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  1. fleabagmatt

    I finally got that (flying) monkey off my back.

    It took me three seasons to get there, but I finally managed to harvest my first turkey. Even had a bonus grouse to start the evening. It's not a big flashy tom, but I wasn't going to be picky and she was the first one to walk out into a clearing enough to get a shot.
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    difference in 209 primers

    I ordered a 209 starter pistol to use for training my dogs. The description on the website says it will take any 209 shotgun primer. Locally all I can find are Winchester 777 muzzleloader primers. I emailed the company to ask if they were okay to use and they confirmed that they are fine. This...
  3. fleabagmatt

    It's puppy season. Franklin Goes to Hollywood

    Took a quick 2,100 mile road trip last weekend to pick up our newest family member. This is Gripfast Franklin Goes to Hollywood (Franklin). He's a big galoot.
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    That's not the original? Halfway to Friday Tunes

    I had my brain broke today, and I can't wait till Friday to make another music thread. I was down a rabbit hole of adding some new music to a cover tunes playlist that I created in Spotify and came across a few songs that I had no idea were covers. That sent me down a different rabbit hole...
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    The search for that first buck

    Well dang. I've tried writing up a bunch of fancy words about day 1 of my 2022 deer season several times, but I keep accidentally losing the writeup. So here is Day 1, short and sweet: Stuck close to home on some Feel Free to Hunt land. Spent the morning watching a grassy field along a...
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    First season for Ruby and Matt

    Since I really enjoy following along with JLS and Finn's hunting season threads and I don't have anybody else to share my excitement over this hunting stuff with, I thought I'd try to document this first year of bird hunting for both Ruby and myself. Quail season is upon us and we've been...
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    Best laid plans

    Welp, the season begins in 10 days. The plan was to head north to hunt mule deer with my father-in-law for the week. I had some spots scoped out, and some ideas of what I wanted to do. And more importantly, I had access to my FIL to guide me in processing a deer, should I manage to shoot one...
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    How to approach open fields for pheasant

    My question is more general, but I've been thinking about this particular spot that I scouted last spring, and so using it as an example. In this image, the yellow dot is the parking spot. The gravel road continues along the blue line, but is closed to vehicles. On one side of the road is a...
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    This dang dog just never ceases to amaze me.

    Wall of text incoming... Last Friday was the date for Ruby's NAVHDA Natural Ability test. While I knew she had potential to be able to accomplish the tasks needed, expectations were not super high due to the fact that I was only able to make the 6 hour drive round trip twice to get her to...
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    Identifying some choke tubes

    I've had this ziploc bag in my closet for I dunno how long, and it contains three shotgun chokes. I only own one shotgun and it does not have a replaceable choke, so I have no idea what these might belong to or how they came into my posession. Is there a way to determine what gun they came from...
  11. fleabagmatt

    School me on non toxic shot, please.

    I have jumped into learning upland bird hunting this season - specifically pheasant and quail for now. I've managed to find some boxes of lead shot for now, but there are some places here that require non toxic. My father "loaned" me his early 80s era Browning BPS with a fixed choke and I'm...
  12. fleabagmatt

    Another year, another trip home with an empty cooler.

    This fall was year number two in my long and prestigious hunting career, and I had high hopes of bringing home some meat after striking out last year. My brother-in-law and nephew did a marathon drive up from southern Utah to join my Father-in-law and myself for the week in North Central...
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    Well, it was a nice day for a walk anyways.

    After my first spring season chasing turkeys (and coming home empty handed of course) I've been itching to get out and see what the fall season is all about. My plan was to get out early and check out a spot that had plenty of signs of birds late in the spring season, hoping they might stick...
  14. fleabagmatt

    Jumping in from Washington

    I joined the forum last fall after going on a deer hunt for my first time. I've gleaned a ton of great info from here already, and utilized the services of schmalts this spring to pick up a scope for my first rifle. I figured I ought to try and contribute some to the community if I can rather...

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