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by JONOV
Tue Jul 24, 2018 12:13 pm
Forum: Hunting
Topic: I have been interested in taking up bird hunting
Replies: 52
Views: 26585

Re: I have been interested in taking up bird hunting

It is the epitome of rudeness to put on blast communications with others for the world to see. Ms. Mazey is the president of a retriever club. If it were "take people hunting club" it would be called that. If you want a place to meet other hunters, its a good place for that. NO ONE is going to take ...
by JONOV
Mon Jul 23, 2018 12:58 pm
Forum: Health and Nutrition
Topic: Why Purina Pro Plan?
Replies: 53
Views: 42139

Re: Why Purina Pro Plan?

I hear a lot about how Purina Pro Plan is the "the best food for sporting dogs" and its "the food that 8 out of 10 champions eat" and so fourth. This is also the food that the breeder who I got my Lab from recommended, but why? After looking into it and its ingredients it doesn't look that good. Wh...
by JONOV
Mon Jul 23, 2018 7:34 am
Forum: Hunting
Topic: How does a bird hunter navigate to his hunt site by car?
Replies: 4
Views: 4529

Re: How does a bird hunter navigate to his hunt site by car?

I'll find it on my iPhone and drop a pin.

I don't recall if my Toyota Nav system can take coordinates, I believe it can but It seems like there's always a format challenge to making it work. Google Maps on the iPhone eliminates that.
by JONOV
Fri Jul 20, 2018 11:10 am
Forum: Hunting
Topic: Use a retrieving dog for conservation on dove shoots.
Replies: 12
Views: 5791

Re: Use a retrieving dog for conservation on dove shoots.

I guess then I will have to shoot and handle the dog as well. I love dogs but want some tender dove poppers to pop in my mouth too you know! I don't want my hunting buddy or my dog to put doves in their respective mouths while I go hungry! Much depends on whatever puppy you end up with and how you ...
by JONOV
Thu Jul 19, 2018 9:44 am
Forum: Hunting
Topic: Grouse
Replies: 11
Views: 8014

Re: Grouse

Been thinking about getting back into them for a couple years now. Only trouble is grouse woods are quite a way's from here. Couple days ago I got to thinking about the grouse gun. Best I ever hd was a Browning double auto, that thing was lighting to handle. Then my old 870 spec field was really go...
by JONOV
Thu Jul 19, 2018 9:09 am
Forum: Hunting
Topic: Use a retrieving dog for conservation on dove shoots.
Replies: 12
Views: 5791

Re: Use a retrieving dog for conservation on dove shoots.

They definitely help. Last year my dog and I walked all around helping other guys pick up doves while my wife shot the doves for me, (its ok, she's a better shot, and i'm no less a man for it :D ) He was pretty green but it didn't matter. Just having one that will find them is nice. And trust the do...
by JONOV
Thu Jul 19, 2018 9:00 am
Forum: Hunting
Topic: Can doves literally continue to fly with their hearts shot
Replies: 7
Views: 4340

Re: Can doves literally continue to fly with their hearts shot

out? I have seen gunwriters say this on several occasions. Could they simply mean that doves are notoriously hard to take down with a shotgun? If you hit them, they will fall. If you hit them "in the heart," which could mean the heart or any other hit that avoids major skeletal damage but still cau...
by JONOV
Wed Jul 18, 2018 10:24 am
Forum: Health and Nutrition
Topic: Why Purina Pro Plan?
Replies: 53
Views: 42139

Re: Why Purina Pro Plan?

I hear a lot about how Purina Pro Plan is the "the best food for sporting dogs" and its "the food that 8 out of 10 champions eat" and so fourth. This is also the food that the breeder who I got my Lab from recommended, but why? After looking into it and its ingredients it doesn't look that good. Wh...
by JONOV
Mon Jul 16, 2018 12:32 pm
Forum: Hunting
Topic: Dove season is coming in SIX weeks.
Replies: 6
Views: 3507

Re: Dove season is coming in SIX weeks.

About what time will you and your dogs get ready for doving this September? Dove season opens Sept. 1. Just around the corner. You may have to practice your shooting and tune your dogs up for the new upcoming fall hunting season. Do you go doving with your retrievers? Better check the batteries in ...
by JONOV
Mon Jul 16, 2018 12:26 pm
Forum: Hunting
Topic: What do you think of the land quality where you hunt?
Replies: 36
Views: 15905

Re: What do you think of the land quality where you hunt?

