Gun Dog Forum

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I think most outdoor sports are on the decline I concur. I just had this conversation with my buddies at the gun shop the other day. They are all members to the gun club where I regularly shoot skeet at. I am relatively new there and I was asking where all the younger shooters are???? I am 33 and b...

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Scott Linden wrote:Many have heard or read the term "honest dog," but what does it REALLY mean?

When you can get up off the sofa and leave your sandwich laying there and it will still be there when you return.

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I know it's easy to jump to the conclusion when someone posts a question on here that it is directly pertaining to an authentic situation, but this is not. I don't have a stud picked out for Moxy and am not looking for advice. I'm a huge genetics/breeding buff and am asking this just to see what th...

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Everyone seems to like to talk about "the" gauge to get & use. Rarely do people talk about the right fit. What's more important gauge or fit? Does anyone up ever switch to a gun with a shorter length of pull after adding inches of heavy clothing in bitter, cold weather? Nothing like rewarding terri...

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Mine broke! It's still in service but it's not going to last much longer. I have a call into the manufacturer, but the door has been discontinued, so not holding my breath for replacement parts (even with the lifetime limited warranty). Anyway, we have 6 or so dogs running in and out of our dog doo...

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kninebirddog wrote:

I have seen more dogs screwed up by owners then by e collars

AMEN! Where's the "LIKE" button?

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I also don't agree with the whole idea about it being a safety factor. If a dog is going toward a road, etc. I can call him back. Is this going to be absolutely perfect, every time. Probably not, but then neither are the e-collars. About the time you really want it to work the battery is low in one...

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I agree with you. If people used the properly then they could be beneficial, but too many people use them as an easy button. It's like they think the more they push that button the better trained their dog will be. I've never worried about my dogs getting caught on a fence or anything like that. Si...

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Could have been alot worse.

Glad it wasn't.

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Hey guys! Glad there's a couple out of the hundreds of GDF members who were worried about us! :lol: We actually had to take cover for about 30 mins. We had a rope tornado 2 miles north of town. My buddy was out spotting for the fire department and I was looking over my family and his. It was kinda c...

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I don't like to go to work with dog hair on me. Dogs are in the kennel. I have inside dogs that have been transitioned into the mudroom as their "In house accomodations" instead of them having the full run of the house. Having a child and a newly remodeled and re-furnished house changed my outlook ...

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Why are you loading Green Dot in 1 oz 12 ga loads? Sounds pompous to me. Especially since this thread isn't about reloading powders, its about reclaimed shot. It was mentioned in passing, and you felt the urge to point out and be all "Oh my! Why are you doing that!....Reloading Green Dot in 1 oz lo...

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Whats the difference between daytime soap-operas and GDF? Nothing whatsoever. Sure both may have some educational value to them somewhere, but its so watered down with drama and pizzin matches that it has become more "Entertainment" than education or sport. Kinda like "Entertainment Wrestling" :lol:...

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Ron R wrote:

I don't care if this dog is out of HTA or Limpwrists Rainbow Flower, Thats a hellava good looking hound. I'm a sucker for a half-mask.

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This is the cutest little puppy I could find on Easter...

Happy Easter!

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Cody, My load is straight from the Lyman Reloading Handbook. Its legit, nothing to worry about. Sometimes you have to filter out the pompous air here on GDF because what you do one way, someone else does another way. So in default, your way is wrong. Last I checked, my thread was about Reclaimed Sho...

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Greg Jennings wrote:Why are you loading Green Dot in 1 oz 12 ga loads?

A) Because I can
B) Because It works
C my point?

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So ezzy you don't think it's unethical to breed so close that you have a good chance of producing birth defects? Birth defects happen in unrelated and even cross bred dogs... +1 Cody, I'll let you know in a few months. I'll be having a pretty tight litter. If by chance I get any six legged dogs the...

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If the reclaimer cleans and lubes the shot, I think it's just fine to shoot. You want to make sure it's cleaned though. From the 16 yd line or for any close shooting, I see nothing wrong with the performance. +1 The longest shot on the skeet field is 25 yards... I don't ever let them get that far. ...

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Just an update since I reloaded some of this Reclaimed Shot... I have reloaded about 10 boxes of this Reclaimed. Its as clean as anything I have put in my reloader thus far. Yesterday I loaded up some shells before heading out to the gun club to shoot skeet. Win AA hull, Win .209 primer, 19.5 grains...

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Looks great,you keep any? If so, make sure you keep us updated ? I'll sure keep ya'll updated on it. I am waiting for Sam to come in. Jessica (my wife) says it should be around the middle of this month. I know AJ and I are pretty stoked about this breeding. Sit and wait.... (Not something I'm good ...

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tfbirddog2 wrote:alot of the reason why alot of people go to preserves is the dont want to knock on doors and walk and walk and walk!

they come to a preserve where habitat has been left for the birds and they are stocked to making things easier

I couldn't agree more.

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Texasdogtrainer wrote:
Troy08er wrote:NIce,is daisy sparks and snappbutton kay from the same litter?

Daisy Sparks is a daughter of Ch. Snapbutton Kay

Yep. AJ's stud and My female were sired by the same dog "Turbo" and his dog and mine's Dame's were littermates.

