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My buddy and I are looking for some flight ready quail and having a heck of a time finding any. We are heading down to missouri today to train for a few days. Does anyone know where a guy can get any between SD and Missouri?

Call ot text me at 605 480 2454.

Thanks
Scott

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well it turns out that I won't be able to make it out at all this year. This weekend is the only weekend I have free, then its guard drill, work for two weeks and then its thanksgiving and I am in Mankato. Guess its gonna have to goon the schedule for next year.

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This might belong better in the Hunting section and if it needs to be moved there then by all means move it. Are any of you guys (or gals for that matter) by chance coming to South Dakota to do any prairie chicken or sharptail hunting? I am trying decide on which pointing breed I want to get and hav...

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I am hoping you all can help me with something. I have a 5 month old female black lab that has developed an very needy attitude (probably my fault). This is the first pup that I have seen act like this and I am not sure how to go about correcting it. She will not play with toys, chew on bones or do ...

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dogs don't like to mess thier crates. Have you tried puting her right back into the crate for a while then outside again? I have and she still does it....I think she just needs more reps like that. Tonight was much better than it has been previously. I think part of it was me too, I wasn't watching...

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Hattrick wrote:sounds to me like tract infection i had it with my female really young like that, i didn't catck it to she started passing blood.. i would get her checked.

that was my first thought too so I had her checked, she was clean

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I have a 9 week old pup and she is being a real pain in the butt to housebreak, in fact out of the 15-20 dogs that I have house broken she is by far been the hardest and I just don't get whats going on. She is in the crate all day ( I have someone coming over while I am at working at letting her out...

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thanks guys, I plan on running down and talking to him here in a few days and find out for sure.

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This is a really stupid question but its been so long since I have had a puppy I don't remember. I am getting a new pup in a week or two and I can't remember when I need to get it in for its final immunizations.

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These are a few fabricated shotgun shell keepsakes. I like your DIY idea though. Maybe you could find a way to put a split ring (key chain ring) on a real shell and attach it to your vest or something, then hopefully it won't get lost. http://www.inthelighturns.com/memorials/shotgun-shell-keepsake-...

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Cajun Casey wrote:http://www.evrmemories.com/pet-crematio ... s-s/34.htm

Some of the containers could be adapted to be carried along instead of worn.

Thank Casey, not quite my style but I like the idea.

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A year ago this past Christmas I lost my best pheasant hunting buddy and my best friend to a unknown bout with kidney failure. Her and I were insperable, and she was the best friend that I had for the 5 years she was with me. When she died I decided to have her cremated rather than just burying her ...

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okay guys I really appreciate the help but I think you misunderstood what I first said and I think I did a poor job explaining it. He is not looking for a dog with a poor nose, that is ridiculus to even consider he knows better than that as do I. What he said he wants is a dog where maybe its nose i...

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I am hoping some of you can help me out a bit and in turn help a buddy of mine out. He is looking to breed her English Setter female and is in the process of looking for a stud. She is out of Whirlwind Sadie and Toby's Havelock Sunrise. He is looking for a male that has a fairly strong retrieving de...

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south dakota ain't no picnic this year either. We just got another 12 inches on snow on the eastern side of the state. Not sure how much that gives us for the year because I have been gone for the last 10 months but I know I came home to entirely to much on the ground that is for sure.

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no problem Ruth. When I get back home I will break out my other recipes and get them up here for everyone.

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I have had or my family has had Wiemies, English Setters, and Labs and I have loved them all they each have the good qualities and their poor ones. I am currently dogless but I have decided that I will be a english setter hopefully I will have her before summer hits (I miss having a dog :( ). If I w...

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I do not for two reasons. One, where I hunt I can almost always see a road or my truck so there is very little chance of actually getting lost. Two, I don't know how to navigate with a topo map, I wish I did though.

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I have quite a few receipes that I have come up with over the years for pheasants, unfortunately I am about 1200 miles from my kitchen right now so I can't get to them quite yet, but I do know my favorite!! Ingredients: 4-6 pheasant breasts thinly sliced ham shredded cheddar cheese 1-2 10.5oz cans o...

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We will look at it and see if it is something we can do. Like the idea but with two concerns, accuracy of the input and keeping it up to date and also need to keep the chatter down as much as possiblr so it will be readable. Ezzy Ezzy instead of making it an open thread for people or admin to make ...

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Here's my two cents for what its worth, lately its been worth less than that so you may not be getting much. When I was involved with retriever field trials the biggest thing that held a new person back from being sucessful was training experience. There are a LOT of different situations a person ha...

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I work quite a bit with a pro trainer that trains a lot of labs. We have had this problem more than a few times and what we have done to help with it is to plant birds so that we know where they are at. Then take the dog to the downwind side of the bird and let them get into the scent cone. Then jus...

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I think he means weather in ND is different than OK. Highs in the teens is down right balmy. Hunting in -10 with a wind chill of -40 is common in ND. The other day we had -56 wind chill. Our season is over thank God! :D My point is, ND really can get chilly in the late season. Bird, my rule of thum...

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I am just south of you and my lab use to live in the house all but about 2 years of her life and she never seemed to have a problem in the cold and wet out duck hunting. I never really noticed any difference in her coat either except for the coloring in the summer she got quite a bit lighter colored...

