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The state of South Dakota has fielded very high absolute duck game bird waterfowl counts.  It seems that mallard ducks , bluewing teal  , as well as  gadwallsbirds – which are by far the most common breeders of the waterfowl birds , in the geographic regions in and around South Dakota – are at very high count values.

Next in line are “pond numbers”  , which are yet again another critical index when it comes to waterfowl levels.  It can be well said that with all the ducks in the state and good reports coming as well from North Dakota and Manitoba Canada as well as the various Canadian hunting regions that waterfowl biologists point to another excellent , exceptional hunting season afoot in 2009.

In South Dakota itself it can be said that there is more than enough room to hunt and for avid hunters to roam and enjoy their days shooting.  The bulk of the waterfowl producing holes – and waterfowl producing areas are generally listed as being in the eastcentral ,  northcentral  and northeastern parts of th state.  There aer both state Game Protection Areas and federal waterfowl protection areas.   Lastly areas scattered throughout the pothole country are finding that hunting pressure is relatively light that is once you get away from the major population centers and areas of population such as Sioux Falls and Watertown.

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Do animals think ?       While its  true that  most animals could not figure out how to repair a computer to just get it out the door yet animals seem to be able to think and have the uncanny abilities to escape us hunters.  On top of that humans are descended from animal lines so it must not be far off that animals can think to a great degree.  Anyone who has had a cat , dog hamster or bird can tell you that animals do think , can reason and to a great degree have emotions as well.

You may well have come across deer that know full well when the  hunters are around – to stay out of the limelight during the day – and then when the hunters are safely drinking their Miller Lite beer with their buddies – and recounting the hunting tales of fame and legend – that never occurred in any way shape or form in their or their friend’s universe – for that same buck to come out of the shadows – safely – at dusk.

In the same way it is known on the outskirts of Winnipeg Manitoba Canada that waterfowl – be it ducks , mallard ducks  or Canada geese seem to know instinctively when hunting season for waterfowl and waterbirds starts – to the exact day and date in the fall,  and come gather within the city limits of Winnipeg , on the various ponds and municipal waterways -  knowing full well the safety there from the hunters.

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Fall turkey can be best said to be its best reward , all in all , especially on the Lake Manitoba Fishing and hunting lodges regions.  However it can be well said that lessons learnt well in October, can help you take that Manitoba prairie gobbler come next spring.  Although the flocks break up during the mating season turkeys can be best said to operate in a pecking order , not unlike you might find in unionized courier drivers or union bosses in a bullshit shoot session .  Jadran noted the first discovered the vital roles of the pecking order all in all  one spring morning on the Narrows over twenty years ago.

This was when Lake Manitoba Narrows was relatively undiscovered and acted in the means of a leased hunting region – not unlike early Netley Marsh.

Transcona recalls “I was watching my brother call to a gobbler with a multitude of hens out in the fields.  Marty was doing a really fine job and effort but the gobbler it seemed wanted to strutt to his hens.  I was trying to figure out a way to best shoot my brother’s chosen bird or birds .  It seemed then that pecking order , whether with your brother’s flock or the gobbler’s hens was the way to go.   In the same way pecking order plays an important role in human interractions as well.

Just then a pair of toms appeared at the far end of the field and one yelped.  My brother’s gobbler dropped out of the strut, ran to the end of the field. chased one bird off, beat the stuffing out of the other and then came back to his own hens.. I snuck around to that end of the field itself and made the very same gobbler yelp.  Marty’s Tom then ran out straight towards me.

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If your consicence or vanity does not permit you to shoot a bird or hen of the year, you can always be counted to call up a fat longbird.  It can be said that hunters can shoot hens in the fall time simply because they can make acceptable hen calls,  However on the other hand if you wish to shoot fall longbeard then you have to employ and use “gobbler talk”  well.

Goblers “yelps” can be said to not always sound like the traditional  long , low croaks that you can hear in avid outdoorsmen tournaments and conferences in gobbling contests or on instructional tapes.  Actually they are most similar to hen yelps but each call is “drawn” out and gobblers can be said to call at a slower cadence rate.  Like hens, gobblers will also putt and cutt when they are excited.  For gobbler calling,  a call can be used with a clear as well as somewhat “raspy” tone and tones.

Spring hunters can be called on to know well , that gobblers will be near and nearby to hens.  However come the Mantioba falltime and this may not be so.  Gobblers can be said to be little different than mature whitetails.  These keep to themselves.  It can be said by experienced Lake Manitoba Hunting Lodges outdoorsman Jadran Transcona that come the Manitoba Canada falltime you will not fiind longbeards in the same places and locales that you would expect to see hens , jakes as well as poults.

