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- Tue Oct 13, 2009 8:12 pm
- Forum: Hunting
- Topic: Wolf or Coyote???
- Replies: 53
- Views: 17685
Re: Wolf or Coyote???
Well...until wolves learn to speak English...I'd have no idea what they would want to do with a coyote. Coyotes have always been a part of the Wisconsin landscape. The reintroduction of the wolf has been a huge success. I'm not a wolf biologist, but I'd think their co-existance is like a highschool ...
- Thu Oct 08, 2009 7:41 pm
- Forum: Hunting
- Topic: Wolf or Coyote???
- Replies: 53
- Views: 17685
Re: Wolf or Coyote???
Once you live in an area with wolves and coyotes, it's pretty easy to tell them apart. The pic you have is a wolf. It's the overall height (legs) and size of the head/nose that's the tell in that pic. Like it was said..the coat isn't that thick. Probably taken later in summer or early fall?? Here's ...
- Sun Apr 22, 2007 5:59 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: OT any of you guys Bike?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3086
I was just out today (temps in WI were in the 70's). I just love to feel the wind, smell the smells, the whole ball of wax. I have a '77 Honda twin. It shakes the fillings out of my mouth...but I still like it. I've toyed around with the idea of getting a dog on there too :) No luck yet. They are fu...
- Wed Apr 04, 2007 9:35 pm
- Forum: Health and Nutrition
- Topic: Puppy Food
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2772
I had always fed thru the first year with a high quality puppy feed. I'm no expert on dog metabolism, wildlife biology, or a vet either. I have watched dogs grow and they'll do it for around 12 months (Labs). During that time I want to make sure that they have everything they need...that old saw abo...
- Wed Apr 04, 2007 9:14 pm
- Forum: Health and Nutrition
- Topic: BARF
- Replies: 56
- Views: 24138
I remember reading this last year...how relevant given what's been going on with commercial foods?? I just had to put the pup on a rice and ground meat (venison) diet after he got the worst case of the trots I'd ever seen. The vet said it was a bacterial infection/upset and with meds and a simple di...
- Mon Apr 02, 2007 8:14 am
- Forum: Health and Nutrition
- Topic: Ticks and Lyme Disease
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3465
Funny "tick" humor Will :lol: You can buy Frontline, Bio-Spot, K-9 Advantix, etc anywhere it's sold without a script. I'd say it's well worth a couple mouse clicks considering all the $$$$ you save. We have two dogs and a year's worth of Frontline Plus costs $280. We apply every month to be on the s...
- Sun Apr 01, 2007 9:57 am
- Forum: Health and Nutrition
- Topic: Pet Food Recall
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2928
You're right on about it being everywhere. I saw on the news last night that Alpo pulled their canned food because they buy some ingredients from the same supplier as Menue Foods. I'd be concerned if I was feeding something that was found to be contaminated, but so far there are fewer than 20 cases ...
- Sun Apr 01, 2007 9:53 am
- Forum: Health and Nutrition
- Topic: med ?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 5420
Check out this link for heartworm meds (they do the flea and tick too). This will save you a ton over the vet. You still need a script from your vet for the heartworm, but my bill was cut in half. Good luck!
http://www.drsfostersmith.com/general.c ... 01&gid=262
http://www.drsfostersmith.com/general.c ... 01&gid=262
- Sun Apr 01, 2007 9:44 am
- Forum: Health and Nutrition
- Topic: Ticks and Lyme Disease
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3465
The other major difference is that Bio-Spot isn't waterproof. If your hunting dog gets in the lake, is out in the rain too long, or your wife decides it's time for a bath...off it comes. Frontline IS waterproof and will last. Bio-Spot also leaves a greasy mess on the back for over a week. Frontline'...
- Sat Mar 31, 2007 8:24 am
- Forum: Training
- Topic: When to introduce dogs to birds
- Replies: 32
- Views: 11238
I know I had worried too about when to intro birds. My Brit is the first pointing dog I've had as well. I let him mouth dead ruffs, ducks, woodcock and a couple geese last fall. He was 8 weeks when the seasons opened. Later around 4 months I got him on some planted quail...that was interesting. He w...
- Mon Mar 12, 2007 7:46 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Tri-tronics EXP series
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5221
- Sat Mar 10, 2007 9:09 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Tri-tronics EXP series
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5221
I have a question along the lines of the Pro 100 and 200 EXP collars. I have read thru the website and some other spots online and I can't tell what the difference is. I am probably missing something obvious. It seems like some of the posters above have quite a bit of knowledge...could you shed some...
