Gun Dog Forum

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I already own that dog, A German Wirehair.

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i live a hour east of duluth and always wanted a reason to go to mn to hunt grouse, since there are none in Wisconsin anyway.

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does that cover grouse too? the opportunity has come up to hunt sw minnesota on private land for pheasants for the price of free. sounds like i can also then go grouse hunting around the state too. thanks

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Due to the state workers being laid off, can anyone tell me what the out of state regs are on hunting pheasant in minnesota? Is it like South dakota where you get 2 two week periods for about 100 bucks?

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I run with my Wirehair. He loves it.

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I liked the shake off routine after each retrieve. Great idea to use that camera on the dog.

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http://www.fieldandstream.com/blogs/man ... erspective

What a cool idea. I need one for my pointers.

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i need this, no my dogs need me to need it.

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how many bird contacts has he had? probably the biggest reason why most dogs "don't" point. How old is the dog?

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I am wondering what states still have a season after the 1st of jan. i am in northern wisconsin, any place within a day or 2 that has hunting still open? it gets too cold up here to go out for grouse even though i still can until feb 1st.

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That is a filson cap. i have the same one and it is pretty nice to wear on cold days in wisconsin.

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my male DD 18 months eats 6 cups a day too, plus table scraps. He is 55-60 pounds. Hunts 3-4 times a week. Sounds like my dogs twin.

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I am way up north in ashland wisconsin. They are still up here. Ran into a dozen woodcock last night in one hour of hunting.

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I got into what i think was the first flight of woodcock last saturday. Saw about 16 or so. Dogs were definitely going crazy. All of them were around the wet swamps.

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The leaves are falling like crazy, should be good the next couple of weekends.

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I have been seeing them more and more in northern wisc. My older dog finally locked up on a nice point and i was able to shoot it. Saw 6 in 1 hour last night. I am determined to not shoot a bird this year until it is pointed, so far i am doing good, but getting a little twitchy..

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Yesterday had 6 pheasants planted and in 3 hours we found 8

I had to laugh when i read this. That is some pup

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use the search button on top and you can read all about what people think the differences our. Both the same in my eyes.

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sent a pm to you.

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Of the course the best hunting dog is mine.

No others can compare. I thought i told everyone that already.
Seriously though, it depends on what you are hunting. My best dog ever owned is my GWP.

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Has anyone hunted public land roosters around that area. I found a place to stay and am wondering if it is a good location to find public land? Also anyone know when the land maps are out for South Dakota.

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It has been awhile since my last post on this topic. My dogs have gotten into it about 5 times or so. My male GWP is now neutered and will be 1 year old this month. The GSP is 4. I had a couple more fights about food, and then one again last night about nothing in particular. i didn't see what start...

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i have never owned a tri-tronics, but have the dogtra 2502 and absolutely love it. i can't find anything wrong with it yet.

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i would not get a new dog. just because the breeder is going to give you a free one isn't a good enough reason for me. To think about it another way. Would you pay for a new dog right now, and give up your current dog, forcing you to fork out some money? We all now the cheapest part about owning a d...

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I have a 2 dog dogtra 2502 and love it. The cold weather has not affected in any way, which was one of my inital worries when i got it. I have not owned a tri-tronics so far.

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i would muffle the sound with tape at first and just see how your dog reacts to the collar being on.

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Sounds like she had the bird in her mouth. I would turn and walk the other way when she starts playing games like that.

Did you teach her the come command. Reinforce with an E-collar.

Read on here about Force Fetching. I am sure someone is going to bring that up.

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I don't think the season has anything to do with the techniques used to train a gun dog. What does your new trainer friend suggest. Treat it like any other training session. Except for those in the north like me, we get to freeze our butts off.

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i think your intentions are good, but you are mixing 2 topics here. The decline of hunting as a hobby, and training gun dogs. I would start with just take kids hunting. I really like the http://www.pheasantsforever.org/page/1/education.jsp I have never heard of that but it looks pretty cool. I don't...