If your concern is a full freezer, go to preserve hunts. Its a better solution for you to figure out if you like it anyway. Some people get all huffy-puffy, but you don't take a 5 year old to stalk bonefish with a fly rod, you take him to a stocked catfish lake or bluegill pond and let him hook into...
by JONOV
Mon Jul 16, 2018 12:12 pm
Forum: Training
Topic: GSP Trainer in SW Virginia
Replies: 7
Views: 3131

Re: GSP Trainer in SW Virginia

I know a few good ones but they're all further into NC and further east than you're looking for.
by JONOV
Mon Jul 16, 2018 12:01 pm
Forum: Hunting
Topic: Which non-toxic shotgun shells are best in regard to pellet
Replies: 36
Views: 17264

Re: Which non-toxic shotgun shells are best in regard to pellet

You know I can honestly say I have never felt a gun kick when shooting at a bird, never. A lot of people say that, and they are often correct in their own mind...But they still flinch. Don't think so. I flinch when shooting paper but not birds in the least. Too many other things to think about, dog...
by JONOV
Fri Jul 13, 2018 6:46 pm
Forum: Hunting
Topic: Which non-toxic shotgun shells are best in regard to pellet
Replies: 36
Views: 17264

Re: Which non-toxic shotgun shells are best in regard to pellet

ezzy333 wrote:You know I can honestly say I have never felt a gun kick when shooting at a bird, never.
A lot of people say that, and they are often correct in their own mind...But they still flinch.
by JONOV
Fri Jul 13, 2018 8:26 am
Forum: Hunting
Topic: Which non-toxic shotgun shells are best in regard to pellet
Replies: 36
Views: 17264

Re: Which non-toxic shotgun shells are best in regard to pellet

The recoil concerns are Much ado about nothing, unless you buy 3.5 inch goose loads. There was a time when technology hadn't come around, and the only way was to push steel super fast. This isn't the case anymore. Add to that, its not felt the same, for a lot of reasons. The volume isn't there as it...
by JONOV
Fri Jul 13, 2018 7:49 am
Forum: Hunting
Topic: Handling dead game birds: cleaning, butchering storage
Replies: 18
Views: 9311

Re: Handling dead game birds: cleaning, butchering storage

What is the best thing to do with game birds now that you have just taken them in the field out of Rover's soft mouth? Put it in the pouch on your vest or your bucket or cooler or backpack. Hopefully, we all end up with soft-mouth dogs. True hardmouth is a bit rarer than people worry about, or othe...
by JONOV
Thu Jul 12, 2018 12:21 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Gunner or Ruff Tuff
Replies: 19
Views: 21079

Re: Gunner or Ruff Tuff

Personally I have a hard time paying $100 for a piece of molded plastic. The raw materials for any of those kennels cost about a buck, perhaps two... when purchased in quantity. Building the molds, setting up the production facility, distribution facilities and advertising costs money, especially f...
by JONOV
Wed Jul 11, 2018 9:30 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Gunner or Ruff Tuff
Replies: 19
Views: 21079

Re: Gunner or Ruff Tuff

My dog's share the front seat with me! :-) And how are those dogs going to do if your in an accident? Mine will do poorly. I try and keep him lying down on the back seat. But right now, $300+ for a kennel is a tough sell to my wife, and the kennel doesn't really fit upright in my vehicle anyway. Th...
by JONOV
Wed Jul 11, 2018 7:48 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Gunner or Ruff Tuff
Replies: 19
Views: 21079

Re: Gunner or Ruff Tuff

I just cannot square the price of the Gunner in my mind. Same boat, but I also felt the same about Yeti coolers before there were cheaper yet equally effective products. That's my struggle. I have a hard time swallowing the Gunner price, when I don't see huge improvements over a Dakota 283 with the...
by JONOV
Tue Jul 10, 2018 12:07 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: caveat emptor
Replies: 24
Views: 8906

Re: caveat emptor

JONOV... Thanks for the input. I still believe $100 deposit is enough skin, anymore is just an advantage to the questionable seller. A deposit increase because of price of pup?... full price is paid on delivery, where is there more loss to the seller verse what the buyer loses, if seller doesn't li...
by JONOV
Mon Jul 09, 2018 3:59 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: caveat emptor
Replies: 24
Views: 8906