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For those of you that don't believe that they point I challenge you to find someone in your area that has quality pointing labs and go check them out. You will see that their point is very real and stylish in their own way. I have witnessed on more than one occasion a lab running wide open stop on ...

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I have hunted with alot of pointing labs and trained with them as well. I will not say that a pointing lab points with as much style as a pointer or setter but I have seen them lock up very very hard with a good amount of style. The beauty of a pointing lab is that if birds are holding good and tigh...

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I have noticed this too with places that I hunt. Like you I try to never shoot many birds out of one area, if I shoot one I will not shoot another but continue to hunt for the dog, if another was flushed I would shoot and throw the bird I recently shot just so that the dog was rewarded and then move...

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There are two first that I remember in my dog loving life. Shooting a pheasant over my "first" dog and watching MY dog making her first retrieve. I grew up in a upland hunting house, so it was not only expected for me be an upland hunter but also so ingrained in my blood that I couldn't help but bec...

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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 th...

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well I would say the grasslands of South Dakota but that is probably a little more than the 12 hours criteria that you have. Personally I have always wanted to do a plantation quail hunt on horseback, but I am not sure if those even exist anymore without going to a preserve. Out west hunting chuckar...

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great pictures. Its always fun when they finally figure things out and can go on auto pilot when you head out and all you have to worry about is enjoying the work and hitting the birds when they get up.

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I think that one of the major issues with filming a bird hunting/bird dog show is the complete unpredictability of wild birds which is why you see so many being filmed on preserves, there is a semi guarantee that birds will be there. Unlike big game hunting where you can put 6 or 7 different guys ou...

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I want a dog that is intense not only with body but also eyes. Want to see them staring a hole in the spot where the bird is. When they get the head that high it looks like they are just telling you there is a bird up there someplace if you want to go look for it. Probably just me but that intense ...

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Randy and Julie breed good dogs. They pay way more attention to health and temperament issues than most Llewellins breeders. You will get a healthy, good natured pup that will make a bird dog if given the chance. thanks cotton. Hopefully I will be able to find a female that I like and they breed he...

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*I am going to preface this post with the fact that I do not know you or your buddy nor do I know either training style, so these observations may or may not pretain to either of you* In the 6 or 7 years that I have been involved with dogs in a serious manner there is one thing that I have really be...

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Hook and Kmac, Thank you for the information I really appreciate it. If anyone else can help out I would greatly appreciate it as well, like I said before I could talk all day about different dogs when it comes to labs or chessies but I am VERY green when it comes to setters or any other pointing br...

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I am looking at possibly getting a pup from this bitch I read the pedigree fine. Looks to me like you've got a tightly linebred bitch (half-brother to half-sister on an inbred full-bother-to-full-sister dog plus more) which is a strong positive IF (note the"if") she is an exceptional individual, as...

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Maybe someone with a better screen would say differently, but that is a real PITA to read. You might try entering it in the Perfect Pedigree format and also change your title to mention that it's a Llew. Just a suggestion. I know, its a real PITA for me to read too, I would put it into perfect pedi...

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I have no idea if the owners of this dog or the kennel are a member of this board, so please do not bash anyone or the dog. However, I would like to hear those of you in the know, what you can tell me about the dogs in this pedigree good or bad but keep it civil please. I am looking at possibly gett...

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I live in eastern SD and do a bunch of pheasant hunting and I will admit that hunting public land is and can be very tough. Most of the places get pounded pretty hard all season not only by those from out of state but by the locals as well. That all being said I hunt nothing but public land and kill...

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I hunted two South Dakota seasons behind a setter, and burrs were a big problem. Spent twenty minutes on the tailgate after every field, removing them. They are without question very beautiful dogs, but that coat comes with a price. I remember those days with the setter we had growing up back in Io...

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Thank you both those are fantastic repsonses and I will attempt to answer any direct question as best as I can. The first thing I am going to address is the last question that Solon brought up. Why do I feel like it is the perfect breed for me. Great question and one that I should have answered in m...

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I posted a few weeks ago about looking for a new pup and that I had decided that I wanted an English Setter until of course someone mentioned a Lewellin. Well I have been doing a lot of research over the past few weeks and have decided that a Lewellin is the perfect dog for me but I am having troubl...

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absolutely beautiful pictures. I have always wanted to do some bird hunting from horseback with those big running pointers do their thing.

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not much beats the inquisitive look of a puppy. Great pictures and a beautiful litter.

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great pictures!!!

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Most of my experience is with Drahthaars and most recently GSP's. I also live in South Dakota and primarily hunt upland. I am quite sure that either breed would be a good choice for you. If you are looking for specific breeders I would start with Top Gun in Iowa for a GSP. Great people with great d...

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quailrunner wrote:Llewellyn Setters are about the size your looking for and make good gun dogs.

I have heard of, and seen a few Llewellyn's but never really had much experience with them. What are the differences in them and an English Setter (ie: temperment, trainability, abilities etc.)?

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First off let me introduce myself. My name is Scott I am from Eastern South Dakota via Northwest Iowa. Growing up we pheasant hunted quit a bit and it was mainly over pointing dogs (english setters, wiemies, and a shorthair or two). None of the dogs were trained overly well just your basic meat/fami...

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