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Elk hunter, that is the best cover I have seen in two years. You must not have the draught conditions we have out here. Have a great year with the dogs. I'm pretty sure I would kill for that kind of cover over here.

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Grouse hunter, you just are not a fun guy are you?

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I love my sxs but they kick like a mule. I'm inclined to flinch a little with heavy recoil so I shoot a beretta xplor 4 for most of my shooting. If I use my sxs twelves I shoot a 20 gauge load and get by ok.

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There's trained and there's natural ability. I can train a poodle to point a lightbulb. Do you want a well trained parent or a product attained from the producer, littermate or direct offspring of a natural? Only a natural will attain the highest level of competition. Plenty of practice with the av...

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Some dogs tire of pigeons and some rather quickly. You just have to switch to a different training bird. Some dogs catch on to training games and a person just has to be smart enough to see it. Use chukar or quail.

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+1, give it heck Murph.

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If anyone is laughing about this thread it is Trekmoor. Either that or he's wondering why these crazy yanks are making such a fuss. As far as not believing everything you read here, well I know right were to start. Here is a fact, no matter a dogs range they still have to have a handle on them. If y...

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:lol: This subject like many may be getting a little off track. What type of dog one owns very likely depends on what and where one hunts. As an example we hunt mostly chucker. Last season bird numbers were down to the point it was the poorest I've seen in 40 years. We were walking about 3 miles per...

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I hunt AA bred pointers and have for more years than some of you have had dogs. One needs to understand that a big running dog does not run by birds 100 yds. away to find birds 500 yds. away. They will range until they find birds or you turn them or they turn themselves. I expect my dogs to stand ti...

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In all my years of hunting, and that includes hunting coyotes, I have never seen a pack. The closest was three dogs following a gyp in heat. I have had dogs kill coyotes and never the other way around although a couple of dogs did get ate up a little. Now those fifty lb. coyotes in the north east wo...

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I have a grandson of Seahorse that is the real deal. I hunt chukar in tough country and I can tell you every dog does not make a chukar dog. I hunted with my dogs father ( by Seahorse) and five brothers and sisters of my dog and there is not a bad one in the bunch although I do like some more than o...

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It doesn't sound like some of these birds are homers to start with. I don't think you would want birds that didn't beat you home from only two miles away. You may have done yourself a favor.

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Neil, I don't know if you were there this year. The weather was a determining factor. The first few days the birds were kegged up in the brush and some dogs did go in after them. Some were lost and had to be located with the tracker and picked up even though they had birds which is the rule. The luc...

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It sounds like you have a great girlfriend with poor taste in men :lol: That's what I keep telling her!!!! She doesn't even question me when I go hunting or fishing, lets the dogs sleep on the couches too, I even have an archery target set up inside the house. MADNESS this world is falling apart. T...

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It sounds like you have a great girlfriend with poor taste in men

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This is a good question. With the shelters and rescues full of unwanted bird dogs maybe any good home would be better than the alternatives.

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Obama got his tactics from good old honest Abe. That makes Obama our second worst president and knocks Jimmy down to three.

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Any book would probably be more beneficial than Ben o's. Most modern trainers employ an ecollar at some point. There are plenty of good training methods that you can tweak to suit you but it would be better to find one and stick to it.

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How about we place blame where blame is due, good old George W Bush. You can't throw our country into a pointless war driving up gas prices 350% and sinking our economy like a turd getting flushed down the toilet; without taking the bulk of the blame. The last president to do any good was Clinton, ...

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A check cord wouldn't hurt either.

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All the more reason for pointing dogs that don't point to be culled. Does not happen enough though.

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make sure you hold it level especially when you navigate.

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Most chronic gun shy dogs end up in shelters or rescue groups. How or why doesn't mean much when the ones that don't go for pets are killed.

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My opinion hasn't changed. My dogs get hunted harder than average, I like EA because the dogs do well on it

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My dogs are far from bomb proof, but we keep working on it I don't hunt with people I don't like, but I do not blame them for my short comings as a trainer. Lighten up, enjoy the journey. Not ever hunt is perfect, but the guy did not harm your dog. Just train, try to enjoy training. Don't blame oth...

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Hey roanie, you should have known you would turn out to be the bad guy here. I know your dogs are trained, maybe not fully trained by some standards, but trained well enough except under the circumstances you described. You tried to help a guy and his dog and it blew up in your face. I have had simi...

