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I owned Chief and Babe in that dog's pedigree. I owned a half dozen direct sons and daughters of Clown, and Chief was the only one worth feeding. He was a once in a lifetime dog. I went through over 50 dogs in the next ten years looking for another one that compared to him, and finally gave up. He w...

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I've had my tracker for years. It's been through heck and never failed me. I trust it a whole lot more than my Garmin.

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Now, that's just not nice at all. We are supposed to make everyone feel welcome so if one person hates horses then we should all walk. C'mon can't we just be friends. I love you, you love me, we're a happy family, with a great big hug and a kiss from me to you, won't you say you love me too". Just ...

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That's why I no longer guide, and mainly hunt alone now. If I do hunt with other people, it's only with other dog people. It's been over 3 years since my Chief was killed, and I still tear up and cry about it all the time. I don't know about the shooter involved in this case, but I hope there is a s...

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Tom, Don't worry about not having treelines down here. The dogs learn to run lines and take edges in our terrain by running ridges, ditches, draws, dry creekbeds, etc. If the dog has any brains at all, it will make the transition quickly.

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Congrats Adrian! I'm really happy for you. Couldn't happen to a nicer guy.

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Back at ya...

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Ahumphers91a wrote:on average, how long does it take to get a field trial title on your dog?

Most dogs will never get a field trial title no matter how long or often they are trialed.

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I have the bobwhite in both 20 and 28 gauges. I love them... especially the 28ga. I hunted with mine so much that there is no case coloring left on the receiver. It's probably accounted for a couple hundred pheasants and several hundred quail over the past six or seven years. I rarely carry anything...

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Very nice post Ray! I agree 100%.

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My go-to shotgun for the past 5 or 6 years is a CZ Bobwhite 28ga SxS.

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GUNDOGS wrote:what im wondering is how does this carry out into the field with mr.reed..if he loses a brace is it always in the back of his mind that its because of his disability or is it really because he just simply wasnt the best..

I hope it won't be another excuse for him to sue someone.

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I use the tracker for field trials. Garmin and tracker while hunting. I've lost signal way too many times with the Garmin to trust it.

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Ken, That pup with the blue collar looking up would look just like his grandpa Chief did at that age if he were liver roan!

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I used to have a huge database, but that was a couple computers ago. Now days, I only look at the first few generations anyway.

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I'm all for accommodating handicapped handlers, but I'm scared of the potential abuses. I hope this doesn't go the way of the old NBHA years ago when many of the pros started handling from horseback in their walking stakes.

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It was pretty easy to see who was involved just by browsing through the classifieds section, so even though Kiki didn't mention a name directly, it was still easy to figure out.

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From the looks of the date stamped on the package, it seems like apologies are in order.

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For some reason I get some emails from a viszla list, and remember that topic coming up several months ago. On April 15, one of them talked to Bonnie Hidalgo, executive AKC field rep, and she said that bells were totally legal. Also, one of them got an email from Lisa Carrol, Director of Performance...

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I bought one of the cheap $25 starter pistols many years ago, and it misfired on me all the time... sometimes would only fire one or two rounds per cylinder. Then I went to a Champion starter pistol. It fell apart on me after a few months. After that I bought the NEF starter pistols in .22 and .32, ...

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Tom, most of the pros I know don't start running up north until the spear grass awns have turned. Usually late July to early August, but it varies a little year to year. I don't run them until around the same time down here either because I've had to pay for two different surgeries and spent about $...

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Yep, those were some great times. The family still misses you every Thanksgiving when we have dinner. I have so many great memories of our hunts together over the years. I still get tears in my eyes thinking about one day when we set on the tailgate up on top of a hill by an old barn and watched Chi...

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sanjo sin city slick. his offspring are the proof + 1 for old man Slick here. I would breed back to him in a heart beat if there was anything frozen on him. One of the most prepotent sires in the breeds history. Robert Me too. Old man slick is my Ace dog's only great grandfather. I sure wish I had ...

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Haha. Tell Dez happy fourth of July from me Andy!

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Beaver is big rolling hills of sandsage and plum thickets with some river bottom. Consider telemetry or a gps if your dog has any kinds of wheels at all. You can lose a dog at 50 yards in some places due to the terrain. Last time I hunted there I saw my female Dixie about a dozen times in four hours...

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I agree. The worst dog fights I've ever seen were between females. The problem is that with some dogs, once they get a taste of fighting, they like it. I put down the nicest young dog I've owned in over 15 years because she decided that she liked to fight. I had her for a year and a half before she ...

