Black powder day.

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Black powder day.

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I wanted to end our gamebird season with a muzzleloader.
Torn between cap and flint I made a plan to use both.
1972 Pedersoli double in the morning. Pedersoli Indian trade gun in the afternoon.
Here are the photos.
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I bagged two but missed a real easy bird with both barrels! :roll:

No birds with the flinchlock.
Just a Wabbit but what a blast of a day. :D
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It has been a good year pheasant wise, 32 birds.

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Keep up the good work, Nathan. You are an inspiration as always. Don't be shy about posting more photos of your swell pup, either! 8)
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Bill in Oregon wrote: Mon Feb 03, 2020 9:04 am Keep up the good work, Nathan. You are an inspiration as always. Don't be shy about posting more photos of your swell pup, either! 8)
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Glad to hear that you had a good season, especially with the muzzle loaders. 8) 8) 8) As I write there are five hen pheasants feeding on the wild bird food I put out, they know they are safe now... :wink:
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gamekeeper wrote: Mon Feb 03, 2020 11:07 am Glad to hear that you had a good season, especially with the muzzle loaders. 8) 8) 8) As I write there are five hen pheasants feeding on the wild bird food I put out, they know they are safe now... :wink:
Hi John. I have some wild bred birds coming to my back yard too. It's nice to see them.
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32- that's a good season ! Jess looks like she was enjoying herself, what dog wouldnt enjoy a romp through the fields!?!

Sure wish some of our escaped birds would survive and reproduce but we have so many hawks, owls, fox & coyotes!!

I was lucky enough yesterday to have an honest double, well more of a report pair but the Mighty 28 ga put them both down.

Keep the pictures coming Nath!
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Looking good Nath! :D
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The farmers in Southwest Kansas are cutting the stubble from the wheat and milo fields for use in making alcohol for industrial and vehicular use. It leaves practically no ground cover, and the dustbowl is returning. That has caused the pheasant population to decline sharply. When I was a teenager, it was common to be able to get pheasant up to the State Game Commission limit and still have plenty of them around. Now they are scarce. Cover and concealment is important for survival and growth of the species. Some Counties are being considered for a ban on pheasant hunting due to low numbers. Not leaving enough ground cover on the sand of Western Kansas is ruining what was once great pheasant hunting.
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piller wrote: Mon Feb 03, 2020 5:27 pm The farmers in Southwest Kansas are cutting the stubble from the wheat and milo fields for use in making alcohol for industrial and vehicular use. It leaves practically no ground cover, and the dustbowl is returning. That has caused the pheasant population to decline sharply. When I was a teenager, it was common to be able to get pheasant up to the State Game Commission limit and still have plenty of them around. Now they are scarce. Cover and concealment is important for survival and growth of the species. Some Counties are being considered for a ban on pheasant hunting due to low numbers. Not leaving enough ground cover on the sand of Western Kansas is ruining what was once great pheasant hunting.
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Not anymore.
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piller wrote: Tue Feb 04, 2020 6:55 amNot anymore.
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Nath wrote: Mon Feb 03, 2020 9:08 am
Bill in Oregon wrote: Mon Feb 03, 2020 9:04 am Keep up the good work, Nathan. You are an inspiration as always. Don't be shy about posting more photos of your swell pup, either! 8)
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Sage grouse, a desert species used to do well out there, but with the farming and red winter wheat being grown, the habitat is gone.
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Nath wrote:"It has been a good year pheasant wise, 32 birds." I have commented on this before I have all of the Guns and also have a Pedersoli SxS and since retired .....Time..... but no wild birds anymore. :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: .......
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