Fall gobbler hunters should look for 4 to 4 1/2 inch tracks , big droppings and black edged breast feathers.  Find the roost and their food source, and get in between them on the bird’s line of travel.  It can be said that if you are pushy enough on the call, six or seven mature gobblers might just take a run at you, beards swinging ready for the big time fight.  Make them really mad and angry and they can be sure counted on to be strutting and gobling as they come on strong.

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Next in step – if you hear a second clunk it means that your firing pin is the culprit and problem because as in getting two bad laptops in a row are against the odds of life , two bad ….. is just as unlikely.

All in all you must deal with the situation on hand and in hand.  Most likely the problem is accumulated grime and even “gunk”  inside the bolt and bolt area of the hunting rifle itself.  When the weather gets good and cold, the dirt , grime , and accumulated residues and gunk can harden and impede a or the firing pin.  Try that in a good Manitoba Prairie winter.   Hardened in the cold this stuff can harden and impede the firing pin.

The way to remove it ( assuming that you have a bolt action hunting rifle). is to take the bolt out of the receiver of the hunting rifle, unscrew the firing pin assembly , and clean the accumulated , cold hardened “crud”  out of the bolt’s interior with powder , solvent, white gas or whatever grease cutter that you have available on hand.  De-gunk the firing pin and firing pin spring and that should do it.  If you are using a lever pump or auto. you are totally out of luck until you can get to a locksmith, which is more than an excellent reason to take your lever, pump or auto to a gunsmith before hunting season and have him strip-clean the instrument.

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As you read this you are probably about ready to go hunting , are thinking of hunting or planning a hunting trip or trips.    This may be your year to make the trek to our” neighbors to the North” and even to the wilds of Lake Manitoba and the interlake Lake Manitoba Narrows regions.

This may well be the year of your dreams that everything goes according to your plans and your script, or it may be a year of hunting and hunting trip no shows and disasters with poor hunting results at the end of the day or end of the trip.

To avoid this hideous trap of bad events here are some of the more common mishaps to watch out for :

1) You pull the trigger and instead of a “bang” sound you hear think.  Most likely you either have a dud primer or the primer is good but your firing pin as not struck it hard enough to set it off.

-  count to ten slowly.  You may have a hangfire , and if the round goes off with the bolt open ,deer hungting or duck hunting will be the furthest thing from your mind.  Eject the cartridge, rack in a new one, and pull the trigger again.  There is no use resnapping on the dud, because if the fault is with the primer, it very unlikely at all that a second firing of the firing pin , will set it off.

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I could tell that if he would just stand up I could…  Certain features like bowed out front legs. Slow ponderous movements and outsized oversized hump indicates the makings of a big, big bear.
As the big Manitoba bear turned his head from side to side he occasionally looked square at us.  I was watching him through the rifle scope.
I tightened the rifle sling high on my left arm and in a sitting position scooted out and down the hill a couple of yards or meters for a clear shot.  Still sitting I put the cross hairs on the bear. And danged if he was not watching me all along.  Wow I thought, maybe I am not going to get a running shot after all.  But the bear seemed completely disinterested.  I could not a shoulder, so I figured on breaking the neck.  The flat footed faithful little 270 was rock-steady on his nose – and we waited.  And waited.  Finally the bear turned his head and I touched her off.  The bear collapses as if he had been electrocuted. As a matter of fact, I had the sensation that he flopped so hard that he bounced a little.
The bear dropped spine up in some real low willows, being fall time at Lake Manitoba Narrows. The Manitoba willows partially hid the bear.
The first shot it seemed had broken his neck and jaw, and the other two the bear’s shoulders.

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Just a handful of years back , we had to do basic woodcutting with axes , two men saws or even bucksaws.

It took impressive amounts of muscle, wind , perspiration and time to supply a well run hunting , fishing or een basic camping trip camp with wood.  It was an accepted fact of life – simple as that.  If one was lucky enough to have a larger hunting group – of hunting or fishing buddies – then one could take turns at the drudgery.  However this was not always or often the case on planned hunting , fishing or camping trips.

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Still hunting also means  knowing when to stop and when to move , sensing when to call and when to listen.  It means learning how to read all manner of sign, how to react to changing weather  and how to adapt to varying habitat.  It involves all the hunting skills and spiritual relationship with the wild world.   Most importantly  still hunting is a total experience , an art worth taking and taking time to develop.

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Still – hunting , the art of silent stalking, is an old an art as the relationship between hunter and whitetail deer , even as far back as the woolly mammoth .    In this case its all about stalking that elusive white tail deer.  And even though it continues to be both effective and productive, still hunting’s prevalence seems to be declining over the years. the victim of hunter’s busy lives , too little time to spend in the field as well the preponderance of high tech gadgetry.

Hunter and deer, however are still as well matched as they were millennium ago.  The whitetail has developed finely tuned survival skills , adapting almost anywhere that man lives in North America.  More whitetail deer are on the continent today than at any time in history -recent or not, even though more humans are hunting than ever before attesting to the deer’s highly developed abilities to survive.

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