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by Don
Wed Dec 08, 2010 4:17 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Pigeon stuff
Replies: 8
Views: 5539

Pigeon stuff

Though some people might be intrested in this. I've had pigeons over 20yrs and have discovered I really don't know squat or a good place to get things I need.

http://www.siegelpigeons.com
by Don
Tue Dec 07, 2010 11:32 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Oregon proposed dog traing laws: HELP!!
Replies: 5
Views: 3002

Re: Oregon proposed dog traing laws: HELP!!

"bleep"! I'm pushing 65 awfully hard, CDS syndrome! Tell Tom hi.
by Don
Tue Dec 07, 2010 10:14 am
Forum: Training
Topic: Getting over panic mode...
Replies: 25
Views: 6042

Re: Getting over panic mode...

If he was trained with a e-collar, after the chase get's under way, start bumping him with the collar till he breaks off the chase. Make sure the chase is on though! You are of course sure he wasn't chasing a rabbit? Did you see a pheasant flush somewhere in front of him? Pheasants run pretty good b...
by Don
Tue Dec 07, 2010 10:01 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Oregon proposed dog traing laws: HELP!!
Replies: 5
Views: 3002

Re: Oregon proposed dog traing laws: HELP!!

Hustonmc, did you get the copy of a letter sent by a Seattle area resident? I assume you are in NSTRA so you would know Mike Ouchita. He's putting out info on the thing. This really gives me the RA. I see it as nothing more than a back door to selling another permit down the road.
by Don
Tue Dec 07, 2010 9:54 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Wild Chukar Training
Replies: 13
Views: 5694

Re: Wild Chukar Training

I have heard the same thing about wetting the nose, maybe and maybe not. Down in the desert it's hot and dry, scent doesn't carry as well. Also the dog's probably get hot a lot easier, hydrate the dog. A hot dog does most its breathing thru it's mouth. To scent game it needs to breath thru it's nose.
by Don
Mon Dec 06, 2010 9:08 pm
Forum: Training
Topic: better question
Replies: 18
Views: 5101

Re: better question

Another for don't need either. Does happy timeing ring a bell?
by Don
Mon Dec 06, 2010 10:33 am
Forum: Hunting
Topic: The rescue dog
Replies: 4
Views: 2025

The rescue dog

There's a thred in rescue's that has a post in it by Luck Guy. I found it there and did an up date on that dog. For those that didn't read it, he got Duke at about 10mos. Shortly after that his wife decided three dogs was to many so Duke came here to wait for their old dog to go. He was a bit gun sh...
by Don
Mon Dec 06, 2010 10:02 am
Forum: Training
Topic: I just got my first real gun dog..... now what?
Replies: 22
Views: 14544

Re: I just got my first real gun dog..... now what?

Ya got nailed on those wings pertty quick and rightfully so, toss'em. Good time to build a loft and stock it. Doesn't need to be real big, about one square foot per bird. They can be built with scrap material too. Where are you in Eastern Washington?
by Don
Sun Dec 05, 2010 3:16 pm
Forum: Training
Topic: Need some training advice for spaniel..
Replies: 8
Views: 3391

Re: Need some training advice for spaniel..

I've got a Boykin, 17 months old, trained in basic retriever work. He's steady, picked up about 200 birds (dove, pigeons, quail and woodducks) and I've been working on his flushing. I have 12 quail that I can set out and get him to flush. I don't think he will sit to flush, yet and was wondering if...
by Don
Sat Dec 04, 2010 10:25 pm
Forum: Guns and Ammo
Topic: Painting bead red
Replies: 17
Views: 10770

Re: Painting bead red

Used to be a front sight I think was called a "Ray Bar" that was floresent. Most visible sight I ever saw. But over the years I've discovered I shoot much better by not noticing that front site. Tends to make me aim like shooting a rifle. Ah, the Ray Bar. It was orgionally put on Ithicas, "Ithica Ra...
by Don
Sat Dec 04, 2010 10:20 pm
Forum: Training
Topic: Best Variety of Quail
Replies: 11
Views: 4520