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Diamond extreme athlete. I hunt in cold very rough and steep country and this feed keeps weight on better while feeding less than other brands.

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$30.00 is a good price straight through for yotes. A 60.00 dollar coon is unheard of. In the northwest the top price is paid based on the Montana #1 yote. To be a #1 they have to be really big with a very pale silver coat and a very white belly and of coarse be prime. Not many qualify so most are in...

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Sex really doesn't matter all that much,all dogs are individuals with temperaments of their own.It's more about each individual dog. Hey sex matters a lot especially good sex. As far as the dog world goes, pick the one that you like best and go with it. Females are likely to be a little neater arou...

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I would try Jerry Krebs in Idaho or Erik Mauk in Oregon.

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Here you can get a permit to live trap birds of prey and relocate them. I don't know if this is still the case but if it is you might check with your federal game warden. I happen to believe a person has the right to protect their livestock. How one goes about it is up to them.

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Do not feed the pup within 12 hours of departure.

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five pointers and one setter with a pointer pup coming this spring. I hunt two to four times a week in rough country and need enough dog power to do so.

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Some of you should learn where the money in the farm bill actually goes. It all sure does not go to farmers. Also there is a vast difference between corporate farmers and independent farmers. If you run cattle on public land you pay for it with no subsidy. As far as pay to hunt, if you don't want to...

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It sounds very much like this dog has had no training. If she came to you with worms and other health issues she was probably not well cared for. If she was afraid of her own shadow she was not handled properly. If you had to teach her basic obedience something is very wrong and you likely got burne...

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I'm very fortunate to be able to hunt close to home so I have a 95 bronco with the big engine and heavy duty transmission. I set it up with Detroit lockers and a winch and off road tires. This rig is for hunting only and sees very little highway use. When we go on our yearly out of state hunt to Mon...

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I get the vaccine for 11 bucks a shot and give the shot myself. The antivenin is about $800 a vial if you can find a vet that carries it. Most dogs require more than one vial. I hunt from three to five hours to the nearest vet that carries antivenin and it should be used from two to four hours after...

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OK, I don't know about areas other than where I live. Here according to four vets anyway, the snake vaccine is very helpful in most cases. It does depend on how well an individual builds antibodies after the vaccine is given. As far as emergency treatment goes I was told that injectable Benadryl wil...

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Thank you. Let freedom ring.

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I tried a pair of Irish setter havocs and really like them.

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I tried a pair of Irish setter havocs this year and really like them.

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No body would register a pointer x gsp cross as a pointer unless they wanted to set pointers back 100 years or more.

I don't know how this thread got around to cross breeding but it's getting pretty funny.

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I don't know much about gsp. Are these pups "pure", will they be registered, should they be culled?

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Cajun Casey wrote:
Sharon wrote:
SD44 wrote:Tri color GSP?

Some folks confuse "tri color" with ticked. I know..........
The puppy in the ad was clear white with tan points over the eyes and on the legs. Neither ticked nor roan was part of the equation.

So what is it?

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I thought you were either talking about bill Clinton or an advertisement for a gentle mans club.

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Because I personally believe we over vaccinate. Its a personal decision being around multiple kennels and lots of dogs and doing alot of reading on the subject. My opinion only..... Here's a quick read for anyone interested, Im certainly not pushing any agenda..... http://www.news.wisc.edu/8413 Tha...

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birddog1968 wrote:Tractor supply sells them if you have one close.....I only vaccinate mine every 3 years.

Why only every three years? Omaha vaccine Co is a good place if you want to mail order, Jeffers is another.

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Snake breaking and snake bite vaccine help. Most bites I have seen were run by hits. I have only seen one fatal bite and that dog was hit in the eyeball and died in about 20 min. I carry an injectable steroid and Benadryl during the snake season. I leave as little to chance as possible but since I r...

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excellent job, you are going to have to start contracting out, I think it is that good.

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I only come on here now to check out the 'Any of you feed raw' thread! A bit like catching up with the Soaps on tv :lol: Nice shot polmaise :lol: Having owned pointers for 60 years I have found a sense of humor is a must and thick skin helps. This is a good site that I happen to enjoy. If I can hel...

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