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deke

We go out to a big cement bunker where a farmer keeps all the cut corn, pull out a cooler and a few lawn chairs.

deke

I have never noticed a huge difference in how they produce. I would pocket the $40 and go with the shells

deke

My little field bred lab runs 5 miles a day with my fiancé, then comes home and plays fetch for as long as I will throw his bumper, or hit his tennis ball. But he is pretty much a physical freak when it comes to labs, or at least the ones I have seen.

deke

I love my filsons, bought the single layer ones and had a 6 in zipper put into the bottom. They are very easy to re-oil ( I think its wax though) . All you do is rub some between your fingers and coat the material. Just like oiling boots, except you only need to do it once per season. I put mine on ...

deke

Havent really heard much about coon hunting where I am from. We have them here, they try to steal my dog food every once in a while. I have a coon graveyard behind my house for the ones who don't think the dogs barking is a good enough warning. Had my yellow lab pin three in the garage one morning, ...

deke

Had the same issue you have. Had one of my labs get in a tussle with a porky, we got all we could see and feel out of him, but about a week later I noticed a big lump on his head and squeezed it. It popped and I did some more digging and found another quill. About a week after that I could feel anot...

deke

Everyone has that certain shot set up that is just a thorn in their side. Mine happens to be the easiest shot, flushing from right infront of me, and flying straight away. I can go to the range and shoot it all day, but can only hit a live bird 50% of the time.

deke

We taught our dog to " dance " at a young age. We saw that he liked to jump up on people and decided to turn it into a trick. Now he wont jump on people until you ask him to dance, its quite the party trick, and girls seem to love how gentlemanly he is haha :roll:

deke

Everytime I take my dogs out into the woods they end up scratched and cut up. Its all good as long as pup heals up normal. Watch for big cuts and anything embedded in the tissue.

deke

So from what I can gather. His marking, energy, drive, weight, health affects, etc. will all stay relatively similar to what they currently are (until he ages)? For the most part the only thing that will change by neutering him at this point in the game is that we will lose the potential unwanted b...

deke

Congrats deke! Sounds like an awesome way to spend a summer. Where are you at? I'd love to get into some kings on the fly, man that would be awesome. Cool avi pic btw, good looking dogs! Im about as far up in Northwest Washington as you can get. We went out on the opener and put six on the boat ran...

deke

oldtowneben - just wanted to chime in with my experiences on the subject. My wife does not train my dogs. Never has...never will. She does not wish to and I am fine with that. She has carved out her own niche for herself with the animals. Let'sjust say her nickname is "THE SPOILER". She is the one ...

deke

1 in O ring yellow reflective collar all year, 1/2 in orange with the shock collar added for when we are out hunting.

deke

Good lookin pup, welcome to the board

deke

So far it has been a fairly eventful summer. Got engaged at the beginning of it. Been out camping nearly every weekend I can get away. Letting the dog rest up and enjoy the beginning of summer, he had a rough season last year. Fishin, Fishin, and more Fishin, Kings start running here shortly so we w...

deke

When we were in SD this year we had our best luck hunting drainage, edges of corn fields, and food plots. In that order. We saw so few birds come out of crp that we eventually just started targeting these more productive areas. Even if we were in the field for ten minutes, but already walked the dra...

deke

fill freezer full of fish - almost done, still got some room for kings
Shoot bow as much as possible
Scout deer hunting areas
keep the dog in shape
get me back in shape from a long winter
try to shoot some trap
pull out all hunting gear, clean and oil

deke

I have a three and a half year old lab, and while he has never put his teeth on someone he does get awfully rough with kids. I think it has something to do with their size, he thinks they are his play mates. All it usually takes is a quick " no" and he will leave them alone. Unless they are little t...

deke

I feed my dogs Kirkland chicken and rice. Seems to do the trick. We switched from pro plan when my pup was 6 months, he had a bad reaction and the vet said it could or could not be caused by the food, we took the safe route and switched. Never looked back, plus the savings on my wallet is nice. Sav...

deke

I feed my dogs Kirkland chicken and rice. Seems to do the trick. We switched from pro plan when my pup was 6 months, he had a bad reaction and the vet said it could or could not be caused by the food, we took the safe route and switched. Never looked back, plus the savings on my wallet is nice.

deke

Call her "tri" Kennel name hittin the triple

deke

CDN_Cocker wrote:A working cocker is a great choice - they can do it all. My only question is why don't u hunt your current lab in the uplands? A lab is a pretty versatile breed... And that's coming from a cocker guy lol

They can do it all is a pretty bold statement. Can they mow lawn?

deke

Sorry...is there a question in there? No, does there need to be? OK, you asked for one: what is the BEST American-made shotgun for under 1000 bucks? You could say under $10,000 and the answer will still be the same. Remington 870. I have put mine through heck and everytime I pull the trigger it goe...

deke

If you are hunting pheasants I would look for a springer spaniel or a pointing lab.

deke

I think long-term we'll have use for a log splitter...I just don't want to buy junk. John used to split all the wood by hand, but he has a persistent elbow injury that gets aggravated easily. Once we get a log splitter, I've tasked my 21 yr old son (starting his senior year in college) the job of s...

deke

Might want to look at renting one for the weekend. Don't know where you live but here you can rent one for 65 dollars p/u Friday and return Monday. Find your self some local kids who want to make a buck bringing you rounds all day and get it done.

