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Big Dave

Please add me to the list.

Big Dave

Honky Tonk Gigolo, a son of his just won another championship this weekend.

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Atchafalya Willie was a multiple champion in NBHA and owned by Karl Barry, Fiddlin Rocky Boy was a multiple champion in NBHA and owned by Karl Barry and later Gary Keel, Bayou Teche Sport was a multiple champion in NBHA and owned by Francis Roderique. All three go back to Bayou Teche Willie another ...

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It has been windy and even drier, I did see my first woodcock of the year today and bagged one.

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We really need some moisture and cooler weather. Some of the birds that I got into on opening day were small, late hatch birds. We rotated four dogs, two down at a time and all four had solid, productive points. I am ready for conditions to get better and then I will take some time off from work and...

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We found a few coveys but it was hard to find the singles with all the very heavy cover and dry scenting conditions. I don't think it is a great year by any stretch but there are a few birds to be found. I should have a better feel for the bird numbers when the weather and conditions change. I did n...

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I have found the Rio shotshells to be a little bit dirty in an autoloader.

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I would go with a light field load of #8's or #7 1/2's. I think this load through that open choke would work real well, It has for me.

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Super performance, especially at that age. He is a really good looking dog to boot!

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Tri-tronics for over twenty years here.

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I know that Iowa pheasant numbers are down but does anybody have any information on the Marshalltown area?

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DB, I like a little variety in the kennels and my old Fiddler/Evolultion dog has gotten old. I wanted to try a Fiddler/Additions dog to take her spot in the rotation. I have found these lines tougher against the elements and sometimes tougher to train and handle. When the conditions are sand burrs, ...

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I have had overall really good experiences with the Miller dogs. I haven't found them to be the biggest running dogs out there like some have expressed. I have found them to be very intelligent and pretty biddable. I know that hunters and walking trialers bought many of Ferrel's pups because they co...

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For chaining a dog out I like the Perma Tack collars, their standard collar is two ply and very strong as are the buckles and rings.

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Awesome pictures, thanks for sharing.

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I had good luck with the old Danner Sharptail, they are getting a little worn out after several good seasons and I found a pair of Chippewa that I am going to start breaking in this year.

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I saw Honky Tonk Attitude run at several trials, he was the most stylish dog on point I have seen. I have also seen, worked and hunted behind many of his pups and grandpups. In general they are a smaller, flat muscled, tough dog with a good nose. HTA was bred to many females and some of them weren't...

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That Tattoo gyp is one of the nicest looking Rock Acre Blackhawk pups that I have seen. Her tail is much shorter than some, good luck with both pups.

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Chris is it Eldred?

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Please let us know how the new 30-16 formula works for you.

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Mike Pirtle is at Alvord on the LBJ grasslands, he trains and has gotten into Britts, he has a website too but I can't remember it.

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PMI Red Flannel, Prime forumula. I want a cost effective feed that is easily obtainable, I live in a rural area that limits my choices.

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Scott Miller in Greenfield,MO had some frozen semen Slate Creek Doc pups a few years ago. He also had Big Delivery in his field trial string at one time, it might be worth a call to him.

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Good looking pup!

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Dresslers's Dog Supply in Kansas City, Kansas has been a place that dog men frequent, they may know of bird breeders or have advertising for them in their store.

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I have hunted and trialed Miller dogs, they tend to be intelligent with high prey drive. These two things can take a dog a long ways toward being a birddog. Take your time with it, bond with it and expose it to as many different things as you can.

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I don't have much luck bird hunting or fishing when there is an east wind. I don't know why, I have heard the old timers talk about it my whole life.

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The first ones I saw used for pups had a different type of floor, we have put a strip of plywood down the middle when they are first whelped.

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I really like this type of setup for raising pups. It keeps them up out of their waste and closer to eye level when they start bonding with people.

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This is bad news, what exactly happened?

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White Knight, Red Water Rex and Arkansas Ranger three way crosses were hard to beat. This is Hoyle Eaton's bread and butter and later Ferrel Millers, thousands of good gundogs go back to this also. Wasn't there Dunn's Fearless Bud frozen semen?

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Bill Trabue in Oklahoma, a retired shooting dog trainer is the Bill in Bill's Hustler. I think he goes back to Tiny Wahoo a couple of times.

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I believe it was Dave Walker who said he considered a dog dead broke when they set the headstone on the grave.

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I say cut some of the standing treelines inton downed tree structures and maybe do some fall discing to get some ragweed. I have some of my best hunting in weed patches. Your state conservation or DNR is a good place to start with an on site meeting.

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You might try to reach Scott Crawford in Kansas, he bred Gamemaker's litter and has bred some females back to him.

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I use the Gatorade bottles with the twist tops, they rarely leak and can be opened easy even with gloves on. The Tracks and Treads bottles look cool, might have to buy a few for door prizes at our Pheasants Forever banquet.

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Pool's Elhew Snakeye and he was a walking trial dog, he was later sold and campaigned in horseback trials. I haven't seen many pups sired by him.

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The Permatack people live close to me and they and their products are first rate. They have donated leads, checkcords and collars to our Pheasants Forever banquet the last several years also.

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Chuck Stretz is back and has two championships this spring already.

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Even though a runner up champion gave a championship performance but wasn't the best dog that day I wonder if that is part of the reason Rail Dancer isn't in the Hall of Fame. His production record is impressive and he has several wins but never a champion.

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Lock 'N' Load belongs to longtime field trialer Bob Reynolds of Kansas City, Missouri. Bob has judged, ran dogs and helped put on trials for what seems like forever in the Midwest. I believe this is his first champion. A big congratulations.

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Good luck to Vagas and Ben, it sounds like he is getting the best of care. I agree on collecting semen at some point, things like this gets you to thinking.

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Orscheln's is always high on dog food in my area and usually MFA the cheapest.

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Here are a few recent National Champions: Miller's Silver Ending Miller's True Spirit Miller's Online Marques Gold Rush, a Miller's Silver Bullett grandson Law's High Noon, mother is linebred Miller Cypress Gunpowder, three crosses to Miller's Silver Bullett Shell Creek Coin, Miller's Silver Bullett...

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You are going to have to have birds to have a birddog. You can try and find wild birds in the off season for training, find a birddog club that has training days, go to a hunting preserve or find a trainer.

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I like the Muck brand rubber boot the best of anything that I have tried. I have very large calves and they stretch enough at the top to remain comfortable.

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The best thing that I know that you can do is get several people togeter and do habitat work on your hunting ground. Habitat fragmentation mostly brought on by overpopulation is an uphill battle to say the least. If you can string some habitat on several farms together it is our best bet for quail. ...

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Missouri Conservation employeees have told me that stocking birds will not work and that they are not going to that kind of expense even if it did work. I have worked at one of the oldest hunting preserves in MO and they have few if any wild birds, I have two friends who bought used surrogators and ...

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I went on Wednesday the 13th when the weather had finally warmed up. I found a few coveys and while their numbers had diminshed some they were still there. I found another nice size new covey and all my covey rises where spooky and quick to fly but the singles didn't want to move. I think they are s...

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Rimrock is your dog sire Always Late Jake or is his dam I B Lonestar? I owned and campaigned Star with Craig Thompson. Star and Yaz were both extreme stylisht on point. I am also one of the breeders of Yazstremski so I keep an eye on his winning offspring. Craig also has some young dogs coming on fr...

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