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tommyboy72 wrote:Fiddlin Rocky Boy not through HTA but through Turbo or High View Nickel and the Miller dogs especially going back to Miller's Silver Bullet. I am really fond of the Fiddlin Rocky Boy/Miller crosses.

+1 on the FRB lines. I know a guy who's putting together a REAL NICE FRB breeding.

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I have however sold alot of the Glucosamine 2x with Chondroitin by Retreive Health. There was a member of this forum that got some of this from me for an older dog that was pretty hobbled up after a days hunt. It worked really well for his dog. I think I even seen him post about it and refer to it ...

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Aside from the common lifeblood we all share on this forum (DOGS) I love to shoot Trap & Skeet. I would love nothing more than to have my own private Trap & Skeet field out on the 44 acres. I hope to see that through to fruition. However, If I had it my way I would win the mega millions tomorrow nig...

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Kind of a piggyback off of DonF's thread on Nancy Whitehead, but I didn't want to hijack. What is your favorite Sporting dog / Hunting print, painting, artist, ect? I really like some of Robert K. Abbett's stuff. My favorite of his is his "Edge Of The Cornfield" print. Last summer I finally purchase...

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AzDoggin wrote:Amazing.

http://www.youtube.com/embed/87xNpOYOlQ4?rel=0

Indeed, that is pretty awesome.

Pardon my stupidity, but was it a fish or what that the eagle was trying to make off with?

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I respect the healthy tone and digression of this topic thus far. I really figured it'd turn south once I posted my feelings about it, but I was surprised at how civilly we can discuss our opinions. I beg the question though. What happened to Hunting being "Hunting"? When I head out for a hunt, I do...

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$28 bucks a bag beats the heck out of 38-45 bucks a bag. Price is good but sounds high. When the gun club I attend was selling it a couple of years ago it was $20 for a 1 gallon plastic jug. Don't know what that equates to in pounds though. Usually member prices on stuff like that (especially if it...

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Is it warranty work? If so, the gun shop you purchased it from can handle the shipping. You will most likely end up paying actual shipping costs though.

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Check with local trap clubs. When they have the trap and skeet fields mined they usually offer used shot for sale, at least around here they do. I don't reload but have friends that do and they have used reclaimed shot. You will never know the difference. Yeah, I got hooked up with a guy through on...

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Prairie: What is your perception? My views on them are that they are not hunting preserves. They are SHOOTING preserves. Big difference. Most of the facilities including 3 of which I am very familiar with here, use pen raised planted birds that are dumber than a doornail and would make my neighbors...

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I have used reclaimed shot and it was great, way cheaper and breaks birds just fine. We had our field mined and cleaned the shot in a cement mixer. I wish I would have bought more. I really don't care if the shot size is mixed, it should all be like 7, 8, and 9's anyway. I shoot good mag shot for s...

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Anyone have experience reloading reclaimed shot? It runs significantly cheaper and whearas I would only be using it for practice club shoots, I think it might be something of benefit. What digging (no pun intended) I have done on the subject, there is (like anything else) pro and con arguements. The...

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Jrclmn18 wrote:Bag balm and kennel rest

+1

Depending on how bad they cut their pads, it can take quite a stretch to heal completely. At least it isn't bird season.

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I need to force myself into trying it once. Maybe it will change my perception on them. Probably not.

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AzDoggin wrote:
Sharon wrote:Why do i get the feeling that the animals are taking back the land.
Yeah...I want THE QUAIL to take back the land..my winter rain dances just aren't working though.

"bleep" slimy SOB snakes.

I don't do snakes.... PERIOD. Good thing in SouthCentral, KS a snattle rake is a rarity.

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Nice looking pup. Ima sucker for a B&W

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Minced meat is what my gramma made pies out of . It had fruit and all sorts of other stuff in it and was cooked. I don't think that's it. I don't think it's the past tense of mouse either. That would be gonemouse You're absolutely correct. I said Mince was mince meat your grandma used for pies... :...

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cjhills wrote:What is mince. I am having that problem right now

Minced Meat. Chicken mince, beef mince, etc. Although If I was having that problem, I'd opt for the pepto instead.

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Love it!

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Sharon wrote:That's a good story.

I just called my wife at work and read it to her. She was in stitches.

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This is simply too good not to share. I have many, but this one today was special. :oops: A little background first. I am blessed to be able to keep my 2 year old daughter with me 3 days a week. We have alot of fun and daddy spoils little Haley like none other. For the last couple days its been rain...

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y. I had some marble tile flooring left over from the kitchen and bath remodel so I used it for the flooring in the dens. :lol: :| If my pup ever stayed outside, I would be envious. She just has a cement floor. Well, the plus side is it doesn't absorb odor or moisture. Easy clean up. I usually just...

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I am still in the process of working on my kennels. Its pretty much done structurally except some finish work & insulating inside the building, plumbing in the auto-waterers, and getting the HVAC unit for it. I built the "Dens" for the dogs inside with treated 2x4 construction, R12 insulated floors,...

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I used Chuck at Adventure Bound last spring to ship a pup to Wisconsin. I didn't have any issues with them, and I plan to use him again.

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Prayers for you and your family in this difficult time.

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Can't bring myself to try it... Smells good though.

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So sorry for your loss. May God comfort you in this difficult time.

I held my beloved lab, Drake while he was euthenized. Hardest thing I've ever done. Still makes me cry. & It was 8 years ago.

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