters for us to shoot. Yesterday I saw another huge Kansas buck in a park where he is safe. About a 150-160 inch 8 pointer, he looked pretty old too.
Is This Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin Buck the New World Record Typical Whitetail?47
A 12-point buck shot Nov. 5 in Sheboygan Falls, Wisc., will almost certainly become the new Pope & Young world record typical whitetail and has a strong shot at toppling the Milo Hansen buck from the top spot in the Boone & Crockett record book as well. The buck was taken by Michael Gregoire on his brother’s farm. It was 4 1/2 years old and grossed 217 5/8 inches typical when green-scored by an official Boone & Crockett scorer.
That is an awesome buck. BTW according to the KC star sharpshooters have taken over 300 whitetails from Shawnee Mission park in Lenexa KS so far.
Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin Buck Could Be New World Record Typical Whitetail33
Update: Jack Reneau over at Boone & Crockett's Trophy Watch blog tells us they think this buck will NOT score high enough to beat the Hansen buck. From the Trophy Watch site: Numerous recent articles have been brought to our attention claiming that this buck has a green score higher than the Milo Hansen World Record Typical.
It would be nice if the record was a home grown buck. That is truly what a call a hog.
To Pee or Not To Pee Off Your Treestand?80
Many years ago, when Shari and I were first dating, my wife-to-be was under the mistaken notion that I drank a 20-ounce bottle of pop every time I went hunting. Finally, I had to confess that I was not hooked on soda. The bottle was empty when I stuffed it in my backpack and, um, filled if my bladder convinced my brain we’d been in the treestand too long.
Guess I'll have to give this a try. That dang bottle can be noisy in my belt pack and it would free up a little room for another grunt tube, can call, etc.
Does Your Dog Ride in the Front Seat?26
My oldest brother got into the field trial game while he was still in college. At the time, he drove an old Buick Skylark sedan my father had graciously passed down to him. On the weekends when I was lucky enough to tag along, I remember waking before sunrise, shoving the crate in the Skylark’s back seat (and wedging a 4x4 underneath it so it sat even), loading the yellow Lab inside, and taking off for the trial. Once there, I didn’t notice ours was the only car in a sea of trucks and trailers—no doubt my brother did.
Our Tundra has a fiberglass camper shell and the dogs go in a kennel in the back. They are out of the weather and can't get in trouble.
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