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Time to jump start this thread. Today, I was in the Sioux Falls Scheels and picked up some Federal 16ga. Loads. How different from a year ago.
However, the rifle and shotgun ammo shelves are still not full, but a cursory guess would be ~50-60% which still means a lot of ammo if they have what you want. I normally buy Fiocchi’s but other than 28’s they were not available. No problem, I’ve always used different brands, though usually stay with 5’s and 6’s and away from magnums.
Excellent - I was slightly concerned but figured 3-4 boxes of 12 ga #6 would be around someplace. Looking forward to it
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There will always be pockets of birds, but a lot of CRP was cut for emergency haying and grazing. Even sloughs have been mowed. Recently driven the state north to south and east to west without seeing a bird from the road, not that I was particularly looking but not to have any fly across you at windshield level was unusual. That is rather sobering. When did the mowing take place? Would this be late spring into summer? Chicks big enough to sit still and be killed,..or get away?
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Time to jump start this thread. Today, I was in the Sioux Falls Scheels and picked up some Federal 16ga. Loads. How different from a year ago.
However, the rifle and shotgun ammo shelves are still not full, but a cursory guess would be ~50-60% which still means a lot of ammo if they have what you want. I normally buy Fiocchi’s but other than 28’s they were not available. No problem, I’ve always used different brands, though usually stay with 5’s and 6’s and away from magnums.
Excellent - I was slightly concerned but figured 3-4 boxes of 12 ga #6 would be around someplace. Looking forward to it I cannot imagine they won’t have 12’s when you get there. It’s their #1 seller. And don’t let this thread dampen your enthusiasm. You’ll have a great time — fine companions, fine guns, good dogs, and the satisfaction of a “refreshing” physical weariness of long walks in premier pheasant country. I’m sure you will get in the birds.
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There will always be pockets of birds, but a lot of CRP was cut for emergency haying and grazing. Even sloughs have been mowed. Recently driven the state north to south and east to west without seeing a bird from the road, not that I was particularly looking but not to have any fly across you at windshield level was unusual. That is rather sobering. When did the mowing take place? Would this be late spring into summer? Chicks big enough to sit still and be killed,..or get away? govt doesnt allow haying or grazing of CRP until after the main nesting season , around August 1 any cattails mowed off would usually be pretty late in the summer
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Yes, I think the haying started mid-July up until just recently. As you know we had a tremendously hot and dry June. Hot and dry is probably more conducive for brood raising vs cold and wet is the only good thing.
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I cannot imagine they won’t have 12’s when you get there. It’s their #1 seller. And don’t let this thread dampen your enthusiasm. You’ll have a great time — fine companions, fine guns, good dogs, and the satisfaction of a “refreshing” physical weariness of long walks in premier pheasant country. I’m sure you will get in the birds.
Yesterday I had a short conversation with a Fiocchi VP about possibly getting target ammo shipped directly to my house...The answer was..."Sorry we don't do that." Anyway, he said they are currently emphasizing hunting ammo...both shotgun and centerfire. However, they are backed up on committed orders...If I could look around and obtain my needs before I arrived to hunt....I'm sure it would be the best option. Last edited by battue; 1 minute ago.
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The lodges banded together and put in a single order for truckloads of ammo, so they feel like their bases are covered in that regard. i looked around this weekend and saw a few shells on the shelves. If you guys get out here and need some 16, I know where to get some. The emergency haying should be no surprise to anyone: https://www.rounds.senate.gov/newsr...to-emergency-grazing-and-haying-policies for example. Lots of people are short of feed for their herds going into fall. Stuff's going to get hayed as a result. Lots of trucks on the roads moving cattle and hay right now. Had a conversation up at the Y this morning about there being some late nesting and seeing chicks resulting from that. I've driven some over the first half of the month and hit two pheasants with my pickup, so there are some birds out there. We don't have the kind of thick cover at our usual spot that will keep birds into the winter like we did last year but we're not limited to hunting only that place either.
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Time to jump start this thread. Today, I was in the Sioux Falls Scheels and picked up some Federal 16ga. Loads. How different from a year ago.
However, the rifle and shotgun ammo shelves are still not full, but a cursory guess would be ~50-60% which still means a lot of ammo if they have what you want. I normally buy Fiocchi’s but other than 28’s they were not available. No problem, I’ve always used different brands, though usually stay with 5’s and 6’s and away from magnums.
Excellent - I was slightly concerned but figured 3-4 boxes of 12 ga #6 would be around someplace. Looking forward to it Thanks for the perspective BK. Pugs, your outfitter is sure to have some then also. But, FYI, on the same street as Scheels, but further east on the same 41st street, another gun shop, though small and privately owned, should also have 12’s. Gary’s Gun Shop. On the way to Scheels from the airport. They usually have a rounded glass-enclosed display of higher-end guns, usually mostly rifles — hat tip to Jorge.
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