Gun Dog Forum

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Don't shoot and run - after shooting the bird, wait until the dog runs past you before you move behind the handler. If you move before the dog runs past you then if the dog marked the bird off your gun position you put the dog at a disadvantage, and also your movement causes an unnecessary - and unw...

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OK well if you really want negatives, for what it's worth here's mine - although they are not Vinci specific: I think it's ugly. And I'm not a fan of Benelli's non-existent customer service (just try and get someone on the phone at their headquarters!). They didn't even answer my e-mails when I was ...

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At least in this cover, they are not that invisible! I guess I'll have to buy some different shades of green and see if I can get a better match!!

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Looks like someone has been thinking about getting a Vinci... :D A friend of mine has a VInci. He bought it to hunt ducks and he loves it. Another friend has an SBE and he loves it. I bought a Winchester SX3 for waterfowl hunting, and I absolutely love it. What it boils down to is they all cost abou...

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Yes, the locators work just fine! Someone had goobered some kind of silicone on the solenoid terminals and although it looks awful, there hasn't been any trouble with using them in wet grass. I like the plywood idea though - thanks!

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I bought some well used Dogtra launchers this summer. Turns out they were in pretty rough shape, but they worked OK - mostly. So I've been working on cleaning them up and replacing a few parts. I was going to repaint them black, then thought I'd go green so they would be a little harder for the dog ...

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One thing we have here in the mid-atlantic area is lots of burrs and beggar's ticks. Waxed cotton/canvas is the only way to go. I bought a Filson field jacket last year, but I've lost about 50 pounds so it's too big for me now (It's 2XL) - I paid $260 for the thing and I only wore it once. I also ha...

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NJ has the best pheasant breeding/stocking programs in the Northeast. The birds are strong fliers, and hold well for pointing dogs. I've had several roosters flush over the water at Clinton WMA and go all the way across the reservoir - when I checked afterwards on Google earth in each case the birds...

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The only way you can legally shoot game birds out of season is with a field trial permit issued by the state. Field trial permits are not issued to individuals. All Del Val training clinics are run under a DF&W field trial permit.

Here's the rules: http://www.state.nj.us/dep/fgw/pdf/dogtrainrules.pdf

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Thanks everyone who has contacted me about Buddy, and also thanks to everyone who has reached out with kind thoughts and prayers for my wife. That means a lot to us. I have a few people so far who have offered to take the dog, and I think I've found him a good home. I won't know for sure until next ...

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What a coincidence - we were at our attorney's office this afternoon signing off on our estate planning documents. We each leave everything to each other, but after the second death we have two people we named as primary and alternate caregivers. We established a pet trust with a specific dollar amo...

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I like to hunt them although I hate eating them. I have a good friend that doesn't hunt them but loves to eat them. So everything works out in the end, because I won't hunt anything that isn't going to end up as food for somebody.

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I know someone looking for an active pet, he wants one he can run with and the kids can play with, so how is he with kids? I have no idea how he is with kids. I don't think he's ever been around any. I've got a lot of money in this dog, and I'd really prefer to see him go to a home where he would b...

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OK - my attempt to steer this back on topic: Yes I think RGS membership is worth it. There is no other organization that is so intently focused on grouse and woodcock. Frankly, I like the magazine too and I think it's worth $25 a year by itself. I usually hunt grouse in three states, and I have seen...

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OK, I have my wife thinking about it ! (half the battle) Any chance you have a picture ? (I think I can sink the hook with one) Thanks again ! Here you go: Fun in the snow: http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/aa472/NJGSP/IMG_0677.jpg Learning whoa: http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/aa472/NJGSP/IM...

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I found him back in December while bird hunting. He had been intentionally abandoned had been running loose for 1-2 weeks. I tried to get him into a setter rescue program but they couldn't take him, so I ended up keeping him. My wife is more important to me than any dog and she just can't handle him...

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Hi Folks, I have a started English Setter that is available – my wife is fighting cancer and we just can’t keep him. So I’d like to find him a good home. Buddy is a rescue, approximately 16 months old, and does not have a pedigree. I had him neutered and his dew claws removed. He trained this summer...

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Another method I've seen used with quail is to tie a 4-6' piece of surveyor's tape to one of the bird's legs. After the bird lands, you can find it easily and then catch it just by grabbing the tape. Once you have hold of the tape it won't matter if it flushes again.

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Scott Linden wrote:Unless I missed it, nobody mentioned the best reason to tether pigeons: homers you just bought will home to their original loft and you'll be buying them again.

Bird rental is lways an option when you can't keep them at home!

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It's been said before - the cheapest part of owning a bird dog is the price of the dog.

I use birds that home, or if I tether birds I use a 25' cord. LCS has a decent pigeon tether for very little money or you can use parachute cord. I usually tie it to a small bumper.

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Every season, I buy a new water bottle at the local convenience store (those of you in NJ/PA know what a WaWa is...) - the big bottle is probably 1.5 liters. If it does not come with a re-closable "sport" top (like a dish soap bottle) I buy a smaller bottle of the same brand that does and swap tops ...

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The problem I have with the TT collars is they do not trigger every time. I was watching the collar when the dog was barking, and it would light up on random barks - 3 barks, then five, then 7, then 2, then 8, etc. I increased the output until it was: bark bark Yipe! bark bark bark bark Yipe bark ba...

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Yup that's the idea - train your dog in a controlled situation with launchers, finish off the training on wild birds - if wild birds are available.

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maybe they should leave pound unlocked at night? http://moneyland.time.com/2011/08/23/dog-nappings-the-economys-to-blame-for-a-rise-in-dog-kidnappings/ Some dogs are stolen by people who sell them to medical testing labs. That's why the breeder I got my shorthair from said they switched from ear ta...

