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I have kept up to 5 pigeons in a window well for 3 months. I get them out at least once a week and train with them while carded. They were hard flying everytime I used them.

Not a femur but my pup broke his "knee" at 4 months. Poor guy had to stay in his kennel for a month, only getting carried out to go to the bathroom. Sorry about your pup that is rough!

Thanks for the replies! He finds me just fine while we are training so I guess I should just wear those colors :D. I just wear the hunting cloths because they wear tougher than my normal cloths. He is handling well with hand signals and whistle now. I am really pleased with how he is progressing. No...

Hello all, Last year was my pups first season in the field. Normally I wear my camo clothing to hunt birds (with an orange cap and some on my bird bag) but I noticed he had a hard time finding me. At times I would have to wave at him and move to direct him to me. I was thinking it was because of my ...

Check out The Hunting Dog Podcast, its not formal but has some interesting info and interviews. For big game hunting: The Rich Outdoors and Hunt Backcountry are good ones.

-Arizona dove hunt week after opener.
-Colorado quail when I can get away on the weekends with some pheasants mixed in.
-Arizona mearns quail opener and for the week...my favorite!

My bark collar works on whining. It is a Dogtra Y500.

Beautiful pup!

Thank you! February was our snowiest month but I am really enjoying the lack of snow right now.

This is Copper my almost 11 month old Brittany. I finally was able to procure some pigeons for him. This was his third exposure to birds. I am just letting him get excited about birds right now and not pushing anything. I think his genes are showing! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJC1VIC8odI This ...

Copper at 11 months.

I am far far from experienced but I used the method that Delmar Smith recommends in the book about his method. My pup was terrified of a leash from day one and was until I staked him out in some shade for an hour a day for a week. I made the tie out long enough that he could get moving and feel the ...

Copper at 8 weeks.

This site has land use features. Kind of hard to navigate but it can be useful. Hope it helps.

http://www.geocommunicator.gov/blmMap/Map.jsp

-HuntMac