Carletta Scruggs, age twelve, from Paducah Kentucky was happy with the pheasant she bagged while hunting in Hettinger County the first week of pheasant season. Carletta and her father, Joseph Scruggs have been satisfied with the hunt this year. "We heard that the pheasant count was low, but the hunting has been every bit as good as last year", says Mr. Scruggs. Joseph brought his daughter along for her first pheasant hunt and she has enjoyed it so far. Carletta has been using an old single shot, twenty gauge shot gun that her uncle loaned her. It took three shells to bring down this young, scrawny ringneck rooster, her first ever. If a hunter is willing to be patient and wait for the big ones, a fine meal for several people can be had. Go get some more pheasants, Carletta!
Extreme Hunting
If
one man has his way, deer hunting in North Dakota will change forever. 
The
man is Robert T. Milfreed from Chicago, Illinois and he bagged his deer
this year with the assistance of a 155mm Howitzer that he bought from an
Army Surplus store in Kansas City. The owner of the surplus store was using
the big gun to hunt grizzly bears in northern Canada. It was hard on the
pelts, but he always got his quarter. The store owner bought an M198 howitzer
and no longer needs the older, obsolete hunting gun.
Mr. Milfreed took advantage of a little-known loophole in the hunting regulations of North Dakota. Officials from the Fish and Game department requested an injunction against Mr. Milfreed but the court withheld judgement because the judge was on vacation for a hunting trip. A ruling is expected by next spring.
Robert hunts for deer with the assistance of his brother-in-law who"spots" the animals from his Piper aircraft.
Milfreed has hunted around Mott, North Dakota with conventional firearms for many years. Driving into town with his Howitzer in tow caused quite a stir this fall. Area hunters have been expressing doubt as to the ";sporting" quality of using a Howitzer to bag a deer. Most are willing to withhold judgement until they see how this style of hunting plays out.
Local hunter Brian Wright says, "I started looking into buying a Bazooka, but my wife put her foot down. She didn't want the kids playing with it. I'll have to hunt with my Winchester again this year."
Several hunters from the Mott area were checking the possibility of hunting with a flame thrower so that game could be brought down and cooked in one easy step, but local fire fighters protested vehemently. The American Rifle association has been strangely quiet on the matter of using vintage military equipment for hunting purposes, but anti-gun organizations and PETA are coordinating a city-wide protest in Mott next week.
