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Pheasants should be up again, that late in the year it will be tough to get on grouse as they are skiddish but you could end up finding some. You will need to wear orange during the deer hunting season. Depending on how far west you go pound the cattails that is where they will end up especially if ...

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Buy it. I would like to have one but just do not shoot the smaller birds enough, I barely use my Benelli M1 20ga., I did almost buy a Franchi AL48 in 28 ga. last month for $600 but talked myself out of it.

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Nice pic. If someone didn't want to walk a field with my dogs I would tell them you go left I am going right with them.

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These guys have pretty much hit all the easy available options. Franchi Affinity is a good gun, I picked up a Benelli M1 about 7 years ago from a guy that bought it new for 685 never fired it. I gave him 550. I see them now for 700 and up used. M2's are quite a bit more. The Montefeltro is a nice gu...

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You could buy one of the small vents for a plastic gas can and use that for a vent. I bought 5 for $2 on eBay awhile ago.

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ND, maybe MN for some ruffs although I have been saying MN for the last 10 years and never go.

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I really like my Affinity and I do think I have seen a left handed version in the stores. They are selling here for $799.

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Full bodies. I don't think the GHG shells stack like honkers because the sides curl down some. I have 3dz G&H shells and they do not look nearly as good as the full bodies I have. I don't have an issue with the feet staying on my B2's.

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search for owens DIY dog box. Just need to add the plywood.

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I have had a 12Ga for two years and like it a lot. I did shoot a Franchi 612 for the last 12 or so years. I have not had any trouble with it. I have shot my father in-laws SBE2 quite a bit also and like that but couldn't justify twice the price for a gun I use hunting. I also have a Benelli M1 20ga ...

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The collar is the same as the Ecollar. I think they are one inch. Whatever the regular collar size is for all the G2 and G3 units.

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I like them better because they are lighter and stay on top of the dogs neck. They work basically the same.

I've got a couple of new ones for sale if you are interested.

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My dogs eat a lot of snow while hunting late in the season, often they won't drink any water after a long walk. I have a suburban so they are inside that in the evenings, mine will pull anything they can get through the kennel holes so they don't get covered but I do put 2 dogs in one box. My shorth...

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I have bought some Bigfoot B2's and those worked well this year. I also bought a dozen GHG Shells that look very good also. Dakota Decoys are very nice also but a little more than the B2's. I also picked up some Hidgon FB Mallards that look very nice. They were on sale for $89/6. Some Goose dekes ar...

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2 weeks ago i ran a beeper on my gordon in point only mode. Did it affect the birds, didnt seem to any more than my GSP they all seem to move and not hold very good right now. Hunt the field edges early and late and work the cattails hard as they will run into those. There should be birds around the...

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I made the mistake of having my first dog leashed and in the fenced yard all the time, every time the kids left the gate open he would bolt. It was his demise as he was hit by a car at a year old. The next dog the fence was taken down and only had a leash on when training heel and come. She wouldn't...

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cjhills wrote:2 steel in whatever brand is handy. don't have to change when hunting water fowl areas. Don't fill the prairies full of lead. Cj

That is typically what I shoot. You never know when a flock of mallards will be sitting in that pond in the middle of the crp field.

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TT is easy to get ahold of. I emailed them and asked a few questions and they told me to call in so they could check serial numbers to see if warranted. They answered right away. If you have a G2 or G3 receiver they are charging $75 to replace it.

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I hunted my springer with my GSP who has always been solid on her points. My springer would come in and flush the bird which is nice if you are hunting pheasants because they are usually running away. However if my pointer was not solid on her points I would not hunt them together.

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My previous springer was trained to sit on one bleep and come on 3. My setter and GSP just come when I whistle, there is nothing worse than someone yelling for their dog when out hunting. Hunted with a buddies friend a couple of years ago that didn't ever shut up. I finally told him to shut up and t...

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Nice pictures. I don't think I could put the gun down long enough after seeing all that wildlife.

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One from today. I should take more pictures instead of just shooting those late season ND ringnecks. Not the prettiest looking point but running in the cattails he stops hard.

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nikegundog wrote:I bought a springer once, enough said..........

Just once? I've done it 3 times now. Mixed a lab, GSP & Gordon Setter in there also.

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I was told today that until the first of the year you can get your non-working G2 transmitter replaced for $105 with a new G3 of the same model. After the first of the year they will consider them obsolete and only allow a trade in discount. If you have one that doesn't work now would be a good time...