Re: caveat emptor

nevermind wrote: 4. Seller try's to substitute a different dame or sire than agreed breeding. Anyone want to add or rebut... maybe we can give a 1st time buyers some guide lines to legitimate dog breeders. I don't think is a bad thing on the face of it. Say the breeder is expecting X number of pups...
by JONOV
Mon Jul 09, 2018 1:40 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Gunner or Ruff Tuff
Replies: 19
Views: 21079

Re: Gunner or Ruff Tuff

I just cannot square the price of the Gunner in my mind.
by JONOV
Mon Jul 09, 2018 11:50 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: caveat emptor
Replies: 24
Views: 8906

Re: caveat emptor

RE: Dog Breeders My thoughts, after an experience with a dog breeder. Here's my red flags. 1. $100 should be sufficient to hold a pup. Anymore why? I wouldn't get held up on it. I hate to answer a question with a question, but if you're serious about the dog, why are you balking at more? I think mi...
by JONOV
Fri Jul 06, 2018 9:38 am
Forum: Training
Topic: Why do we want retrievers to run 500+ yard marks and blinds?
Replies: 46
Views: 13234

Re: Why do we want retrievers to run 500+ yard marks and blinds?

Hunting/Flushing or pointing has nothing to do with Marking at 20 yards let alone 500 . I'm pretty darn sure it has even less to do with Blind retrieving at any distance As I understood DonF's comments, the point is that, at some point you aren't judging "Good, Better, Best." You're judging "Excell...
by JONOV
Thu Jul 05, 2018 2:00 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Help and opinions on what breed for new pup
Replies: 28
Views: 8403

Re: Help and opinions on what breed for new pup

I’m in contact with my breeder and he said if any one of his buddies has puppies from dogs he knows and has seen work that he thinks will turn out good, he will let me know. I’m still also thinking about a a Brittany and pointer. The pointer quite a bit more. I like how much natural ability they se...
by JONOV
Thu Jul 05, 2018 7:43 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Help and opinions on what breed for new pup
Replies: 28
Views: 8403

Re: Help and opinions on what breed for new pup

Is your first priority a different hunting dog or do you want to compete in coverdog trials? By that I mean, there is no reason the other breeds you mentioned couldn't compete, just that they don't have the volume or track record in those venues. As a hunting dog, I doubt you'll find that one is far...
by JONOV
Thu Jul 05, 2018 7:12 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: puppy pricing change after a deposit
Replies: 19
Views: 5802

Re: puppy pricing change after a deposit

If he's talking about future pups, that's one thing. If he's changing the deal after you put your deposit down, run far away.

What other underhanded BS is he pulling? Lying about health certificates? Are you getting the breeding he's advertised?
by JONOV
Wed Jul 04, 2018 10:01 am
Forum: Hunting
Topic: I wish Idaho had a dove paradise like Yuma, AZ....
Replies: 8
Views: 4298

Re: I wish Idaho had a dove paradise like Yuma, AZ....

Idaho, compared to many other states is a bird hunters paradise. A hunters paradise in general actually. FWIW, I think doves are a local enough phenomenon that you should be able to find decent dove hunting or create it if you look. The best dove hunting I’ve ever had was in Minnesota, around a grav...
by JONOV
Tue Jul 03, 2018 3:41 pm
Forum: Hunting
Topic: I had some 1970's editions of Outdoor Life magazine.
Replies: 21
Views: 6539

Re: I had some 1970's editions of Outdoor Life magazine.

Regarding Money and Hunting...I heard a joke, I think it was on the Hunting Dog Podcast from a lab trainer her was interviewing. "My Daddy told me duck hunting today costs the same amount as it did in 1968. Every Penny you got." These comparisons are tough in my mind. The only real difference seems ...
by JONOV
Tue Jul 03, 2018 1:14 pm
Forum: Training
Topic: Why do we want retrievers to run 500+ yard marks and blinds?
Replies: 46
Views: 13234

Re: Why do we want retrievers to run 500+ yard marks and blinds?

