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by Crashola
Fri Oct 28, 2011 10:01 am
Forum: Hunting
Topic: Sentry sharpies
Replies: 6
Views: 2155

Re: Sentry sharpies

I've seen the same thing with sharpies on fences.
by Crashola
Mon Oct 24, 2011 11:03 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: South Dakota Grouse Hunting?
Replies: 3
Views: 1657

Re: South Dakota Grouse Hunting?

I was out hunting sharptail around Isabel a couple of weeks ago. The sharptail numbers this year are huge. However, much of it wasn't traditional sharptail hunting. We had our best luck in unpicked corn (which isn't real thick West River) and it was more like pheasant hunting. We finally just kept t...
by Crashola
Wed Oct 12, 2011 1:20 pm
Forum: Hunting
Topic: Chukar Country?
Replies: 18
Views: 7429

Re: Chukar Country?

Just to add to the above. Later in the season when the snow is on the ground, look for melted bare spots on south-facing slopes. The cheat grass will sprout up and those spots become magnets for chukar. And the best advice is to get out and find your own spots. And if you find one that has lots of b...
by Crashola
Wed Oct 12, 2011 1:15 pm
Forum: Hunting
Topic: Plains Sharptail loads
Replies: 6
Views: 2600

Re: Plains Sharptail loads

I've been using high velocity 6's, but that may change in the future. The birds we've been running into in NW South Dakota are pretty tough. We've even knocked a couple down that shook it off and flew away again. The local at the gun store told us a similar story and said he's started using 5's for ...
by Crashola
Wed Oct 12, 2011 1:10 pm
Forum: Hunting
Topic: South Dakota
Replies: 23
Views: 6447

Re: South Dakota

I just got back from a hunting trip near Isabel. It's quite a ways from Miller, but we saw tons of game. We were hunting sharptails and the numbers were phenomenal. We saw hundreds of birds in two days. And we also saw plenty of pheasants. We were in the northwest portion of the state and it sounded...
by Crashola
Fri Sep 30, 2011 1:55 pm
Forum: Hunting
Topic: South Dakota
Replies: 23
Views: 6447

Re: South Dakota

I echo the other comments. Every few years you'll see an early storm, but it can also be gorgeous that time of the year. I grew up in S.D. but live in Idaho now. The mountains are much trickier than the SD plains that time of year. I can remember November days hunting in shirtsleeves. Early November...
by Crashola
Fri Aug 26, 2011 12:54 pm
Forum: Hunting
Topic: Sweeping downhill shots at Chukar
Replies: 27
Views: 7916

Re: Sweeping downhill shots at Chukar

I subscribe to my dad's "massive lead theory." It involves an autoloader with the plug removed. And if you put enough lead into the air, something is bound to fly into it! :lol: After your first year or so of hunting chukar, your lifelong quest is to find and catalog honeyholes where the birds are p...
by Crashola
Thu Jul 21, 2011 6:29 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: collar I.D.
Replies: 18
Views: 4450

Re: collar I.D.

Funny story -- a friend of my sister had an escape artist for a dog. It escaped and was picked up by animal control and taken to the shelter. They called her and she went to pick it up. They charged her a big chunk of money as a fine to get her dog back. About a week later old Fido made his escape a...
by Crashola
Mon Jul 18, 2011 10:56 am
Forum: Health and Nutrition
Topic: Post Spaying Recommendations
Replies: 13
Views: 5640

Re: Post Spaying Recommendations

I just had my girl spayed and our vet said to wait 10-14 days before any real exercise. She got some short walks around the block starting a couple of days after the surgery. Yesterday -- day 11 -- I took her out and let her run for about 30 minutes with no issues. Her incision area looks fine. Note...
by Crashola
Thu Apr 21, 2011 8:42 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Dog passing gas ? LOL
Replies: 23
Views: 10664

Re: Dog passing gas ? LOL

I've confirmed the overeating theory with an unofficial and unplanned test. Last week my wife's dog managed to get into the cabinet where we keep the dog food. We don't really know how much she ate, but the first thing she did when we let her out of that room was to pound water. Not long after that,...
by Crashola
Wed Apr 20, 2011 3:42 pm
Forum: Hunting
Topic: What is your favorite upland game bird to hunt?
Replies: 48
Views: 12449

Re: What is your favorite upland game bird to hunt?

