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Depending upon the very individual particulars of America's wide range of National Forests, from specie to slope and on...the forests should be logged(in individual manners and perscriptions) as a way(in some cases)to bring diversity in timber age class which, of course, brings health to the forest...

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Let me guess Mountaineer .... you didn't bother to read the article, did you? If you did, what do you think of it? I did read the article tho it would not be my favorite source for what is labeled as news......but, one keeps an open mind and I also read Grit at one time. Schwartz's words in the art...

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Yes, Hillary's a problem, but take a few minutes to read this article in the New Yorker about Donald Trump from the viewpoint of the person (as a ghostwriter) who wrote Trump's "The Art of the Deal". It will make your skin crawl. http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/07/25/donald-trumps-ghostwrite...

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I’m presuming all you proud conservatives are in sync with the Republican platform approved yesterday that would pull the United States out of the international climate accord, open national forests to logging, declare coal a “clean energy resource”, and do away with the EPA. It’s not enough that y...

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Comments here prove up the very old saying of "liking dogs more than people"....on both sides, as stench surrounds every skunk.
Good luck, America......few are really doing the work to smooth out the rough road we are on.
Too many appear to own an interest in car repair businesses.

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Oh, no!......ranking gamebirds?

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The possibility of encountering a land set conibear is quite, quite low....still, I saw one box set conibear next to a parking area of a KS WIHA...it was baited with an old hunk of bacon. I have also seen other traps set next to parking areas on Pennsylvania gamelands. It sadly happens....ssimply wi...

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A friend once had a setter with issues re hypoglycemia....the honey packet is an easy wasy to carry a product that could help...just rubbing on the gums can make a difference, to me. The small packets from Chick-fil-a are convenient and I still tote a couple....dogs seem to like a lick, regardless. ...

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For carrying in the vest.....nylon stocking segment for dog ear cuts, EMT gel, honey packet, sterile eye wash, small knife.
I avoid gadgets and gizmos....so the above may be considered "every day necessities".

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I own several Benellis and appreciate their reliability. The weight concern was more to do with the 4.9lbs and shooting mechanics of the sport. Recoil doesnt bother me... Can you swing such a light shotgun effectively? Recoil bothers everyone.....how much depends upon the particulars. Same with you...

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I am in the market for a new vest for pheasant hunting/ guiding. I am looking at a Q5 Centerfire, a Wing Works, and the Browning Bird n Lite strap vest. I guide about 20 days a year on a preserve, liberal limits, so I need something that will carry allot of birds and is easy to load. Mainly hunt ro...

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English setters in the AKC are pretty dogs but I probably would not own a "dual" english setter - not athletic enough for me - they have a tendency to run slow and lopey to me. Happily for many dogs, not everyone finds the same conditions afield. It always is of great value tho to discover what any...

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Depends upon whether expectations are being met....all dog owners are far from the same and do not always share any where close to the same requirements afield for their dogs....aside from message board claims, of course. The dog's run also matters...some pound, some run light.....some terrain is fo...

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Gertie wrote:Chukar.... I thought this gun could possibly fit that bill nicely.

I agree but would personally prefer the 12 BUL/24".

Yes, A5s are A5s.

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Both scatterguns will go bang...both will perform sufficient for government work. As before, the new A5, not the new Auto 5, has a listing of features that many pant for....enjoy one ifin you buy one. The Auto 5 and it's Sweet interation have a bit of a cult-ish following, John Browning at work...of...

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Personally, it is at most a bandwagon offering hoping to make hay off of a name and an image.The true Auto 5 sweet 16s, especially in the plain barrel version, are gems that flow easily to and thru a gamebird. Not sure which bandwagon, as I don't see many manufacturers putting out new 16's. For pas...

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I did look at the link...therefore I knew you were not speaking of a Sweet 16 Auto 5. :idea: The new scattergun is NOT an Auto 5, in most any measure. :idea: :idea: ...not the same gun. :idea: :idea: That does not mean the new offering will not work well for you. Enjoy your new A5...I have heard bot...

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Fit CAN be important and not. Fit truely requires a consistency in mount...at the fitting, on the range or in the field. The field can be problematic re mount as conditions vary so much. There can exist the sticker re a need or not, to be "fitted." A fitted gun is simply not a guarantee and...a larg...

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So, I'm kinda lusting after this gun a bit but there's no place nearby where I can get my hands on one to look at it. I understand that it was made for a while and then discontinued before being recently reintroduced. I'm wondering if any of you have had any experience with this gun and what your t...

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How does this year's date fit in to your past season's first sightings, Michel?
Average ..earlier?

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Not really, tho if there is a significant difference in weight, balance, trigger pull, bulk, etc. then the mind can play games...much as with going from a single trigger to a double trigger....O/U to a two-row. Mostly mental and not an issue but once we begin to miss we think more and...miss more......

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I sadly do not have a face for a cigar, barely have one for a pipe but a pipe is my preference...Larson's Signature, good ol' British Woods or the ever available Trout Stream would be artfuly packed in the bowl. Scotch is great for disinfecting wounds...to drink, would be Irish whiskey,(Redbreast if...

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Been suggesting that option for a good spell....I have found dem dogs shorten up to the cover and the birds.....in shortgrass, clearcut flat, alders or buggy whip aspen. Once you bond with them they will shorten up and hunt for you. Knowing dogs, especially setters, I believe that reality was impli...

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Been suggesting that option for a good spell....I have found dem dogs shorten up to the cover and the birds.....in shortgrass, clearcut flat, alders or buggy whip aspen.

