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deke

I buy all my decoys off craigslist and then paint them black with spray paint. Cheap and easy, and works better then most other decoys. Go thirty yards away from any ducks sitting on the water and tell me they don't look black, then think who has better eyes, us or ducks. Black also sticks out bette...

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I have never had dogs with that much size difference. I always just let them figure it out. I see separating them as taking away their ability to figure out their indifferences while they are young, and prolonging it until they are older when they can do real damage. My " pup " will wrestle with the...

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05 duramax crew cab shortbox. Just got done driving a cummins to south Dakota and back, and I will never be driving it again. 4 wheel drive is a must have for me, some hunting spots can get a little dicey to get too. My old man just had a 2013 Tahoe flex fuel while his truck was in the shop, and it ...

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We wrap two kennels together with a canvas tarp leaving the bottom half of the doors open. This worked well all the way down to negative 34 ( thermometer in my truck quit working). Dogs were toasty warm when pulled out. As long as they are dry and out of the wind they should be fine. As for the wate...

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I think that people getting welfare working for free is not a half bad idea, say forty hours a week to start. Good idea

deke

I don't pay to hunt. Lost my best duck spot last year cause some guys offers him two hundred dollars for the season. I could of matched it and got my spot but didn't on principal.

deke

I have said to myself that I will spend what I have in the bank on my dog. I have no kids so my situation may be different but I feel like I owe my dogs that much, I would rather have my dogs thAn all the money in my account. I have gotten " lucky ". And all my dogs have died when I had no choice in...

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Hey dsmtsi. Tried to send you a pm but not sure if it sent. If you are still in the area we would love to tag along. Our dog is pretty beat up. Had a run in with a wounded deer today in a cornfield that did not end well for him or the deer. Still scratched out a limit though and found out a sixty po...

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Cj. We hunted south of there yesterday if I can remember correctly. A lot less birds than other areas we hunted. We watched a farmer cutting corn for an hour after we got our final bird and counted seventy roosters flush from the edge of the field we were standing on. Never saw this South Dakota in ...

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It's not like we are hunting secret spots. We haven't hunted the same place twice. All the guys at our hotel I have talked to have been shooting limits on private property.

deke

Leaving the 21st. Might rest the dog tommorow. He looks a little beat up. Hopefully we get snow on Sunday and the hunting will be hotter again. Just got back tonight saw fifty or so birds jump out of a wia

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If you have a lot of waterfowl hunters in ur area try getting on craigslist after Christmas. We usually have a ton on there that are in really good shape and they are much cheaper and not all shiny. As for dog blinds I either make the dog lay down by my blind or bring a sheet of chicken wire and sta...

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Today is in the sixties and we have noticed we are not seeing as many birds. Still scratched out five before lunch between two guys. We have had good luck walking next to fresh cut corn fields first part of the day. Shot my first double on wild roosters yesterday two minutes after it opened.

deke

No idea about any blizzards. We had snow last few days which is making the cat tails really productive. We are in hand county.

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All public

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Second day in sd. First day we saw two hundred birds . Second day hundred fifty, saw a hundred birds get out of a twenty by twenty lump of cat tails. We have e limited eVery day by noon, wonder why all reports are bad

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Cabelas ultimate. Armor flex is a must. I have had mine three seasons no leaks and for me that is a miracle my friends get at least two pairs a year

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Another side note about switching foods like you have been is that there is there seems to be some belief that there is an increased risk of developmental orthopedic disease in larger breed dogs when you make several food switches. Just throwing that out there for something to think about. I am a l...

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I think the problem was/is that I was probably feeding too much and that I changed food too fast. I spoke with another friend who said they take a month to change dog foods whereas I was doing it in a couple of days. I think the Diamond Naturals puppy food was probably fine, I just switched too fas...

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It is usually up to the buyer to get an inspection done on the house. At least it that is how it is in Wa.

deke

Go talk to your vet about your concerns, and get your dog the snake shot at the same time. Your vet should know quite a bit about the snakes around this area, and what course you should take. If your are from Northwest WA I can recommend a vet that is a avid bird hunter, and studied rattlers at WSU....

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TEX-X wrote:Delmar use to grab a fighting dog by the backlegs and spin them in 4 or 5 circles...what did that do? No telling. Does it work? Sometimes. Just something to think about. Muzzle scout and let them interact. Maybe if the pup submits scout will back off

That's what I was trying to say.

deke

I was looking at a springer spaniel pup a few years ago before I bought my lab. One of the questions she asked me on the phone was " do you currently use an e collar" of course I answered yes. She hung up the phone on me. I have run into people down at the beach or lake that question my use of an e ...

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put a muzzle on him and introduce him to the puppy, that way you can tell if he is trying to hurt the pup or just show it who is the boss dog. It is a much harder thing to do when the puppy is not yours, but maybe you can convince the neighbor that doing this will help the dogs get along better in t...

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I like my filson single tin. My legs get to sweaty in the doubles. We have a filson outlet store about fifteen minutes from my house that have the singles, and the field pants on sale right now for 45 dollars a pair and the doubles for 60.