Re: Best Variety of Quail

The best quail I ever saw for training were Valley Quail. Never used Tenn, Reds but have used coturnix and hated them, lousy flyer's. But this past fall I was talking with a guy that has been raising Bob's for a long time and he switched coturnix. He says they fly great and his word I would take. He...
by Don
Sat Dec 04, 2010 10:03 pm
Forum: Training
Topic: Pigeon help in South Carolina
Replies: 22
Views: 6728

Re: Pigeon help in South Carolina

You guy's trying to trap pigeon's, you need to get the birds coming and going in the trap first you know? Not a lot different than teaching them to pushthe bob's open to get back into the loft. Tie up the bobs and get them eating feed in the trap for several days before you start letting down bob's....
by Don
Sat Dec 04, 2010 9:55 pm
Forum: Training
Topic: Dog passing live birds
Replies: 13
Views: 17504

Re: Dog passing live birds

Probably was on the up wind side. The dog has already shown he'll point birds. First time on quail he might have bumped them if he'd smelled them but I doubt he'd have passed them. On the up wind side they can pass awful close and not smell them. Keep running him.
by Don
Thu Dec 02, 2010 11:08 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: The Burnt creek method
Replies: 10
Views: 5711

Re: The Burnt creek method

I trained several Burnt Creek dogs from Jet Train. Some of the easiest and best dogs I ever worked with. I think Burnt Creek Press is still around. I googled either Jim Marti or Burnt Creek Kennels or something like that a couple years ago. Jim was around but no mention of the Kennels.
by Don
Thu Dec 02, 2010 8:59 am
Forum: Guns and Ammo
Topic: Stoeger Uplander
Replies: 10
Views: 7255

Re: Stoeger Uplander

Straight stock's were actually designed for double trigger guns. When you go for the second trigger the hand slides back a bit. They do look good and feel good tho so they are put on other guns. My 870 Special Field has one. My Charles Daley SxS had double triggers and a pistol grip! I've got four A...
by Don
Wed Dec 01, 2010 6:59 pm
Forum: Training
Topic: Why Pigeons?
Replies: 5
Views: 2579

Re: Why Pigeons?

I thought he said lab. You don't want homer's unless they are either cheap or free. Once you get birds you need to get them breeding, your gonna need them. For flushing dogs, start them out with birds on the ground with flight feathers pulled. You want a flusher to catch birds. Once they are hunting...
by Don
Mon Nov 29, 2010 2:53 pm
Forum: Hunting
Topic: hunting by myself and not working very well
Replies: 5
Views: 1703

Re: hunting by myself and not working very well

Boy that's a good looking dog in your avatar! I would guess that your either hunting where there are no birds or just haven't found them yet. Birds around here are few and far between. Had to make a 6hr trip to get my dog's into wild birds this year. I did take then to a preserve, found it was actua...
by Don
Sat Nov 27, 2010 9:15 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Hunting for a little information
Replies: 15
Views: 5772

Re: Hunting for a little information

Don't know where your from. From the south, a GSP would do. Boykins were developed in the south just for duck hunting from boats. They call it "the dog that doesn't rock the boat". If it were me I'd take the Boykin. From your post it sound like you are going to do a lot more ducks than upland. If yo...
by Don
Fri Nov 26, 2010 9:06 pm
Forum: Training
Topic: Breaking Process
Replies: 11
Views: 4040

Re: Breaking Process

If you do a search, don't ask me how, you will find about a year or so ago in here a wonderful video Yallack did on this subject. He did not use any kind of choke collar, just the plain collar. It is not necessary to punish a dog to teach it. Punishment is for willfull disobedience. Maybe if you PM ...
by Don
Fri Nov 26, 2010 8:56 pm
Forum: Training
Topic: Need Help Training my GSP to Point...
Replies: 18
Views: 6246

Re: Need Help Training my GSP to Point...

