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by Lucky Dog
Tue Jul 28, 2015 5:45 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Tracking collars
Replies: 9
Views: 5844

Re: Tracking collars

If you are on Face Book, here is a great group that helps each other with the Garmin units, and can answer a lot of questions you may have.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1527251744189419/
by Lucky Dog
Sun Jul 26, 2015 4:31 pm
Forum: Hunting
Topic: early grouse reports from michigan
Replies: 3
Views: 3603

Re: early grouse reports from michigan

I've been moving broods in the 6-8 bird range, and have been moving broods in the marginal covers that I'm running in right now.
For me all the early indicators are looking like a good season.
by Lucky Dog
Wed Feb 18, 2015 7:37 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Garmin Alpha question
Replies: 1
Views: 1046

Re: Garmin Alpha question

No it will not.
Current cards are only good to use in Humminbird units. Older cards may have been for Humminbird or Lowrance.
by Lucky Dog
Wed Dec 17, 2014 5:46 pm
Forum: Birds & Bird Supplies
Topic: Pigeon breeds
Replies: 11
Views: 8894

Re:

Thanks for the input. I will build a small loft soon. But how do I find real homers? Internet turns up places 300 miles away or they want $75-100 plus shipping. Any tips on how to find a breeder for real homing birds. Here are a few places to look for homers in your area. Craigs list. Pigeon shows....
by Lucky Dog
Wed Dec 17, 2014 5:42 pm
Forum: Training
Topic: whoa training ....why is it so important?
Replies: 89
Views: 57515

Re: whoa training ....why is it so important?

I don't generally feel the need to command my dogs to stop and stop now. Yep, you said it..key word "generally" I'm glad you have a Lucky Dog and hope it stays that way..I mean that. If you are looking to get into semantics and display bravado there are plenty here that will accommodate you. Help m...
by Lucky Dog
Tue Dec 16, 2014 7:46 pm
Forum: Training
Topic: Keep hunting or not
Replies: 16
Views: 7077

Re: Keep hunting or not

My dog, a 2 year old GSP breaks on the flush I had her to a trainer that used pigeons in the remote bird boxes & she was perfect when I picked her up. Do I keep hunting her or go back to training. My concern is that I am instilling unwanted behavior . Any help opinions would be appreciated I'd cont...
by Lucky Dog
Tue Dec 16, 2014 7:43 pm
Forum: Birds & Bird Supplies
Topic: Pigeon breeds
Replies: 11
Views: 8894

Re: Pigeon breeds

Of the birds you listed, none of them will home reliably.
For a 20 mile trip you will want homers and you may also have luck with barn pigeons. Although I've had mixed results with the barn pigeons.
by Lucky Dog
Tue Dec 16, 2014 7:39 pm
Forum: Training
Topic: whoa training ....why is it so important?
Replies: 89
Views: 57515

Re: whoa training ....why is it so important?

I must be dumb, I've had pointing dogs for almost 40 years and never had one that was whoa broke. I'm surprised that all my dogs survived. :wink: You took the words right out of my mouth No command for your dogs to stop and stop now? I don't generally feel the need to command my dogs to stop and st...
by Lucky Dog
Mon Dec 15, 2014 5:30 pm
Forum: Training
Topic: whoa training ....why is it so important?
Replies: 89
Views: 57515

Re: whoa training ....why is it so important?

I must be dumb, I've had pointing dogs for almost 40 years and never had one that was whoa broke.
I'm surprised that all my dogs survived. :wink:
by Lucky Dog
Mon Dec 15, 2014 5:20 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: gps average ground speed per breed
Replies: 34
Views: 21787

Re: gps average ground speed per breed

Curious if you guys are using the start a bew hunt function , and ending the hunt, or if you are just strapping the collars on and going hunting?
by Lucky Dog
Sun Nov 30, 2014 10:14 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Big Fun Pheasant Video
Replies: 16
Views: 7067

Re: Big Fun Pheasant Video

I really enjoy your video's. This one did not disappoint. :D
by Lucky Dog
Thu Nov 13, 2014 6:20 pm
Forum: Hunting
Topic: can ground sniffers hunt ruff grouse?
Replies: 24
Views: 14286

Re: can ground sniffers hunt ruff grouse?

It would seem to me that you have two issues that are leading to your dog not handling grouse well. The first is that is sounds like tour dog is crowding them, I'd bet it is not because he is a "ground sniffer" but because he just wants to get a little close. I'd go back to the training birds and te...
by Lucky Dog
Mon Nov 10, 2014 7:33 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Let's talk gun's . Does it matter to you ?
Replies: 62
Views: 28997

Re: Let's talk gun's . Does it matter to you ?

