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by Bounty_Hunter
Sat Feb 01, 2014 8:36 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Hawk problems
Replies: 95
Views: 32852

Re: Hawk problems

There is going to be a HAWK problem in NJ tomorrow. Hope those DENVER boys can handle it... :mrgreen:
by Bounty_Hunter
Sat Feb 01, 2014 8:19 pm
Forum: Training
Topic: Garmin Delta Upland E-Collar
Replies: 5
Views: 2981

Re: Garmin Delta Upland E-Collar

The names have changed a lot, which is why you may not have received many answers. I think that used to be the Tritronics Sport Basic G3 . It gave me many years of great service at an affordable price. I THINK it now called the Garmin Delta Upland - beeper / vibrator added. If it's a good as its' p...
by Bounty_Hunter
Sat Feb 01, 2014 1:42 pm
Forum: Wild Game Recipes
Topic: Duck
Replies: 35
Views: 39427

Re: Duck

I think ageing game birds for several days if possible is the way to go, ducks included and I like to eat them after aging because they just don't taste the same after they have been in the freezer even for short periods. Since there are so many different duck breeds what do You duck hunters put at ...
by Bounty_Hunter
Sat Feb 01, 2014 9:10 am
Forum: Health and Nutrition
Topic: body shaking
Replies: 8
Views: 3177

Re: body shaking

I get up this morning and feed the dog a normal 1 cup. Took her out side to do her so she could potty . After 1 hour she throw up. Took her out side again she would not leave my side. She is a house dog. It was funny because wanted to lay in the snow its 20 degrees out side. Went back in the inside...
by Bounty_Hunter
Fri Jan 31, 2014 7:58 am
Forum: Health and Nutrition
Topic: When to switch from pup to adult food
Replies: 28
Views: 16434

Re: When to switch from pup to adult food

Yeah, what's up with a pet feed business trying to make money? What a rip off! They should invest millions in R&D and marketing and then ignore everything they learn! Shame on them for promoting a product that while probably not necessary, does more good than harm! Has nothing to do with profit! Wh...
by Bounty_Hunter
Fri Jan 31, 2014 6:59 am
Forum: Health and Nutrition
Topic: When to switch from pup to adult food
Replies: 28
Views: 16434

Re: When to switch from pup to adult food

You should be feeding a high quality 30/20 food. You should not need to feed puppy food if you do as that is all puppy food is - a food with a high protein, high fat content (30/20). "Puppy" food is just a marketing tool. Feed a good, high quality all stages food and don't sweat about switching eve...
by Bounty_Hunter
Thu Jan 30, 2014 11:54 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: what happens to gun shy pointers?
Replies: 52
Views: 23201

Re: what happens to gun shy pointers?

I also think that the most amusing thing on this site and others like it, is that there are folks who draw definitive conclusions based on an incredibly small sample size, like one dog. Like I stated above I have owned three gun shy dogs and I don't think that is nearly a big enough sample size for...
by Bounty_Hunter
Thu Jan 30, 2014 7:34 am
Forum: Health and Nutrition
Topic: home made dog fod
Replies: 35
Views: 14403

Re: home made dog fod

I think it has been evident for sometime from BH's posts that the difference in our position is based on a completely lack of understanding of the natural diet of our wildlife. Because of that this whole discussion is fruitless. I do appreciate the civility you all have shown in this ongoing saga b...
by Bounty_Hunter
Wed Jan 29, 2014 3:59 pm
Forum: Health and Nutrition
Topic: home made dog fod
Replies: 35
Views: 14403

Re: home made dog fod

Are you for real the coyotes clean up all the gut piles from dead deer doing deer season if you call that fresh meat they kill themselves. I have a friend that sights in rifles & works up hand loads for him self & friends he stakes out the deer skins on the hill side behind his house couple hundred...
by Bounty_Hunter
Wed Jan 29, 2014 2:28 pm
Forum: Health and Nutrition
Topic: home made dog fod
Replies: 35
Views: 14403

Re: home made dog fod

BH so you don't think Coyotes & wolves would eat kibble in the wild if it was readily available? That's a pretty broad question, and I think it would depend more upon the area and circumstances. But I think coyotes would be more likely to eat kibble then wolves. Both wolves and coyotes prefer fresh...
by Bounty_Hunter
Wed Jan 29, 2014 2:11 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Coyotes and Dogs
Replies: 225
Views: 96883

Re: Coyotes and Dogs

It is too late in the year for the good fur. The long guard hairs will be well rubbed by now and nutrition will be taking its toll on the haircoat of many. Is that just in your area, because PA trapping season runs through Feb 23rd on most furbearers, and it sounds like your saying it wouldn't real...
by Bounty_Hunter
Wed Jan 29, 2014 1:32 pm
Forum: Health and Nutrition
Topic: home made dog fod
Replies: 35
Views: 14403

Re: home made dog fod

This information might be of interest to you if you decide later to try a more natural diet. Good Luck either way. :)

http://blog.barfworld.com/?p=861
by Bounty_Hunter
Tue Jan 28, 2014 10:34 pm
Forum: Health and Nutrition
Topic: What do you feed your Dogs?
Replies: 285
Views: 198617

Re: What do you feed your Dogs?