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The actual destination would be less important than the dogs and the friends along and, simply being there. However, if actually dreaming, I would dream about a trip reunited with those friends and dogs now gone, as dreams make that possible. We would, in that dream, revist some alder runs in the U....

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Just a note....IF, Texas had more Public land then that would not guarantee that Texicans would not go to, say Kansas, to hunt. More is involved in travel destinations, especially as regards birdhunting, than Public access. :idea: The People own only some of the land in the United States. While I wo...

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I do not know the answer to your question but Texas, pretty much, began the Leasing model. It works there after a fashion due to the land, the nature of critters/crops, the large tracts of acreage often involved, the game species and often, the nature of the hunting. The sad deal is that the Texas l...

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Carpet will work untill one dog that is a chewer ingests enough to require surgery or kill. Carpet can also hold moisture much easier and is more difficult to consider changing....especially afield. One would prefer to see straw rather than carpet scraps at roadsides and pull-offs. Straw or somethin...

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.... If I heard (1) bird flush or the dog pointed it, and I didn't get a shot, I would leave that area. .... The activity is legal, that is all many require. I do wonder tho then when one is finding so few ruffed grouse then, if you did get a shot.....why in the world would you shoot? Let alone wan...

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ok hear we go again. we are hunting prime habatat where birds used to be plentful i mean 10 to 15 flushes in a day and now if you evan hear one your lucky what happend what went so wrong. when they brought in the turkeys the grouse numbers started going down. the more the turkeys thrived the more d...

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IF someone is moving but one or two ruffed grouse in a day while in good cover with good dogs then someone might be wise to not hunt....as late season in the Apps. is not the time to either shoot a bird or flush them so causing the bird to expend needed energy and to open them up to avian predation....

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Neil wrote:Sorry, I tried to post a link, but couldn't.

So the above is nearly unreadable. I tried.

No....it is quite clear.
Well noted.

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No No There should be a procedure and hoops to be placed upon a no-fly list. Not really....but neither bothers me overmuch should it occur. No No No....but I am not overly concerned should it occur. The Democrat candidates for president give me the willys for reasons well beyond the old gun control ...

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I think if you would read the rules for BDC, or UFTA they are not allowed to run, so if need be, criticize the judge for not enforcing the rules. I myself have not participated in these games, but have been and watched several, and the people that do participate take it just as serious as the games...

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No doubt the dogs enjoy the activity and for that, good luck to 'em...and to Boomer, were he to be the feller in the video. But, the tennis shoe trialing stuff, in a format for television or not, represents nothing of interest, value or appraisal, for me. Just a shame that it represents what folks a...

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What happened? It's not all about Habitat :idea: everywhere across the bird's range and Hunter additivity enters regardless of a shotgun's boom. There are a lot of reasons when populations reach or pass a tipping point of recovery....Build it and they will come is a flawed concept at certain points ...

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Depends...on what brought the bird to that particular location or held it there. One can always look. Good luck. If you are in WI then you have more blessings to follow up flushes...still, the advisibility of that action varies with the time of season and the local population, as a start. In some po...

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This issue has been making the rounds and speaks poorly of DU and where their protective interests lie. :!: I would tho disagree...the issue is also about Mr. Thomas. He has, over Time, been one of the published folks where trust resides. When such a respected figure gets the gig for reasons as low ...

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It is always a shame to see the term "personal gundog" used in any offhand or sidling manner re evaluation and performance. Might be better to apply the same scale to bird shooters themselves....goose and gander. The term 'personal gundog' is not meant to be a perjorative. How else to describe dogs...

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It is always a shame to see the term "personal gundog" used in any offhand or sidling manner re evaluation and performance.
Might be better to apply the same scale to bird shooters themselves....goose and gander.

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I would say the dogs match "sporting" to the extent the owners and handlers are able to define the word or recognize the meaning....the show is nice contest for those interested in the fiddly, finicky and fastidious. More power to their gig. Actually, I have seen hunters afield who do not well defin...

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You can identify the dog type so that the appropriate dog status symbols appear. 1. From the main menu, press DOG > ENTER. 2. Press MENU. 3. Select Change Dog Type. 4. Select a type I'll leave this here for anyone else that needs the information in the future. For those of us that purchased used un...

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For those needing an instruction manual hard copy, from whatever reason, I believe the option is available to obtain one from Garmin.

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Yes
Follow the directions.....either in the instruction manual or the unit's prompts.

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Yes, once a wild rooster raises their landing gear......wind is the ticket to ride.

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On some days, I would raise the percentage...on others, not so much. Re "stealth" ....I doubt I am capable, doubt I ever was, tho...I may have believed I was stealthy at one time. I do find "speed" to be tied to everything from anticapted flush point, flight path and foot position and more...each ca...

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Always good to recall the reality of wild pheasants when "better" comparisons call their siren's note. That being, wild pheasants can be deucedly easy......of any age, in many coverts and at several times of the year. Superiority of wild pheasants is not a given...the actual situation tells the tale...

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For heavy cover birds....Astro and a good bell.....by way of the immediate location nature and track that a bell delivers. For field birds...Astro alone. But, as to your question....Lovett beepers, with the tone and features dependent upon your individual requirements. The best beeper is no longer p...

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Ditto on cleaning and "wet".....391s are known for that last preference, I had two of the 20s and they felt much as does an o/u in the hand. Removing the trigger group could require two men and a boy but...nice scatterguns. Any lube will work that has proven abilities toward cold weather and the gun...

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