- Sun Feb 25, 2007 8:25 pm
- Forum: Training
- Topic: Blanks for Training
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3908
I have always reloaded primers into empty hulls and carried an old shotgun (or had a partner help). My thinking is that the dog gets to associate training with the gun as well as hunting with the gun. I had also read somewhere that using a full size gun helps to condition the dog to look where the g...
- Sat Feb 10, 2007 9:51 am
- Forum: Health and Nutrition
- Topic: Best on-line source for buying vaccines
- Replies: 15
- Views: 7533
Crl, isn't there something with you guys needing to have a prescription in order to get syringes or something...even for the dogs? I have no problem taking the dogs in for check-ups but the cost of a vaccination in the vet's office versus doing it yourself is staggering. It didn't seem like much whe...
- Fri Feb 09, 2007 9:43 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Lime disease
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1775
It's good to keep people informed on that. We deal with Lyme's here as well and it is scary. It seems like there are regionalized strains of it and that one vac doesn't cover everything. My vet had told me he has noticed more poeple forgoing the vaccine and treating the disease if their dogs contrac...
- Fri Feb 09, 2007 9:40 am
- Forum: Hunting
- Topic: Into the thick of it
- Replies: 11
- Views: 6612
- Fri Feb 09, 2007 9:37 am
- Forum: Hunting
- Topic: Preferred Shot
- Replies: 27
- Views: 13133
I have always thought the more the merrier when it came to shot. For woodcock (and the grouse that go along with them here) I have always shot 8's. I imagine that 9's would work and there are a number of folks that shoot them up close. For pheasants I use 5's for the majority of the season but also ...
- Fri Feb 09, 2007 9:30 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: weather
- Replies: 15
- Views: 4344
We were out for a run yesterday...it was 2 above and I was almost sweating :) That cold stuff...25-30 below...man was that getting to be a little much. This last weekend the family stayed in the whole time. We have a fireplace in the basement that helps heat everything and keep pipes from bursting. ...
- Fri Feb 09, 2007 9:23 am
- Forum: Health and Nutrition
- Topic: Best on-line source for buying vaccines
- Replies: 15
- Views: 7533
www.drsfostersmith.com
I buy there locally but they have a catalog/website that is great too. I agree that the cost of everything just keeps going up.
I buy there locally but they have a catalog/website that is great too. I agree that the cost of everything just keeps going up.
- Thu Feb 08, 2007 8:40 am
- Forum: Hunting
- Topic: German Shorthairs and Cold Water
- Replies: 29
- Views: 18600
You could always in"vest" in your dog and put a neoprene vest on in the coldest of weather. We encounter quite a bit of cold during the latter part of our duck season here and put vests on any dog we take to the water...even the Labs. As long as you can keep him warm and still in the blind you shoul...
- Thu Feb 08, 2007 8:34 am
- Forum: Training
- Topic: Steadying a pup
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3727
- Wed Jan 31, 2007 7:43 am
- Forum: Health and Nutrition
- Topic: Dog food spoil
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5657
Helpful Link
I'm hoping this link works. It's off a website mantained by vets that I've found lots of useful/interesting stuff on.
http://www.peteducation.com/article.cfm ... cleid=2804
http://www.peteducation.com/article.cfm ... cleid=2804
- Fri Jan 19, 2007 9:57 am
- Forum: Health and Nutrition
- Topic: Dog food spoil
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5657
- Fri Jan 19, 2007 9:54 am
- Forum: Health and Nutrition
- Topic: Canstant scratching/ dry skin.....
- Replies: 15
- Views: 7037
You might want to look into www.drsfostersmith.com They have a product called "Itch Stop" either alone or in a kit with other meds to help control itching. The product has worked for me on alergy/dry skin itch and the customer service is great too. Good luck...I hate watching them scratch all the ti...
- Fri Jan 19, 2007 8:51 am
- Forum: Hunting
- Topic: Season's is almost over....what shall I do with my time??
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4858
- Fri Jan 19, 2007 8:39 am
- Forum: Hunting
- Topic: Fun in the wilds
- Replies: 26
- Views: 14030
- Thu Jan 11, 2007 8:51 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: GDF Shirts
- Replies: 122
- Views: 49615
- Tue Dec 19, 2006 8:20 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: GDF Shirts
- Replies: 122
- Views: 49615
I would buy one no matter what the breed. Maybe each year it's a different breed and everyone would be happy sooner or later?? :) Maybe "GDF" in the middle and different breeds surrounding the border. Each dog is on point and you could do just about every breed. Either way, it's still cool to have a...
- Thu Nov 30, 2006 10:13 pm
- Forum: Guns and Ammo
- Topic: Are you brand oriented?
