Prairie grouse with my .410

[Mark Kircher]

Randy
As of today population shows 62.......
We were in Karlas last night......and the night prior .....
Not much else to do in Wood!

[Randy Roberts]

62 eh, population still going down. Hard to believe anyone would ever leave Wood. Come to think of it why would anyone move to Wood

Seriously though those are some great folks and I really like that prairie country. Not sure I want to live there though.

[Kevin McCormack]

Hunted very close to Wood and some nearby villages (Presho, Murdo, Vivian, White River) in the early 2000s and again in 2016, The sharptails were a real bonus in the few areas we found them while out chasing pheasants. Regal birds and probably my favorite plains game

[Bill Jolliff]

Very well done. You guys enjoy every minute of it.

We'll keep the light on for ya back home here!

[Mark Kircher]

Originally Posted by J. Scott Hanes

Would love to see some more photos of your 410. What choke constrictions? What distance on that shot? A heck of a feat on a bird that size with a 410. Impressive.

J. Scott
First bird fell at about 25 to 30 yards
Second Bird was a bit longer. Here is pic of guide fetching it up on my Mark.
I will get some additional pics of the .410. When I get it unpacked.
Back in NY now
Trips go by so fast.
On to Duck season next.

[Stan Hillis]

Originally Posted by MARK KIRCHER

Randy
As of today population shows 62.......
We were in Karlas last night......and the night prior .....
Not much else to do in Wood!

Looks like a perfect place for a Brunswick Gold Crown 9' to me.

Hunting all day, supper in the evening, shoot pool 'til bedtime. What more could a man ask for?

Bird hunting with a .410 is soooo much fun!

[Kevin McCormack]

All this talk of real bird hunting with .410s conjurs up a hunt I made years ago with a former neighbor/hunting companion of mine who harbored great disdain for anything smaller than a 16 gauge gun on birds. He called me up one morning at work and asked me if I could take off later that afternoon for a woodcock hunt. He knew some good covers and checked them every few days. I said sure and bailed out of work. One of the last things he said to me was, "And for Chrissakes, bring a MAN's gun, not one of your peashooters! Lots of birds in there and I don't want to cripple and lose any!" Confronting the disbelievers, so to speak, I brought along a 28" barrel LC Smith .410 which I handled and shot well. After about an hour and a half hunt, his rawboned male Brittany "Skye" had pointed about 12 birds for us. We both shot well and "limited out" (3ea.) with no cripples and no lost birds, and let Skye point, hold and flush another 9 or 10 birds just for the goodness that was in it. (We were clearly into a flight). As I recall he shot an SKB O/U 20 gauge. I shot skeet loads (#9s) in my Elsie and I think he shot them as well or possibly #8s. When we got back to the truck all he said was, "Not bad for a girl's gun!"

[Bill Murphy]

Kevin, I fondly remember the .410-28 pheasant shoot we had with your brother Tom and the late Jim Hammond at the Native Shore preserve. We didn't seem to be undergunned that day.

[Timothy Cicora]

Yee Ha . Nice shooting . Great pictures ! When you're on you're on .