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From: nesiusra@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Robert)
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Subject: Re: Dogs and Deer
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Date: 21 Mar 91 12:46:20 GMT
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From: nesiusra@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Robert)
In article <381@erb1.engr.wisc.edu> decuac!decvax!bunker!kinney@uunet.uu.net (Will Kinney) writes:
>
>Well, I grew up in Montana, where, as far as I know, nobody hunts deer with
>dogs. It is not uncommon, however, for dog owners to let their animals run
>free in the woods -- these dogs form up into packs and do a little hunting
>on their own. A favorite tactic is to chase a deer onto a frozen lake, where
>the deer can't walk but the dogs can, then close in and eat.
>
>There is a very firm and widely-held rule up there -- dogs running deer are
>shot on sight. It is not unheard of for a dog owner to put his own animal
>down if he finds out it's running deer. Actually *training* a dog to run
>deer would be considered horrifying.
>
>
>                                 -- Will
This pretty much holds true in Minnesota.

On ducks and Steel Shot:
  Duck season at Minnesota is in the fall(October), and the Ducks
on opening day are dumb and uneducated(They get educated fast!!  :-))  
We set up decoys right outside some rushes and pull the boat in
the rushes.  The ducks will usually get within 10 - 20 yards if not
actually land.  We shoot #4 steel with modified chokes.  
It's not unusual to have ducks in th decoys and not know it.  Many times
we've had 2 or 3 teal come screamin in really low and fast.  If we 
don't here the splash, they may be there for up to ten minutes before
we see them.  After that, they're sitting ducks(pun intended :-).

 The only thing I've noticed about steel is that it gets where it's going,
faster than lead.  #6 steel tended to leave us with a lot of cripples,
so we use #4's.
We hate rowing.
My $0.02

Robert Nesius
nesiusra@mentor.cc.purdue.edu