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- Wed Feb 12, 2020 5:24 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Transporting dog in truck bed
- Replies: 8
- Views: 7282
Re: Transporting dog in truck bed
Just remember a dog can take a lot more cold than heat. I haul mine in an open bed with mud river insulated covers. I leave the zipper open some for air. He will be fine with a good insulated cover.
- Sat Oct 26, 2019 6:50 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: BIRD CAMP
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4060
Re: BIRD CAMP
4 days chasing prairie grouse in South Dakota and not a bird. But I had fun just the same. Worn out dogs and tired human legs.
Another chapter in the book of places hunted. 3 weeks and our upland season opens.
Another chapter in the book of places hunted. 3 weeks and our upland season opens.
- Sun Oct 20, 2019 7:34 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Hound Heater plus for small dog house
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4115
Re: Hound Heater plus for small dog house
I use the hound heaters in my boxes. With the ability to set the temp it will be just fine. Mine don’t have that but the dogs love the warmth. When it’s cold out they don’t want to come out. Been using them for years. Safe with hay and all. No worries of Fire. Make sure your roof and floor are extra...
- Fri Oct 04, 2019 12:38 pm
- Forum: Hunting
- Topic: New Mexico - Arizona
- Replies: 5
- Views: 7739
Re: New Mexico - Arizona
I already did crackin. All my spots are dried up now.
- Thu Dec 27, 2018 7:49 pm
- Forum: Hunting
- Topic: New Mexico - Arizona
- Replies: 5
- Views: 7739
Re: New Mexico - Arizona
Buddy is in Arizona right now killing birds.
Re: Kansas
It’s wet all over. Temps ahead this week are below freezing at night and at or above freezing daytime temps. Make sure you have a good set of MUD tires on your 4x4. Thanks. The ground was froze enough to walk but bird numbers were way down. Bummer! Come back again and try a diff area of state. An h...
Re: Kansas
It’s wet all over. Temps ahead this week are below freezing at night and at or above freezing daytime temps. Make sure you have a good set of MUD tires on your 4x4.
- Sun Dec 02, 2018 7:51 pm
- Forum: Off Topic Forum
- Topic: I am very disheartened about hounds in America today.
- Replies: 22
- Views: 16103
Re: I am very disheartened about hounds in America today.
Jonbailey I don’t know the extent of your knowledge and experience with hounds. Mine is very limited. In my youth I had hounds and coon hunted a lot. I went to night hunts, never ran a dog but went with those who did. You need to be in “hound country” to find good hounds readily. OR, be in the circl...
- Fri Sep 07, 2018 10:26 pm
- Forum: Training
- Topic: 5 month old lab training
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5258
Re: 5 month old lab training
You may want to concentrate on obedience. Heel sit here. And have a helper throw marks for you but make sure you only do a couple. You can’t make retrieving a chore for him. Remember he will be cutting teeth about this time also so retrieving can sometimes be not what he wants to do. Keep your train...
- Tue Aug 14, 2018 3:36 pm
- Forum: Training
- Topic: Why do we want retrievers to run 500+ yard marks and blinds?
- Replies: 46
- Views: 13479
Re: Why do we want retrievers to run 500+ yard marks and blinds?
If you're talking about AKC Retriever trials, they have little to do with hunting and everything to do with ability and training. You are competing against the greatest dog's in North America and there has to be a way to separate them. This venue is for a very limited few, the elite of retrieveredo...
- Thu Jan 11, 2018 4:14 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Dog searching for bumper
- Replies: 16
- Views: 5869
Re: Dog searching for bumper
Right now you need to be concentrating on his marking ability. He needs to "see" the fall to the ground. White bumpers. And have a helper throw marks if possible. That will get him in the habit of looking "out" and not at you throwing the bumper. Build confidence in his marking ability. That's the n...
- Fri Dec 29, 2017 11:05 pm
- Forum: Health and Nutrition
- Topic: When is it to cold to hunt?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 7999
Re: When is it to cold to hunt?
Darn global warming!
- Sun Nov 26, 2017 7:34 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: What's your dogs command words
- Replies: 19
- Views: 9503
Re: What's your dogs command words
No
Here
Sit
Over
Back
Dead bird
Leave it
Heel
Off- (meaning lay down)
Watch (get ready to watch for marks)
Here
Sit
Over
Back
Dead bird
Leave it
Heel
Off- (meaning lay down)
Watch (get ready to watch for marks)
- Sun Nov 26, 2017 7:28 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Versatile Hunting Vehicle
- Replies: 26
- Views: 12076
Re: Versatile Hunting Vehicle
If it's my daily driver it's a no brainer. Pickup with a topper shell. Problem with an SUV is that they will always smell like a dog. And, if your dog rolls in something dead and rotten as most will do, or gets sprayed by a skunk you will have to smell that for the day or longer. Dog crates in back...