I grew up in S.D., so pheasants were always tops. Since then, I've moved west and become obsessed with hunting the big country for chukar and huns.
by Crashola
Tue Apr 19, 2011 4:38 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Older male NOT IMPRESSED with new pup.
Replies: 11
Views: 3839

Re: Older male NOT IMPRESSED with new pup.

It would echo what everyone else has said. I brought home my girl and my wife's female dog was not happy (females are supposed to be even worse than males). Lots of tense moments and we couldn't leave them alone. But within a few months they were best friends.
by Crashola
Tue Apr 19, 2011 1:17 pm
Forum: Health and Nutrition
Topic: A little innoculation help
Replies: 61
Views: 12838

Re: A little innoculation help

So for liability reasons they are bound by manufacturer's recommendations for the vaccination protocols. Now... as the owner of your dog you are free to do as you wish and most vets (at least mine is) are fine with that. I had a similar discussion with a vet earlier this week. She said they can't v...
by Crashola
Thu Apr 14, 2011 4:15 pm
Forum: Health and Nutrition
Topic: A little innoculation help
Replies: 61
Views: 12838

Re: A little innoculation help

I agree. Review some of the links provided by pointshootretrieve above and maybe then seek a second opinion from another vet?
by Crashola
Thu Apr 14, 2011 10:56 am
Forum: Health and Nutrition
Topic: What Do You Feed?
Replies: 60
Views: 15360

Re: What Do You Feed?

mcbosco wrote: That's too bad. That is a good formula just poorly marketed by Natura. I get my food at a big discount to retail too from a local musher. It is a great thing!!!
No kidding. But for the recommendation from the trainer, I probably never would have heard of Healthwise.
by Crashola
Thu Apr 14, 2011 10:47 am
Forum: Health and Nutrition
Topic: What Do You Feed?
Replies: 60
Views: 15360

Re: What Do You Feed?

Active Adult? That is a good food. It is the orphan formula from the Innova-Evo company. It is cheaper than Pro Plan Perf. in NJ and twice as good according to a few people I know. Good value. Actually, I had her on Active Adult during the hunting season and moved her to the regular Healthwise when...
by Crashola
Wed Apr 13, 2011 12:27 pm
Forum: Health and Nutrition
Topic: What Do You Feed?
Replies: 60
Views: 15360

Re: What Do You Feed?

It's been kind of a journey for me and my dog. She was on Healthwise Chicken Meal & Oatmeal which was great stuff and our trainer sold it to me for $27. The problem is that he lives almost an hour away and the local pet food store sells the same bag for $40! Switched to Kirkland Chicken & Rice, good...
by Crashola
Tue Apr 12, 2011 10:18 am
Forum: Health and Nutrition
Topic: A little innoculation help
Replies: 61
Views: 12838

Re: A little innoculation help

That's good news. They've gone to three years after the first rabies booster here too.

Unfortunately, some vets are still recommending annual DHPP shots. Even the American Animal Hospital Association guidelines now recommend DHPP every three years after the booster.
by Crashola
Mon Apr 11, 2011 4:10 pm
Forum: Health and Nutrition
Topic: A little innoculation help
Replies: 61
Views: 12838

Re: A little innoculation help

Frankly, I'm at the stage where I'm not sure what to believe. I've read through several dog forums (including this one) where certain vaccines are not required every year because the dog retains the immunity for several years. Yet I know that my county REQUIRES me to have my dog vaccinated every ye...
by Crashola
Thu Mar 10, 2011 12:28 pm
Forum: Hunting
Topic: Opinions on Chipping your Gun Dog
Replies: 52
Views: 13321

Re: Opinions on Chipping your Gun Dog

I was at the animal shelter a couple of weeks ago. While I was standing there, someone brought in a stray Newfoundland. The dog didn't have a collar and the first thing the shelter workers did was pull out their scanner to see if the big fella was chipped. They didn't find a chip while I was there. ...
by Crashola
Wed Mar 09, 2011 8:18 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Chukar dogs
Replies: 43
Views: 11507

Re: Chukar dogs

I echo what everyone else has said about chukar hunting. And I would add one thing: It's highly addictive! I don't even ski in January anymore because there's too much chukar-chasing to be done.
by Crashola
Wed Mar 09, 2011 8:08 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: the coolest video you will see today
Replies: 14
Views: 3718

Re: the coolest video you will see today

Very cool. I've always wondered how my dogs can find a bird on the water when their eyes are just a few inches above the surface. Now they just need to post a similar video where the dog has to work through some chop to get to the bird. That always amazes me.
by Crashola
Wed Feb 23, 2011 1:21 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Westminster - Sporting Group
Replies: 106
Views: 20182

