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muddycreek

Well good bye '10 hunting season. I finally got to downloading some pics from this past fall. It was a good year, not quite as good as last year, but still a great time. We started with Chickens in Sept and hunted phez right until the end of January. THought I'd share a few from this year. Chicken H...

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We hunt indoor living EPs in weather as cold as we get in OK and they do just fine... OK vs ND are you kidding? Sorry DT but you see lows 40 degrees warmer than ND highs... That having been said I keep mine outside, but let em in at night for a little snuggle time. If it gets really cold for KS the...

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Jimbo your plans changing may actually help you a bit. Now that Thanksgiving is past and deer season is open it should give the birds a chance to settle down a bit. I rarely see many others out in the field now until the end of the season. Both Larned and Hays will offer you places tostay, with Hays...

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Most birds in 20 years. Get excited! Have you actually hunted here this year? Don't get too excited about what you read on the KDWP site. THey are more of a tourism department that an actual wildlife department. There are birds, but the pressure has been unbelieveable, especially the areas you ment...

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PFP-sorry just got back from a little trip out west. Flint Hills Liquor in Andover has it. Saw it last week while looking for a host appreciation gift. I'll check again to see about price and who is distributing it so maybe you can get it out there.

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Saw it the other day, but not so sure about a blackberry whiskey. Some fuzzy blackberry brandy memories (or so i've been told) from the college days...

PFP, I know of where you can get it an hr east of you. If you really want it I could deliver it while passing thru. PM me if interested.

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Nontox is not necessary on WHIA. As far as downloading the maps to your GPS, I have no idea. I use the paper booklet they put out so I can write notes on the pages and refer back to them year after year. Larned can be a great place to baseout of, but I think every one else thinks the same thing. The...

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Check out Southwind on here, he has some goodlooking BW's and could point you in the right direction if he doesn't have anything coming up.

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Looks like a great trip. I guess the post office must have lost my invite, I am right on the way...

Good to see you got some birds and that you were able to spend some time with your Dad.

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Get the WIHA Atlas and give it a go, lots, actually over a million acres to access. All it takes is bootleather...

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Awesome! Nice pics

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Paid $26.50 per 40 lb bag of Professional Athlete this week. For that price I will stick with it as the dogs have done very well on it. That is as long as they didn't change the formula drastically and the dogs continue to do well.

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Birddogz,

dont believe ya, need picture verification.

I so love that area, in my mind it's the often mentioned "God's country" Plus the cold keeps the rif-raf out!

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My 2 yr old GSP was givin a tentative diagnosis of Bicipital Tendonitis today. We are going to K State for a consult to verify the diagnosis, but I'm trying to get some additional answers ahead of time. Needless to say I'm a little bummed out as chicken season is 2 weeks away and he has been put on ...

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Had the Mud River covers for a couple seasons now and love em. They stay on from mid Sept 80's prairie chicken hunting to -20's in December in ND. the only issue is the zipper pulls are a little cheap and get brittle when it's real cold. To secure them just run a strap thru the top rings on theh cov...

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Guilty as charged

I really want between improved and modified, i.e a light modified.

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thanks for the input. I decided I am going to open it up and use it rather than just look at it. SInce I pheasant hunt almost exclusively I am leaning towards the Imp Mod. I love quail hunting, but with the low numbers I treat them as more of an incidental bonus, not the primary target. I don't mind...

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Busterb-you may want to reconsider. I hunt KS WHIA every weekend and never useblockers. Trying to make it sound like you know everything about pheasants really makes you sound like you now nothing. Different strokes for different folks, but I prefer my birds over points.

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Would I be absolutely crazy to have my grandpas old model 12 bored out from full to an improved mod? I love the gun, but the full choke leaves a little to be desired especially when a covey o' quail get up. It is a really fun, light gun to hunt with but i don't carry it much due to the full choke. I...

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I'll do it, assuming your talking the WIHA atlas. PM me your info and I'll send one out.

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A couple that breeders that come to mind are:

www.thunderheadgsps.com
www.cadenskennels.com

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So glad to hear your on the road to recovery.

muddycreek

some day...some day

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The office is in Ft. Yates just across the border in ND. As far as being careful, yes I agree. While I never had any issues, you are a outsider in a foreign country.

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I'm hoping you mean next season. The pheasant hunting can be outstanding, depending on the hatch, winter, summer weather, etc... That being said, pheasant hunting anywhere in SD beats most other places hands down. Just west of town there are Sharptails, but mostly on tribal land. THere are a few hun...

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Used to...Why?

Fun place to live when your a bachelor fresh outta college

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I was having a conversation today about a hunt I had over the weekend with a co-worker. I happened to have had a great duck hunt, while he had struggled over the weekend. After we discussed the details of both hunts he looked me straight in the eye and said "You're the luckiest SOB I have ever met" ...

