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MNTonester

Thanks for this important info. Have only had a dog step in a trap once and it was easy to remove, but some of these traps; you need to handle the situation immediately and this is good to know.

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got an anniversary coming up and my wife is going to get me a camera to record some hunts. It is amazing and confusing the number of cameras that now exist in this category (too many perhaps). I've narrowed my search to GoPro, Sony, Garmin Virb, and Kodak. I'm leaning toward the GoPro and the Virb p...

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Had some errands up the shore on Saturday and took Chaz for a stomp around one of our favorite coverts - didn't see a thing. We took the back roads back to town and spotted a couple on the road. The first one ambled off the road as I pulled ahead and stopped. I approached the area where he went off ...

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what is the meaning of "is"

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Holy smokes - that is one beautiful dog!

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gotta love a new pup. congrats

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Thank you very much

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my wife was in the Army reserves in the 70's; honorably discharged. Is she eligible for any benefits (health) for her service in the reserve?

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Thanks, I hope I get the opportunity to post some similar photos in the next month. Nice looking dogs

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took Chaz for a walk Saturday afternoon. Cover still thick. No shooting but we moved between 2-6 birds - unsure if some were the same bird. I have great hopes for the season judging by what I'm reading on other forums and that I actually moved birds in the covert I was walking. It's a place near Dul...

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Mntonester did you ever have trouble finding a downed bird? That's one of my biggest fears of hunting without a dog. I don't recall ever losing a grouse hunting without a dog. But there were always two to three sets of eyes to keep track of things back then. That being said, I've never lost a shot ...

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way to go willy. that first one is always special

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All the while growing up in NE MN, we never had a dog. My 4 brothers and I were our dad's eyes and eventual hunting partners. I am of the conviction that a dog will lose you as many opportunities as he finds for you considering some of the dense cover and distances, but I love the company of my dog....

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not yet and I hope it doesn't happen. I hunt with a number of old handed down shotguns and don't believe the cost of alternatives to lead for such guns is affordable for many people. Non-tox is required on Fed Waterfowl areas in MN

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"If you got one dog, you got a dog. If you got two dog's, you only got half a dog. If you got three dogs, you aint got no dog." my wife was a farm girl and applied that getting help from a boy (substitute boy for dog) :lol: My Springer was 8 years old when I got our current black lab. They worked w...

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not trying to muddy the water here, but... My Springer Spaniel was an exceptional dog - I paid $175 for him back in 1998. My lab is an exceptional dog - I paid $200 for him in 2006. Those were both less than the asking price; but they were pups remaining from litters in which the breeder was willing...

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I think Outdoor Life just did a review of a bunch of footwear and the Weinbrenner were at the top of the heap

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very nice. high quality video and the tune was good too

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very sad. I believe the bond between hunters and their hunting dogs is even stronger than a dog kept merely as a pet. My condolences-they were beautiful dogs

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Minneguy, I'm from Duluth and do an occasional day hunt for pheasant around St. Cloud. I've been of the opinion that a lab/flusher finds as many grouse as he loses (flushing them where it's impossible to get a shot, that is), but he's turned into a great pheasant dog. He's a lot of fun to be with no...

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http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o260/MNTonester/110706woogesCRP.jpg http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o260/MNTonester/112006swansonsfinger.jpg http://www.hunt101.com/data/500/medium/120812LivingstonsFrankMe.jpg http://www.hunt101.com/data/500/medium/111612cariboua.jpg the springer was my one in...

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My go-to gun is a Benelli Montefeltro. A carry all day gun that shoots in any weather. I also have a Benelli SBE II that I won at a PF banquet. Excellent gun. You couldn't go wrong with a Benelli.

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There was an episode of Leave to Beaver where Beaver gets roped into going to this girl's BD party, against his wishes. He's the only boy there and feeling way out of place. The girl's father rescues Beaver and shows him into his gun room where he lets Beaver handle the guns and Beaver finagles an i...

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very nice. that last photo turned out great. a fine looking little gal

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I'm not sure if this is the one, but I'm going to order it anyway because it looks like a good read. Thanks for the tip

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I've thrown this request out over the years. Maybe someone here knows the title of the book I'm trying to find. It is a collection of dog stories and I can't for the life of me remember the title but it was very enjoyable. Two of the stories involved a Chesapeake Bay retriever who needed an occasion...

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except for when I hunt with my brothers, I hunt with one dog, my black lab. My previous was a springer. There was some slight overlapping when the lab was a pup and I would hunt them both. That never posed a problem. The only problem I can see does not involve the dog; it is the circumstance where t...

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amazing intensity for such a young one. you done good

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Wonderful. About two Springs back on a dirt road just outside of Duluth, I came upon what I thought was an injured grouse. My wife thought I should get out and at least get it out of harms way from any cars. Turned out it was a hen taking a dust bath and there in the ditch about five feet away was a...

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nice. I love morels

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Not sure where you're at, but this place has excellent dogs. The BEST pheasant dog I ever had was a Springer from a descendant of one of their dogs.
http://pineshadows.com/

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My son inherited a CZ Bobwhite (20 ga.) from his grandfather. The very first time my son used the gun, he dropped a grouse on the wing with it. For a lower end gun, I've found it to be very nicely made and actually pretty good looking.

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for early grouse season I use the old Stevens 20 ga. SxS handed down from my dad and one I learned on as a kid. I later use a cheap Angelo Zoli 20 ga. O/U for later season grouse. for pheasant, my go to gun is a 12 ga. Benelli Montefeltro with an occasional Ruger Gold Label or Guerini Tempio as a se...

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raised in Silver Bay on the north shore of Lake Superior. Currently live in Duluth. As a kid, we could literally walk out our back door after school to hunt grouse and rabbits. It was not at all unusual (or alarming) to see kids walking through town to the woods with shotguns. It was a way of life b...

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I see I already know a few of you from other boards. I come to you from the land where winter never ends (at least this year). I own a 7 1/2 YO black lab, Chaz. We grouse and pheasant hunt. My previous hunting buddy was a springer spaniel, Bilbo, now departed to the happy hunting grounds. I'm hoping...

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