Dave, can you tell me how the dog figures out the trap is a man made gimmick that is being controlled by man? And if it can figure it out then it must also figure out that the only thing stopping the chase with the check cord is the man and the gimmick called a check cord. At bthis point I am not ta...
by Don
Fri Nov 26, 2010 12:33 pm
Forum: Training
Topic: Need Help Training my GSP to Point...
Replies: 18
Views: 6246

Re: Need Help Training my GSP to Point...

My dog's drag a cc, they run loose. By putting pigeons in the launcher, you insure they won't catch the bird. The dog will learn it can't catch the bird because it can't. What they will do is come back looking for another. You control the situation by controling the bird. This game is between the do...
by Don
Fri Nov 26, 2010 11:07 am
Forum: Training
Topic: whistle training
Replies: 8
Views: 3544

Re: whistle training

Just a though, I couldn't prove it. I think more bothersome to a wild pheasant is the cover it's in rather than the sound of a whistle. I've seen dog's haave a terrible time with them in fairly light cover but get them in the beet's or thick cover and the birds hold really tight. A cut corn field is...
by Don
Fri Nov 26, 2010 10:56 am
Forum: Training
Topic: Need Help Training my GSP to Point...
Replies: 18
Views: 6246

Re: Need Help Training my GSP to Point...

So, if you have good flying birds, why do you feel you need to work the dog with launchers. The main reason why a dog doesnt point, is because an over abundance of chase is, or has been allowed, so in the dogs world, why point when I dont have to, I am gonna get to chase here in a bit anyway. Put a...
by Don
Fri Nov 26, 2010 10:48 am
Forum: Training
Topic: Need Help Training my GSP to Point...
Replies: 18
Views: 6246

Re: Need Help Training my GSP to Point...

I'm with Don. Definitely launchers. The only thing he left out, make sure you get great flying birds. The last thing you want is for him to continue catching birds. One bad bird can set you back tons. I've watched launchers stop the worst dogs in their tracks with in 1/2 hour. Don is right on the m...
by Don
Thu Nov 25, 2010 10:44 pm
Forum: Hunting
Topic: First Hunt coming up with my GSP
Replies: 9
Views: 2648

Re: First Hunt coming up with my GSP

Boy that is a nice looking dog! There's a preserve here I'm using that does have wild birds around, especially quail.
by Don
Thu Nov 25, 2010 10:40 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: What to Do??? Would you pick this pup?
Replies: 16
Views: 5449

Re: What to Do??? Would you pick this pup?

What's an EB? Could be that this is some type breed that isn't to common. In that case if the parent's suit you, I'd chance the pup. Really be nice the have the socialization in the litter but it's not going to have that. You do what you have to and go forward. But if you have any doubt at all, pass...
by Don
Thu Nov 25, 2010 10:29 pm
Forum: Training
Topic: Need Help Training my GSP to Point...
Replies: 18
Views: 6246

Re: Need Help Training my GSP to Point...

15 mos old, get the launcher's. Remote launcher's. I would be willing to bet that I could have that dog starting to point in under 1/2 hr. Had a three yr old in here last summer. Dog was given to the guy because they said it had to much prey drive to point. Oh really! About 20 min later the dog was ...
by Don
Thu Nov 25, 2010 9:09 am
Forum: Training
Topic: whistle training
Replies: 8
Views: 3544

Re: whistle training

Does your dog turn on voice command's? If not, put it on a check cord and take it for a walk. Everytime you tunr, give the whistle command you'll use and take the dog that way with you. If the dog already does voice command's, give the voice command followed immediately by the whistle. The dog will ...
by Don
Wed Nov 24, 2010 5:48 pm
Forum: Training
Topic: broke?
Replies: 1
Views: 648

Re: broke?

+1 on that. There is no easiest breed. Easy individuals though.
by Don
Wed Nov 24, 2010 5:42 pm
Forum: Training
Topic: pigeon's ????
Replies: 4
Views: 2004

Re: pigeon's ????

