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tommyboy72

I used to be real big on Schrade but about 6 months or so ago I received a Sheffield knife for free from one of my inlaws and love it. It is hands down the best pocket knife I have ever carried. My dad is a knife collector and is always giving me nice pocket knives. I have had Gerber, Kershaw, Case,...

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I like my Rock Island 1911 doublestack .45. It is large, hard to conceal, and may be a bit too much recoil for some but I like it. My wife shoots it but is not comfortable with the large grip it has for her small hands. I have large hands and am a big guy so the recoil and grip size does not affect ...

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know he was inducted in the HOF before something went awry and since then he's been out of birddogs, but this is not the place to publicly get into all of that. Actually this is the place to discuss all that. This is a birddog forum and people come here to learn. Just because some on this website m...

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I own a doublestack Rock Island.45. Impossible to conceal. Heavy weight makes for less recoil and great for big hands like mine. Can't beat 14 rounds of .45 for self defense either. I really like the Rock Island 1911's because they are inexpensive but extremely well made sturdy guns. I have done qui...

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My dogs range real big but I am a lazy hunter who likes to find a high spot and wait for the dogs to go on point and walk to the point when quail hunting. I also have large tracts of open prairie to hunt out here in far western Oklahoma, many people do not. I think big running dogs can hunt and tria...

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All I do is hunt and know several trialers and kennel owners and all trial exclusively. It is what they enjoy and how they make money in addition to their day jobs. I am probably in the minority here nevertheless all of the trialers I know do not hunt only trial.

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Perhaps the only way to settle this dilemma is to take the best dogs of all breeds from several venues i.e. AA horseback, Coverdog trials, NAVDHA, retriever trials, BDC, NSTRA, NBHA events, shooting dog trials, walking AKC trials and match them up against each other in a way that they are evaluated ...

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Seems to me that some of the breeds outside of pointers and to some degree setters try and use pointer qualities to quantify whether or not they have superior dogs within their breed. That is not fair to that dog or that breed. Use qualities that are inherant and strong within that breed to quantify...

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Helped my cousin skin one out and tan it to lay over the back of his couch. Nastiest smelling animal I have ever laid hands on. No way I would eat the meat off one.

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That is just silly. Who do you think would be a more likely target, Obama's children or mine. It is standard operation where kidnapping is very likely to happen. If a school has a armed guard, who do you think would be the shooters first target. Cj Your children because Obama's are protected by 11 ...

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Save your money a little longer and buy a Ruger # 1. Mine is a 270 and an excellent rifle. Always wanted one but just never could afford it. Maybe with the new job, someday. I also love the Savages with the accutrigger. The Savage 111 with the detachable box magazine in a .270 with a BSA 6-24 power...

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If I am shooting heavy field load 4's for pheasant out of it I usually throw on a slip on Limbsaver recoil pad but I need the extra length of pull it adds as well.

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I have a 12 and a 20 gauge Yildiz. Never have had a problem with the 20 gauge but the 12 had the outer barrels separate from the chrome lined inner barrels after about 4 years of heavy use. Sent it off to Briley and got it back a couple months later with no charge. Good as new. I had a problem hitti...

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Boise, ID or Pocatello, ID.

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I'll bet the gun is shooting the same, you are just thinking about it more becuase of the barrel change. I know that when I am thinking, rather than confidently looking at the bird and shooting, I can have shooting problems. With my 6 month old pup at the end of last season, I missed 9 pointed quai...

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Good pictures and a good looking pointer too. What is his bloodline? His pedigree is in my signature. He has some Bayou Teche, Fiddling Rocky Boy, Miller, Additions Go Boy, Whippoorwill, and just a small amount of Elhew. He is out of a kennel in Lawton and all the dogs in his ped. are trial dogs. H...

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I missed all morning and had to come back in the afternoon. Truth be told to get those 2 I only hunted about an hour the other 2 hours were spent missing on other birds and seeing hens. Saw about 20 birds in 2 fields, though. Not too bad. It is taking some getting used to after getting this shotgun ...

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jcbuttry8 wrote:I really like what I got. I love a dog with some sense to em.

I really like a dog with a tail on it.

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Here are some pics from the end of today's hunt. Hunted for about 3 hours to get these 2 birds. Numbers are down this year but I won't give up and gonna try and get the dogs on some quail tomorrow after me and a buddy who will be hiring on for the police force go pistol shooting tomorrow morning. ht...

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3/4 ton 4wd 2000 model chevy silverado with a 6.0 gas motor with a Predator tuner program installed. Not the best on gas but doesn't lack power to pull and don't have to worry about getting stuck either. http://i393.photobucket.com/albums/pp17/tornrnyboy72/my%20hunting%20rig/DSCN2181_zpscdea3b93.jpg...

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Depends on the species as well. Bobs usually are hatched, live and die in the same 1/4 square mile area but blues will travel 6-8 square miles sometimes.

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ultracarry wrote:Actually I left four for today so I could bring a hot blonde hunting. Man life is good. Pen raised birds for the rest of the year and hope for rain.

I go hunting for the peace and quiet I see that has escaped you.

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I haven't been on in awhile and just saw it Joe.

It hurts Joe, it hurts.

I thought I had converted you and you go and do this.

I give you the keys to the kingdom and you sell them to live in the trailerpark.

