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Anybody tried the new oral flea and tick medication? My vet talked about two different brands one that is given monthly and the other that is given quarterly. A quarterly med sure would be nice.

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I have only seen this with water fowl. It is suppose to help people to pass up the 80-100 yd "shots" and encourage closer higher percentage shots. Nothin worse than having someone taking 80 yd shots on birds working your decoys. Limit is usually 6 -25 shells depending on duck or geese.

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Has anyone trained their dog to sniff out morels? Is it even possible?

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Is resource guarding more genetics or more of a training issue? The reason I ask is because I ran across someone who had a Male litter mate of my dog and long story short they had to give the dog up because of repeated gaurding issues and had a baby on the way. They sought professional help but not ...

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Thanks for the help, I will probably go with the butt paste because I have it on hand. I hope my son doesn't mind sharing his diaper rash cream with the dog.

Mike

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Jim Thome (7th all time home run) owns and hunts quite a bit of ground here in IL

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Is there a good cream/ointment to use on a dog? My V's knees and flank area get rubbed pretty raw from the grass after hunting for a few hours.

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I've been working my dog on pigeons and got out last week on some pre-season wild birds. When I can I take my son with me. He is only 10 mo old so he rides in a chest harness, but I think he enjoys being out there more than me or the dog. Its amazing to watch him smile giggle sequel and clap as the ...

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Breast Milk is best. Sorry couldn't resist

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I have a pigeon 6 weeks old that I noticed uses its wings to help walk and drags is belly only the floor, its unable to support any weight on its legs (it has was walking normally at around 4-5 weeks old). I assume some sort of leg/foot injury. I looked at it and there is no obvious deformity or inj...

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I, or rather "my wife", has a M2 20ga 5.8lbs. Its a fun easy shooting gun, plan to use it on doves this year.

Mike

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If you are looking for a service rifle of the AR variety ( he also makes match uppers) check out, White Oak Armament / White Oak Precision. John Holliger is an accomplished service rifle shooter, and probably an even better gunsmith. He is very nice and personable, I have been to a few shooting clin...

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I am not a Dr. by any means, but am a paramedic. Two things come to mind. First a TIA Transient Ischemic Attack, (lack of blood flow to part of the brain) essentially a mini stroke that is only temporary with no lasting deficits. The second is very very high blood pressure often causes nausea and vi...

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When planting the birds try and take a route so that the dog runs into the scent cone of the bird before they run into the scent trail you left while planting birds. Eventually your dog will figure out that if they find your scent it will lead them straight to a bird. I now ride a mountain bike to p...

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I'm not rich enough to own land, and I am not fortunate enough to live near large tracts of government land. So my question is what is the best/most successful way to get permission from private land owners? A phone call, a letter, a knock on the door, best time of year to ask? I don't have a lot of...

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I used the Smith method as well but didnt use the piece of garden hose on the pigeon until my dog stopped on scent and was steady to wing. Once she was steady to wing I used the piece of garden hose to limit the birds flight to about 40 yds. Once the pigeon was coming down I fired a pistol blank to ...

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Danner RAT's get pretty good reviews from the troops in Afghanistan. I got a pair last year and they held up alot better after a year in the field than my pronghorns did.

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OOPS I ment to post this in General Chat

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I havn't had much luck with my newly hatch birds. I have 7 adult pigeons and of those I have two breeding pair. The first pair laid two eggs but hatched only one. This one is my only survivor and seems to be doing well at about 2 weeks old. My second breeding pair laid 2 eggs a week to 10 days after...

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I think she finally figured it out :D Went out yesterday and she had 7 points. On the first rooster she was birdy for about 25 yards but continued to quater the cover, went on point but only held it for 5-10 seconds before she decided she wanted to reposition her self about another 10 yards to my le...

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Yes she is steady to flush. So more time and more birds is the answer

...... Anyone want to volunteer to tell my wife I need to spend more time hunting???

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I have an 18mo old vizlsa. This is her second season, well first season where I expect things from her. She has been doing well, getting in to birds, and as long as they sit tight she has been pointing them, about 12 solid points so far this year. Her only problem is when they run on her. She will c...

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Depends on who I'm hiding from... But generally speaking East Peoria

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There are still wild pheasants in IL, even on walk in public land. You just have to be willing to walk and walk and walk some more. 5 hours (45 min. of which was looking for the downed bird) 11 flushes (9 hens 2 roosters), 3 points, and one pointed bird in the bag. The first ever rooster bagged over...

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One more for the 16

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We get out 1-2 time a week on pigeons and 3-4 times per week for runs or just walks through the fields(w/o birds).

I thought about using a pigeon or two at the start of the hunt, but I don't have any birds that home, nor a place to get a steady supply of birds.

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I have an 18 mo old V and my problem is she doesn't start hunting until after the first bird gets up. Before the first bird gets up she will work real close (10-15yds) especially if the cover is thick and just lacks intensity. But as soon as she see's the first bird the light goes on and she hunts l...

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Sign me up. Thanks Doc

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I have only had one failure to launch that was not do to operator error ie forgetting to turn it on, plug in the receiver, or not removing the safety pin. The problem with mine was the actuator arm with the roller bearing got slightly bent. I just bent it back out and works like new. I also had one ...

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Any one seen the movie Grumpy Old Men?

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Thanks everyone for the input. I was afraid of the very thing many of you mentioned about being to heavy with the corrections. This being my first dog she is obviously a faster learner than I. I will try running her with out a collar using just a check cord, change locations, shoot some birds for he...

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I have an 18 mo old V, used the smith silent command method to train her. She stops on scent and is steady to wing and shot. My problem is she will stop on scent, but she wont point. When she stops she has her nose in the air, you can tell she smells then bird, but her body is relaxed and her tail i...

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I initially had a tritronics for my V. I forget which model, but it had 3 levels and 8 stimulation settings at each level. Even on the lowest setting 1 and 2 stimulation settings were to much, plus there were some reliability issues with it. I returned it and went with the dogtra with 128 levels. Le...

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I have a 1 year old Vizsla, my first bird dog. She is in a crate while my wife and I are at work during the day for 8-9 hrs (Usually Grandpa, my dad, is able to stop by and let her out for awhile which is a big help). As a young pup she would bark, wimper, whine, and throw huge fits when we would le...

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Im from the Peoria area. I have some relatives down your way in Mt Zion and Moweaqua.

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Does anyone have any experience with The Surrogator using quail or pheasants? Is the surrogator enough to reintroduce wild birds permanently (provided adequate cover, and proper management/hunting) or just enough birds to hunt for the up coming season? It is awfully pricey, but if it works as advert...

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I just got my loft built (HOF post was a great resource) and I'm looking for 4-8 young homers to get started. I live in central IL and would willing to drive several hours to pick them up. Any leads would be greatly appreciated.

Mike

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Has any one tested a Dogtra on themselves using level 120? The 5-15 range works for most corrections on my dog? Just wondering what level 120 felt like.

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How frequently does everyone clean out their pigeon coop?

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I'm new to the forum. I have a 10 mo old vizsla, my first bird dog, and I'm using the Rick/Ronnie Smith silent command system. So far the training is going well, despite all my short comings, she is able to pick up on what I want her to do. The next step in the program is to have her honor a point, ...

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