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I'd get her back in the saddle and take her right back out there. Experience is the best teacher and it's amazing how quickly dogs learn about barb wire fences. My dogs normally go under under fences, but one would go through the strands forward and twist her hips sideways to clear. It's a necessary...

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That explains a lot.

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Congratulations. That's a beautiful dog. I will wager he makes your hunts more interesting. There's a satisfaction in hunting behind a dog like that even when the birds aren't cooperating.

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Thanks. That was worth watching. You've got a beautiful dog and great country to run it.

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This is financially prohibitive, but in Kansas, rotation of CRP every 5 years and not spraying fallow wheat stubble, would boost pheasant and quail populations more than any other practice available. New CRP with cover crop and weed infestation blows up bird numbers more than anything I have ever se...

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I went hunting last weekend about 40 miles Northeast of Dodge City. I live in Kansas and have hunted in this area for the last 35 years. I went to college with a fairly large farmer in the area and he can get access to some of the best stuff in that area so it has been a beneficial relationship for ...

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I had great success raising chukars and they did well in the johnny box, but I never recalled one. I live West of Wichita,Ks. and the hawks killed every chukar ever released from the box. I tried letting them out in pairs and one at a time. Fifteen piles of feathers later, we just planted what we ha...

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My best luck has been w/ 1 oz. loads of #6 shot. Try to shoot the forward part of the bird. Stop at 30 yds going away and 35 yds broadside and you will humanely dispatch wild birds. I have been using modified choke and despite the naysayers that say 3/4 oz loads are superior, I assure you that 1 oz....

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I was looking at gunbroker.com and there is a Tristar 28 gauge semi auto listed for under $500 new. It has a 26" barrel. I have found that barrel length bothers children and women as much as length of pull. A 28 gauge is remarkably effective and has virtually no recoil in a semi-auto. There is no ne...

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I have had a Remington Premier O/U, and currently have two Remington 1100 Sporting Clays and a CZ Ringneck SxS and an SKB GC7 O/U. I have shot the Franchi auto and Beretta O/U's, so I have had some experience. The lighter guns have as much recoil as a heavy kicking 20 gauge just because they are lig...

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A friend of mine just bought his brother "Rocky", from Kevin Packard. I thought it was Rocky when I saw him. They are beautiful and intense animals. That was a very good breeding. Congratulations.

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I would be careful around fed catfish ponds. Early Summer and Fall harvests seem to coincide with algae blooms in these waters and they are already high in nitrates. In some respects a catfish pond is kind of like a feedlot. You feed the animals and they produce nitrates. I've had some bad experienc...

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A bigger entry hole means more possums, housecats and rabbits. I would give them a landing ledge up above for them to escape. I would check the johnny every morning. Just a thought. A quail funnel is 2 1/8 at the narrow end. I don't know what it would be for a chukar.

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You might try it. I didn't have any luck. You would probably need some heavy cover. I raised chukar one year and tried turning them out of a johnny box one at time, two at a time and three at a time to see how it would work. I found the birds feather pile by late afternoon the same day, every time. ...

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Stoneface, I appreciate the topic and the discussion, but if you can repeat a breeding of a dog that looks like your avatar pointer, what more can a man want? That dog could be a breed standard. Congratulations on that and keep up the good work.

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Go to gundogsonline.com and find classified adds and go to pointing puppies for sale. One of the upper adds is from Randy Strelow of something like Ogalvie, MN. I don't know a lot about his dogs, but looking at the pups pictures, and having talked to him about their background, they would probably m...

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You're doing the right thing. Don't run out more than half of them at a time. They will build strength very quickly and you will have a lot of fun with them. They may never develop a fear of you, but they will have a great natural fear of a dog. You are in for a good time.

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I don't think you need shotgun shells to pheasant hunt Kansas. The bird situation there is a lot more serious than people realize. The drought probably has the bird population in the southern half of the state down to one tenth or less of what it is in a normal year. The northern part of the state i...

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Say, that is an exceptionally nice looking young dog. What is his breeding?

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When I was a kid, we sometimes had peacock or duck or quail eggs or whatever, given to us by a city zookeeper. My sister would go catch a Bantam hen out of the chicken house and put it in a cardboard box with a lid with a brick on it. The chicken had food and water in the box, but it was kept dark u...

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I believe 1962 was the last year it was legal to shoot hawks and owls in Kansas. We used to have a tremendous quail and jackrabbit population. In 1972, after 10 years of federal protection, everyone wanted to know why the jackrabbits were nearly eradicated. In 1982 everyone wanted to know why all th...

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I live in Kansas and tried the Johnny box on chukars a couple years ago. There were 30 chukars in the box and over a period of time, I released 15 of them in singles, some days in pairs and one day I released 3 birds. I don't believe a single bird survived an afternoon. I found the hawk ravaged feat...

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I've never dealt with John, but I have visited with him on occaision. I know people who have dealt with John and for whom John has trained their dogs. He knows what he is doing and if you reach an agreement on what the results of the training will provide, I think John will deliver. He does have som...

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I've been through similar experiences and am going through one now. You might save some time and money by taking him to Helten Veterinary Clinic at 6630 W Central in Wichita, or the veterinary clinic in Abilene Ks. Abilene's clinic is amazingly diversified and would be my first resort before going t...

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I've owned some really obnoxious shorthairs and some have been extremely well mannered. They are a high strung dog and it seems like the more obnoxious ones substitute one annoying habit for another as you correct them.. They can have a real excitement for life. I usually tell them to go to their bo...

