Ryan Miloshewski

I was shaking after it all ended. It might be the coolest thing a person could witness in the outdoors.

Hunted the opener in KS Low Plains Saturday. We shot 7 birds--pintails, woodies, and GWT. Not great, but fun. Sunday was 30-40 mph sustained winds so we did not hunt. Went back out today and boy howdy did birds show up. I landed ~200 mallards and gadwall in the decoys around 8:45 am. Could have shot a 2-3 man limit if we were inclined. Spot we hit is a hidden gem so we like to keep it good--as much as we can on public. Saw probably 500-1000 birds all morning. GWT, mallards, gadwall, wigeon were the main players. Going back out Wednesday morning. Shot enough for a good meal...it's early!

That's true, you have some years on me! Good thing you are able to still get out and get after it.

Oh c'mon, you're a duck hunter! You should be used to getting put through hell 😄

Yea just your normal early ducks. Teal was good a few days. Give me December mallards. They're probably all at the AB refuge in St. Chuck!

Yea lots of birds around. Mainly teal, woodies, and pintails. Mallards are trickling in. A lot are still in Iowa and NoDak/SoDak. I am hunting Iowa next weekend to avoid the public land calamity for opening of Mid zone. Should have a better idea then. Buddies up in Northern MO are seeing quite a few more birds. Hitting the Kansas opener this weekend. Should have a more detailed report come Monday.

*There should be less laws

This is almost assuredly after they fed at the hatchery. Back in my day, when you hooked a fish in the outlet, you left your spot and everybody shifted up and then you landed your fish. And then you took last in line. This is asinine. I'm with FW, only time I fish the outlets now is at night if the water is running. What a goatrope lol

It really is combat fishing, which is not for me. I've fished the brown run three times over the last 15 years, and I really don't care to do it again.

I saw that guy last week. Ate up with himself lol

If you don't think the fish can get all the way up, you're underestimating nature. A lot of fish are milked from 3. They get up 2 easily as well. Bet if you go down there right now there are staging fish in the pool before (after?) the steep falls, and quite a bit of them.

Generally with most wild game if somebody says they don't like it, they just haven't had it prepared properly. That goes for everything. There are times when the animal's diet and "personality" hit ya wrong, though. Cooked two gadwall last year and you would've thought I was searing two shad.

Now that is a dove beatdown..

Dude squirrels in January have gigantic sacks and their skin might as well be leather. Love eating em but for what price..

Had a bachelor party this weekend so couldn't make opening day. Have made the last 2 days count! Hunted in a driving thunderstorm last evening and I could not believe the amount of teal we shot during it. This morning was lights out but I had to leave by 8am. There are birds here, just gotta find em. I did about 2 hours of hunting and 6 hours of scouting/working yesterday. Finally paid off when I found a big ol' wad. Hank made a lot of retrieves, including some diving cripples this morning. He did really well and is very tired. Got a little extra food in the bowl when we got back. Have to give a shoutout to a call-maker from St. Louis, Chris Polk (Polk Pattern Calls). I never realized how workable teal are, and his calls are top notch. Just happened onto him from a buddy. We worked big groups, singles, etc. with the teal call and whistle. He hand makes them and sells them as a side business. Check him out if you are looking for a stellar teal call!

Got out after work today and knocked down a few. Shot one right off the bat and had a lull. Two came in and I dropped both, although I thought I was going to sail this one. Ashley's dog, Jake, got his first retrieve on it. He brought it back and we set it down. About 5 min later I was just looking down at the birds and saw two bands. Unbelievable! My buddy Andy Raedeke was the one who banded it, too. One is a $100 reward band, too! Not a bad way to start the hunting season.

Just a regular ol' watersnake. Nerodia sp. of some sort.

My grandpa gave me his 12 ga Citori this year. It's from the 1970s and in great shape. Thinking of shooting it this year with lead. Trying to find out how old it actually is because he can't remember exactly. The naming convention for the Browning serial numbers I've found online and talking to gun shops does not match this one. The serial number is 71314 S7. Does anybody have any idea on the deviation, or where I could possibly find that info? I know the ATF and other letter boys are strict about access to looking serial numbers up.

