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- Mon Dec 31, 2012 4:48 am
- Forum: Guns and Ammo
- Topic: Buying first pistol
- Replies: 74
- Views: 47011
Re: Buying first pistol
Bear hunting with a bow with a hundgun for back-up, If I were you I would buy a 357 or 44 Mag revolver Ruger or Smith & Wesson they both are excellent guns.
- Wed Dec 26, 2012 7:07 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Range
- Replies: 22
- Views: 5000
Re: Range
I would just like to point out that having field trial champions in a bloodline does not make bird dogs. A line of dogs that have been hunted on wild birds for generations will produce bird dogs just as well if not better as those that have been "proven" in the racing competitions that we call field...
- Mon Dec 24, 2012 11:29 am
- Forum: Off Topic Forum
- Topic: Merry Christmas Everyone
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3417
Merry Christmas Everyone
I would like to wish everyone on the forum a Merry Christmas. Remember that Jesus Christ is the reason for the season. He is God in the flesh who was born into the race of mankind by a virgin girl named Mary. He lived a spotless, sinless life and then went to the cross and died for our sins and 3 da...
- Sun Dec 23, 2012 4:41 pm
- Forum: Training
- Topic: Saturday Training
- Replies: 1
- Views: 850
Re: Saturday Training
Beautiful pictures, looks like you have a good place to train and work with your dogs.
- Sun Dec 23, 2012 6:20 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Rip Rap Pointers
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2891
Re: Rip Rap Pointers
Thanks for the info RayG.
- Sat Dec 22, 2012 6:56 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Rip Rap Pointers
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2891
Rip Rap Pointers
I am a setter man first and foremost, but I appreciate any breed of dog that will get the job done. My question to the pointer men on the forum is this, which modern english pointer bloodlines go to back to the Rip Rap dogs? If my memory serves me right these were black and white pointers who were w...
- Sat Dec 22, 2012 9:18 am
- Forum: Hunting
- Topic: Forum-appropriate Christmas joke
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1871
Re: Forum-appropriate Christmas joke
Great Joke
- Sat Dec 22, 2012 9:10 am
- Forum: Guns and Ammo
- Topic: Rifle Brand Question...
- Replies: 29
- Views: 13114
Re: Rifle Brand Question...
Save your money a little longer and buy a Ruger # 1. Mine is a 270 and an excellent rifle.
- Sat Dec 15, 2012 1:32 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Few pics from today's hunt
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3833
Re: Few pics from today's hunt
Good pictures and a good looking pointer too. What is his bloodline?
- Wed Dec 12, 2012 6:11 pm
- Forum: Hunting
- Topic: Best Hunting Dog? (Opinions)
- Replies: 55
- Views: 22664
Re: Best Hunting Dog? (Opinions)
The best bird hunting dog in my opinion is the english setter. If you want a trailing dog for large or small game, you need a plott hound. If you need a retriever get a lab. These are my picks. I have never owned a lab but have seen several work out of a duck blind. I have bird hunted behind setters...
- Sat Dec 08, 2012 8:40 am
- Forum: Hunting
- Topic: They are so darn hard to hit
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2319
Re: They are so darn hard to hit
If you buy your own thrower you can set up shots as you please, you will have to have a helper.
- Fri Dec 07, 2012 4:56 am
- Forum: Hunting
- Topic: Grouse Season Wind Down
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4370
Re: Grouse Season Wind Down
Plorr Bear Hounds.
- Wed Dec 05, 2012 10:33 pm
- Forum: Hunting
- Topic: Pics from last week
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2620
Re: Pics from last week
Beautiful pictures. Looks like a good time was enjoyed by all.
- Wed Dec 05, 2012 10:30 pm
- Forum: Hunting
- Topic: They are so darn hard to hit
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2319
Re: They are so darn hard to hit
Take up skeet or sporting clay shooting it will help you more than you can imagine.
- Wed Dec 05, 2012 10:25 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: What's Your Rig like?
- Replies: 101
- Views: 70640
Re: What's Your Rig like?
My boys and I hunt out of my 1997 Ford F-150 extended cab 4x4 with a 2 hole houndsman deluxe dog box with top storage and a deep well tool box for storage. Also have strapped a utv gun sleeve to the back of the bucket seats to hold 2 guns and other things like shells in the multitude of pockets on i...
- Wed Dec 05, 2012 9:53 pm
- Forum: Hunting
- Topic: Grouse Season Wind Down
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4370
Re: Grouse Season Wind Down
Do you bear hunt with Plotts?
- Tue Dec 04, 2012 2:24 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Today's hunt
- Replies: 19
- Views: 5230
Re: Today's hunt
Nice pictures and like you say better than work any day.
- Mon Dec 03, 2012 5:54 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: In the field
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1535
Re: In the field
Good pictures, Did the dogs find any birds?
- Mon Dec 03, 2012 5:20 pm
- Forum: Off Topic Forum
- Topic: Occupations
- Replies: 239
- Views: 161028
Re: Occupations
I am the pastor of Noah Baptist Church, a chicken grower, and the housing coordinator for Koch Foods in Gadsden Al.
- Mon Dec 03, 2012 6:36 am
- Forum: Hunting
- Topic: Kansas Thanksgiving Bird Hunt
- Replies: 15
- Views: 5858
Re: Kansas Thanksgiving Bird Hunt
Loved your pictures, I'm glad ya'll had a good time. I'm planning to take my sons to Kansas next year, any advice on where to go etc.?
