My season was just OK In Iowa and bird hunting is nothing what it use to be and may never be again. I don't know if I will ever have a 100 bird season again. Its not just birds bagged it is numbers seen. I have hunted Western Iowa for 46 years and we watch where the DNR counts say is the best...
Surprised I did not see you out hunting as I was there as well.
What surprises me most is how few hunters out there these days.
You have some nice looking dogs there.
My experience has been 300 yards is average. My longest just over 500 yards and closest under 50 yards.
I love Spot and Stalk hunting. Even in country where there is little cover you usually can get closer and should if you can that's the fun stalking on foot.
I went with these yahoo's as well and while the three of us shot three Caribou.
For what they provided they were way over priced and no nothing about Customer Service.
We were even asked if we wanted to bring up a 50 gallon barrel of Avgas, now let's think about this a 12 hour drive up...