- Thu Nov 23, 2017 9:33 pm
- Forum: Training
- Topic: Wagon Wheel vs. 8 Handed Casting
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5630
Re: Wagon Wheel vs. 8 Handed Casting
I did my lining drill as a 3 leg first. Once they know where all three piles are (May take a few days) I send them to the right pile. Dog returns and I "no" him off that pile and turn to the other pile and repeat "no" off that pile upon return and so forth and so on. Eventually you can do a 5 leg li...
- Thu Nov 23, 2017 8:56 pm
- Forum: Training
- Topic: Retriever will not return pigeons
- Replies: 10
- Views: 5958
Re: Retriever will not return pigeons
Maybe gonehuntin will chime in on this. If it were me I'd grab a bird and put it in his mouth gently and tell him good boy. Toss the bird, (get him really excited over the bird first) out a ways then turn around and walk away briskly all the while telling him "come on, good boy, come on". Clap your ...
- Wed Nov 22, 2017 7:18 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Versatile Hunting Vehicle
- Replies: 26
- Views: 12076
Re: Versatile Hunting Vehicle
If it's my daily driver it's a no brainer. Pickup with a topper shell. Problem with an SUV is that they will always smell like a dog. And, if your dog rolls in something dead and rotten as most will do, or gets sprayed by a skunk you will have to smell that for the day or longer. Dog crates in back,...
- Sun Oct 22, 2017 7:32 pm
- Forum: Training
- Topic: Dog Won't Point
- Replies: 15
- Views: 9349
Re: Dog Won't Point
I had the same problem with the pointer I have now. Friend said keep taking him and getting him in to wild birds. He'd point t all day with the launcher. He knew at first scent he needed to be locked up and not creep or the bird went away. Took him out on wild quail and for over half the season he'd...
- Wed Oct 04, 2017 8:36 pm
- Forum: Training
- Topic: Force fetch questions
- Replies: 51
- Views: 24012
Re: Force fetch questions
You can throw fun bumpers during FF as long as they deliver to hand. If they are spitting it out then your defeating the purpose. I would not hunt the dog during FF. Lots of different opinions on on FF. I like to end the FF session with something the dog knows and will succeed at. For a retriever it...
- Mon Oct 02, 2017 12:33 pm
- Forum: Training
- Topic: First time training a lab retriever from scratch.
- Replies: 8
- Views: 5663
Re: First time training a lab retriever from scratch.
Your getting way to far ahead and skipping many essential things with it. Get a good program and follow it. If you don't want to pay the $$ for a good program go to Dobbs training center online or get the book "the ten minute retriever". Both have valuable information and are free/cheap. Bottom line...
- Tue Sep 19, 2017 5:24 pm
- Forum: Hunting
- Topic: Arizona quail
- Replies: 107
- Views: 89540
Re: Arizona quail
If you don't want to contribute anything then don't say anything. Easy enough. I'd personally rather not have my state "advertised" but it's a free country so what I would like and what I get are two different things. I'm not going to argue with anyone about it. If you ever watched his show or any o...
- Mon Mar 20, 2017 8:02 pm
- Forum: Hunting
- Topic: Early Goose Season Video
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3150
Re: Early Goose Season Video
Forgive me not knowing the breed of your dog. ( looks like a GWP) but you have done a nice job with his training!
- Mon Feb 06, 2017 7:11 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Black Kettle WMA
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4132
Re: Black Kettle WMA
The ice wasn't around long enough in ks to hurt anything. Hunting pressure doesn't have as much effect on quail as you would think due to short life expectancy. I have read the birds taken by hunters wouldn't have made it anyway. But I do know our ice wasn't even around for over 1 day and we have ha...
- Sat Jan 30, 2016 8:47 pm
- Forum: Training
- Topic: Dog will pick duck up but acts aggressive with it
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3662
Re: Dog will pick duck up but acts aggressive with it
This seems to be the go to answer but force fetch will most likely cure that. My older lab absolutely hates ducks and geese. She growls at them but is not hard mouth and I have no problems getting them from her. Never had a lab do that but her prey drive is off the chart. When I FF I not only praise...
- Sun Jan 03, 2016 7:20 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Breaking in Dog Blind
- Replies: 13
- Views: 6557
Re: Breaking in Dog Blind
I don''t put the dog in the spread, I lay him ALONGSIDE my blind so he is always under my control. I don't understand why you'd ever want to lay a dog IN the spread where he is beyond your control. Always enjoy reading your responses to retriever questions. You pick up on detail and offer up great ...