Typical shotgun range in the field is a maximum of 55 yards, for goodness sakes! I would want my dog to just expeditiously deliver my bird to my hand undamaged. They can sail quite a long ways. Especially bigger birds like pheasants, geese, ducks...I've also seen ducks shot, turn around apparently ...
by JONOV
Tue Jul 03, 2018 12:02 pm
Forum: Training
Topic: Gun Conditioning: Gauges/Caliber between .22 and 12 ga
Replies: 37
Views: 17440

Re: Gun Conditioning: Gauges/Caliber between .22 and 12 ga

Eh...I worked with a (very raw, green) pro when I did it with my dog. We just made sure the dog was super excited and started with either a .22 or a blank pistol. Then they did the .410 far away and then close. I know that the decibels are supposedly less, but someone that knows a lot more about phy...
by JONOV
Sun Jul 01, 2018 1:22 pm
Forum: Training
Topic: What is the complete glossary of retriever commands?
Replies: 8
Views: 3423

Re: What is the complete glossary of retriever commands?

I know a guy that taught his lab to piss by sailing “Bob Jones,” the name of his hunting partner.
by JONOV
Fri Jun 29, 2018 12:45 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: I am looking for field-quality Irish setter pups.
Replies: 65
Views: 35425

Re: I am looking for field-quality Irish setter pups.

Pointers don't swim and I don't think they retrieve also and I don't think any spaniel breed is attractive. Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha I apologize, that wasn't me. That laughing was coming from my Pointer and Springer. They thought that was a knee slapper! I don't know for sure...but I thin...
by JONOV
Thu Jun 28, 2018 10:01 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: I am looking for field-quality Irish setter pups.
Replies: 65
Views: 35425

Re: I am looking for field-quality Irish setter pups.

Honestly, I think you should buy a shotgun, learn how to use it and then go hunting few times without a dog. You will figure out...real fast... if this upland and waterfowl hunting thing is something you want to continue with. Join a dog training group and just help out other guys with their dogs t...
by JONOV
Wed Jun 27, 2018 3:37 pm
Forum: Training
Topic: crazy twisting dog
Replies: 10
Views: 4051

Re: crazy twisting dog

He's a pup, isn't he? I'd personally leash him to potty, make him sit, then put the ecollar on, then let him run around. It seems a leash would be easier to snap on than an e-collar. Easier to control him on a leash. And, work on teaching "Wait" or "stay." Get to where you command it in the kennel, ...
by JONOV
Wed Jun 27, 2018 2:21 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Speaking "HUNTING DOG" fluently and correctly.
Replies: 48
Views: 7135

Re: Speaking "HUNTING DOG" fluently and correctly.

The neighbor's bitch that bit me looked more like this red and white ticked English springer spaniel: https://www.google.com/search?q=white+red+spaniel&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS802&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwizxsTb-PLbAhVvCDQIHWRECooQ_AUICigB&biw=1600&bih=805#imgrc=LNCr3J2UkJCLCM: I've been bit by...
by JONOV
Wed Jun 27, 2018 1:34 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: I am looking for field-quality Irish setter pups.
Replies: 65
Views: 35425

Re: I am looking for field-quality Irish setter pups.

I plan to hunt pheasant, grouse and dove, including water-hole dove. Retrievers and GSH pointers are much too common these days and spaniels aren't pretty and graceful like big red setters so I want to be more distinguished with these flashy, red dogs that are actually worth a dam_ed for hunting bi...
by JONOV
Tue Jun 26, 2018 3:10 pm
Forum: Training
Topic: May I train my own retriever myself?
Replies: 14
Views: 4561

Re: May I train my own retriever myself?

In other words can I personally develop a DIY trained retriever without paying for the services of expensive professional trainers? Is there a whole library of books and manuals for the DIY retriever trainer? Is there a smorgasbord of GOOD home training videos as well? I would need to train my dog ...
by JONOV
Mon Jun 25, 2018 10:23 am
Forum: Hunting
Topic: Sharpies and Huns?
Replies: 6
Views: 4545

Re: Sharpies and Huns?

I have limited experience, but the cover should be short...no more than knee height. Look for hillsides out of the wind on windy days, or south facing on chilly days.
by JONOV
Mon Jun 25, 2018 10:16 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Speaking "HUNTING DOG" fluently and correctly.
Replies: 48
Views: 7135

Re: Speaking "HUNTING DOG" fluently and correctly.

Bah...Don't make things difficult on yourself. IF someone says "Bird Dog" I think pointing breed, but I wouldn't correct anyone for referring to their lab as a bird dog, and labs hunt upland game too. How about a beagle that hunts pheasants and grouse? I've seen it. If someone says "hounds" I think ...
by JONOV
Thu Jun 21, 2018 12:04 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Picking a puppy ? Not a typical question.
Replies: 4
Views: 2369

Re: Picking a puppy ? Not a typical question.