- Thu Nov 29, 2012 6:10 am
- Forum: Hunting
- Topic: Any good advice for a first time Setter owner?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 6703
Re: Any good advice for a first time Setter owner?
Just put the dog in birds, and have fun hunting him this season. Don't get too hung up on "training" at this point, bird contact will bring out what you want to see.
- Thu Nov 22, 2012 12:45 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Upland pants
- Replies: 37
- Views: 12178
Re: Upland pants
Been wearing Carhartt bibs for years, they hold up and are worth the money regardless of how many plants the company owns in other countries.
- Thu Nov 22, 2012 12:16 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: 2012 Season Photos
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2691
Re: 2012 Season Photos
Great pictures. What bloodlines are the setter out of?
- Sun Nov 18, 2012 5:18 pm
- Forum: Guns and Ammo
- Topic: What type of shotgun are you using for your bird hunts?
- Replies: 214
- Views: 222487
Re: What type of shotgun are you using for your bird hunts?
20 gauge savage/stevens 311 sxs & 28 gauge cz redhead o/u
- Sun Nov 18, 2012 4:33 am
- Forum: Guns and Ammo
- Topic: thoughts on savage/ stevens SxS
- Replies: 11
- Views: 6232
Re: thoughts on savage/ stevens SxS
I've hunted with a modell 311 in 20 gauge for a long time.( It was my 1st shotgun purchase at 16 or 17 and I'm now 45). I've owned a lot of shotguns over the years, but my bird gun is still the old savage 311. I can hit with it, and with it's 26 inch barrels, It is a good handling gun, I still carry...
- Sat Nov 17, 2012 8:59 pm
- Forum: Hunting
- Topic: want to grouse hunt in tenn.
- Replies: 1
- Views: 839
want to grouse hunt in tenn.
I would like to try grouse hunting, no season or grouse in Alabama to speak of, what about Tenn.? I live about an hour and a half away from Chatt. Tenn. any suggestions?
- Sat Nov 17, 2012 8:48 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Photo of the Day
- Replies: 432
- Views: 191492
Re: Photo of the Day
My happy boys and their birds at the end of a successful hunt
- Sat Nov 17, 2012 6:57 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Setter Discussion
- Replies: 303
- Views: 124147
Re: Setter Discussion
And here is my 7 year old Katie girl.
- Sat Nov 17, 2012 6:52 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Setter Discussion
- Replies: 303
- Views: 124147
Re: Setter Discussion
Here is another picture of my young dog Sport during a training session before the season came in.
- Fri Nov 16, 2012 5:02 pm
- Forum: Training
- Topic: new to gun dogs, advice needed.
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4067
Re: new to gun dogs, advice needed.
Put him in the wild birds and just hunt him.
- Fri Nov 16, 2012 12:43 am
- Forum: Please Welcome New Members - Introduce Yourself Here!
- Topic: Hello from north fl
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3930
Re: Hello from north fl
That's a good looking shorthair you have there. I'm new to the forum myself but have been bird hunting behind dogs all my life. I don't trial my dogs either just hunt them. Put that dog in birds and he will make you a good one.
- Thu Nov 15, 2012 12:20 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Setter Discussion
- Replies: 303
- Views: 124147
Re: Setter Discussion
Here are my two setters Sport & Katie. Katie has the point and Sport is backing. He is 16 months old.
- Thu Nov 15, 2012 12:01 am
- Forum: Polls
- Topic: What gun dog breed do you currently own and why?
- Replies: 199
- Views: 210739
Re: What gun dog breed do you currently own and why?
I currently own 2 English Setters, and have hunted Setters for over 20 years. I like setters because: 1- They will get in the rough where the birds are. 2- Class & style on point. 3- They will hunt for me and not for themselves. 4- Temperment. 5- I own and hunt setters because they are what I think ...
- Sun Nov 11, 2012 8:27 am
- Forum: Hunting
- Topic: Quail season opens in Alabama Saturday
- Replies: 12
- Views: 6056
Re: Quail season opens in Alabama Saturday
My Boys and I hunted about 2 hours on Saturday morning. Found one covey but didn't kill any birds. My young dog Sport bumped them in heavy cover & we didn't shoot because he bumped them. This was his first wild bird hunt. He will learn that he can't get as close to them as he can training quail. We ...
- Fri Nov 09, 2012 3:24 pm
- Forum: Hunting
- Topic: Quail season opens in Alabama Saturday
- Replies: 12
- Views: 6056
Re: Quail season opens in Alabama Saturday
We also hunt private land. Last year we got into 2 coveys on opening day and we just hunted about 2 hours late in the afternoon. Quail seem to be coming back strong in our area because there is more grain and less cotton being raised.
- Thu Nov 08, 2012 7:38 pm
- Forum: Hunting
- Topic: Quail season opens in Alabama Saturday
- Replies: 12
- Views: 6056
Quail season opens in Alabama Saturday
Going wild quail hunting Saturday with my 2 oldest sons and our English Setter Sport. Been scoping out some places to hunt and our prospects look good.
- Sat Nov 03, 2012 6:47 pm
- Forum: Please Welcome New Members - Introduce Yourself Here!
- Topic: Setterman from Alabama
- Replies: 0
- Views: 504
Setterman from Alabama
Just wanted to say hello to everyone. I am new to the forum but have been bird hunting behind English Setters for over 20 years. I hope everyone has a good hunting season.