- Replies: 34
- Views: 17886
You're very right, Pear. We have my Grandfather's A-5 from long ago...what a beautiful work of steel and wood. I have a Browning Gold that has served me well, but falls short in reliability. I have seen the same thing happen to the Remington 870. What was once a real gem has been turned into a Walma...
- Thu Nov 30, 2006 11:31 am
- Forum: Guns and Ammo
- Topic: Barrel porting
- Replies: 14
- Views: 9385
- Thu Nov 30, 2006 11:27 am
- Forum: Guns and Ammo
- Topic: Are you brand oriented?
- Replies: 34
- Views: 17886
- Thu Nov 30, 2006 11:22 am
- Forum: Polls
- Topic: Grouse Dogs
- Replies: 27
- Views: 39575
- Wed Nov 29, 2006 10:36 pm
- Forum: Polls
- Topic: Grouse Dogs
- Replies: 27
- Views: 39575
I'll sing off key on this one. I think your father in-law might have something to his idea. Being that I have but one Britt and have always run Labs on grouse, I'll be the first to admit I don't have tons of breed knowledge. I chose to get a Britt because their breed offers the close working/biddabi...
- Wed Nov 29, 2006 10:27 pm
- Forum: Polls
- Topic: Favorite Game Bird
- Replies: 124
- Views: 146074
- Wed Nov 29, 2006 10:26 pm
- Forum: Polls
- Topic: What gauge do you shoot for upland birds?
- Replies: 110
- Views: 126536
I love the twenty. The guns are light and the payload more than adequate for what I hunt. IMHO, if the gun is loaded right, that makes all the difference. When we hunt pheasants, I shoot the Federal copper #4's with great results. On grouse...my favorite...I handload special brush loads for both tub...
- Wed Nov 29, 2006 10:21 pm
- Forum: Polls
- Topic: Which shotgun brand do you use?
- Replies: 180
- Views: 231194
I have had the best times of my life behind a Beretta 20ga 26" O/U Blackwing. It is carried all day long like it was never there. I did have the stock shorted and had the beads changed to match my other guns. It is fast, light, and it just feels right. I can't think of a time, except for dove huntin...
- Wed Nov 29, 2006 12:14 pm
- Forum: Health and Nutrition
- Topic: gsp pup eating wood
- Replies: 26
- Views: 18034
That's too funny :lol: Finally, I'm not alone!!!!!!! When my Lab was six months, she found a soda can in the weeds and thought it would be a good idea to eat it. After scooping up a huge suprise the next day, I went looking around the yard to see if anything was left. In the corner of the fence I fo...
- Tue Nov 28, 2006 10:17 pm
- Forum: Health and Nutrition
- Topic: Exercise
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2001
I'm right with you on the bike! There's a product called "The Springer" that runs off the frame to give you and the dog more safety. It is fun for runs thru town and on some nearby roads. We also have many firelanes that lend themselves to classic "roading". I have to agree with the last post, contr...
- Tue Nov 28, 2006 10:11 pm
- Forum: Health and Nutrition
- Topic: porcupine
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2867
Sorry to hear about your run in. We hit one porker so far this year. Not as bad as what you had...that's some nasty stuff. I had read in Ben Williams' book "Bird Dog" that he always carries a forceps with him for things like that. I took his advice and keep one in my little meds bundle. It really co...
- Tue Nov 28, 2006 10:05 pm
- Forum: Health and Nutrition
- Topic: Chicken Soup dog food...........
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2391
- Tue Nov 28, 2006 9:59 pm
- Forum: Health and Nutrition
- Topic: gsp pup eating wood
- Replies: 26
- Views: 18034
- Tue Nov 28, 2006 10:20 am
- Forum: Hunting
- Topic: Hunting grouse and woodcock preference...
- Replies: 18
- Views: 10336
Certain jobs require certain skills. Ruffed grouse need the special touch and, IMO, close working dogs. The best habitat I've seen is thick enough that you can't see further than 75 yards. Bootlickers or not, close working dogs seem to do very well on the king of gamebirds. Our family has always run...
- Mon Nov 27, 2006 11:14 pm
- Forum: Training
- Topic: Pup in the field
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4989
I know we've always run young dogs behind old ones...so long as they wanted to go and were sound conditioned. I never gave any thought to what it might be doing to them physically. I know a tired pup is a good pup, so long as you don't take it too far. I have noticed that they muscle out from all th...
- Mon Nov 27, 2006 11:09 pm
- Forum: Training
- Topic: First point on a bird
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1444
Hi Davey, First post here...long time looker. I'm glad to hear that your GSP did so well! I have a 4 month Britt that has slowed up a couple of times, but hasn't set rock solid yet. All my previous dogs have been flushers...first time with a pointing dog. I haven't done any whoa training with him, b...