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Thank You!

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Got Squirt out for the first time this year this past weekend and bagged his first Woodcock. This came as quite a surprise since I haven't seen a Woodcock in this part of Southern Illinois in about 20 years (doesn't mean they haven't been there, I just haven't seen them). After stomping around for a...

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And another, taken with my buddy's gopro, Squirt was really interested in that tiny little camera!

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Here are a few from a hunt with Squirt this December.

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Thanks a lot for the responses, a lot of good info here to ponder on!

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Nice!!

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Let me just hazard a guess here --------------- dog isn't Force Fetched. Actually he retrieves to hand very well, that is what puzzled me, seeing as how he has never done that, if you are talking about pinching his ear to get him to release the bird, I don't know, never had to try, and I didn't tra...

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You never want to shock a dog with a bird in the mouth, especially. What would happen if you got shocked everytime you did a good job at work? You would quit trying to perform well. In turn that is what you were teaching the dog. Doing this with a working collar could easily break the dog from want...

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Let me just hazard a guess here --------------- dog isn't Force Fetched. . Actually he retrieves to hand very well, that is what puzzled me, seeing as how he has never done that, if you are talking about pinching his ear to get him to release the bird, I don't know, never had to try, and I didn't t...

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Noted, I'll make sure I remember that, thanks for the advice.

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topher40 wrote:Could you explain what your intent of shocking the dog with the collar would be? IMO thank God it wasnt working.

Out of curiosity, why would you have not used it? I am by no means an expert.

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I use the e collar for two reasons, safety (for example, he is in danger of being hurt or killand can't hear a recall command) or if he is ignoring a command that i know he knows and can hear me, which usually doesn't happen.

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Okay, so yesterday we are on our last quail hunt of the season, half of us were on one side of a strip cut and the other half were on the other side with my GSP Squirt (we got separated and were waiting for a spot for the other group to cross). A single quail got up and we shot it, the bird fell int...

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That first pic is one of the best bird dog/bird hunting pics I have seen. +1 on that one getting published!

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Love it!

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It looks like your dog has alot of fun with you! :) I don't know who has more fun when we go out, him or me. He is generally a hyper dog to begin with, but when he sees me start to load the gear up, he goes absolutely mental :D That's probably because the guy taking him could also, in his anticipat...

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hettmoe wrote:It looks like your dog has alot of fun with you!

I don't know who has more fun when we go out, him or me. He is generally a hyper dog to begin with, but when he sees me start to load the gear up, he goes absolutely mental

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Thanks All Around!

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QuillGordon wrote:Superb. What slideshow program did you use?

Just "Windows Live Movie Maker", the version that comes with Windows 7.

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Hey all, was just messing around and put this slideshow together, just a few pics I've taken over the last few years (and a couple of old ones), enjoy!!

http://youtu.be/_HtOEDvuak8

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shags wrote:^^^this!

http://twitchy.com/2012/08/05/anti-hunt ... st-family/

Well that was a pleasant read

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Sorry to hear that.

Hope things work out for you. My dog has never attempted to jump our fence, but I still dread the day that something really provokes him to, had a neighbor who's dog got a paw pretty torn up from a failed jump.

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goatkisser wrote:Here she is at 5 months and 17lbs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-cFOUyUocM&feature=plcp

Too cool!

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Never owned any myself, but my neighbor growing up always had a pair, now his son (my friend/hunting buddy growing up) has a pair and takes his kids out rabbit hunting with them. Always loved those dogs, really fun to watch some good beagles work.

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Any dog that rolls in sh** is the hardest to clean up! Any long-haired dog seems to be a pain unless they have been shaved. I have a Vizsla now, and that dog can look like Pigpen when we leave the field, but it doesn't take long for her to dry out and not have a spot of dirt on her. She is the most...

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Seems to me, just reading the posts here, it all depends on who you ask. First time I heard the term was from my Grandpa describing a couple of Llewellins he had, he clearly meant it as a compliment to the dogs. I also heard a guy at a preserve use it to describe a dog that was a little "rough aroun...

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"The average hunter doesn’t have time to work out at a gym. Instead, he must slave away at two or three jobs in order to pay for all the expensive paraphernalia that makes serious hunting possible – jewelry, furs, fancy dresses, and the like. Otherwise, there’s no way his spouse is going to let him...

