Besides being a beautiful bird and delicious to eat, the pheasant has one more attribute that endears it to Minnesota hunters: the season goes well beyond the closing of duck and deer hunting. The 2011 pheasant season opens on October 15th and runs until January 1, 2012.

Minnesota has a limited population of ring necked pheasants, and most hunters have to work pretty hard to just put up a few birds. Read More of the Story…

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A great Fall weekend has just past us by, with most of us utilizing it to the fullest. Whether its doing some things around the house, going for a hike, hunting or shooting some clays the daylight available is becoming less with our activities becoming greater. Usually around this time of year is when I’m zeroing in my rifle along with getting in some clay pigeon shooting to spike my small game hunting skills. That’s exactly what I was Read More of the Story…

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No matter how good of a hunter you are you are going to miss a few birds this coming fall. So if you’ve got a certain amount of misses in your system why not get them out now before the season opens?

Towards the end of summer my arms are more used to casting a fishing rod than handling a shotgun. If you don’t believe that go grab the old scattergun from the closet and snap it up to your shoulder a few times. Chances are your swing will be creaky, your eye dim, and the gun won’t come up as smoothly as it did the last time you shot it. Read More of the Story…

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