Recent content by Fred C

I haven't hunted with a SP10 or Ithaca Mag 10 but I have hunted geese considerably with 2 BPS-10 gauges, one with a 24" barrel owned by my father in law and now with my own 28" barreled BPS 10 gauge. I know the exact reservation you are having thinking about wing shooting with that stubby 24...

If you head east of Paris to check some of the other spots that have been mentioned it would be worth including Liberty Tool in Liberty, ME on the route. It has been 10 years since I was there last but I see from a quick internet search that there are still in business and now selling on eBay...

My third and final hunt of the year was a waterfowler’s dream. Last year Kenny and his crew had gotten permission to hunt the last day of the season on the water treatment pond area of a small NW Missouri town, and they were able to obtain repeat permission this year. In years past this pond and...

My second hunt of the season was a field goose hunt with my brother in law Kenny and his buddies. This type of hunting is great fun, but doesn’t make for good story telling. This hunt happened for me because I was visiting in-laws for the New Year’s holiday. Kenny told me that they had a field...

66.66% awesome 33.34% not too shabby but 100% blessed. By most metrics my 2014-15 season was not a banner season, but ended with one of those hunts that waterfowler’s dreams are made of. With a young family my hunting activities of all types are not what they were or hopefully what they will be...

That is great that your son is so fired up. I am chomping at the bit to get my little guy going, he has a duck call in the car seat in daddy's car and gets to make as much noise as he wants when he rides with dad. For me the two man blind is going to be more for the experience aspect to make...

Banded makes a two person layout blind. My brother in law has a guide buddy that gets a discount from Sierra Trading Post, they ordered 3 of them on New Years Eve ( the last day of his coupon), I think they were $150 with his discount. There is enough room in them for two full size hunters and a...

Went on a goose hunt last weekend with my brother in law and his buddies, set up on the bank of a pond in the middle of a corn field with some goose floaters, bunch of duck decoys and a large spread of goose shells (mine) and some full bodies (his buddies). We had a fantastic shoot, lots of...

Fred cummings here in Northwest Missouri (formally of Western Colorado). I may have the record for the longest lurker, I discovered the DHBP in 2002 and have read it at least weekly ever since. I started duck hunting in high school (1997) in Colorado with a friend and his dad and have been...

I second the anchorseal, it is working wonders on the basswood log that a friend and I cut down and hauled away. I didn't find find out about the anchorseal until after we cut the tree down. The ends were starting to check 3 days after it was cut, the deepest check I estimate had gone 1.5"...

I make brats and italian sausage every year about a week after deer season. This year I made 50 pounds of each and about 25 pounds of summer sausage and snack sticks. The best tip I have is to go heavy on the pork, and trim all the fat possible off the game meat (to eliminate gamey flavor)...

Thanks again for all the help! I just ordered a gallon of anchor seal from the website, I like the sounds of its performance versus paint. A friend and fellow "gonna be" carver cut the first tree down on Friday, about 36" diameter. Got a 10' section dragged out near the road so that I can...

Thank you John, Chuck and Bob! Your answers really helped me out, the tree that is not near the mill is going to be cut this afternoon after work and I will be sure cut them as long as the two of us can handle instead of just 24". It is encouraging to know that the basswood is going to work. I...

I have a few questions about getting from a tree to a roughed out decoy but I will start with an introduction. I have been a lurker here for many years, I found this site my junior year of college (2002) and it is almost a daily visit for me. This isn't my first post but I would venture to...

There is one gun magazine that tells it how it is. They typically test three guns of a similar type or intended for a similar purpose, tell you what they did and didn't like about each gun and then have a rating system of Buy/conditional Buy/Don't buy. The best part about the magazine is that...