Gun Dog Forum

Limited Registrations are BS! Just like hip and eye guarantees that if you actually read are not a guarantee at all. I wouldn't buy a dog with one. If I pay someone for a dog I will own it fully and the previous owner or breeder will not have any rights or influence on what I will do with that dog.

Planning my annual voyage quail hunting in the south. Had the ups and downs last 10 years, but each year been able to find Gambels, Mearns, and Scaled Quail. Have not heard very many reports on quail in either state? Does anyone have any knowledge of a comparable year? I know numbers are down. Mearn...

All BS. It is a waste of time. All a money game and has no bearing on the future of the pups. Some breeders have an in with a vet and send in the same x rays to get all their dogs good or excellent OFA. All a scam. Is your dog healthy and has good mobility, then breed it. If not don't.

" May 20, 2017 I have done quail reports now for about 20 years and have met some neat people -- both online and in person. I do this purely as a labor of love for the Arizona outdoors and the birds we love to hunt. I NEVER talk about where to hunt and paint my reports with very wide brush strokes -...

The ice wasn't around long enough in ks to hurt anything. Hunting pressure doesn't have as much effect on quail as you would think due to short life expectancy. I have read the birds taken by hunters wouldn't have made it anyway. But I do know our ice wasn't even around for over 1 day and we have h...

Went to the dessert for a week, Mearns in Arizona were way down. The place we hunt is out of the way and is rarely hunted, since the rancher with the cattle lease watches how many hunters go in and out. New Mexico Mearns were still great numbers. Were still able to find 10-12 bird coveys in New Mexi...

What are some of your favorite upland hunting or bird dog books?

Over hunting in the west and weather has led to very low carry over for next year. Oklahoma and Kansas will suffer from the influx of hunters and ice. The bird carry over is very low.