Re: Westminster - Sporting Group

As a former golden owner, I always find this interesting. I see those show goldens and have to shake my head. Big, blocky, bleached blonde dogs with super-long coats. I can't see how they could spend more than an hour hunting in thick cover. I remember calling one breeder when I was looking for my f...
by Crashola
Tue Jan 25, 2011 2:01 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: wirehaired pointing griffon training
Replies: 6
Views: 6619

Re: wirehaired pointing griffon training

No kidding! My wife and I joke that puppies are cute for about a day. The cuteness factor kind of wears off when you are getting up in the middle of the night and taking it out on a cold, rainy night to do its business. But it's all worth it! Get your hands on some general obedience books, take it t...
by Crashola
Mon Jan 24, 2011 12:06 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Wild pheasants
Replies: 26
Views: 7248

Re: Wild pheasants

one thing I have learned hunting wild pheasants my entire life is that if you slow down ALOT the birds will sit allowing the dog to do its thing. I guided for a lodge for awhile that had a couple of English setters that the other guides hated using, well when my groups got done early I would take t...
by Crashola
Mon Jan 24, 2011 11:37 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Mountain lion sightings
Replies: 45
Views: 13066

Re: Mountain lion sightings

cjuve wrote:
All of these tracks were fresh enough that the dogs were interested in them and were wanting to follow them, I found them both in areas that I chukar hunt regularly.
This time of year, where we find chukar we also find plenty of deer. And where there are deer . . .
by Crashola
Mon Jan 24, 2011 11:35 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Mountain lion sightings
Replies: 45
Views: 13066

Re: Mountain lion sightings

No surprise, but they're thick here in Idaho. I had never seen one in the wild until a couple of weekends ago when my dog found two in some bushes near some rocks. She went into the cover and one darted out the other end. I called her back to me and a second one came out behind her. It looked like i...
by Crashola
Fri Jan 21, 2011 1:40 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: What would be on your list.
Replies: 4
Views: 1346

Re: What would be on your list.

I second Chuck Johnson's book.
by Crashola
Fri Jan 21, 2011 1:39 pm
Forum: Hunting
Topic: Birds and their scent ?
Replies: 6
Views: 2639

Re: Birds and their scent ?

That's an interesting question. I've always wondered if certain birds put off more scent than others. I swear Huns must stink to high heaven because my dog regularly points them at very long distances.
by Crashola
Sat Jan 15, 2011 9:22 am
Forum: Product Ratings & Reviews
Topic: Cameras, what do you have
Replies: 68
Views: 40924

Re: Cameras, what do you have

Sounds like a cool little camera. Although I wonder if it would survive the torture test that killed my last point and shoot -- a trip through the wash cycle in my cargo shorts! :oops: I have a Nikon D70, but the Pentax sounds like a great camera for my whitewater trips.
by Crashola
Thu Jan 13, 2011 1:48 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Tough Winter Everywhere, So......
Replies: 13
Views: 3144

Re: Tough Winter Everywhere, So......

Things have been warming up here in SW Idaho. Which means the chukar hunting is going to heat up again too. Only 2 1/2 weeks left in the season!
by Crashola
Tue Jan 04, 2011 6:48 pm
Forum: Hunting
Topic: This Afternoon's Woodcock Hunt
Replies: 12
Views: 4331

Re: This Afternoon's Woodcock Hunt

6 for 10 sounds pretty good to me. I've only seen one woodcock in my life and I can see why it's the the knuckleball of birds.
by Crashola
Thu Dec 30, 2010 4:44 pm
Forum: Hunting
Topic: Opinions on Chipping your Gun Dog
Replies: 52
Views: 13321

Re: Opinions on Chipping your Gun Dog

I concur -- do it. It's relatively cheap and I've personally never heard of any side effects. My last dog was an escape artist and the chip paid for itself many times over.
by Crashola
Thu Dec 30, 2010 12:10 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Dumb Question....
Replies: 8
Views: 3520

Re: Dumb Question....