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There is no substitute for wild birds. My shorthair did not steady up on point until she bumped her 3rd grouse, and she's been solid since then. What launchers do better than wild birds is they give you complete control - you decide when the bird flushes, not the bird. That is definitely an advantag...

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All our females are spayed, and all the males are intact except for one - and he's a rescue. Unless you are planning to breed there is no reason to keep a female intact. This is especially true if (like us) your dogs live in the house and you have both males and females. There is no reason to neuter...

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My flight pen is 2 ft from my fenced yard. Most of the dogs ignore it - funny thing is I can take a pigeon and plant it in the yard and get solid points from a dog that ignores them otherwise. I've had quail, ducks, pheasants, and chukar in there too and still get solid points when they are in the f...

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Ruffshooter's post got me wondering about what I can expect from my Chevy. So I did some poking about and found "What mileage can I expect from my (truck name here)" seems to be a fairly popular question to ask, and plenty of people on various discussion forums say they have over 250K on their Duram...

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When it comes to trucks, buy American. You couldn't pay me to own an Asian car or truck, especially a Toyota. Now that Fiat owns Chrysler I wouldn't buy a Dodge anymore either. Yes the US government own a piece of GM, but that means WE own GM - it's OUR company. I have lots of friends who are very h...

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I've tried a few: Sportdog - takes special batteries, and I have to order them from somewhere so it ends up being expensive. It's not water proof. TriTronics - I have three of these and they work, but not consistently. I had one dog would just bark through it because it would go off on random barks,...

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They have an app for that... I use a hunting app on my cell phone (Droid Operating system) that records all of that and more... I mostly use it for Grouse hunting, as pheasants are put/take here, and quail are more luck than anything where I hunt... I haven't had any problems with it thus far, and ...

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There is going to be some new gps equipment that I heard of (friend owns part of company). The gps will share your location remotely, allow you to send non emergency texts to update status and have an emergency button... all on too of gps. Have not got the $$$ amount yet but should shortly. I'll de...

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I use an old cell phone car charger. It works fine. How do you use it - really, really long cord? Will it re-charge the batteries (assuming they are rechargeable). I'm pretty sure he meant that he uses a mini-USB cell phone charger to supply external power for using the Astro in a vehicle so it doe...

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I'm going to bump this one up because both of my bird dogs got sprayed tonight. The peroxide, baking soda and Dawn mix works best, is super cheap, and easy to get. Two quarts of peroxide and a box of baking soda was 2.65. I already had the Dawn. IT has to be Dawn because it has dispersants in it, an...

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Roy Gonia special clear competition. Loud enough, doesn't freeze up, and it doesn't take a lot of air to work it. Cabela's has 'em part # IK615676.

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All our birds get the same thing - Layena Crumbles. Or Pellets. The Pellets seem to withstand high humidity and a little rain without clumping up badly in the feeder. By all birds I mean pigeons, chukar, ducks, quail, chickens, pheasants. They all seem to do well with it.

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Does the Astro handheld accept an external power source? I have an eTrex in addition to the Rino and they both can operate on external power. I checked the manual for the 320 on the Garmin website and it did not say whether the USB cable can act as an external power source or not.

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I've put off getting an Astro because I've been waiting for the new version (320). I don't like the idea of the batteries not lasting through a day of hunting. I have a Rino 530HCX that will still have a 60% charge after a full day of heavy use of both radio and GPS. Seems to me the Astro is based o...

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I've been flirting with the idea of getting a satellite phone for a few years now, but haven't because of the cost. Globalstar is less expensive, but the coverage is spotty and will be until they get their next generation satellite constellation in place. Iridium seems like the brand to go with, if ...

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I bought a Winchester SX3 last year for waterfowl. I have nothing but good things to say about it - it eats everything from the lightest trap loads to heavy 3-1/2" rounds. It only weighs seven pounds, but felt recoil is much less than my heavier Mossberg 835. It comes with a full shim kit to adjust ...

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Thanks everyone for the kind words. My wife is more important to me than any dog, but that doesn't mean I'm not hoping we can make this work.

Of course, If he never gets his point back, he'll still make a good retriever. He swims like a fish.

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Since my last post in January, there have been a few developments. First, my wife does not like the new dog. Worse than that, she was diagnosed with cancer - colon cancer and it had spread to her liver. So that has made it a pretty rough year. I tried to find a home for the dog, with no takers - he ...

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I keep a log in the form of an excel spreadsheet. I record where I hunt, how many hours (rounded to the nearest 15 minutes), distance walked (I record my track with a GPS), species of birds flushed, number/species of birds taken, and other notes such as who was with me, weather, where NOT to get a c...

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We use one of our lurchers as a flushing dog.

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I got a Winchester SX3 for geese & ducks last year, it worked flawlessly is all types of weather all season long. My 835 is now on backup duty.

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My favorite birds to hunt are Ruffed grouse, followed by all the other birds I can use my dogs on (It's all about the dogs), but I like to hunt almost every game bird that flies. Goose hunting is especially addictive...

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Well it looks as though I didn't draw an Elk tag this year. Suprisingly, I'm not that dissapointed. This is my first time owning a bird dog and I want to spend as much time hunting her as I can. Sooo, hopefully I can talk my husband into staying longer in Colorado in September! What areas seem to b...

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If you get a chance to eat at Donita's Cantina, I remember that place as having the best Mexican food anywhere - especially the shredded chicken or beef chimichanga with a pitcher of frozen strawberry margaritas... :D Of course, that was more than 20 years ago - so if you go, I expect a full report!...

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I lived there for a few years. Not much point in bird hunting around there, but the fishing was great.

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