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Tasi, That is some cool looking area to hunt birds.

K9, Paneras is real close to my house. I am just south of there a couple blocks. John Hortin (docsusie) is in there all the time. Got to let us know when you are back this way again. Tasi, you can come too

Congratulations to you and your wife. Having a son to take hunting is awesome. My son and I get out fairly often.
My daughter is great too, but see is not real interested in hunting, but loves the dogs.

Ha Ha, so you can't belong to more than one BB

I have a Beretta 20 ga O/U that I really like. It is a light smooth handling gun.
But I have had a Rem 1100 20ga lightweight for many years. I think it is one of the best all around guns you will find for upland bird hunting. I also shoot it better than any gun I have shot.

At both hunt tests i ran this spring there were a pair of Irish setters :twisted: ....... My dad had field bred Irish setters when I was a kid it makes me sick to see what they have become. JIm I had an Irish that was darn good when I was young. Don't find many good Irish Setters any more, but the ...

We have 3 birds in this area to hunt. BW Quail, Greater Prairie Chicken and Pheasants. By far my favorite is Quail. There are a blast to hunt, and there are few birds better to break in a young dog. The "Vest" is home made. He had a run in with some barbed wire, and after the stitches were out, he h...

Meller wrote:Training With Mo!
+1

It is a straight forward effective method.
Another vote for MO!

Ace is now 2.5, but I started with the come, and the rules of the house, as soon as I got him at 10 weeks. I ran him on wild quail as soon as I could. Had to wait until the quail hatch was over and the young birds were old enough to fly well. Didn't take long for him to respect them. I hunted him hi...

I hunt mostly public ground, maybe 80%, and the just a little private now and then.

Ace, my Llew Setter http://i935.photobucket.com/albums/ad191/setternut/May11_179.jpg From our last day of the season hunting trip http://i935.photobucket.com/albums/ad191/setternut/Norton11_31.jpg My son with Ace and a mess of quail http://i935.photobucket.com/albums/ad191/setternut/Dec10_22.jpg

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Well lets see if I can do this right.

Hello all. I have been reading posts here for a long time, but had a problem getting registered months ago and never got around to it. I am an avid bird hunter, and kind of like setters :D I have a 14 year old Gordon that has had to be retired from hunting, and a 2.5 year old Llewellin Setter, Ace. ...