2017 Hunting and Fishing
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scout88305
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Northern Minnesota
you sheep hunters making me flirt with a 20k decision before I can't climb
WWhunter
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Near the Headwaters of the Mighty Mississippi Rive
You know you want to go!! It's only money and life is short.....says a friend of mine!! LOL
cubdriver2
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upstate NY
Back in May Barefoot Dave called me to tell me about a strip that his friend Brian had just built in the woods in Exeter NY. So one evening last May I flew over and found it but it was to wet to land as I didn't want to rut it up. I ran into Brian at Rhinebeck at the Cub flyin and he asked if I had landed there yet and I told him I had forgotten about it. So late yesterday Brian texted me and said he was going over to Exeter to go bow hunting. I took off at 6:10 last evening and flew the 15 miles over to Brian's strip and with the last bit of light I set up to land. Final is a little dogleg around some small trees and as I rounded the corner committed to land 8 to 10 deer were standing right in front of me looking wide eyed back at me. Luckily burping the throttle sent them running and I missed all of them some how. I took back off and texted Brian that that would be a good place to sit.
Brian sent me this photo a couple hours ago from that same spot
Glenn
Brian sent me this photo a couple hours ago from that same spot
Glenn
WanaBNACub
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Off Airport
Had several good trips to the duck flats this year! First hunts since the cub rebuild. Hopefully some blacktails will be the next quarry.
john schwamm
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Anchorage, Alaska Carefree, AZ
Cub Special Ed
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MT/SD
scout88305
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Northern Minnesota
Off to SW ND tomorrow for Pheasants with the old guy. Will report when back. Heard the big Cannonball outfit that guides and leases a pile of private land isn't taking hunters. That is the state of affairs with respect to numbers. SD in rough shape also.
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68Papa
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Chugiak, Alaska
Beautiful ram!! Looks like a Booner to me!! Congratulations!!
spinner2
MEMBER
Montana
Thanks, I had him officially scored and he measures a net 164 5/8 so he makes the Awards book. A 12 year old ram too.
spinner2
MEMBER
Montana
The first couple days of elk season were busy for us.
On a rainy windy morning at daylight I found this raghorn making his way into the timber.
My wife has a cow tag and the next day she decided it was a much nicer afternoon and she’d like to go for another elk hunt. Although I was close to her in the trees she spotted the cow on her own, got steady for the shot and with one shot in the lungs the elk was dead. She was about 100 yards away.
On a rainy windy morning at daylight I found this raghorn making his way into the timber.
My wife has a cow tag and the next day she decided it was a much nicer afternoon and she’d like to go for another elk hunt. Although I was close to her in the trees she spotted the cow on her own, got steady for the shot and with one shot in the lungs the elk was dead. She was about 100 yards away.
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scout88305
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Northern Minnesota
Back from SW ND near Bowman. Pheasant numbers in my estimation are down 60-90% depending on exact area. We had good farms and lots of dirty standing corn which is stunted from drought. These fields are yielding 50-70 bushels per acre and hunters are able to see and shoot over the top so most of the time we walked very large blocks of corn.
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Cub Special Ed
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MT/SD
All the hawks and dissapearing shelter belts realy puting a hurt on the pheasants also.
jimboflying
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Nice looking dogs what is the breed. I presently have a very senior Brittiany.
jimboflying
MEMBER
They are small English Setters at 35lbs each. Great dogs.
scout88305
SPONSOR
Northern Minnesota
Go west of Bismark 50 miles and draw a line to Mobridge SD. I would hunt that line west into eastern MT. It's a small slice of pie compared to the banner years with good pheasant hatches.
Kyle Wolfe
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Owatonna MN (KOWA)
Similar results as Eric were experienced last week in SD. Bird numbers are even lower than estimated by the state. Early am you might hear a bird or two crowing. Tough going - we had one guy not fire a shot in 3 days!
Everthing that could be mowed was - and anything not mowed was too sparse to contain wildlife.
Doesnt bode well well for the future......
Everthing that could be mowed was - and anything not mowed was too sparse to contain wildlife.
Doesnt bode well well for the future......
Colorguns
PATRON
Bloomfield NY
Cub Special Ed
Registered User
MT/SD
C-FIJK
Registered User
Lewisporte N.L.
Awesome moose , wondering where can I get the mount for the case on the wing strut ?
C-FIJK
Registered User
Lewisporte N.L.
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Here is a picture of my GF Loretta first moose and first time hunting and she just got her license last fall and got drawn for a Bull tag in Newfoundland Canada , we flew in with the super cub View attachment 33531
Here is a picture of my GF Loretta first moose and first time hunting and she just got her license last fall and got drawn for a Bull tag in Newfoundland Canada , we flew in with the super cub View attachment 33531
lowerchena
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Fairbanks, AK
I got it as a gift so price wasn't an issue ;-). Airframes Alaska sells the kit. It's a Koplin case with special mounting hardware that makes it more secure than bungees.
http://www.airframesalaska.com/PA-18-Super-Cub-Gun-Boot-Kit-p/af-2200-2.htm
jeff
http://www.airframesalaska.com/PA-18-Super-Cub-Gun-Boot-Kit-p/af-2200-2.htm
jeff
scout88305
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Northern Minnesota
A bitch of a deer season in MN thus far. I had -9F this am. The winds have not relented either. After passing a really good 8 pointer twice chasing does last Sunday and watching maybe another 6 lesser bucks walk past, I fired a round tonight in anguish for some relief from from the cold temps and save my extremities. Dad at 87 years old, a Korean Veteran, shot a spike opening morning. I would venture to say it's his last deer and the last time his Winchester #100 will be manipulated by that man. Tough too see but also a wonder and blessing to have him along for the ride this long. WWHunter got a nice deer today also. Feeling Blessed!
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cubdriver2
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upstate NY
Eric, most of us envy the time you have enjoyed with your dad. Your a good man.and a great son.
Glenn
Glenn
Back in September I flew a friend in for this caribou. We saw 60+ by 10am of the first morning and had the great fortune of this bull crossing our path at close range.
Got back to camp just as the clouds dropped to the floor and snow started falling. Had to break a bit of ice off the wings the next morning and wait for the temperatures to rise, but it was all part of the fun in pulling off such a hunt on a weekend.
Earlier in the fall my oldest son and I flew out for ptarmigan. We didn't find any birds that were willing to sit around long enough, but it's hard to complain about spending a day in that setting.
I did a bunch of other hunting this year, but those were the only ones involving the Cub. The only other airplane-assisted harvesting I did was a quick weekend of trapping. I set out my first three beaver traps back in October, and the next day all three traps were set off. The first two had sticks caught in the trap that allowed the beaver to pull loose, but the third trap held my first catch.
Got back to camp just as the clouds dropped to the floor and snow started falling. Had to break a bit of ice off the wings the next morning and wait for the temperatures to rise, but it was all part of the fun in pulling off such a hunt on a weekend.
Earlier in the fall my oldest son and I flew out for ptarmigan. We didn't find any birds that were willing to sit around long enough, but it's hard to complain about spending a day in that setting.
I did a bunch of other hunting this year, but those were the only ones involving the Cub. The only other airplane-assisted harvesting I did was a quick weekend of trapping. I set out my first three beaver traps back in October, and the next day all three traps were set off. The first two had sticks caught in the trap that allowed the beaver to pull loose, but the third trap held my first catch.