There are two types of upland hunters, those that kill birds, and those that carry side x sides. Sounds a lot like a troll trying to start an argument. I didn't take it like that but rather a SxS guy pok'n fun at a single barrel guy :D Were all on the same team just different choices of what works ...
by Lucky Dog
Sun Nov 09, 2014 6:27 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Let's talk gun's . Does it matter to you ?
Replies: 62
Views: 28997

Re: Let's talk gun's . Does it matter to you ?

There are two types of upland hunters, those that kill birds, and those that carry side x sides.
by Lucky Dog
Wed Oct 01, 2014 6:44 pm
Forum: Product Ratings & Reviews
Topic: garmin tempe
Replies: 1
Views: 4206

Re: garmin tempe

ibbowhunting wrote:anybody buy a garmin tempe yet, I just came across it, looks like a great idea, I have astro 320 will it run more then one temp sensor? any input would be great

I have it.
It has an effective range of about 40-50 feet.
As far as I can tell, it will only run one Tempe at a time.
by Lucky Dog
Wed Sep 17, 2014 7:18 pm
Forum: Health and Nutrition
Topic: Diamond Naturals Extreme Athlete
Replies: 11
Views: 7040

Re: Diamond Naturals Extreme Athlete

So Shags, Brazos, and Lucky Dog, have you found the smaller recommended portions acceptable for your dogs? Yes, my pointer started putting on weight right away. I'm slowly scaling back his portions, but it has not been long enough for me to say how much less he needs yet. Hunting season just starte...
by Lucky Dog
Sun Sep 14, 2014 8:12 pm
Forum: Health and Nutrition
Topic: Diamond Naturals Extreme Athlete
Replies: 11
Views: 7040

Re: Diamond Naturals Extreme Athlete

I've always fed Diamond Naturals chicken and rice.
I have one pointer that just would never put on any weight, so a month ago I put him on Extreme Athlete, I swear within a week I could see a difference. After a month, he is perfect on weight, and his energy is off the charts.

I'm sold. :D
by Lucky Dog
Thu Sep 04, 2014 7:25 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Post dogs on Point!!!!
Replies: 738
Views: 738069

Re: Post dogs on Point!!!!

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by Lucky Dog
Wed Sep 03, 2014 6:37 pm
Forum: Health and Nutrition
Topic: snake bite vaccine
Replies: 10
Views: 5396

Re: snake bite vaccine

Your vet can order single doses from the manufacturer. Mine did. Did they just start doing that? They tell me every year I haft to buy a box of 25. What did they charge for single doses? My vet ordered 3 doses (6 shots) for my dogs, If I remember correctly it was about 50 bucks per dog my cost. I d...
by Lucky Dog
Tue Sep 02, 2014 6:24 pm
Forum: Health and Nutrition
Topic: snake bite vaccine
Replies: 10
Views: 5396

Re: snake bite vaccine

Your vet can order single doses from the manufacturer. Mine did.

You may be getting late, it is a two shot process, first one, then the second a month later. It is most effective 6 weeks after the second shot.

At least that is the way I remember it.
by Lucky Dog
Thu Aug 28, 2014 7:14 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Who's Gonna Be First?
Replies: 7
Views: 2529

Re: Who's Gonna Be First?

Here are a couple video's from my dog cam. The first is in North Dakota, and the second was a woodcock hunt in Michigan.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIlafoM ... xA&index=9

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9jucAx ... MXt7P8vixA
by Lucky Dog
Mon Aug 11, 2014 7:20 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Anyone have any Roller Pigeons in thier coop?
Replies: 8
Views: 2681

Re: Anyone have any Roller Pigeons in thier coop?

I have rollers. I prefer them for training without a launcher because they take off straight up off the ground. Yes they do roll, sometimes. You need to buy good stock, and that is harder and harder to get. Many folks are just breeding for color now, and don't fly their birds, so the rolling seems t...
by Lucky Dog
Mon Jul 21, 2014 7:17 pm
Forum: Off Topic Forum
Topic: Summer Fishing Pics
Replies: 3
Views: 2824

Re: Summer Fishing Pics

Good stuff, here is a muskie I caught a week ago.

