Posted in Activities & Events, Adventure, Bird Dogs, Duck, Geese, Hunting, Outdoors, Outdoors for Kids, Pheasant, Photography, Upland Gamebirds, Water Fowl, tagged Duck Opener, fall leaves, Hunting, Minnesota, Minnesota DNR, Outdoors, Pheasant, Pheasants Forever on October 31, 2012| Leave a Comment »
I’m at the hunting shack, sharing stories with friends and excited for tomorrow’s hunt. The crisp, cold air fills my mind as the frost on the corn and trees surrounds me. Wishing everyone the best and safe hunting!
Fat Man’s Landing, MN
Posted in Activities & Events, Adventure, Duck, Hunting, Outdoors, Outdoors for Kids, Photography, Whitetail Deer, tagged Antler, FML Outdoors, Minnesota, Shed, Whitetail Deer on May 2, 2012| Leave a Comment »
While searching for Morel mushrooms, I found this antler shed from a ten-point buck. I don’t know who was more surprised, while walking only a few more steps, I could see a large deer running with a doe. Could this be the buck that lost this antler? As I continued my search for Morels, I spotted turkeys, coyotes, owls and Wood Ducks.
Fat Man’s Landing, MN
Posted in Duck, Geese, Hunting, Outdoors, Water Fowl, tagged 2011 Steel Shot Review, Best Ammo, Black Cloud, Ducks, Federal Black Cloud, Geese, Hevi-shot Hevi-metal, Load, Pattern, Remington HyperSonic, Shot Size, Shotgun, Winchester blind Side on August 16, 2011| 3 Comments »
So what is the best waterfowl ammo? I hear this question a lot, so I decided grab my trusty Remington 870 and pattern the new 2011 steel loads myself. Last year — Black Cloud was a big-hit (no pun intended). In 2011, Winchester is introducing a new load called, “Blind Side.” I purchased the top six waterfowl loads for 2011 and shot them into a 30-inch circle at 30 yards. Here is a list of what I tested:
Winchester (Blind Side) 3-inch, #2 and BB
Federal (Black Cloud) 3-inch, #2 and BB
Remington (HyperSonic) 3-inch, #2 and BB
Hevi-Shot (Hevi-Metal) 3-inch, #2 and BB
A pellet in the wing doesn’t count as a Kill Shot
Together, I shot a total of 16 times; 8 each (#2’s and BB) with improved cylinder and modified chokes. I then took a picture of the large pieces of paper and increased the contrast so that you could see the pellet holes. I then counted all the shot inside the 30-inch circle.
What I found is Black Cloud is still the superior load at 30-yards. The pattern is very tight. I counted a total of 10 pellets within the Kill Zone. You will see that the improved cylinder choke with BB is a killer! Next was Black Cloud with #2’s (8 pellets in the Kill Zone) using IC choke. It was interesting to see that the Winchester’s Blind Side did not do as well with the improved cylinder choke tube, but I DID noticed the increased number of pellets! The third runner-up was Hevi-Shot’s, Hevi-Metal with #2 (6 pellets in the Kill Zone) and a modified choke — I also notice that Hevi-Metal was 10 less pellets then Winchester’s Blind Side! Less noticeable, was Federal’s HyperSonic with OK number in the Kill Zone, but found the pattern wide — even with the modified choke.
Posted in Dove, Duck, Geese, Grouse, Hunting, Outdoors, Pheasant, Pheasant, Woodcock, tagged Essentials, Hunting Dog Training, Hunting Preserve, Willow Creek Kennels on October 19, 2010| Leave a Comment »
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