I would ask each breeder...flat out...first thing...what kind of dog they are breeding for. What is their breeding goal and their ideal dog. How many litters they have bred...how long they have been breeding GSP's...stuff like that. If you are satisfied with the answers... Then...I think the next t...
by JONOV
Wed Jun 13, 2018 8:43 am
Forum: Training
Topic: Crate chewing
Replies: 3
Views: 2131

Re: Crate chewing

My last foster was a recalcitrant wood chipper. He chewed the bars of the crate, he chewed anything that he could reach from inside the crate including many things we thought were safe (like he could telemetry the stuff to the crate. He broke out of the crate (more than one) by bending and braking t...
by JONOV
Wed Jun 13, 2018 8:26 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Shipping Adult GSP on a plane in cargo?
Replies: 6
Views: 2413

Re: Shipping Adult GSP on a plane in cargo?

Are you sending the dog somewhere or taking him with you? If sending the dog somewhere, I would seriously consider engaging one of the dog haulers. I've checked my dog under the plane flying on American before. They were definitely a bit caught off guard presented with the dog, flying out of RDU, bu...
by JONOV
Mon Jun 11, 2018 1:22 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: DNA testing
Replies: 11
Views: 3591

Re: DNA testing

I went to a NAVHDA test yesterday for the first time. I talked to one guy that had a poodle pointer he claimed was the result of breeding a pointer and a Poodle. Talked to some other's and was told the poodle pointer was developed in the late 1800's. Huh, why would someone cross out like that on a ...
by JONOV
Mon Jun 11, 2018 12:36 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: DNA testing
Replies: 11
Views: 3591

Re: DNA testing

I went to a NAVHDA test yesterday for the first time. I talked to one guy that had a poodle pointer he claimed was the result of breeding a pointer and a Poodle. Talked to some other's and was told the poodle pointer was developed in the late 1800's. Huh, why would someone cross out like that on a ...
by JONOV
Mon Jun 11, 2018 8:08 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: DNA testing
Replies: 11
Views: 3591

Re: DNA testing

I believe the DNA process, as it has been implemented by the American Field, is more focused on creating a database of current stud dogs and dams, especially futurity winners and champions. Those dogs, who have excelled in competition, are the most likely candidates for use as stud dogs and matrons...
by JONOV
Wed Jun 06, 2018 2:20 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Stinker Pups
Replies: 21
Views: 5945

Re: Stinker Pups

I have a total of 1 experience picking out a dog and he was 4 months old already when I made the selection. I was choosing between 2 dogs 1) very high octane and wanted to find birds 2) showed only passing interest in birds but was much more into my wife and I. We took pup #2 and he turned out to b...
by JONOV
Wed Jun 06, 2018 11:39 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Stinker Pups
Replies: 21
Views: 5945

Re: Stinker Pups

At 7-8 weeks is there any chance at telling who the better hunters in a litter might be? Some people will tell you to look for the boldest pup, but I think its really hard to say. Gary Lester, famed handler and multiple winner of the National Championship at Ames, has washed dogs out of his string ...
by JONOV
Wed Jun 06, 2018 8:12 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Stinker Pups
Replies: 21
Views: 5945

Re: Stinker Pups

The parents have hunting ability and there are plenty of titles in the line. So within that litter, it sounds like I’ll most likely get a pup with some level,of hunting ability and should focus on temperament. If you'd be happy with both parents as hunting dogs, no reason to worry about the offspri...
by JONOV
Tue Jun 05, 2018 10:29 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Dog box vs kennel
Replies: 5
Views: 2652

Re: Dog box vs kennel

I have been thinking about picking up a full sized pickup and replacing a small toyota pickup. I plan on pulling a small 14-16ft camper around 3000-4000lbs with it. My neighbor has a 2007 f-150 he might be offing for a deal. It has the slower 4.6L but with my camper size in mind shouldn't matter. I...
by JONOV
Tue Jun 05, 2018 8:19 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Stinker Pups
Replies: 21
Views: 5945

Re: Stinker Pups

I breed for early, natural hunting instincts. But, in every litter there is varying degrees of how early a pup points (scent) a bird, and more importantly, starts searching behavior (hunt). The ones I keep for future breeding always show early natural development to hunt and find birds. Of the last...