Still waiting on my plaques by the way.

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Ya those are my cousin's mutts. She is the only one of my dogs that they get along with. They hate my older female and do not care much for my male either but they get along fine with the pup.

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Just thought I would throw up some pics of the double bred Fiddlin Rocky Boy pup I got from Jess at Prairiefire Pointers. http://i393.photobucket.com/albums/pp17/tornrnyboy72/pics%20of%20lucy/DSCN2094_zpsf87634d3.jpg http://i393.photobucket.com/albums/pp17/tornrnyboy72/pics%20of%20lucy/DSCN2092_zps8...

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Even bird numbers on private land are in the crapper right now both pheasant and quail (blue and bobwhite). You know we had a hard drought when it starts affecting the blue quail numbers.

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These are what I use and have had pretty good luck with them. This is also where I purchased them from.

http://www.trailmasteroutdoors.com/prod ... =&type=776

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A big thanks to Tommyboy and Ol' Reb. Thanks for not listening to the naysayers!! Joe Thanks Joe. Some folks from Nebraska might call it luck but I look at it like this- First litter from this pairing, only pup to a field trialer and I believe the results speak for themselves. Guess I'm batting a t...

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Just make sure this doesn't happen to it. I called Briley and they stated to send the gun to them since they do the service work for Academy and then Academy would decide if the gun would be replaced or if the barrels would be fixed provided it was not my fault. All I was doing was shooting factory ...

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Just looked at the rest of them earlier this morning. Don't really get on FB much but I do take time to look at the pup pics. They are looking real nice. Looks like you have a lot of straight and high tails there.

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trojanman wrote:I help unite families. Mostly ones to our south.

Now that is a profession I truely appreciate.

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Thanks fellas. Not looking forward to leaving the family behind until I find housing and work but gotta do what I gotta do. Looking forward to moving though. Thanks again guys.

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What kind of job are you looking for? Cost of living is not too bad in that area, but Illinois is crap for jobs atm, Mo. might be a little better but a lot of it depends on what you are looking for. As far as the dog clubs ect., I am not sure around that area, sorry. Corry I have a lot of prior ind...

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Looking for info. on this area. I will be moving here the first week of October. Looking for info. on the job market, housing, cost of living, extracurricular activities, pay scale, difficulty with acquiring employment, etc. . My family is from the area and I have spoken to them about these subjects...

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Fantastic pic. Let's see some of the rest of the litter.

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A Dog's Purpose? (From a 6-year-old). ... Being a veterinarian, I had been called to examine a ten-year-old Irish Wolfhound named Belker. The dog's owners, Ron, his wife Lisa , and their little boy Shane, were all very attached to Belker, and they were hoping for a miracle. I examined Belker and fo...

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I remember 6 years ago before I met my wife attending college and coaching football at the same time also doing a lot of partying with the players and now I have a 5 year old and a 3 1/2 year old. Both boys and the 5 year old started school about 2 weeks ago. He doesn't understand daddy works nights...

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Dispatcher and Detention Deputy for a sheriff's office. Have worked as a reserve and full time police officer in the past. Also worked for several years as an industrial ammonia refrigeration technician, boiler technician, electrician and in electronics for major food manufacturers as well as a main...

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Ray, uhhh we have plenty of jackrabbits in Oklahoma but I get your point.

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I know from being in QU that habitat restoration only works to improve numbers and give existing breeding populations cover, food, water, etc. If you do not have a healthy breeding population in the area already it isn't going to do jacksquat for you you. Habitat restoration does not bring birds int...

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No problem. The first 1 I had I actually learned a lot about the product. The first one I had was when the company was still in its infancy and he was still in the development phase. I received a launcher that did not work and spoke with the then owner on the phone several times and learned to chang...

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I have 2 Yildiz, one in 12 ga. and one in 20 ga. Love both of them and shoot without fail. Lightest guns I have ever owned and tightest locking action I have ever seen. 20 gauge probably has 500 rounds through it and still locks up like the day I got it. Here in Oklahoma where I live, we use swamp c...

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I had 2 in the past that I sold to a lady on this forum and purchased a couple more about 6-12 months ago, can't remember for sure. They work great for me. The range on them is only about 80 yards or so but that is plenty when you are training young dogs, at least for me. They are well built and com...

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Nice, real nice, I like it. Born in the lap of luxury and destined for greatness.

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I appreciate that. I am not real concerned about the drive. I have the whole weekend with not a "bleep" thing to do, and I am not sitting in the hotel room the whole weekend. I am sure if I tried I can find things that can get me into trouble so if I stay at the trial the worst I can do is come hom...

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I was kind of fond of this one.

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DougB never thought about that side of it. The school system has a new rule instated recently that all school system employees must be fingerprinted from the lowliest janitor all the way up to the superintendent every year in my area. I work at the sheriffs office and we use a $50,000 electronic fin...

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Pointer. Get one that doesn't run big and they will make even a novice look good not to mention they are prettiest birddog.

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Grandpa used to have a 72' 4wd International Scout. To this day the roughest vehicle I have ever ridden in. Tough as nails but it rode rough as prickly pear toilet paper. Found this website if you are interested in old 4wd vehicles. Has some really nice restores. http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...

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Got one coming from Jess myself. Hope she will be good as well.

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