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by Lucky Dog
Sun Jul 13, 2014 5:47 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Tattoo tracking on GSP rescue
Replies: 6
Views: 4091

Re: Tattoo tracking on GSP rescue

Is it green?
Many shelters / vets are tattooing dogs in green ink to indicate it has been spayed / neutered.
by Lucky Dog
Tue Apr 29, 2014 7:21 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: My second hobby
Replies: 2
Views: 1465

Re: My second hobby

Very nice.
I love catching Reds.
by Lucky Dog
Mon Apr 28, 2014 7:03 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: DC40 and DC50 Interchangeable?
Replies: 19
Views: 8512

Re: Re:

They have already looked at it once and decided not to approve it because of it's weight. Is the DC50 a large improvement over the DC40? I bought two DC-50's when the first came out. They have a much better battery life than my DC-40's. They did not have the range that my DC-40' have. They lost com...
by Lucky Dog
Mon Mar 24, 2014 6:04 pm
Forum: Training
Topic: 12 baby pigeons
Replies: 10
Views: 4159

Re: 12 baby pigeons

I would not even consider birds so young they have to be hand fed. There are much better deals available if you look for them I am sure. Pigeons shpuld be good to go when they are somewhere very near a month old. Much younger than that I would pass. Ezzy Ezzy is right. Many racers cull one of the y...
by Lucky Dog
Mon Mar 10, 2014 5:13 pm
Forum: Birds & Bird Supplies
Topic: Problem with pigeon eggs
Replies: 11
Views: 9662

Re: Problem with pigeon eggs

I guess it could be 2 hens, I'm definitely no pro on pigeon sexing. I came to the conclusion "it" was a male based on 3 things. It's much bigger than the other 2, it's aggressive, and it's constantly strutting around and cooing in the loft. Sounds like a male to me. Are you sure that he is paired u...
by Lucky Dog
Sun Mar 09, 2014 7:37 pm
Forum: Birds & Bird Supplies
Topic: Problem with pigeon eggs
Replies: 11
Views: 9662

Re: Problem with pigeon eggs

Are you sure you have a pair?

Usually the male will "drive" the hen to the nest that he selects, it is part of the whole nesting process.

When I have hens drop eggs just any where, it us usually un paired hens or two hens that "appear" to be paired up.
by Lucky Dog
Thu Feb 20, 2014 8:44 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Pigeon troubles
Replies: 23
Views: 9106

Re: Pigeon troubles

Give them time, when they get hungry they should go back.
I had he same thing happen when a hawk got into my coop.
by Lucky Dog
Mon Jan 20, 2014 5:31 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: DC 50
Replies: 7
Views: 4035

Re: DC 50

I think you have two issues going on, the compass pointing in the wrong direction is your 320, if a recalibration does not fix it, make sure your software is up to date. If that does not take care of it, call Garmin, they will probably talk you through a hard re-boot, or have you send the unit in fo...
by Lucky Dog
Thu Jan 09, 2014 7:14 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: How many dogs?
Replies: 41
Views: 15885

Re: How many dogs?

1 Mut
1 Red Tic Hound
2 English pointers
9 German Shorthairs.

= 13 for me.
by Lucky Dog
Wed Jan 08, 2014 5:51 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: "Fetch" vs. "Back"
Replies: 7
Views: 3132

Re: "Fetch" vs. "Back"

I suppose it is personal preference, you could use any word you want. I always used to dogs name to send on a retrieve and back was used while giving hand signals and I had him in a sit. A straight up arm with the back command would send him farther out. I could have just as easily used the word pet...
by Lucky Dog
Wed Jan 08, 2014 5:47 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Choke for grouse
Replies: 28
Views: 13845

Re: Choke for grouse

I shoot Cyl until December, then switch to Mod.
I also am a fan of #6 shot.
by Lucky Dog
Sun Dec 29, 2013 5:56 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: GoPro Mounting?
Replies: 10
Views: 5137

Re: GoPro Mounting?

What did you create to mount your Contour on the Garmin harness? . Here is what I did, I took two metal discs, and bolted them together with the garmin harness tight between them, then just use the extended bolt and a lock nut to hold the camera in place. http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r55/Luck...
by Lucky Dog
Wed Dec 25, 2013 6:50 am
Forum: Legislation & Hunting Rights
Topic: Are you an NRA member?
Replies: 122
Views: 100460

Re: Are you an NRA member?

Life member here.
by Lucky Dog
Tue Dec 24, 2013 4:52 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: GoPro Mounting?
Replies: 10
Views: 5137

Re: GoPro Mounting?

