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Hard to say...sounds like more than simple dehydration what with the color, et al you describe.
I don't see any value in wondering.

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DeltaCargo....pup went from seattle to columbus...night chosen for temps....other than that, no extra concerns.

Driving....depends upon route, time and driver, for me....maybe even the holiday season.

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Mountaineer, I have a hard time following you.......must be a bunch of secret code in your posts That's ok.....I could try poetry or an essay but that might not be understood or accepted either. Often, truth or inconvenient questions in any form discover that same result. They each can get in the w...

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I assume that possession limits are more about the ease of prosecution of poachers than protection of a resource. There are far better ways to protect than setting limits. While some wardens might cut a very fine line with the law, it must be a tough job and good job to them in being successful or n...

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Where to where?
Conveyance?

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....What I despise most is hotspotting It is such a wide world....slightly off the "kick 'em" note, what I despise most is the loss of access on once open to the public corporate acreage, followed or even in importance with the mismanagment of the national forests. No doubt each region of the count...

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I recall when Northern NH was slammed from a "go there" notice...it happens. Folks troll for info...always have and always will, regardless of the lure chosen....the Internet simply makes it easy. Much depends tho upon the bird involved and the cover....at times, hunter additivity is the last straw....

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The thread title chosen by the OP is normally a good starting point. Finding a hunting friend that meshes well is as tough as losing one who proves up the definition. It is hard to believe there is ever a good time to go home but I do wish when it happens that a sunset, a cool wind, tired dogs and f...

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Wait a few years and one will find much...is left and much....will be better.
A decade or so is often difficult for folks waiting....understandable.
Controlled burns...can be most a photo op.
Just depends upon the individual particulars.

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IKE....that's right...aren't you the anti-"thoughts and essays" guy of a while back? Poaching and ego posts of whatever level are silly decisions, a childish decisions, sometimes illegal decisions....as can be using every opening to stick a knife in a message board short rib...a knife that may have ...

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The OP appeared interested in breasting out his birds......hatchets, digits, snippers, loppers, etc. would have less need and appeal in that case.

The Rapala with it's blade shape and simplicity would be as good as any for filleting off the breast meat.
Sharpening...a seperate issue.

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You are already using what I use...the Rapala 6". Can't quite figger how a fillet knife like the ol' rap is hard to sharpen sufficient to fillet whatever......been a standard for stacked decades. I like the Lansky and RazorEdge sharpeners but some makes appear better suited to different blades. Neve...

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There will reach a time to stop hunting ruffed grouse in the central and southern Appalachians. :idea: There can often solid be tradeoffs to fires in the central and southern Appalachians. :idea: There are never enough friends of the National Forests in the central and southern Appalachians. :idea:

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RuffTough....no doubt. Thankfully, the composite doors are now used...avoids the old metal ones and the rusting, et al. The double door model kennels, each end, are nice for ventilation and the side door model enabled me to get two in the back seat area of the Tacoma....easy to tote 4 dogs now....tw...

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1) Not particularly 2) I make mistakes....and basically, a birdhunter. 3) Time, Possession Limits, Weariness, Weather, Obligations, Health.....the list goes on. Best experience? Taking GBE's Dog, Gun and Time Enough to heart and understanding being there......it's best to have that experience each t...

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Many of the older american SxSs had a lot of stock drop.....that can be a problem but "fit" is not all that. We often fit to a scattergun well enough.....same way folks did in the past before message boards. I was "fit" with an LOP(as but one parameter measure) of a hair over 16"...I do just fine wi...

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That scattergun might fit your needs quite fine....I dunno.
But, I would not let that Nitro Special be an indicator of SxSs and whether or not you will like them....there are worlds of difference twixt entry and better.....not best, simply better.
Good luck, regardless.

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It is a Lefever as a brand name only...it is not the true Lefever. Basically it is an entry level Ithaca, earlier than the NID(I think). In good shape and loaded properly, it will go boom just fine as any of the old entry guns will. Find the age, have it vetted by an actual double gun smith :idea: a...

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Mountaineer wrote:
Moonshine Ike wrote:... Another board I lurk on occasion has put most of its efforts into off topic subjects and cares more about poems, thoughts and essays than bird hunting....
So, which is the "thoughts and essays" birdhunting message board?

Crickets chirping...math done.

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Maybe forums are a thing of the the past. Maybe all that can be said has been said. This board has really slowed down. Another board I lurk on occasion has put most of its efforts into off topic subjects and cares more about poems, thoughts and essays than bird hunting. Maybe the dedicated bird dog...

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I would support a pheasant stamp. A preserve hunt is at least $100 so I feel as though anywhere from $25 - $100 is reasonable for the service the game commission is providing. I would not be in favor of a license fee increase. Whitetail hunting on public land in PA is miserable. Always surprised wh...

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Pheasant...state stocks them in pa I know....that pheasant program is presently threatened. There is yet another call for a pheasant stamp to help and....PA needs to raise license fees...be nice to see both. IF....this is the final year then all the pheasants in the hatcheries are likely to be stoc...

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Ruffed Grouse or Pheasants?

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A dog is a traditional turkey hunting endeavor for Virginia and there near folks....mostly Fall turkeys.

More fun than calling 'em in?
Nah!
Plus, I like to keep pups off trash game like turkey and deer.....so many turkeys are around, pups do not need a permission slip to play around willy-nilly.

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Within in this thread might be something of interest.
Other searches might reveal their own pearls.

Something off, it appears...regardless and ignoring the above, a search will provide options.