I am seeing a bunch of doves at my bird feeder. Might be a stealth mode opening morning.

Well it's about that time of year. Finally found some shells for my 20 gauge and Steve on here hooked me up with 29 boxes of 12 gauge steel for $300 so I am sitting good now. We can use this as a thread for the year. Ready to get out Wednesday and dust off the rust on the ol' 20 ga and shoot 10 doves on three boxes of steel. Anybody seeing any teal yet? I have heard of a few in North MO/Southern Iowa but haven't seen any this far down yet. Looks like it could be a tough season--which, it's kind of been going downhill for a long time, but the drought in the PPR was awful this fall. I feel like they'll rebound, but this year may be sparse. Just what we needed to hear. https://deltawaterfowl.org/state-duck-surveys-offer-mixed-news-for-waterfowl-hunters/ Either way, I'm looking forward to pics like these, duck dogs, and smelly waders.

Louis Freeh and Tom Pickard. There are two nobody has ever heard of that had a big role in silencing the people who identified the plot and players. After the USS Cole was bombed, some in the FBI and CIA wanted to go to Yemen and investigate/surveil the people who did it. Denied. Two of those who helped orchestrate the Cole bombing? Khalid al-Mindhar and Nawaf al-Hazmi--two of the hijackers on 9/11.

I'm not a "jet fuel can't melt steel beams" 9/11 truther, but I 100% believe the U.S. government allowed it to happen. They knew this was coming but did not act. Watch the Frontline documentary "The Man who Knew" about Jim O'Neill of the FBI. He and others knew this attack was imminent, even so much as knowing when two of the hijackers entered and left the country, and that they were associated with al Qaeda. He sent reports to the FBI director and CIA that urged them to look into flight schools these terrorists were training at. Nothing was done. The FBI and CIA powers that be essentially silenced and fired him. He became head of security at the WTC and died on 9/11.. There are countless examples of our worthless government overseeing heinous experiments, military acts, etc. MK Ultra, Bay of Pigs, Operation Paperclip (which worked out I guess), and many others. Why not this one?

How about a perspective from a 6th grader? I was only 11 years old at the time, but I remember it fairly vividly. I had no idea what the WTC was, or any real idea about terrorism, as I was a happy-go-lucky kid. I remember looking out the window through the old blinds as morning announcements were coming over the speaker. The sky was so, so blue. I vividly remember having the thought "that is the bluest sky I've ever seen." Not a cloud in the sky and the thick haze of summer had lifted. Of course, that is a common theme talked about now. But it was weird I noticed it. By this time it was probably when the North Tower was struck. First class of the morning was PE--heck yea! We were playing indoor soccer. Not my favorite, but still fun to start the day playing sports. About 15 min into the game our principal came in and pulled our teacher, Mrs. Lombardo, aside. I still remember the look on her face: panic, fear, uncertainty come to mind. We finished the class and went back to our home rooms instead of the scheduled English. They didn't turn the TVs on for us, which I am now grateful for. We really had no business seeing nearly 3k people die in real time. They must've called all of our parents because we were all picked up by 12pm. I remember my dad saying terrorist are attacking the United States and we needed to get home. I still had no real comprehension, but I became a little fearful. We went home and I remember watching the news coverage for a little. Then my neighbor friend, Tony, knocked on the door. We went outside and played catch. We journaled about it in class the next few days. I wish I still had the notebook to see what 11-year-old me wrote. People often ask why Millennials are so messed up. Maybe it's because a majority of us watched 3,000 people die on live TV, as well as the American way of life pre-9/11? I've since read many books on the tragedy, and I think the best thing I've learned is the heroes who prevented more loss of life and gave everyone a little more hope in humanity: Welles Crowther, Rick Rescorla, Orio Palmer, Moira Smith--all heroes and better people than I will ever be. RIP to all.

Interested. Can you shoot me your number in a PM?