I use a Contour mounted on an old Garmin DC 20 harness. Here is a video from it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIlafoMW3lU&feature=c4-overview&list=UUHK-4ODbNa0qAMXt7P8vixA Here is what it looks like mounted on the beast. http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r55/Lucky_Dog_01/LeviCam_zps7415486e.jpg
by Lucky Dog
Wed Oct 30, 2013 7:01 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: feeding young pigeons
Replies: 6
Views: 2418

Re: feeding young pigeons

Some good advice so far.

Do they have grit?
by Lucky Dog
Mon Sep 30, 2013 7:14 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: What you puttin in your pigeaon water? antibacterial
Replies: 9
Views: 2954

Re: What you puttin in your pigeaon water? antibacterial

I put iodine in my birds water.
by Lucky Dog
Thu Sep 05, 2013 7:19 pm
Forum: Hunting
Topic: EasyGPS and a Garmin Astro
Replies: 2
Views: 1260

Re: EasyGPS and a Garmin Astro

Have you tried Garmins free program Basecamp?
by Lucky Dog
Tue Sep 03, 2013 6:58 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: The vet took me to fatten up my pooch
Replies: 29
Views: 13780

Re: The vet took me to fatten up my pooch

I think your dog looks great. I certainly wouldn't want to put any weight on him.
by Lucky Dog
Mon Sep 02, 2013 7:37 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: The vet took me to fatten up my pooch
Replies: 29
Views: 13780

Re: The vet took me to fatten up my pooch

Post some pictures of him, I'd like to see him.

Sometimes Vets like to see dogs a little heavier than many hunters prefer.
by Lucky Dog
Sun Sep 01, 2013 7:41 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Garmin 320 with dc40, or dc50
Replies: 10
Views: 4197

Re: Garmin 320 with dc40, or dc50

Latest update on my DC 50, it will be going back for a refund.
It keeps losing comms with the 320 at short range, and on this second one, the battery life sucks.
I'll stick with my DC 40's.
by Lucky Dog
Thu Aug 22, 2013 6:56 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Garmin 320 with dc40, or dc50
Replies: 10
Views: 4197

Re: Garmin 320 with dc40, or dc50

ruffbritt4 wrote:
Any luck with the new one???
I got the new one yesterday. So far I'm not impressed. Just running in the yard at no more than 80 yards away, the comms were only showing 3 of 5 bars of signal strength. This weekend I'll get it in the woods and see how it performs.
by Lucky Dog
Sun Aug 18, 2013 12:54 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Garmin 320 with dc40, or dc50
Replies: 10
Views: 4197

Re: Garmin 320 with dc40, or dc50

I sent my DC 50 back. I'm going to get a replacement, hope it works better than the first one. The dc-50 would lose communications with my 320,quite often. Numerous times when the dog was within 50 - 60 yards. Any luck with the new one? Doug Have not got it back yet, should be here early next week....
by Lucky Dog
Fri Aug 09, 2013 8:32 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Garmin 320 with dc40, or dc50
Replies: 10
Views: 4197

Re: Garmin 320 with dc40, or dc50

I sent my DC 50 back.
I'm going to get a replacement, hope it works better than the first one.

The dc-50 would lose communications with my 320,quite often. Numerous times when the dog was within 50 - 60 yards.
by Lucky Dog
Thu Aug 08, 2013 6:57 pm
Forum: Please Welcome New Members - Introduce Yourself Here!
Topic: Greetings from Mich
Replies: 5
Views: 1830

Re: Greetings from Mich

Welcome Fieldwalker from a fellow Michigander.

Lucky Dog
by Lucky Dog
Wed Jul 31, 2013 8:08 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: DC 50 collar?
Replies: 9
Views: 5177

Re: DC 50 collar?

I've had a Dc-50 for about two weeks now. In a head to head battery test with a DC-40, the 50 beat it by 6 hours. To be fair the 40 was a little over a year old, so it may have not been at peak performance. The 40 lasted 14 hours and the 50 lasted 20 hours. The disappointing thing about the 50 is it...
by Lucky Dog
Fri Jul 26, 2013 8:20 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Why hate on the Black GSP?
Replies: 82
Views: 113235

Re: Why hate on the Black GSP?

steamer wrote:hey lucky dog is that dog from silver dollar kennels?
No sir. A breeder out of Grand Rapids MI. He is going on 13 years old.
by Lucky Dog
Thu Jul 25, 2013 7:00 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Why hate on the Black GSP?
Replies: 82
Views: 113235

Re: Why hate on the Black GSP?

No hate from me.

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