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I wasn't sure if the programming was the same as the exp. I did get it to work with another collar. The one I have shows that it turns on but doesn't work so it will not program. Thanks.

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Hey guys I have a Trashbreaker G2 and the collar with it is not working so I was going to try another collar but am not sure how to program? This is just a one dog not an EXP.

Is it the same as the EXP?

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I think in ND every thing south of the interstate is posted, not saying you won't find anything and if you get to far north there is alot of road construction and traffic is horrible. I was out there a few weeks ago and trying to get on the main road to go north out of Watford City traffic was backe...

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I was 30 when I got my first dog, just deer hunted before then. Met a guy that pheasant hunted ALL the time (3-5 days a week) my first time out and ended up hunting with him a few times that first year and have hunted with him ever since. I was about 150 from home and he was about 70. I live a littl...

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Ok so the ones made starting some time in 2009 have the month / year for the first 4 numbers anything before you have to call and ask.

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Here is my two cents. I would buy a TT Pro 500 (18 levels of both stim.) if budget allows followed by the TT100 but the Field 90 has both continuous and momentary and can run the TT beeper collar also. The EXP is nice so you can add more dogs. The collars are all the same so if you wanted to upgrade...

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He guys I have a couple TT G3 Sport Models and I am wondering if they are still under warranty. The s/n are 532110032004 & 532110002691.

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I would think you could find a used Benelli for less than 1k. I picked up a M1 for $550, never been shot about 2 years ago. Or I just saw a couple Winchester SX3 in 20 ga. for $950. I would like to have one of those as they feel good when coming up to my shoulder. I shoot a Franchi 612 in 12 ga. mos...

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I like the mixed bag. I am thinking I may need to leave ND to hunt for some other types of birds.

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I like the shell flying though the air in all three pics.

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Bring your hip boots, it is wet. There is water to the edge of the sloughs, the birds were running on the ice but the dogs broke through, probably won't be much different this weekend with the temps in the 30's. Corn is coming off though they said it is about 50% now.

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Thats just not fair. Very nice.

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Dogtras are good also but you have to send in to get another reciever programed if you buy a used one but I think they can send you one already programed from the factory if you have the serial numbers on the original.

If I were to buy them again it would be DT.

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If I were to buy some more I would buy the DT because a person can self program additional receivers without sending them in like the dogtra.

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Stapler I didn't have one two weeks ago but a guy that was hunting with me did and my GSP caught a fence and we put four into her. I bought one off ebay. This is the fourth time in the last eight years that my dogs have cought a fence, three different dogs, one twice. Through a baby diaper for thos...

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These are really nice.
Lifetime warranty.

http://gundoghousedoor.com/?gclid=CI322 ... awodDm3STA

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What are you going to have in it when your done

Dogs.

I couldn't resist.

Did you make it out of sheet aluminum?

Did you make a frame then attach? Did you weld or rivet?

I would like to build one myself.

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Sharpies get really spookie that late in the season. The wind seems to be blowing every day and that doesn't' help either.

The weather can be anywhere like as stated in an earlier post.

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I will say there will be people sitting on the roads watching when you are out there walking. I hunt during the season and don't worry too much, but you would be better off coming a week later after Thanksgiving because most people "save" that for relatives and friends that weekend. The next weekend...

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He stole your avatar.

That is a nice looking pup.

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I am really a Remington guy but I bought the Winchester Ranger 1300 which is a pump and if you look at them the forarm is set back about three inches further which is where the kids hold the gun because their arms are shorter. This makes a big difference when holding and swinging the gun. I am reall...

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John,

Is that your dog on the top?

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I would definitely go with a Welded Wire Kennel and a gundoghousedoor.com for into the building.

http://gundoghousedoor.com/

You can do a search for floor, there have been several threads on that.

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The first Springer that I had would bolt every time the kids would leave the gate open. He ended up getting hit by a car and when I brought home the next one the fence went down. She would stay in the yard and not even go in the street, now I have a GSP and she is a fence climber and digger and just...

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I've got a week in ND scheduled. That'll be a blast. What are you going after Greg? I think the last couple of years it has only been about 10 days for me. I did spend probably 50 days in the hockey rink thought with my two boys. I figure I can hunt more when they graduate or at least get their lic...

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He has moved out there. His wife has been out there for about a month or so and they have bought a house and closed on his here on Friday.

I know Tom still has his website at tallgrassgordonsetters.com and he has an email link there.

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