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I am thinking about a christmas gift and came across this. I am looking for a camera that will take great photos of my dogs when i am out, plus the kids and all they do too. I always wanted a DSLR. Anyone use one of these before?

http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product. ... d=12560763

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Well my days are now limited due to snow and below zero weather. Overall i did pretty good with my new puppy and my older GSP. i am pretty excited as a look back at the year. I for the first time kept a journal, actually an online blog, about my bird contacts. I had over 130 grouse flushed, and shot...

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i am in ashland, wi. the closest one to me is down by stevens point, a navhda club. about 3 hours away.

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i like the ear grab idea. it never crossed my mind as i was standing there in my underwear wondering what the heck to do.

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hopefully this is the only one. my wife is pretty upset, but that is to be expected. It was not they way she wanted to wake up today. Normally the rawhides are put away when we are not watching, but the GSP grabbed it on top of the cabinet and went on her way. The new GWP is definately trying to fig...

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had a bit of a scare today in my house. Let both dogs outside this morning to do their business. The older GSP (4 yrs) came in first and went into the den. The GWP pup (6 month) came in next about 5 minutes later. Next thing i know all heck broke out inside the den. I ran over and the dogs were lock...

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don't think you can. it is my one knock on the dogtra 2502 i have. still i love the collar though.
i with they had a collar like you suggested with a different running tone than the point tone.

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Mine (dogtra 2502) lasted for a 4 day hunt in South dakota with power still left. I used the beepers locate function pretty regularly, and used the collars stim too.

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My dog seems to have a broken tooth. It would be the big K-9 tooth. Not sure of that name. Anyway the dog is only 6 months old. IT looks the the tooth is cracked. i took a picture with my cell phone. But you can feel the cracked part with your finger. It doesn't bother him in any way. The rest of th...

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Does anybody do anything different on a wild bird flush than i am doing? Which is say nothing, continue to hunt.

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Let me be clear. Neither the dog nor I can see the birds when he busts them. Sorry if i wasn't clear. He will run over them either by tracking the scent, or by just sheer luck if he is downwind or missed it etc... I definately can tell if he is on the scent of a bird, but don't say anything.

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I currently have access to plenty of wild birds. I know not to shot a busted bird. I have a 6 month old GWP. We go hunting, i close my mouth for 2 hours and he busts birds. Probably 6 an hour or so. Sometimes he points and some times he doesn't. We are hunting grouse. My question is this. On the tim...

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Thanks It looks like my dog and your dog are similar. He has a tight short coat, but his beard is full and soft, ears are the same too. i will have to wait it out. here he is after the cutting, i only had to cut below the jaw, not above. http://i325.photobucket.com/albums/k375/duggerfam/South%20Dako...

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this maybe a simple solution, but have you ever just wrapped the dummy with wings, do some retrieves, and then swap out for a dead duck, etc.. etc... Swap back and forth. maybe once the light goes green, it will stay green.

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I went to South Dakota on the opener and had a fun time with my 6 month gwp. But he had so many pickers in bottom beard, i had to literally cut them out. Now about a month later, he still looks funny. how long will it take to grow back?

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probably best to talk to a breeder. Get puppies and have fun. I would not get a started dog and a puppy. Maybe a finished dog and a puppy, but you might as well get 2 finished dogs. But the dollar bills will keep going up when you get into the finished dogs. I would get a puppy and learn about dogs....

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Seems like when i use my tweezers, the heads get stuck in the dogs, scabs form, etc.. etc...

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A while back i saw on here someone had a link to a plastic tick puller tool. I am still finding ticks on my dogs well into novermber up in northern wisconsin. Can someone post the link to the tool, or recommend a good way to remove ticks? Thanks

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i had this happen, and also some other issues with a smaller dog neck and a traditional beeper collar. I switched over to a dogtra 2502 all in one unit. Sorry i can't help anymore than that

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can someone tell me how much oil to start with if i want to add weight to my dog. Currently the dog is around 60 pounds and all ribs are showing.

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