Trap them. They will home from a lot farther than 20 mi. I have been using feral pigeons for well over twenty years and have had some that have homed from close to 100mi. But the down side is your first ones need to be trained. And before you can do that, you gotta make them want to come back. Usual...
by Don
Wed Nov 24, 2010 9:41 am
Forum: Training
Topic: Dog "flagging" tail
Replies: 22
Views: 8900

Re: Dog "flagging" tail

The female is 5 years old. She does flag pidgeons also. It is not a running pheasant thing. I have seen her hold very staunch with her tail right on top of a bird and then the next bird she flags. I'm more cognizant of shutting my mouth and not talking when she is locked. Don't think I need to reso...
by Don
Wed Nov 24, 2010 9:28 am
Forum: Training
Topic: Getting fed up with pen raised birds.
Replies: 6
Views: 3099

Re: Getting fed up with pen raised birds.

My Annie dog broke herself this year but I really like a dog who will flush the birds. It scares the sh!t out of me when a covey of 20 quail busts out right under my feet and the same goes for a big rooster. I find myself flinching for about the first second. When the dog flushes the bird, I know t...
by Don
Tue Nov 23, 2010 9:24 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: What to do with Rabbit points?
Replies: 15
Views: 5077

Re: What to do with Rabbit points?

The impression I get from some guy's is that the dog might quit looking for birds and just look for rabbit's. I doubt that will happen. I doubt the dog will turn it's nose up at a bird to go find a rabbit. I recall in one of my Nat. Championship tapes one of the guy's telling the story about one of ...
by Don
Tue Nov 23, 2010 4:42 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: What to do with Rabbit points?
Replies: 15
Views: 5077

Re: What to do with Rabbit points?

ezzy333 wrote:If he is a hunting dog, shoot them. If you are going to trial you better not.

Ezzy
Ditto! I think they call it "rough shooting" in Europe. What could they possibly know!
by Don
Tue Nov 23, 2010 4:39 pm
Forum: Training
Topic: some pointing help!
Replies: 27
Views: 8232

Re: some pointing help!

i have puted all my time and effort for him to point....ive been training him everyday sometimes i feel he gets bored! i will do it step by step and will c how this will go.....am taking him tomorrow to the field and will have some pigeons and the CC. the thing that is confusing me is that sometime...
by Don
Tue Nov 23, 2010 4:30 pm
Forum: Training
Topic: Dog "flagging" tail
Replies: 22
Views: 8900

Re: Dog "flagging" tail

A flagging dog is telling you something! Pay attention.
by Don
Tue Nov 23, 2010 4:26 pm
Forum: Hunting
Topic: A late fall New England Pheasant hunt.........
Replies: 9
Views: 2737

Re: A late fall New England Pheasant hunt.........

I would suspect that in New England the vast majority of pheasant's are game farm birds. If they didn't shoot the hen's, what would they do with them? Many of the preserves out here offer roosters only, wonder what they do with the hens? Seem's to me that hatcching out 10,000 egg's and then destroyi...
by Don
Mon Nov 22, 2010 9:26 pm
Forum: Hunting
Topic: A late fall New England Pheasant hunt.........
Replies: 9
Views: 2737

Re: A late fall New England Pheasant hunt.........

That is a beautiful photo! What shotgun is that? Nice looking!
by Don
Mon Nov 22, 2010 8:05 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Best nose on an EP?
Replies: 78
Views: 25460

Re: Best nose on an EP?

Yawallac wrote:
Ross would that be Blackhawk Stuff?
If so the rumors may be true 8)
What rumors?!?! :lol:

Image
OOPS! Don't dropper!
by Don
Mon Nov 22, 2010 7:59 pm
Forum: Training
Topic: Dog "flagging" tail
Replies: 22
Views: 8900

Re: Dog "flagging" tail

How would a FT judge react to a flagging dog that was steady after a relocation? Among other things what a judge should be looking at is intensity on a bird. Two dog's have bird work and one let's down and the other turns to stone, who do you think wins all else being equal? The stone. But when a b...
by Don
Mon Nov 22, 2010 7:48 pm
Forum: Training
Topic: Dog "flagging" tail
Replies: 22
Views: 8900

Re: Dog "flagging" tail

What you want to do is set it up so the dog doesn't anticipate the launch but rather thinks it's movement caused it. That's why you don't allow it to establish point the first few times or if the dog doesn't just hit and turn to stone. On the other hand if he see's the dog move anything at all and g...
by Don
Mon Nov 22, 2010 7:33 pm
Forum: Training
Topic: some pointing help!
Replies: 27
Views: 8232

Re: some pointing help!