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Shadow-thx for the invite! I don't think I will get the opportunity to play hookey with the little guy again this season, but if something changes I'll definately look you up.

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Sounds like you really had fun! I really liked your description of the "First " field. I have one of those myself, not the best, but very special in it's own right. Thaks for taking us along.

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Dang Shadow, you must have a magnetic personality :lol: It seems like you always have guys coming in your fields. Outside of the opening week crap, it has been pretty decent on the hunting ethics this year. Glad you have been able to get out and work the pups. This is really a nice year to be bringi...

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Nice pics! That makes pheasant hunting look darn right pedestrian... I really want to get out and try that some day.

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Thanks everyone. This is shaping up to be one fine year.

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I grew up with dogs in the house. After I got my own place I thought that was the way to go as well. Fast forward a few years marriage, kids, and careers the dual aproach is perfect for me. I have a kennel outside for the dogs during the day, fenced yard for times when I am unable to monitor them wh...

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I thought I'd share a few pics from my recent trips. The first was to the in-laws in NW North Dakota. Our plans and planned departure changed daily due to the Christmas week blizzard. We eventually went up thru western KS, Central Nebraska (I love driving thru the Sandhills, truely beautiful), Centr...

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Me the dogs and 2 friends from work. They get out twice a year when I take em. It's a good time, but can seem like work getting them birds sometimes. Last weekend of the season it's jus tme the dogs and the entire state at my disposal :D . Gotta give em a last hurrah! I cant believe there's only 4 w...

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Starting aroung Greensburg and ending in the plains/kismet area. I have a buddy in Meade that lets us crash there, works out great! I've seen more late season hunters this year as well, I guess everyone believes the KDWP reports...

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Thanks for takin us with you. It's sure fun when the pups start getting the game. Looks like I'll be heading your way this weekend, having hunted in a foot of snow and -20+ temps last week in ND it will be a great relief to hunt "balmy" SW KS :P Anyway good lookin pups and way to go on the double.

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If it's a field bred english cocker yes, but a King Charles spaniel-no just a burr magnet and a ankle biter. I'd say thanks, but no thanks.

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Good for you and your dog.

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Curious as to why limit yourself to a specific area? I bought my last pup from Georgia out a a stud from Washington St. and couldn't be happier. There are probably quite a few breeders meeting your criteria, but in my opinion don't limit yourself. Shipping a pup should be no problem from virtually a...

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Shhhh, don't tell him every dog does't have to do this. Headin up to ND this week, and hoping to get a sharpie over a point from him, no small task considering the season. That would be 4 species for a 18 month old pup in a year. I hope you come out and we can do the grasslands trip and add a scalie...

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A few more pics from Friday and Saturday. My buddy moving in on a point. http://i610.photobucket.com/albums/tt187/stuhennen/DSC01191.jpg Got one pinned on the edge. http://i610.photobucket.com/albums/tt187/stuhennen/DSC01193.jpg Hurry up, dang it. Ain't no birds here... http://i610.photobucket.com/a...

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good lookin pups you got there. where do you hunt around wichita? i guide in newton and white water. I don't hunt much around Wichita, no birds. Start anywhere 100 miles west and now were talkin! There are some spots around Wichita I go for quail, and a buddy has some land up your way with quail an...

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Looks like fun! It was a great day to be out chasing birds!

P.S. Good lookin pup.

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Decide to play hookey today, and tomorrow for that matter :lol: and go hunting. We did real well again getting lots of action and me actually shooting straight for the second trip in a row and I actually doubled on roosters (I'm due for a slump anytime). The dogs did well again, Gunner especially we...

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Thanks alot guys! Hopefully I can get some more pics soon. I'm getting ready to head out on a 4 day B-Day present from my wife. Four days of solid hunting wherever in KS I please. I think I'll start in central and work west from there. Brookzee thought you might like em. Lets see some of his Bro's.

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Thanks for the compliment! I did have him with a trainer for a couple months this past summer, and since then I've tried to hunt him every chance I get. He probably didn't need to go, but things got really busy this summer and I wanted to make sure he got the work and attention he needed.

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Got out for a bit yesterday. There was still 3-4 inches of snow on the ground from the storm that rolled thru earlier last week. Unfortunately we had to hit some of our secondary spots as we got beat to a couple of the best spots. As we pulled up to the first field we were going to hunt off in the d...

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Check out Travis Ruff at http://progundog.com/ out of Hanston, KS. He has done real well by me. As others have said, enjoy the pup.

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RBraddy wrote: Went to kansas over thanksgiving weekend and stayed in Great Bend. Hunted walk-ins all weekend, took 6 good dogs and saw very few pheasants and no quail. Slow dissappointing weekend. Would much rather shoot quail but having trouble locating them. Any suggestions. post that every wher...

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