2023 - 2024. Season

[Deltaman]

You are on fire 5-Stand!!!!!

[5 stand]

Thank you very much Deltaman, I do appreciate the comment...

I have a little bit of work to do today and then I'm going to pack the truck, tomorrow morning we're going to go find some quail for a few days...
Little Moe has been a trooper lately, he deserves a chance at these wild fowl that we all love to Chase...

[5 stand]

Quail hunting was a bust, long story, not worth tellin...

Trigger and I are going to try our hand at some Black Friday ducks tomorrow...

[5 stand]

Trigger and I hunted this morning...
4 mallards 2 gadwalls

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[Rick]

Look the mallards.

[Duck Engr]

Migration in full swing! Print it!

[5 stand]

[5 stand]

Trigger and I hunted this morning...
1 green Wing teal, 2 gadwalls,1 mallard, 2 shovelers

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[Duck Engr]

Migration has stalled!

[5 stand]

[5 stand]

5 stand thank you for asking i keep dayzees time we had together in my thoughts daily,losing a dog is a very hard thing for all of us who love them .i just got back from south east arkansas and am happy to tell you i have a new girl, her name is olive shes 2 years old been through all of boot camp and seems like we will be a good fit together

Pen
How about an update on Olive, does she hunt?

[Pennydog1]

thanks for asking 5 stand ,i guess ill start by saying this has been a very stressful year for me i lost my brother, my dog dayzeemay ,and i just found out olive tested positive for heartworms,she goes in tuesday for her first shot of 3, ive heard treatment is hard on them she will have to be inactive for the whole process so she will be out of action this season,ive not dealt with heartworms before so this whole thing has me worried,shes a good girl very obedient and loves to retrieve hopefully ill have a positive outcome i sure dont want to lose another pal.

[5 stand]

Dang, not going to claim to know the outcome, but you can dang sure no that I Trigger and Moe are rooting for the best... Hang in there buddy...

[Rick]

Fingers and paws crossed.

[DComeaux]

thanks for asking 5 stand ,i guess ill start by saying this has been a very stressful year for me i lost my brother, my dog dayzeemay ,and i just found out olive tested positive for heartworms,she goes in tuesday for her first shot of 3, ive heard treatment is hard on them she will have to be inactive for the whole process so she will be out of action this season,ive not dealt with heartworms before so this whole thing has me worried,shes a good girl very obedient and loves to retrieve hopefully ill have a positive outcome i sure dont want to lose another pal.

I had to go through that heart worm thing with my Ellie several years ago. It was a nervous time for me but she handled the procedure like a champ. All is good and she is aging gracefully. Shell be 16 in February.

[Pennydog1]

thanks everyone for your thoughts,im saying prayers everything goes smooth,

[5 stand]

Pen
Hank is one of the guys that I shoot with on Wednesday night and he had a great dane that went through the heartworm treatment twice in his life, and it didn't seem to bother him one bit... Giddy up Olive...

[5 stand]

Have Robin's migrating through today, nothing like the past, hopefully they're migration has changed and they're still out there...

[Rick]

Don't know what course your vet is taking, but do know more recent treatment is less taxing than what they used to do.

[Rick]

Have Robin's migrating through today, nothing like the past, hopefully they're migration has changed and they're still out there...

Those damn corn hot tubs are changing their (and the humming birds') migration.

[5 stand]

With Roundup ready crops, there is no such thing as what I would call a dirty (trashy) field anymore, they are clean and void of everything but the crop... So in my mind the only bugs that are there are the bugs that like that particular crop... Another form of habitat loss?

In 2004 when I started going to South Dakota there were sunflowers and wheat East River, no such thing anymore it's all corn or beans... I do find some small grains West River, and pork chop talks about small grains in North Dakota, so it's out there but I just don't think it's in the numbers that they use to be...

The town that I stay in has two new drain tile companies that I noticed this year... All the little places in the middle of the fields that mama duck raises her babies in them cattails are slowly being drained...

I know that probably reads like a bunch of ramblings, and it is, but hopefully you get my drift... It's more than likely as good as it's going to get, go hunting, it's the good old days right now...

[SpinnerMan]

With Roundup ready crops, there is no such thing as what I would call a dirty (trashy) field anymore, they are clean and void of everything but the crop... So in my mind the only bugs that are there are the bugs that like that particular crop... Another form of habitat loss?

In 2004 when I started going to South Dakota there were sunflowers and wheat East River, no such thing anymore it's all corn or beans... I do find some small grains West River, and pork chop talks about small grains in North Dakota, so it's out there but I just don't think it's in the numbers that they used to be...

The town that I stay in has two new drain tile companies that I noticed this year... All the little places in the middle of the fields that mama duck raises her babies in them cattails are slowly being drained...

I know that probably reads like a bunch of ramblings, and it is, but hopefully you get my drift... It's more than likely as good as it's going to get, go hunting, it's the good old days right now...

When I used to pheasant hunt, corn fields were great habitat with some amount of ground cover throughout. Now as you point out, it's bare dirt except for the corn.

And with the high corn prices (one of the many negative effects of ethanol), they mow the ditches, drain every wet spot, ... And in the winter, it's a barren wasteland for wildlife.

[5 stand]

Yeah don't get me started on ethanol... Thanks for your input spinner...
Those bucket list hunts, book them as soon as you can...

[Pennydog1]

thanks again 5stand and rick for your input olive went in at 8 this morning ,they are keeping her till later today to make sure everything is ok she will have prednazone and ultram for pain meds at home,1 month later another shot then48 hrs later her 3rd and final shot my vet said success rate is 98 plus she will have a clean bill but her shot area will be really sore since they inject deep into her muscles i need to keep her dormant for her whole process,good luck keeping a lab calm thanks again you guys for asking about her that means alot to me .

[5 stand]

We've received some pretty good showers around here today, and this evening... Looked at the radar, and it looks like it's pissing and pouring down there ?

[Rick]

We've received some pretty good showers around here today, and this evening... Looked at the radar, and it looks like it's pissing and pouring down there ?

Got what we needed in August all at one time last night. Might not fill anyone's marsh but ought to be a fine start.

[5 stand]

Trigger and I hunted this morning...
1 mallard, 2 Gadwall

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[5 stand]

Trigger and I hunted this morning...
3 mallards

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Somebody said something about stale birds, I understand...

[Deltaman]

Glad to see you still killing birds on the regular 5 Stand!!!!

[5 stand]