Can't wait!! Chasing sharptails for the MN opener and doing a cast n blast in WI for Ruffs, Woodcock and Steelhead in October with alot of day trips sprinkled in during the season, Love the channel!
@@UplanderLifestyle Nice. I'm deciding between a Tristar Bristol or a Orion SXS too. Still can't make my decision, since I've heard some light strikes issues for the Tristar.
No bell for partridge, but for pheasant I do. Pheasant hunting up in New York can have a few hunters in the area, it just makes me feel like I need to take more precautions.
Thanks for filming your hunting adventures! I’m headed to Minnesota this coming November for my first grouse hunt. Should I bring along my rubber boots or are regular hunting boots enough?
I would never consider using a bell on my pointer for most of my upland bird hunting but it doesn’t seem to phase the ruffed grouse and woodcock right?
Very nice job brother! I love the respect and appreciation that you show for the king of the gamebird! Also love your dogs and how you’ve trained them! Keep up the great work!
A leather or neoprene gun stock protector is a handy tool, especially if you want to preserve a beloved and sentimental piece! I find that the fore-end and receiver area are fine due to being guarded by my hands, but the butt stock is vulnerable to exposure.
I'm not sure if you'll see this on this older video but I've always wondered what do you do to keep your dogs cool when they're sitting in the truck while you're out hunting
Yeah - guns, ammo, chokes; all can be aurgued until the rooster goes to roost - whatever you feel works best, is likely fine. I generally use IMP/Mod (20 ga.) for most of the season; turning to 3" rounds as the season progresses - multiple states, all wild birds. If I feel the need, I will bump up a gauge - from 20 to 12 - but use the same choke combo. As a dog trainer, I enjoy your little Britts a bunch. All together, "Well done!"
What kind of side by side are you using? I know it's a 20 gauge because of the shells, but what make and model? You are a good shot with it. And are those Brittany Spaniels you are hunting with?
What state are you in, may I ask? Or are you up in Canada? And if so, where? I love hunting grouse with a bird dog and have to get a new puppy as my 12 yr old Standard Poodle died back in Sep 2023, and she retrieved right at 800 birds in her career. I am down in Texas now, and will have to drive a distance to grouse hunt but I will do it. Most of mine were taken in Oregon and maybe 15% were taken in north Idaho.
I lived in oracle for 10 years ,guided quail hunting for 9 . I noticed that your gun was loaded with 5 rounds. In Az three shells is the max on shells . waterfowl is also only three as per fed regs, as well as no tox shot. Do not get caught, Az game and fish are brutal on offenders, especially out of state hunters.
Plugged guns only apply to waterfowl, not small game/upland birds. Per page 61 of AZ hunting digest, R12-4-301 and R12-4-304. Legal to hunt with up to 5 in the tube +1 in the chamber. Thanks.
@@onlyinmaine3290 doves are a migratory bird, so if you were actively hunting them, yeah you’d need a plug. But the season closes at the end of the year and this was well past dove season and into the new year.