- Sat Dec 26, 2015 8:29 am
- Forum: Training
- Topic: Good vizsla trainers in kc area?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3290
Re: Good vizsla trainers in kc area?
Second perfection kennels. I have their videos. Good stuff!
- Wed Dec 23, 2015 8:19 pm
- Forum: Hunting
- Topic: south texas quail hunt
- Replies: 9
- Views: 6277
Re: south texas quail hunt
A 100 hunters? How bigs an area are you talking? Must be pretty darn big!
- Tue Mar 03, 2015 11:51 am
- Forum: Training
- Topic: Which program do you reccomend?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5902
Re: Which program do you reccomend?
Old post but I am wondering the same thing.
- Tue Feb 17, 2015 5:11 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: 2015 AF National
- Replies: 51
- Views: 30032
Re: 2015 AF National
For those of you that don't have horses; there are rentals available and you can see some from the road gallery, plus you can drop by the Bird Dog Museum. Well worth the trip for all dog folks. While not a bird dog trialer I do have pointers and could really appreciate the dogs and the time spent w...
- Sun Jan 18, 2015 8:25 am
- Forum: Hunting
- Topic: Leaving for Kansas tomorrow
- Replies: 21
- Views: 11536
Re: Leaving for Kansas tomorrow
It's unfortunate hunters just leave their hulls where they land with no attempt to pick them up. Don't you just love walking along and seeing trash left behind by others?
Good that you got some action.
Good that you got some action.
- Wed Jan 14, 2015 4:55 pm
- Forum: Training
- Topic: What the heel to do??
- Replies: 15
- Views: 7521
Re: What the heel to do??
I teach heel in a square. If dog is on left side make right turns. Soon it will be where it's head is even with your leg and even bent around your leg. After it has this down you can move to figure 8s etc. change it up to when you make your turn also but always a 90 degree turn. Lots of ways to teac...
- Mon Jan 05, 2015 10:24 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Bedding for outside dogs
- Replies: 14
- Views: 28046
Re: Bedding for outside dogs
Before I put heaters in my houses I used prairie hay. Brome as an alternative. Straw breaks down, pushes aside and doesn't allow a dog to "nest" down. It also loses its insulating qualities very quickly. If you have a well insulated box that is up off the ground, a dog door and a good hay inside a d...
- Thu Jan 01, 2015 1:27 am
- Forum: Training
- Topic: New to training bird dogs!!
- Replies: 57
- Views: 30590
Re: New to training bird dogs!!
I've not ever clicker trained and don't know why you would ever incorporate this into at retriever program. Get a good retriever training program and follow it to a T. After FF you will think you have an entirely different dog. Their attitude towards training will be totally different after, for the...
- Thu Jan 01, 2015 12:57 am
- Forum: Training
- Topic: Need a great retriever training book. Upland flushing to be
- Replies: 28
- Views: 12748
Re: Need a great retriever training book. Upland flushing to be
I personally would recommend force fetch no matter if the dog delivers to hand or not. Force fetch for a retriever is more than just delivery to hand. It will teach him how to deal with pressure among a host of other things. Do not skip force fetch in my opinion.
- Mon Dec 29, 2014 11:41 pm
- Forum: Guns and Ammo
- Topic: What chokes for 20 ga o/u
- Replies: 13
- Views: 11143
Re: What chokes for 20 ga o/u
I have a huglu O/U 20 that is my quail gun. I shoot an I/C over a cylinder and it does quite nicely.
- Mon Dec 29, 2014 11:38 pm
- Forum: Training
- Topic: Why is whoa not important
- Replies: 54
- Views: 30492
Re: Why is whoa not important
When I firsf got my pointer pup I had never really formally trained one. With that being said I was a sponge soaking up training advice (still am). Most everyone said whoa is not to be used around birds. Often wonder why not? I have the video of wing and shot and hear wehle saying whoa around his do...
- Mon Dec 01, 2014 3:47 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Big Fun Pheasant Video
- Replies: 16
- Views: 7096
Re: Big Fun Pheasant Video
Awesome!!!
- Wed Nov 12, 2014 10:04 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Insulated outdoor dog house plans
- Replies: 14
- Views: 8898
Re: Insulated outdoor dog house plans
I have pro built houses for my pointers. Several different sizes available. Very reasonably priced and durable. Several different door options available as well. I put hound heaters in mine with a door on. No worries about warmth at all. In he summer I prop open the doors and the dogs love to be ins...