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Thanks ill try this, but there was a card in the box from Cabelas says i should not heat them up to dry them if wet, so is heating them in the oven fine if they're dry? Ill probably order some hubreds Thanks, Isaac and Banks They are correct. Dry them in the oven and it cracks the leather, I believ...

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Huberds shoe grease, that is what I have always used.

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50 50 shot. I have seen dogs that wont go near another porky after first encounter, and I have seen dogs that want nothing more than revenge.

deke

Within 10 miles of where I hunt there are 3 places that band birds, we usually shoot 5 or 6 every year in the first week of the season. After that it drops off considerably, usually ending the year at around 10. I have never shot a banded goose though. Find out where they band birds and go hunt ther...

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While I am cleaning birds I will feed the dog scraps of meat, it is like he is getting rewarded for a job well done. I have never fed them bones from the birds, but I believe that is more of a personal fear than anything else.

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I oil my boots about once a month during hunting season. the biggest thing I can tell you is to heat them up after you put the oil on them, it will help them soak up more oil. I will have to check the name of the stuff I use when I get home, but I know it comes in a blue can and is the consistency o...

deke

We were out goose hunting when my pup was 6 months old, we shot at a flock that came in un noticed over the decoys and ended up killing six in the decoys, but winged one that sailed a hundred yards out into the field. Being the hyperactive pup he was we decided to find out just how big his cods actu...

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It all depends on how we are hunting I guess. If we are in the fields decoying the geese, I use black cloud 3 in 4 shot. But if we are out duck hunting and we might get a pass over shot, I will pull out 3 in bb shot.

deke

My pup hits the ground in 8 days, already have a check cord to put on him when I pick him up. When I call him, he will come. I don't tolerate pup's screaming in a crate all night. The little ssucker will sleep in bed with Squirt, Bodie and myself. He wakes one of us up and he's going outside! I'm p...

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I hunt with blackcloud 3 in 4 shot. I hunt pheasant, quail, grouse, ducks, and geese all with the same round. I tried switching to lead last year when we went east where we could use it, and I missed 9 times out of 10. I run IC and IM chokes in my over under, and IC in my semi. I shoot the same rou...

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We went two years ago, had the opportunity to shoot our limits each day. The most birds you will see is by hunting the road ditches, but not much to see as far as dog work goes. We usually hunted crp or wia in the morning, then around noon we would get some lunch and find a good ditch to walk and le...

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Grab a wing, and cut a handful of feathers off the wing, repeat on the otherside. Even if you take to many it should only take the bird about six weeks to grow new back.

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Congrats, My little black lab got his butt kicked by a goose at about 8 months old during early goose season, now every goose that goes down gets its head ripped off before he even thinks about bringing it back to the blind. keep up the good work, and im sure by the end of the season you will have a...

deke

I hunt with blackcloud 3 in 4 shot. I hunt pheasant, quail, grouse, ducks, and geese all with the same round. I tried switching to lead last year when we went east where we could use it, and I missed 9 times out of 10. I run IC and IM chokes in my over under, and IC in my semi. I shoot the same roun...

deke

I feed my dog Kirkland, which is made by diamond I believe. My dogs seem to like it and their coats and teeth have never looked better.

deke

That's like me telling you to study for an English test, and then when the test comes its in Spanish. Then after you fail it (assuming you don't speak Spanish, but if you do switch it to whatever language you don't speak) yelling at you about the Spanish test you just failed.

deke

Well, the trip went good and no one needed to use their handguns. I did however run into two bears, they did not know I was there, so I just found a tree to hide next to as they passed. One of them winded me and took off, the other just waddled on by none the wiser that I was standing 20 feet from i...

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Neil, If I could carry a shotgun I would be. If there was a chance of seeing grizzlys I would be taking my home defense shotgun with buckshot slug staggered.

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Chukar It is legal in Washington to carry a personal protection weapon while out bow hunting, as long as the weapon is not used to dispatch game. I have always hunted the Palouse where there is not much of a chance of running across a bear. For some reason bears give me the creeps, I would guess bec...

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Gordon guy, I will be hunting with my brother, so that would make for an akward family reunion. Nike, That is what I have heard, I also heard that if they are hit with an arrow they will focus there frustration on the arrow, or the wound the arrow made thinking that they are getting attacked by a be...

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We are going bow hunting this year, and there has been quite a few bear sightings. I carry a glock .40 on a daily basis and was wondering if that would be enough to stop a small black bear. I know a .44 mag or .357 would be much better, but if I can avoid buying another gun my bank account would be ...

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I was wondering this same thing, my old lab has gone down hill fast in the last year. Arthritis really bad in his front elbows, his eyes are starting to go bad quick ( he cant tell the difference between my dad, brother, and I anymore until we are really close to him), and the other night I was stan...

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Leatherman, shells, firstaid kit. Usually go back to the truck for lunch and so the dogs can rest a minute.

deke

You are afraid of your own dog? Seems like the dog already won. The dog needs a good "bleep" whippin every time he growls at anybody, and a bullet if he bites

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There is a company out of Florida I believe that is selling used Tahoe's with the duramax swap. Supposedly they get around 23 mpg, and they are not much more expensive then the trucks. Right around the $30,000.00 mark if I remember the article correctly.

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