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A friend of mine got a shock the other day when he went out to the kennel and found his male GSP tied up on a 9 month old female GSP. He didn't realize a dog could come into heat at that age and there had been no previous indications that she was coming into heat. We would appreciate a little advice...

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I'll throw some paint at the wall because I know how hard it is to settle on a name. Wild Mountain Gypsy, Bean Over Wild Mountain, Wild Mountain Schnitzel, Wild Mountain Strudel, Wild Mountain Rose, Bean To Wild Mountain, Wild Mountain Lady Bird, Wild Mountain Birdie, Wild Mountain Gold Digger, Wild...

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I wouldn't feel too sorry for this dog. He doesn't have any issues other than he runs a little lean genetically. Sledge lives the life of Riley and he's an eyefull in the field. He's pretty much all Tonelli and I'd clone him if I could.

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I have a 4 year old GSP male that runs a little lean all the time. He is a very healthy dog, upper range medium size, a little leggy, but he really needs another 5 lbs on him. I exercise him regularly and have tried a number of brands of quality dog foods. I feed him half again as much as my other d...

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Say fellas, if I took my female to the vet for a brucellosis test. How long would it take to get the results?

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I rinse and change water daily, but that doesn't do it. I use well water and I think nitrate levels have a lot to do with algae development. Treated city water probably doesn't have the same levels due to chlorination. It sounds like elbow grease and chlorox are the best solution. Are there any down...

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Say, what can a guy do to prevent that green algae from building up in my water buckets in warm weather?

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I can't speak for anyone else. but having a male Clown grandson and having watched some others, it might be an aesthetic thing. My male has a short face, wide forehead and comparatively short ears. The short ear trait and heavy bodies has passed on to a number of Clown dogs I've seen. On the plus si...

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Bailey, that's a pretty good sized Johnny Box. Just curious, how many quail do you figure that will hold? Also curious, what's the breeding on your avatar dog? You look like you got things going.

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My female was fairly large with a first pregnancy. When I checked on her she had one healthy pup, and raised it beautifully. I don't know if the others were stillborn, but I think not. She had eaten the other pups. She has been an outstanding mother on her last two large litters. I wouldn't give up ...

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I think Vick deserves an appropriate fine and he needs to spend some time in jail, but remember, we aren't involved in what a lot of people would consider a humane sport. There is some perspective here as to values assigned to humans vs animals. I think Vick should pay his dues, be set up as an appr...

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I was running a big male gsp one night down at the pond. My wife and I were standing and visiting on the concrete apron to a large shed when the male tried to run between my legs from behind me. I somersaulted backwards and landed on my shoulders and head. I can't say that was the most upset I have ...

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We had been married about a year and my wife bought me a gsp pup for my birthday. I came home from work wearing a one day old pair of Redwing steel toed work boots and I went to sleep in a chair holding the probably 10 week old pup. I awoke to a tugging sensation on my left leg and looked down to se...

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That beats all. Need creates innovation. Keep us posted on improvements.

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My black and white female is from a cross between a liver and tick and a black and white. When I have mated her to a similarly bred dog, 3/4 of the pups were black and white. The others were liver and white. My current litter is from this same black and white female and a liver and white male out of...

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I use a cheap Wal Mart 5' diameter swimming pool. I get a sheet of 1" white styrafoam from the lumber yard to put underneath the pool and cushion any hard knocks the pups might take and cut a piece of scrap carpet that will have to be replaced once a week for about 3 weeks as a pool liner. I go down...

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Several years ago I drove across two states to breed a GSP to a high quality male. She was allowed one hookup on her 12 th day. She remained small during her pregnancy and had only one pup. We experienced no unexpected difficulties or unusual circumstances, although the pup did grow rapidly. It turn...

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That is an enviably well marked pup. A great looking dog but it has hypnotic eyes. If you are susceptible to the powers of suggestion, I would wear mirrored sunglasses around that thing.

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Several years ago I ran 2 bitches together that were littermates. They were very competitive and one dog in particular would intentionally T-Bone the larger female when we would go on a nightly run. The larger female pulled up lame on the front shoulder and I knew what it was from. Absolutely nothin...

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The first thing I teach my dogs is go to the box. This stops the most obnoxious confrontations of scooping and kennel duties. It is also a daily control command that can be combined with a command to Whoa or Hold. I hate barking dogs but have had plenty of them and tried a couple bark collars with l...

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I have no idea how different species of birds get along in the same enclosure but I know from experience that one should never run out of feed. I had a feeder freeze up one time for a day and a half and every bird in the box was plucked bald on the back of the head and about a third of them were dea...

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The nipple system is a great suggestion. You can order them through Farm Tech. Get the stainless steel press in drips. You just drill I believe 3]8" holes in 3[4" pvc pipe and press them in. I don't even glue the joints on the pvc as I use a 5 gal plastic bucket gravity feed. It might last a week fo...

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Dear Dogman, I probably prefer males in most situations. My wife can exhibit extreme and agitated Alpha behaviour. She can be quite irratable with both me and strangers. She barks orders all night and runs all day. I should have paid more attention when we were dating as she also has a very bad bite...

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Everyone's heard of Tonelli's Rising Sun, but what distinctions if any did his littermates ever achieve? Was there more than one breeding between his parents and how did the rest of the dogs turn out. He and some of his offspring are some of the most fascinating dogs I have ever seen. The temperamen...

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My favorite upland pheasant gun is a Model 12 mat rib 16 gauge, full choke. It's good early and late season with ounce and an eighth loads of No. 4 or 5 shot. The Model 12 is just ergonomically correct. My favorite all around upland gun is a 20 gauge Beretta auto with 3" ounce and a quarters of plat...

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