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If you had to choose between running trials,or hunt tests,or whatever dog game you play,and wild bird hunting which venue would you choose? I've been a bird hunter as long as I can remember. Even though I've kind of tired of killing a bunch of birds (never pulled the trigger on a wild quail last ye...

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Tommy, If you're willing to run some AKC stuff, there were a couple trials within 45 minutes of you and another couple within an hour and a half last year. One of the clubs I'm in is going to run three of them at Optima next fall and winter. You can run your FDSB registered dogs in them even if you ...

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The best two birddogs I've ever owned were straight out of multiple time all-age national champions. That was way before I ever saw a field trial.

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A Rambling Rebel, Fiddler, Evolution, Red Water Rexx, Riggin's White Knight.

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Sweet! Congrats to all the winners.
I'm really happy for Ken and his dog Mike. Mikey is out of my old clown son Chief and my old slick daughter Babe.

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This board is always funny to me, no matter how bad of an idea something is there are always a few that chime about how great it is or how it worked for them. Pointing dogs that have a future in tests/trials OR being trained to a broke level and flushing dogs don't mix unless the flusher is kept at...

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I guided a lot for about five years in southwest Kansas and southeast Colorado on both wild and pen-raised birds. I made my dogs stay broke, even when clients wanted to hunt their unbroke dogs and flushers with mine. I can't tell you how many times I've given those other dogs a chance to find a down...

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I also recommend Charlie Rose. I spent several months down at his lease a couple years ago when I was between jobs. He loves his dogs, and more importantly, his dogs love him. Your dog will be in good hands! PM me if you want his cell number and I'll give it to you.

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Good luck. Hope you all have a great trial. I just wish it were a few hours closer for me!

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I attended my first field trial about five years ago. Instead of just going and watching, I entered two young dogs. One was a 21 month old male who basically broke himself at 13 months. I entered him in the Amateur Gun Dog because I didn't want to chance him coming unbroke on me in a derby stake. Th...

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Interesting thread! Most people would consider my dog Ace to be linebred off of the "original" slick. But his inbreeding coefficient is not all that high. I don't remember what it is, but Dave Quindt did one up for me a couple years back. Dave probably still has it somewhere, but I lost everything o...

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I used to subscribe to both magazines, but let them both expire around 2001 or 2002 after it seemed like I was just reading the same old articles. Of the two, I liked PDJ much better. A good friend bought me a subscription again to the PDJ so I could get access to post on their bulletin board.

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I have a very good friend in Anadarko, Oklahoma who is a national and world champion taxidermist. His name is Kennth Bauman. You can call him at 405-247-5711. Tell him Dave Scott sent you.

http://www.baumanstaxidermy.com/

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Keep a close watch on her eye Tom. I've had a half dozen dogs bit by rattlesnakes over the years, and the only one I had trouble with was one where about a week later the dog's eye started rotting out of the socket. It was one of the nastiest things I've ever seen.

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Tom,
If you want some more chukar to eat, I have about 50 of them in the freezer.

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Congrats to Jim West and Mike Patrick. Also, a huge congrats go out to Lenny Morales for breeding the litter that produced Joker. I think three from that litter were within a couple points of their FC's before they turned two. Also, I saw on Lenny's website that Joker won or placed in broke dog stak...

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Tommy, You'd be surprised how many of those dogs are specialists that don't hunt wild birds. I know of several very competitive tournament dogs in our area that stay home when their owners go wild bird hunting.

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Congrats to all the placers.

Lennie, that was one heck of a litter! Two AF Champions, and three that are almost AKC field champions while still derby age!

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I think the solid and roan dogs look better than the white ones. However, since my old chief dog died, I don't even own a roan anymore, let alone a solid colored one. The main reason is the heat tolerance issue.

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I'm really sorry to hear that. My thoughts and prayers are with you.

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I'm really sorry to hear that such a nice dog passed way before her time. My condolences to Mark, Robbi, and Keith.

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That's a lot better than I could do Phil! I might have to get you to help me make one.

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Neil,
I have talked to the owner of the dog that got fourth place. He said to tell you that if he’d been judging the dog would have never been in the call back anyhow.

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I agree with Tom and Duane.... I also highly recommend Adrian Jackson. He is a first class person and birddog man, and I would not hesitate to send a dog to him. Plus he is very close to you, so it would be easy for you to keep track of the pup's progress, and more importantly, Adrian would be able ...

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