- Tue Nov 11, 2014 9:18 am
- Forum: Hunting
- Topic: Kansas Bird Numbers?
- Replies: 22
- Views: 12435
Re: Kansas Bird Numbers?
I was just merely pointing out that it's going to take more than one mediocre nesting season to get numbers back up. Can you find birds here? Sure! Are they thick? im sorry if I offended you deets. It's not like I was calling you a liar or anything. If you took it that way which apparently you did I...
- Mon Nov 10, 2014 11:25 am
- Forum: Hunting
- Topic: Kansas Bird Numbers?
- Replies: 22
- Views: 12435
Re: Kansas Bird Numbers?
All reports I have been hearing, reading, and seeing indicate bird numbers are still way down. Fella's one decent year isn't going to bring back the pheasants. Seems like we are basically starting over again in a sense. May be some quail around now but next year could be boom or bust on them. Their ...
- Fri Oct 10, 2014 11:47 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Re: Trial!! NE Kansas (Updated)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3213
Re: Trial!! NE Kansas
Topher I'd have to check my schedule but if I can swing it I would enter one of my mutts in the gun dog stake. Never ran a pointing dog trial but I think it may be fun. Might enter 3 in the gun dog stake if I don't wear them out this weekend chasing Prairie Chickens. I live about 45 minutes south.
- Wed Sep 17, 2014 10:19 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: AKC and No answere on Assult against Judge
- Replies: 25
- Views: 14345
Re: AKC and No answere on Assult against Judge
hi-tailyn wrote:If the judge ended up at the hospital with trauma then there was a assault.
I had it happen to myself and know personally how assault misconduct works.
Or is this Assault being swept under the AKC rug because of who the attacker knows.
Actually would have been a battery.
- Mon Sep 08, 2014 11:19 pm
- Forum: Training
- Topic: Retriever Training Question
- Replies: 19
- Views: 7452
Re: Retriever Training Question
I wouldn't hunt a dog that wasn't steady. A dog busting out of a blind between legs of people who just finished shooting, and guns may not even be on safe yet is a real safety issue. I would rather have the dog anchored down where it can see the falls if you must hunt with a dog that is not steady. ...
- Fri Sep 05, 2014 8:48 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Shells vs Full body??
- Replies: 11
- Views: 6188
Re: Shells vs Full body??
If your hunting the X shells will be all you need. Period. You can carry a bunch of them too. If running traffic you may want something more realistic such as full bodies, but, you can't carry as many and they are a PIA to deal with but worth it on traffic. In any instance being well hid and no move...
- Tue Aug 19, 2014 12:19 pm
- Forum: Training
- Topic: Leash training
- Replies: 15
- Views: 5143
Re: Leash training
He's doing what a 12 week old puppy is suppose to do. Let him bite the leash and play all he wants. He will soon get over this and onto more exciting things that he finds way more fun.
- Tue Aug 12, 2014 7:26 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Anyone have any Roller Pigeons in thier coop?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2714
Re: Anyone have any Roller Pigeons in thier coop?
I have rollers. They work very well I think for my training. Fun to watch fly but as said before, they do attract the raptors with their rolling. I am lucky in that I have an endless supply of 20 miles from the house.
- Mon Aug 11, 2014 10:34 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Recommendation on upland chaps
- Replies: 16
- Views: 10035
Re: Recommendation on upland chaps
Oldbeek would those chaps be gander mountain brand chaps?
- Mon Aug 11, 2014 8:43 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Recommendation on upland chaps
- Replies: 16
- Views: 10035
Recommendation on upland chaps
I'd like to find a myself a nice pair of upland chaps but am unsure of which ones. I have been looking at the Filsons but I have heard that attention needs to be given to the oil cloth which I am not sure of what that entails. My basic requirement for a pair is easy on easy off (at least partial zip...
- Mon Jul 28, 2014 12:33 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: What collars do your dog's wear?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 6764
Re: What collars do your dog's wear?
My labs don't wear collars while hunting, especially waterfowl. My pointers wear cheapy one from nite lite. The day glow with my name and number on them. When they wear out I spend 7 dollars ea on new ones.
- Mon Jun 09, 2014 7:10 pm
- Forum: Training
- Topic: Made a hunting dog last night
- Replies: 11
- Views: 5824
Re: Made a hunting dog last night
There will be residual scent left over. Your dog may or may not point it. It may point it for a couple of seconds or may not at all. I would bet if you put a brand new launcher out there he would not point it at all. I think it's difficult for a young dog to distinguish residual scent from live bird...