Gun Dog Forum

Never hunted SD, but live and hunt in central ND. Still public land available that produces birds, but it's dwindling. Have a GWP and Brittany; have always owned pointers. Most upland guys I know or hunt with have pointing dogs. My hunts are nothing like the SD cornfield shoot-fest I hear about - we...

Grew up and work in Minot. Live about an hour south, so don't do those things with my dogs in that area, but have some ideas... There's a dog park in the city, SW corner, for running him in town, and a spot on the river just west of that, just off of the west bypass, that has a small coffer dam and ...

Hope to see some ideas, too. Recently saw in a friends garage how they did it - like a series of smaller cubbies made of wood and hung on a wall; looked like those plastic parts storage bins stacked one on another, only larger to accommodate dummies, collars, etc.

Thanks, vman. I'll check out that cord, seems to be what I was looking for.

Greetings. I've used check cords on my dogs for years, but only recently heard of folks preferring 'stiff' ones to help avoid tangles and offer a more immediate response with the dog. Mine are regular, multipurpose ropes. Any recommendation for a stiffer style, I the 20-30' range? I've shopped lots ...

Randy here in central ND. Hunt upland birds mostly, occasionally waterfowl; enjoy late season over opening day(s). Current gundogs include a 7yr GWP, Nikita, and a 3.5 mo old Brittany pup. Have owned two other Brits in the past, but the GWP is quite a hunter, too. Enjoy training the dogs as much as ...

6 yoa Nikita, GWP, on a wild and wiley December rooster.


Same girl, different rooster last January.