deke

I always like to think about people when trying to figure out my dogs weight issues. A skinny lean person is going to be able to run a marathon much faster and more efficiently then a sprinter. But, on the flipside a sprinter will make a marathon runner look silly in a 100m. Retrievers are generally...

deke

We could make these same comments about a BMW or a Lexus or several other vehicles. Rich K whats in your garage? Ezzy Bad comparison. We're not comparing cars. There's nothing wrong with an inexpensive shotgun if you don't use it much. But at the end of the day, with enough rounds, all shotguns wil...

deke

Dogs handle cold way better then we give them credit, and heat way worse then we think. I keep my lab outside year round, some people don't agree with it and think he gets cold. Anyways, those friends/families/neighbors say "he must be happy now that its starting to get nice out." My reply, and I'm...

deke

Here is picture of a monster lingcod, 46 inch 50 lbs. Had to throw the big girl back, she was ten inches over legal limit.

deke

Not intentionally, and I don't train for it. But both of my dogs have found dead deer. First one was a bad shot and we let the deer sit over night and just had the dog with me and he found it. Second one, was in SD and a young kid put a bad shot on a doe and she hid in a corn field, when we jumped h...

deke

I trained my first hunting dog by throwing half full water bottles into a drainage pond. I think you will be alright.

deke

kennel in the bed of the truck, throw a blanket or tarp over it if that will make you feel better. when we go camping or hunting we sleep in the bed of my truck, and the dog gets his kennel strapped to a picnic table or tree. Dogs handle cold way better then we give them credit, and heat way worse t...

deke

I just went down and had a seamstress put a zipper into my single tin filsons, hopefully now they will be easy on easy off. Not much worse then having to take your boots off at the truck to get your chaps off.

deke

My train of thought is that they will figure it out. And removing the pup from the situation, removes the older dogs chance to set boundaries for the pup . My dogs would constantly fight it out when we first brought our pup home, the older dog tolerated it for a while, and then set the pup straight...

deke

My train of thought is that they will figure it out. And removing the pup from the situation, removes the older dogs chance to set boundaries for the pup. My dogs would constantly fight it out when we first brought our pup home, the older dog tolerated it for a while, and then set the pup straight. ...

deke

I have most definitely " lit my dog up" , but only if he is in a potentially dangerous situation ( chasing deer towards a road ). I don't usually even run the collar on anything more than a two. And like most people, I have tested it on my arm and neck. 2 is the level setting that I can see the firs...

deke

Gonna head out and start catching some lingcod here shortly, maybe some halibut. Already have a full chest freezer of salmon, so I might hold off on that for a while. Besides fishing I shoot my bow a lot more during the summer, usually a few hours a night if I can work it into my schedule. Camp/sco...

deke

My first lab use to dig holes so deep you couldn't see her in the field, just dirt flying from a hole. She would use her mouth to bite the top layer of roots and grass so she could continue her mass mouse genocide. After a hour or two she would come back up to the house and throw up mud and mouse pi...

deke

Gonna head out and start catching some lingcod here shortly, maybe some halibut. Already have a full chest freezer of salmon, so I might hold off on that for a while. Besides fishing I shoot my bow a lot more during the summer, usually a few hours a night if I can work it into my schedule. Camp/scou...

deke

tallgrass kennels seems to have some pretty decent pups, not sure if they have any chocolates. My pup is from tiger mountain, and he is a retrieving freak. They have chocolates, but they are much smaller labs, tall and skinny. Have to watch them if you are hunting in really cold weather.

deke

What do you plan to hunt with it?

deke

What does work for urine for dogs? I've always used (and thought) that Nature's Miracle was as good as it got. What is the product that we ought to be using? I've got a 14 year old pointer that is incontinent now and we're constantly cleaning up after her. If there's a good product out there - I wa...

deke

Natures miracle works for human noses, but doesn't even begin to work for dog noses. We use stuff that costs 300 dollars a bottle for oriental rugs, and we have a disclaimer that if the people still own the dog we cant guarantee the dog wont remark his spots. And we treat rugs after they get complet...

deke

The way I do pups is to crate them, take them out to pee....if he pee's outside he gets some fun time loose but then back in the crate....then repeat....peeing outside = fun time. You can also restrict water some during the day and before bed time. He goes outside to pee he gets some water and free...

deke

keep it the same, feed less........................Cj I can be feeding my pup anywhere from 4 cups a day during the non hunting / training parts of the year, then during hunting season when we hunt a few times a week he gets closer to 7 cups, and when we go on a ten day trip to SD he is eating 12 o...

deke

keep it the same, feed less........................Cj I can be feeding my pup anywhere from 4 cups a day during the non hunting / training parts of the year, then during hunting season when we hunt a few times a week he gets closer to 7 cups, and when we go on a ten day trip to SD he is eating 12 o...

deke

We hunt labs and springers together all the time for pheasants, works like a charm.

deke

We use the rabbit squeal, leave it on for about thirty seconds, then sit and wait for about twenty minutes, then turn it on for another ten seconds. The reason we do this is if you just keep the call blaring, most of them can pinpoint the sound so they will sit back and watch for a while before maki...

deke

A pointer in that situation would likely end up a broken bloody mess. Cadaver dogs smell body gasses and that takes some time and I can only guess that maybe that mud is so tight scent has trouble escaping. I figured as much for the mud work. I was thinking more out in the woods. Every year we hear...

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