I'm thinking about Fall and my usual Snipe spot. It's a huge 10,000+ acre Public WMA consisting of a large river bottom bordered by wooded hills. It's always swarming with Snipe and Rails, and I always seem to have it to myself. I almost always get my limit in a couple of hours, not because of the birds, but because it usually takes two boxes of shells to do it. I was reading the DNR regs and they mentioned that a few WMAs in a different part of Iowa were going to require non-tox for all hunting. To be safe, I called the management area to make sure. Of course, they informed me that non-tox would be required for Snipe and Rails. What a bummer. I can reload it, but Bismuth is crazy expensive. Particularly for such a small bird that's so hard to hit. Steel is not an option with my Vintage guns, I don't even own one new enough to consider it. I may have to just concentrate on Doves and Woodcock before Pheasant Season opens from now on.
Last edited by Ken61; 05/21/15 10:06 PM.
