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Don’t get many days in central Texas that are cold enough to cause the icicles on the wirehair. Yesterday was 16F at shooting light. Ducks were coming in and it was a good hunt. We noticed Raven had the classic beardcicles I see on so many of the northern dogs so we snapped a pic in between groups o...

How did the growth plate injury and surgery end up? Is he able to run somewhat unhindered? I'm not an expert, but I'm pretty sure the way you go about the bird introduction depends a lot on how bird driven he is and other things related to gundog foundational training and exposure. I'd answer these ...

This is just my opinion, but your best use of those coturnix quail is to use planted pigeons (launcher or just dizzied), and use a starter pistol. Have a freshly killed quail on you. Dog points pigeon properly...flush or launch pigeon and shoot starter pistol as if hunting it and then throw the fres...

Who cares if you are R or D or green party or libertarian. To knowingly and willingly support a corrupt fraud is reprehensible in my book. People need to take their heads out of the sand. Exactly. That's why there is a large and growing coalition mobilizing to defeat Trump. It includes Republicans,...

So you have watched the interview or others that focus on the latest stuff from wikileaks and the actual content of the leaks? I'm not impressed by a video...I'm astonished that people are not outraged by the blatant deception, outright lies, and corruption. Have you considered that wikileaks can a...

Obama's own words just a few years ago:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6f4tZF ... e=youtu.be

Since she's a champion of the average American, it's nice to see how many corporate donors she has pouring boat loads of cash into her war chest.
https://www.opensecrets.org/politicians ... cle=Career
FEC corruption:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNyUz08mtBg

The Nation, not exactly a conservative publication hammering Hillary on her corporate cash and dealings. https://www.thenation.com/article/the-problem-with-hillary-clinton-isnt-just-her-corporate-cash-its-her-corporate-worldview/ HuffPo wondering out loud if she's about to be caught for corruption. ...

Sniper-gate lies exposed by CBS news in this video but well documented by several sources https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BfNqhV5hg4 WaPo actually admitting the Clinton Foundation had taken money during her tenure. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/foreign-governments-gave-millions-to-foundat...

The hilarity that is "law and order" republicans treating Julian Assange like a conservative messiah. The guy has been holed up in an Ecuadorian consulate for 4 years to avoid extradition to Sweden for a rape and a child molestation charges, and possible extradition to the US for espionage. If ther...

Ok. So CNN, ABC, NBC, CBS, and now Fox News are not credible. So which source would you suggest? Trump's Twitter feed? Or maybe Trump's campaign website? How about looking at fact based reporting like the link I posted? All the major news networks have a slant...some are worse than others in provid...

Anyone thinking Hillary is fit for office really should watch this interview with Julian Assange. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34giUftE7BI Julian Assange is a reliable scource?..........Cj The hilarity that is "law and order" republicans treating Julian Assange like a conservative messiah. The g...

Anyone thinking Hillary is fit for office really should watch this interview with Julian Assange. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34giUftE7BI Julian Assange is a reliable scource?..........Cj Did you watch the interview? Do you think wikileaks is altering the documents it is hosting? Do you feel th...

Ok. So CNN, ABC, NBC, CBS, and now Fox News are not credible. So which source would you suggest? Trump's Twitter feed? Or maybe Trump's campaign website? How about looking at fact based reporting like the link I posted? All the major news networks have a slant...some are worse than others in provid...

Anyone thinking Hillary is fit for office really should watch this interview with Julian Assange.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34giUftE7BI

I'd go through a force fetch program. It sounds like such a negative term, but it's quite beneficial. If you want to know what typical force fetch training looks like, watch the youtube series standing stone kennels put out. I put a reliable retrieving PP through it to clean up dropping bumpers at m...

I'm not as experienced as some of the others on this forum, but I do a lot of research before I make most of my purchases. A multi-collar single transmitter system is the way to go. Having separate transmitters is just one more thing to have to keep track of. If you are looking to buy a multi-dog sy...

A lot of the pointer guys down here in Texas use "hup" for change direction and get in front so I started using that while hunting and it started with yard work and changing direction with the check cord. If I'm just walking around and I want my dogs to get closer or go through a gate with me I'll c...

I wouldn't try to argue the position that teaching a pointing dog to sit could cause problems. I believe it could and others have described seeing it happen. I'm curious if the guys that want to use their dogs on both upland and waterfowl don't then take that risk and teach their dogs to sit. Sit on...

Anyone else have trouble switching between their O/U and their semiauto shotguns? I have 2 really nice shotguns. A Benelli SBE II that I was shooting pretty well during duck season and a Browning Synergy that I like to use for upland (dove and quail for my region). Back in September I shot the O/U f...

I like the shirt on your brother...looks like he picked it up in the town I live in (Wimberley). Sounds like you guys have done a fine job training the pups. I have a 1.5 yo GSP and a 1 yo Pudelpointer. Pudelpointer is getting ready to take the NAVHDA Natural Ability test next month. Both dogs just ...

I think it was an English gent on here who works on estates that release a bunch of pheasants.

I'm no vet, but I used to have a racing whippet and it's Myoglobinuria, most often caused by exertional rhabdomyolisis or "running off the back" in racing dogs. It's when the dog puts out so much effort and usually in hot/humid conditions and their muscles are putting out so much toxins due to lack ...