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I use my GWP's for dove. I use a pop up blind for the dog. It helps to have an exact spot for them to come back to after the retrieve. Make darn sure you get them snake proofed. To help keep them cooled down, hunt over water, If your dog kennels when told and knows what whoa means give it a try. I o...

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Aim small miss small. I shoot 28 w/26 barrels on blues, gambles and bobs. Year before last in SD i shot #6's with full and modified for three days and never missed having a 12 or 20. Last year in KS I bagged my first and second LPC with a 28g. What matters is that you have confidence in your talent ...

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I would definantly try to teach the dog the "hold" command. I would start with bumpers and then add wings to the dummy. Once he is holding what ever you put in his mouth move to fresh dead pigeons.

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I am in the process of training my third GWP in a 10 years span and all three are very different in personality. I've learned in over 20 years of training roping horses and cow dogs that, what works for some doesn't work for all. That is true with my bird dogs too. What is important with a puppy is ...

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What's the early report saying about the pheasant in southwest KS. Quail in the TX panhandle are looking good.

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I hunted with a gentlemen years ago that fed his two pointers before we left out in the morning. He added something to their food that smelled awful and looked even worse. I remember it being a soupy concoction. I've always wondered what it might be. Do any of y'all feed something like that and why?

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I took my girls for a quail hunt yesterday the temperature was in the high twenties low thirties. My dog Millie was the first out of the box because she gets very excited and and howls If she don't get to hunt. She was her typical self, all excited and ready to go. Thirty minutes later she was at my...

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Nice to hear that so many dedicated bird hunters believe that pheasants can make a come back in KS. I guess I will go ahead and keep my dogs. LOL

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I've been to KS twice this year and had blast hunting with old friends and good dogs. We found very few birds. The best area we hunted was around Meade. We hunted WIHA that had Milo or Corn crops adjacent to or in the vicinity. Hunt the areas that are on the far edges of populated centers. Good chic...

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Normally I am a very optimistic, glass half full kind of person. But I have spent two weekends in SW Kansas hunting hard wearing out boots and dogs all for a grand total of four roosters. Luckily we have seen more prairie chickens and bob white quail so that is a positive. The scariest part is that ...

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Awesome account! Im happy to hear someone else is having a great year.

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I'm headed that way also on Black Friday. I will be north and east of Garden City. If you see two guys and a couple of Wirehairs be sure and say hello!

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Thanks for y'all's input

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Obedience obedience obedience the rest should be God given talent. Don't screw it up!

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Sorry those Prairie Storms at 30 yards didn't leave hardly any feathers on his butt or breast. I hate tail gate shots but I took this one as a reference for size. He was about 13" long in my hand.

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Setternut, I was in the Meade area. Near the lake.

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I shot my first chicken in KS this weekend but I don't know the difference between a lesser and greater prairie chicken. How can you tell?

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Hunted SW Kansas this weekend. They aren't lying when they say the bird population is way down. The two of us manged four rooster, three Bob-Whites and one Pririe Chicken. It was worth the trip just to see a chicken no to mention harvest my first one.

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I was wondering how the bird population was looking in SW Kansas. It looks like Elkhart area has been getting good rainfall

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No she is not FF. Ive not had to FF any of my GWP's. She is a little softer than my other dogs so I have handled her lighter even with obedience. She has the tendencie to shut down if she feels to much pressure. I had given thought to having a profesional trainer FF her. I just didnt know if she wou...

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I have a three year old GWP that has stopped retrieving in the field. Last year she refused to retrieve on a dowm quail. She went after it, found it, chomped on it a couple times, spit it out and stood over it. I laet it slide thinking she just didnt like the feel of the smaller bird in her mouth. W...

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Millie and Melba

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Ok, so I was out on a hunt this weekend with several groups of guys. One guy had a a red lab that from the minute he hit the ground he was spoiling for a fight. After know provacation he jumped on another hunters GSP. We broke them up. The owner of the Lab never apologized or offered to put the dog ...

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I spent a day in the Gruver area this weekend and i am pleasantly suprised to report a good number of birds considering the drought we have endured. We did not take our limits but we had opurtunity.

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I could have shot a limit of roosters if my shooting had not totaly SUCKED!!!!! Birds were few and far between.

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I never know what to say in times like these. I know my friends get tired of hearing me and the while safety talk, but they dont have dogs on the ground, I do. Thanks for the reminder that those of us who have dogs also have a huge responsibility for the welfare of those who love us the most. So sor...

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I found GWP's perfect for me and my family. Our dogs are part of the family and sleep in the house at night. Wirehairs dont do so well if they arent part of the family. They are also funny,curious and have lots of personality.

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Texas Pheasant opener in the morning. My girls are in their kennels dreaming of rochus roosters and never ending fields. My gear is piled neatly in the man cave and the coffee is ready to brew. This drought has had its way with the bird population and that is fact, but if was only about shooting bir...

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26" 28gauge

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I use cedar chips, it smells good on the dogs and is a natural insect repellant. it is messy though.

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We are going to KS the second weekend of the season but only because I hate to have prairie chickens flush and all i can do is say WOW CHICKENS! We are going to take our popup so we can move if need be.

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I went opening weekend in the Chamberlan area and hunted with the folks at Snake Den Lodge. They had all the wild birds you could shoot at. Their lodge is in Preshan (not sure of the spelling) the game warden said the local bird count might be down 10% but frankly i couldnt tell. We shot our limits ...

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One of my best hunting buddies had to make that final vet run for his dog Max. Max was a great Springer Spaniel and I have shot many flushed pheasant and blue quail over Max.
Thanks for your hard work and your calming spirit.

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Best shotgun ever made. I wish Browning would bring it back.

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I use an 8 " piece of m/cycle inner tube. I cut the sides about two inches down.I use gorilla tape wrapped backwards above the ankle. Place the dogs paw through the tube to about where the open end covers your dogs nails by an inch. Stick the back flap to the backwards wrapped tape, wrap around back...

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I use an 8 " piece of m/cycle inner tube. I cut the sides about two inches down.I use gorilla tape wrapped backwards above the ankle. Place the dogs paw through the tube to about where the open end covers your dogs nails by an inch. Stick the back flap to the backwards wrapped tape, wrap around back...

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I have a white liver ticked GWP and a dark liver DD. The GWP runs circles around the DD in warmer weather. I agree color has alot to do with it. Dont forget body type and heart, heart, heart!

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I have an A5 20 and an A5 12 both are great guns, but my fav on quail is a Huglu 28 sxs. It is lightning fast on fast flushing bob's. My fav for pheasants is a o/u Faustie gold by traditions. Both are 26 inch barrel. My A5s are both 28 inch. I like the quicknes of the shorter barrel. Besides i am sa...

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I do get out there on occasion. Maybe I'll see you there.

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This is my first year for a South Dakota pheasant hunt. I was wondering if any of you have hunted the Lower Brule and what I can expect.

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Amarillo

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My name Skeet I live in Texas. I hunt OK, CO, KS, NM, SD, and TX. I have two GWHP. Melba is my natural and I signed up to this forum hoping to get some pointers for Millie. She is a wonderful dog but I cant get her out from under my feet. Its like she has no confidence. I am lost.

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