If you want to do the versatile breed thing, breed registration is not required to run VHDF tests. If your dog is registered, they'll note the breed in the results. If not, it's just listed in the "Other" category.
by Crashola
Thu Dec 30, 2010 10:20 am
Forum: Health and Nutrition
Topic: New DD Gun Dog owner...taking opinions for pup & adult food
Replies: 27
Views: 11254

Re: New DD Gun Dog owner...taking opinions for pup & adult food

Do you have a Costco nearby? Many folks are very pleased with their Kirkland Premium line of dog foods. They have an ingredient list that's normally found on much more expensive dog foods.
by Crashola
Mon Dec 27, 2010 4:07 pm
Forum: Hunting
Topic: The elusive duck
Replies: 2
Views: 1154

Re: The elusive duck

If you are getting into ducks, they get very decoy shy and call shy this time of year. I've had to go down to as little as one or two decoys before they start coming in. And sometimes I've switched to a wigeon whistle call to get the attention of ducks that have been burned by the mallard call all s...
by Crashola
Wed Dec 22, 2010 3:48 pm
Forum: Hunting
Topic: Pointers/Flushers
Replies: 25
Views: 8503

Re: Pointers/Flushers

My friends and I ran pointers and flushers together all the time when I lived in S.D. I don't recall ever having any problems -- other than one GSP that liked to steal dead birds from other dogs. I did run into a well-educated lab here in Idaho last year that put it all together and figured out that...
by Crashola
Wed Dec 22, 2010 3:27 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Pause before the Pounce.
Replies: 11
Views: 3967

Re: Pause before the Pounce.

I always loved it when my Golden would do the pause thing on pheasants. She'd get low sniffing around, all birdy with her tail wagging, and then suddenly freeze (with the exception of the wagging tail). I'd warn my friends to get ready, she'd pounce, and the pheasant(s) would explode out of the cove...
by Crashola
Wed Nov 24, 2010 12:07 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Best snow shoes
Replies: 1
Views: 634

Re: Best snow shoes

I like MSR snowshoes. They have a neat feature where you can buy removeable tails to give you a bigger footprint when you are in deep powder or need to carry a pack.
by Crashola
Wed Nov 24, 2010 11:42 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: SD hunt = no roosters
Replies: 33
Views: 18367

Re: SD hunt = no roosters

I grew up in SD and did a lot of hunting in Charles Mix and Douglas counties. Late season roosters can be very frustrating. They really start to bunch up and you can see incredible numbers of them. But they are so spooky that even a car door slamming can send them pouring out the other end of a fiel...
by Crashola
Tue Jun 08, 2010 10:19 pm
Forum: Health and Nutrition
Topic: Local feed store - three feeds
Replies: 34
Views: 8554

Re: Local feed store - three feeds

River Run No Soy Size of Dog Weight of Dog Amounts Daily* Toy Breeds 5 - 15 lbs. 1 - 2 cups Small 15 - 25 lbs. 2 - 4 cups Medium 25 - 45 lbs. 4 - 6 cups Large 45 - 80 lbs. 6 - 10 cups I realize that these are guidelines but they tell a story. I can't imagine feeding any dog this much kibble let alo...
by Crashola
Thu May 20, 2010 1:52 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: What to do about an aggressive dog?
Replies: 24
Views: 8718

Re: What to do about an aggressive dog?

I carry the same thing the USPS carries: http://www.halt.com/halt.html
by Crashola
Tue Apr 13, 2010 11:59 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Cavalier Spaniel and Wirehaired Pointing Griffon
Replies: 9
Views: 2620

Re: Cavalier Spaniel and Wirehaired Pointing Griffon

Its a nice pleasant breed, but very lightly framed, wherever you get it, make sure the breeder follows the proper MVD protocols. It is a very bad problem with that breed and they are very popular and expensive so you can imagine what a money hungry breeder will do. I concur. They experienced huge p...
by Crashola
Mon Apr 12, 2010 3:29 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: 2 year old britt aggressive towards other dogs
Replies: 40
Views: 9283

Re: 2 year old britt aggressive towards other dogs

My wife's dog is a shelter mixed-breed. She had some dog issues the first few months we had her. She'd wig out when we got her around strange dogs -- especially smaller dogs. We exposed her to lots and lots of other dogs in controlled situations, such as play dates with our friends' larger dogs, obe...
by Crashola
Wed Apr 07, 2010 11:37 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: letting pen raised quail loose
Replies: 24
Views: 8830

Re: letting pen raised quail loose

dwilson wrote:I would just make one personally... Google home made incubator. Look at the ones made from styrofoam ice chests for a small batch of eggs.
I had my kids make one of these to hatch some duck eggs a few years ago. It worked great -- I think 11 of the 13 eggs hatched successfully.