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"When you have shot one bird flying you have shot all birds flying. They are all different and they fly in different ways but the sensation is the same and the last one is as good as the first."

-Ernest Hemingway, Winner Take Nothing

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"One does not hunt in order to kill; on the contrary, one kills in order to have hunted"

-Jose Ortega y Gasset, from "Meditations on Hunting"

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I think I just love the look of all bird dogs when they are working, I of course love the way my GSP looks (just in case he is a member on here and I don't know it :D ), but if you twist my arm, I would have say setters as well. I think it is safe to say that once we move and I take on another dog, ...

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Just came across this beauty during a re-read of "The Bobwhite Quail Book" by Lamar Underwood, the quote is actually from an entry written by Gene Hill "My Respects to Mr. Bob" “I felt strange and somewhat rude as I walked in behind the point and honor – I was a man walking into what was so much lik...

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Split ears and other clean lacerations are the most common where I am because of the prevalence of barbed wire and old oilfield and agricultural equipment. +1 to that, plenty of barbed wire and run-ins with random scrap metal (mostly old corrugated metal from an old barn or something) overgrown wit...

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Gotta love puppy pics! Nice looking puppy you got there.

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Looks aren't as important to me, as long as the dog is healthy and from responsible breeding and can find the birds I'd be happy. Now that said, I definitely enjoy having a dog that is easy on the eyes, and would go with looks if all else is equal.

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Let's start a new thread to debate the Lab - Chessie thing... Thanks... I know 12 years ago isn't considered "old", but it sure seems like a lifetime ago... most of the pics posted are of Grandads and Dads & I think that's great, but the one of my son when he was little always brings a smile to my ...

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Right now I'm reading "Against the Wind" by Roy Pool, excellent so far. Recent reads are: "The Bobwhite Quail Book", "The Tattered Autumn Sky", and "Grouse and Lesser Gods". All great reads and I would suggest them all.

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Obviously haven't touched this one in a while, but I did just dig this picture out the other day when I was at my Dad's. This is him in the old family blind in the swamp they use to hunt, Dec 1974.

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ezzy333 wrote:I like the deer hunting but will gladly join you Ron on having an abundance of some type of birds.

Ezzy

I very much agree with you guys as well.

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My 5 year old GSP (in tact) pees frequently in the field as well, seems like he stops every few minutes and pees. Doesn't really bother me though, he still carries on hunting hard after he pees, so I guess I've just learned to live with it. Never had him pee on another person though

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Outstanding pics, very cool.

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Squirt today at a preserve.

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Ha! I see now Don, when you commented on my dog Squirt's name, I had no idea you had a dog named Squirt as well, how slow of me.

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Very nice looking dogs, and country, I love the pic next to the old chassis.

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No, I bought him from a club in Nebraska, I understand some of the conotations involved in the name, but I do still like it.

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Same here, my work has been crazy this year and I haven't had a lot of quality wild hunts to get him on. Having a good selection of preserves around just helps to keep things fresh and keep him on birds. Plus it can be some good shooting if you go to a place that has decent birds. Hopefully next yea...

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Here are a few pics from a little preserve hunt I got Squirt out on yesterday. Pretty enjoyable day, good dog work, good friends, and after a few skunks on the last couple wild hunts I'm sure Squirt was glad to be back on birds :D http://i1128.photobucket.com/albums/m486/campbellj21/th_Squirt-Huntin...

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Try the Wingsetter 8 n 1, don't know if you duck hunt too, but it is a good pintail, teal, and wigeon call as well, plus they last forever.

http://www.mackspw.com/Item--i-WNG111?s ... edium=feed&

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No joke, man. That's awesome. I wish I could detail like that. I do a lot of shading to compensate for lack of detail - kind of a sleight of hand, I guess. If I could detail a coat like that I'd be working on a setter right now. I know what you mean about seeing only the faults, too. When you set o...

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Already have a GSP, would also like:
1. Small Munsterlander
2. Chessie
3. English Setter

No particular reason, just like those dogs.

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Thanks, didn't see any that were real close, didn't know if someone knew of one that wasn't listed there.

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