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I guess I'll have to wait for his return before I can get the full scoop. Good to hear that his hunt was successful. Until this year I never noticed how graceful turkeys can appear as they soar from their roosts atop some very high branches. I also noticed how very playful squirrels rolling...

I appreciate all the helpful info. I'm sure there are going to be a million more questions running through my head. I bought a Simmons Whitetail for my first bolt action rifle (.30-06 Remington 700 ADL). It was a lemon (the scope). Now I go with Leupold/Nikon/Burris. I love Nikons because...

hunt-m-up -- Whereabouts are you at? I am an Army recruiter in Sioux City. My office is in the same parking lot as "Toys R Us" right across from the mall. My Omega is on layaway at the Sioux City Scheel's. I did a good bit of business with Shirts N Shooters while I lived in Sioux Center (my...

bowmaker--Thank you for all of your advice. I've never heard of a patch worm before but I'm guessing it's like a bore snake. When you say "wet" patch, do you mean to wet it with water or with Bore Butter? I've heard about Bore Butter before. Can you recommend any good reading sources? Is...

I've finally put the slug gun away and have decided on going strictly to muzzleloading. I figure I can use the muzzleloader for the black powder season and also the shotgun season and it seems that a good muzzleloader (in the right hands) can produce groups that are equally accurate to my old...

I'm assuming that you use an Ithaca Deerslayer. Do you like that gun? I love the Ithaca 37 and have one and am considering a Deerslayer.

Fishbonker--I use that website for work all the time. It makes things a bit more efficient if I can do some quick checks to determine whether or not I need to waste time running down to the courthouse. Here it is: http://www.iowacourts.state.ia.us/ESAWebApp/SelectFrame

Knight makes a darn fine rifle. I've had the priviledge of holding one. I went to Scheel's and spoke with a salesman who I go through for all of my business. He's friendly and he's a real straight-shooter. Sometimes I stop in to buy a $2 pack of paper targets and then spend the next hour...

How did the hunt go this year? I believe you were out that way the day after I departed from the area. I was up in a tree bordering the property line and the neighbor's friend drove a wounded 8-pointer over the property line. I lowered the cross-hairs on him (the buck), flipped the safety...

Well whatta know....looks like there's some venison waiting for me in Nebraska.

I buy pipe tobacco from Briar and Bow. The guys there seem nice but I get a weird vibe when I go there. I've heard about Siouxland Sports at KD station. I heard about it this week from a co-worker who goes to the music store at KD station. I'll have to check it out when the time is right for...

I have never hunted with a bow. I've only shot a bow twice in my life. I owned a PSE Nova back in 1997 but I don't want to bore you with the tale of an evil woman and how she parted me from my bow. What I would really like to know is where to start. I bought a bow that fit my budget at the...

Know what irked me more? The two carcassas (with antlers sawn off) that I had to pass on the way. The rack-hunters are busy on the reservation in Nebraska.

I'll build a stretcher if you supply the hunting jackets. I had to get the blood and fur out of the hunting jackets we used. The one my buddy was wearing was one that I had loaned to him!!!

I decided not to spring for an out-of-state Nebraska license this year. I live in Iowa but a good Nebraskan friend of mine lives about 45 minutes away. His family owns about 148 acres of land on the Winnebago Indian reservation and I tromp around with him (empty-handed) through the woods a...

Awhile back I posted a complaint that Scheel's was jerking me around over a simple choke tube wrench that I needed for my Mossberg. I went in and asked them to order one for me back in September. I know the salesmen well and I've brought them a good bit of business. I even helped them out with...

Well, mom and dad are getting a new revolver for Christmas and I wanted some things changed with it so I drove up to Gary's Guns in Sioux Falls today to take care of that. While it was being worked on I decided to check out the Scheel's superstore. We are getting a new one across the street...

I appreciate the help. I was born after 1971 but I think I got around the hunter's safety issue due to the fact that I am in the Army. I had my New York hunter's safety card ready to go but they didn't ask for it (or any form of identifcation for that matter). Dad was born before 1971 so it...

My office has a new face and he's a pretty cool guy. His uncle owns about 600 acres in Iowa which he leases out to hunting parties. The new guy told me that I could hunt there with my dad provided that he hunts with us. This is my second hunting season living in Iowa and I didn't hunt...

I'm sitting here scratching my head wondering what kind of idiot I've been for the last five years. I was paging through the Iowa DNR's Hunting, Trapping and Fishing Regulations when I stumbled across something that I didn't know until just now. As an active duty member of the Armed Forces...