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I've shot very little trap, always felt it was to easy. Shot some skeet while stationed in Europe And after doing it a bit someone suggested shooting with the gun at my waist and mounting and shooting when pull was called, they said it was international style. It was actually easier that way. There...

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Interesting how this perennial topic routinely dissolves into which clay game is best or easiest....even tho the kicks in the short ribs are subtle. Fwliw, any clay game difficulty lies in the stacking of 'X's on a score card in actual competition and not simply shooting any game as a lark. The late...

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I would hunt the cover that is holding the birds and early in the day. Where that is, may be related to dryness, food, family group dispersal, etc. However, the first of the season would find far too many leaves and bracken, for me...as well as the heat. Fwliw, I like buggywhip aspen or where dem bi...

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Listen to Yoopers, Yinzers, Mountaineer fans and Kansas folks.

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Levi624 wrote:I looking for any suggestions on new chokes for a Winchester Supreme Field O/U 12g 28" . It is for upland game mainly pheasant and grouse. Can anyone point me to a good combo and brand?

So...the scattergun did not come with choke tubes?

I like SK - LM or IC - M but, everyone's swatting differs.

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Apparently so, yes.
Some meds might target a particular dog better than another tho, especially if the dog has other issues.....a case for a vet, I would think.

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If the water quality and the other side benefits where so important then why the time limits on set aside programs? Several reasons...from Program design/legislative approval/etc. in a political world to some of those other Wins that appear to mean so little to you. It would be nice to find perfect...

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It can't be win-win-win-win if a portion of the participants aren't allowed to share in the benefits. Whoops :oops:, my bad as the younkers once said....I did not include enough "wins" for the You, the Tax-Paying Hunter.....that rank sits in comparative importance a good spell down the list. You, T...

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Win-win is nice and better is win-win-win-win-etc. Again, how anything is sold is less important than that it is sold and what results spring from the sale. Folks often do rate programs based upon themselves, I agree. CREP and the Susquehana drainage tho would find water quality in the Bay predomina...

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As long as I can remember the set aside programs have sold itself as a Soil erosion/Wildlife Habitat/Water Quality program. DU, Pheasants Forever, and every farm lobby I've seen has sold it as such, with the HEAVIEST emphasis on HABITAT. Pretty sure when I open next months issue of DU, they are goi...

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CRP purpose is to get farmers not to destroy sensitive lands and to not over produce thus needed another bail out, I get that..... Hardly...that view is as simplistic as it is narrow in assesing the true value of the set-aside programs...CRP and others. You simply do not "get it". You get only what...

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The only problem I have with CRP is farmers posting crp land when they are on the government dole. A small portion of my tax money that I pay every year goes into that farmers pocket yet I can't enjoy my tax dollars at work. CRP's(and the rest) purpose and importance is not hunting....that is a sim...

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Programs such as CRP, CREP or whatever has the greatest value re the water supply....game population(or hunter)aid is simply a secondary benefit....actually lower, imho. For example, Pa. leads or led in CREP acerage....the Chesapeake Bay and it's flora/fauna should thank the CREP folks. Hunters (and...

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I'd stick to the personal attacks. If anything, it will make you feel better about yourself.... :D One could easily ascribe that result to yourself, laddybuck....unless, of course, "personal" is one-sided in your world so lending you free rein to say or imply whatever in not so subtle digs at the e...

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1 day into his classified daily briefings and Trump has already leaked top secret classified information, about the US renting a military base in Saudi Arabia, when we were officially out of Saudi Arabia over a decade ago, in a speech (maybe on twitter as well) that will damage our and the Saudis s...

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...We can go on and on. You'll never believe anything I tell you because you're too invested. Quite wrong. :wink: It is not that I do not believe some of the bits and pieces you spit, I do not believe the picture you and others make from the jigsaw pieces on the table. On each side, you convenientl...

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Here is the reality, Trump is polling at record lows with college educated whites and, for the first time time that I can remember, will not only lose the demo bit lose it big. On the flipside, he's polling at near record numbers with uneducated whites and might win uneducated white males by a 3 to...

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...So while people have drawn crazy conclusions from my statements, while it might be tough for some to swallow, it isn't controversial to say that on average (ie mean) college graduates are smarter than those that didn't reach that educational achievement. "Controversal" would not be the idea....f...

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...I feel confident in saying that as a group college educated whites are smarter than non-college educated whites..... About the only advatage to these long run My Opionion threads is that sooner or later the veneer slips and the real wood underneath shows. Even when the problem response is spun o...

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$427.00 or less.

You do not mention gauge or other particulars.
In particulars are $$$s.

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...Your dogs will have to become couch potatoes! Oh, good sweet jesus lord.....now the other side starts the silly stuff. No wonder this country is in a mess. :roll: ...you all vote, dontcha? There are many reasons why a birddog will be a bit challenged, especially in some areas, to repeat the bett...

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.... And what do you think he would think of the Republican party's desire to meddle with management of our national forests? Still trying and still a user, I see. :roll: Change that, just a bit, to regard the development policy for public lands and you can get a bit of traction....a good bit in so...

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I think looking back seven years may be a little shortsighted. I see little if no accomplishments by either party in the last 40 years. If we want more on the same, we should keep clinging to the two party system. Be the sheep. 40 = no, might be a stretch but the blame sits with the voters as much ...

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.... There are many who find a good alibi far more attractive than an achievement. For an achievement does not settle anything permanently. We still have to prove our worth anew each day: we have to prove that we are as good today as we were yesterday. But when we have a valid alibi for not achievi...

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You drilled another duster, O.

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