on a lighter note...

[Lumaberpat]

You should try watching women’s roller derby AFTER you finish reloading. LOL

Roller derby is a great sport!

 

[CoElkHunter]

Does the 3-round rule for CO apply at game farms (where they put out pen-raised birds)? Some family have mentioned possibly doing a get together in early March at one east of Denver and I wouldn't have even thought to know that rule or look it up.

Growing up in KS, it was limited to 3 only on migratory game (waterfowl and dove). I knew guys who had extended magazines for upland hunting pheasant and quail.

No. And you don’t need a hunting license either. In fact I just went hunting with my father in law this past Wednesday to Roosters outside of Calhan. He shot 7 pheasants and I got three. Not really the same as wild birds but something to do without traveling five hours to Nebraska, paying $120 for a license and hunt for a weekend and MAYBE get two shots and one bird if your lucky. Been there done that a couple of times.

 

[JimP]

Does the 3-round rule for CO apply at game farms (where they put out pen-raised birds)? Some family have mentioned possibly doing a get together in early March at one east of Denver and I wouldn't have even thought to know that rule or look it up.

Growing up in KS, it was limited to 3 only on migratory game (waterfowl and dove). I knew guys who had extended magazines for upland hunting pheasant and quail.

I've never hunted one but I would talk to the owners about it.

But 3 rounds on birds flying away from you should be enough. After even the second shot they may be out of range

 

[Tbitty]

No. And you don’t need a hunting license either. In fact I just went hunting with my father in law this past Wednesday to Roosters outside of Calhan. He shot 7 pheasants and I got three. Not really the same as wild birds but something to do without traveling five hours to Nebraska, paying $120 for a license and hunt for a weekend and MAYBE get two shots and one bird if your lucky. Been there done that a couple of times.

Good to know. I've been out to Kiowa Creek by Bennett a couple times before. Honestly can't recall if I had a plug or not, but feel better knowing it doesn't matter there.

Completely agree it's sometimes nice to just know you get to do some live action shooting. I've sure spent a great many weekends getting minimal action on wild birds in western KS, and probably spend more on gas, hotels, etc., than I do to hit a game farm. But there's definitely a difference to hunting wild birds.

 

[Tbitty]

I've never hunted one but I would talk to the owners about it.

But 3 rounds on birds flying away from you should be enough. After even the second shot they may be out of range

It's the 2nd and 3rd birds that i like having more shells for.

I've had two fortunate opportunities to lay down 5 quail on 5 shots for a single covey rise, and a few more 4/4 Rooster pheasants (limit 4 in Kansas).

 

[Lumaberpat]

 

[Ontario Hunter]

Does the 3-round rule for CO apply at game farms (where they put out pen-raised birds)? Some family have mentioned possibly doing a get together in early March at one east of Denver and I wouldn't have even thought to know that rule or look it up.

Growing up in KS, it was limited to 3 only on migratory game (waterfowl and dove). I knew guys who had extended magazines for upland hunting pheasant and quail.

Why in the world would anyone want an extended magazine on an upland shotgun? I guess they like carrying a lot of extra weight in their arms and trying to swing on flushed birds with guns that are horribly out of balance. Those guys clearly didn't have a clue.

 

[CoElkHunter]

I've never hunted one but I would talk to the owners about it.

But 3 rounds on birds flying away from you should be enough. After even the second shot they may be out of range

Yeah, I’ve never taken the plug out of mine. Took much of a hassle for little or no reward.

 

[CoElkHunter]

Why in the world would anyone want an extended magazine on an upland shotgun? I guess they like carrying a lot of extra weight in their arms and trying to swing on flushed birds with guns that are horribly out of balance. Those guys clearly didn't have a clue.

Yes, weight and balance are everything in an upland shotgun IMO.

 

[CoElkHunter]

It's the 2nd and 3rd birds that i like having more shells for.

I've had two fortunate opportunities to lay down 5 quail on 5 shots for a single covey rise, and a few more 4/4 Rooster pheasants (limit 4 in Kansas).

My problem and maybe other hunters too, is FINDING the first bird I shot without having dogs to retrieve. Especially dove hunting where they land in grass/weeds and it’s hard to find them. I won’t shoot another bird until I’ve found the downed one. I’m just fickle that way.

 

[Vashper]

My problem and maybe other hunters too, is FINDING the first bird I shot without having dogs to retrieve. Especially dove hunting where they land in grass/weeds and it’s hard to find them. I won’t shoot another bird until I’ve found the downed one. I’m just fickle that way.

Hunter without dog is a half of hunter

 

[CoElkHunter]

Hunter without dog is a half of hunter
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That’s me. A day late and a dog short. LOL

 

[Vashper]

It's strange that it's so difficult to find dead game there. I think you have a pretty simple geography there, I looked at the map - Colorado is just a rectangle.

 

[CoElkHunter]

It's strange that it's so difficult to find dead game there. I think you have a pretty simple geography there, I looked at the map - Colorado is just a rectangle.

Lots of tall grass that hide downed birds in some areas where we hunt. My father in law has two German Shorthairs we hunt with when hunting pheasants, but I hunt dove with some other people and we don’t have dogs. WE are the bird dogs. LOL

 

[Tbitty]

Why in the world would anyone want an extended magazine on an upland shotgun? I guess they like carrying a lot of extra weight in their arms and trying to swing on flushed birds with guns that are horribly out of balance. Those guys clearly didn't have a clue.

Agreed. As a kid, I thought it was cool and wanted one. Then as I got older, I considered the weight and balance and found it has no practical use. I never did get one for myself and never will.

I will add, however, one of those guys was among the best shots and upland hunters I've ever known. He was used to his gun, and made it look easy. Some days it is as simple as "to each their own".

 

[Tbitty]

My problem and maybe other hunters too, is FINDING the first bird I shot without having dogs to retrieve. Especially dove hunting where they land in grass/weeds and it’s hard to find them. I won’t shoot another bird until I’ve found the downed one. I’m just fickle that way.

Yes, having good dog(s) is critical to the multiple birds. If I'm without dog or training young ones, it's almost always 1 bird at a time, 2 at most if in more open fields or I have a known mark (like a first dove shot that I know falls in the decays).

 

[Ontario Hunter]

Agreed. As a kid, I thought it was cool and wanted one. Then as I got older, I considered the weight and balance and found it has no practical use. I never did get one for myself and never will.

I will add, however, one of those guys was among the best shots and upland hunters I've ever known. He was used to his gun, and made it look easy. Some days it is as simple as "to each their own".

I know they're legal for spring snow geese but they shouldn't be. I do a lot of goose hunting and regularly take honker triples (3 birds in three successive shots). But if three geese are down, I need to release the dogs even if more geese are coming. It's hard enough for them to run down one cripple. Several would undoubtedly result in lost birds that died miserable deaths later. A few years ago I was corralled into filling in for a guy who backed out on a booked fall goose hunt in Saskatchewan. The weather didn't cooperate but we did have one morning of fast and furious shooting. Five of us and temp about zero F. I had my three dogs along but they stayed in the Jimmy. No cover and too cold. I don't know how many birds were lost that morning. Many. When I finally did bring the dogs out, there was too much confusion in the fields. I think Opal found a couple of dead ones before the other idiot in the crew turned his bipolar Chesapeake loose. I put mine back in the car. Later that year it seems one of the guy's neighbors did everyone a favor and made sure the dog didn't return from a deer chasing episode. Anyway, with plugs in our guns we had as many as a dozen birds down at one time and couldn't keep up. I was being shouted at for getting out of my coffin to pick up my birds. Extended mags probably would have increased the wastage exponentially.