Your English is very good. I didn't think you were American but only one word you said gave it away. Ignor the funny guys. Next post they'll be right there for you! If you can afford it, Lion Country Supply sells a very good launcher for about $200 plus shipping. Yhey would probably be happy to send...
by Don
Mon Nov 22, 2010 7:18 pm
Forum: Guns and Ammo
Topic: How to get barrel off of Old Ithaca Model 37 ?
Replies: 4
Views: 3031

Re: How to get barrel off of Old Ithaca Model 37 ?

Don, thanks. That sure is the opposite of an 870. So - do you tighten up the barrel for shooting by turning the knob, at the end of the slide, all the way counterclockwise, until it is tight, and do you use the bar that slides in & out of the knob as a lever to tighten it good? Also, how do you kno...
by Don
Mon Nov 22, 2010 10:47 am
Forum: Guns and Ammo
Topic: How to get barrel off of Old Ithaca Model 37 ?
Replies: 4
Views: 3031

Re: How to get barrel off of Old Ithaca Model 37 ?

I have an old Ithaca model 37, serial number about 11900, which I believe was around 1949? I had a replacement barrel put on it this year because the old barrel had a bulge in the end. The gunsmith cut the end off of the old barrel & sent that back, too. The gunsmith told me that I could change the...
by Don
Mon Nov 22, 2010 10:34 am
Forum: Hunting
Topic: Saturday Hunt
Replies: 9
Views: 3540

Re: Saturday Hunt

I case nobody has noticed, our dogs are much better at finding birds than we are at shooting them. Maybe our dog's, in appreciation of our efforts on their behalf, should give us some shooting instructions! :mrgreen: Nice dog! Did it give you the eye on the miss's? :roll: Look at that look in his ey...
by Don
Mon Nov 22, 2010 10:27 am
Forum: Training
Topic: some pointing help!
Replies: 27
Views: 8232

Re: some pointing help!

i have puted all my time and effort for him to point....ive been training him everyday sometimes i feel he gets bored! i will do it step by step and will c how this will go.....am taking him tomorrow to the field and will have some pigeons and the CC. the thing that is confusing me is that sometime...
by Don
Mon Nov 22, 2010 10:19 am
Forum: Training
Topic: Getting fed up with pen raised birds.
Replies: 6
Views: 3099

Re: Getting fed up with pen raised birds.

Did you shoot any pigeons for him? No reason to believe he'll to be steady on preserve birds if he's not on pigeons. You have discovered the beauty of pigeons over game farm irds, pigeons don't run around on the ground!
by Don
Mon Nov 22, 2010 10:14 am
Forum: Training
Topic: Dog "flagging" tail
Replies: 22
Views: 8900

Re: Dog "flagging" tail

You do say one thing about how you trained her, you talk to her to much. Get a release trap and and don allow her to establish point a few time's. Then once she does, that tail moves, pop the bird right away.
Oh one more thing. Keep your mouth shut.
by Don
Mon Nov 22, 2010 10:09 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Best nose on an EP?
Replies: 78
Views: 25460

Re: Best nose on an EP?

Tekoa Mountain Sunrise! :mrgreen:
by Don
Sun Nov 21, 2010 6:08 pm
Forum: Training
Topic: over my head?
Replies: 2
Views: 1542

Re: over my head?

There is no better bird for training a pointing dog than a pigeon. Put in a loft with about ten birds and your set. Doesn't need to be big. Carding birds does work but I'm not the guy to talk to about that. I swear by remote launchers. Shoot a pigeon out of one and it will not reland on the ground, ...