I'm glad someone has had some luck!
Hardest ducks I ever tried to work this year! I was decent on crows. Shot 2-3+ on most hunts. Ducks, not so much.
Friends are averaging 35 per day with kern, pumps, ice eaters etc
The only wild hogs I've been around were what we called "Boarhogs" in Germany. I never hunted one as a German Hunting lic is about as time consuming as getting a nursing degree... But the Germans are DEDICATED to forest management!! Far more then the US. They still have plenty of critters to...
I don't carry at the moment...
A friend had a 43... Too small for my hand.
I finally got my hands on a 43X and have been very pleased. Fits my hand but still compact for if I do need to carry.
They usually show up with snow to raid the bird feeders.. Never happened yet this year?
I open the bathroom window and pull the shades and shoot them with the pellet gun.
I have not hunted the refuge since 2006..
But I have broke 3+ inches of ice on Flat Lake with a boat. We could not even get to the spot we picked(They did not mention that) Whirled around trying to toss the ice out of the hole with poor results. Killed one duck.
Birds should still be there...
I'm originally from Maumee Ohio(Famous for the spring walleye run) 65 model. We lived within sight of the river when the leaves were off the trees. I could walk down to a dam on a creek and scratch the leaves to find a stray hook, some line and a few worms and catch hundreds of small bluegill...
I have a friend that was dealing in used cars... Notary forgot to stamp a title... He took the title and two half dollars to the vice... Clamped down on em and never had an issue!
Still a quality Magazine!
I despise the decline of journalism into advertisement of the latest gadget. I would much rather read a 40 year old magazine that had articles with interesting stories!
I do watch lots of Youtube non commercial stuff.
Last February when it got real cold. The big lake bays were freezing up... We hunted three days but the geese did not fly? We picked up and had about 50 sitting on the ice a couple hundred yards away,
I used to think all the geese on ponds went to the lake when the ponds froze up but last...