Jagerdawg wrote: one is science the other just opinion
Actually I see both as science, one is just proven by nature, the other, well?? It works for most dogs..
by Bounty_Hunter
Tue Jan 28, 2014 6:32 pm
Forum: Health and Nutrition
Topic: What do you feed your Dogs?
Replies: 285
Views: 198617

Re: What do you feed your Dogs?

Here is a link to an article I was sent a couple of days ago that states almost exactly what we found out over the years I was involved. This basically is what I have tried to inform you all about. I have been concerned about what some think is a natural diet in the wild. I think if you get out and...
by Bounty_Hunter
Tue Jan 28, 2014 5:33 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Coyotes and Dogs
Replies: 225
Views: 96883

Re: Coyotes and Dogs

Yes. I hadn't even thought of that. Right now I'm looking at snow to my hips at -22 degrees Celsius. The fur will be darn good this year- if they survive. :) They will. Your memory is short. This terrible winter is pretty much what most were a few years back. The last few has spoiled us I think. It...
by Bounty_Hunter
Tue Jan 28, 2014 7:41 am
Forum: Hunting
Topic: Other Game
Replies: 33
Views: 10358

Re: Other Game

It is hard to believe it would be moist but I have to say I never ate anything smoked that I didn't like. I guess goose is good prepared many ways like the sausage slistoe mentioned, its just not a game bird that should be cooked like other game birds. I should pick up a smoker and do some goose hun...
by Bounty_Hunter
Mon Jan 27, 2014 9:46 pm
Forum: Health and Nutrition
Topic: home made dog fod
Replies: 35
Views: 14403

Re: home made dog fod

I probably wouldn't feed raw but would more or less supplement kibble . Bounty do you cook the old meat from the back of the freezer ? Thats what I thought I would do. This poor dog my starve if I dont figure something out. lol I was almost afraid to ask a question about food after reading a couple...
by Bounty_Hunter
Mon Jan 27, 2014 7:21 pm
Forum: Health and Nutrition
Topic: home made dog fod
Replies: 35
Views: 14403

Re: home made dog fod

Does any one make any of their own dog food ? I work in a meat processing plant and have alot of stuff available to me and wonder if I could make my own and what to use. Or subsidize whatever food I end up buying . Everything is USDA inspected and a very clean facility . I would have to buy it so i...
by Bounty_Hunter
Mon Jan 27, 2014 5:07 pm
Forum: Health and Nutrition
Topic: What do you feed your Dogs?
Replies: 285
Views: 198617

Re: What do you feed your Dogs?

I'm not really talking your language or a advocate of raw. I only do it because it is cheap, fairly easy for me because a couple times a week somebody hits a deer within a mile of my house. With the weather we are having I don't need a freezer. It is very good for putting weight on the dogs that ar...
by Bounty_Hunter
Mon Jan 27, 2014 1:05 pm
Forum: Health and Nutrition
Topic: What do you feed your Dogs?
Replies: 285
Views: 198617

Re: What do you feed your Dogs?

I'm not really talking your language or a advocate of raw. I only do it because it is cheap, fairly easy for me because a couple times a week somebody hits a deer within a mile of my house. With the weather we are having I don't need a freezer. It is very good for putting weight on the dogs that ar...
by Bounty_Hunter
Mon Jan 27, 2014 12:36 pm
Forum: Health and Nutrition
Topic: What do you feed your Dogs?
Replies: 285
Views: 198617

Re: What do you feed your Dogs?

Even you. After spending a great deal of my life working in the nutrition and manufacturing area of livestock and pet food, seeing the feeding test of hundred of dogs and the results, I thought I could help a lot of fellow dog owners out in that area so I have spent 10 years or so on this forum but...
by Bounty_Hunter
Mon Jan 27, 2014 7:31 am
Forum: Hunting
Topic: Other Game
Replies: 33
Views: 10358

Re: Other Game

Anyone have trouble preparing geese? I have heard many complain they are tough no matter how you cook them. But I did read an article a while back that said if you smoke them in a smoker they taste like tender jerky and the meat is very good. I only had goose one time years ago and it was kind of to...
by Bounty_Hunter
Mon Jan 27, 2014 7:08 am
Forum: Health and Nutrition
Topic: What do you feed your Dogs?
Replies: 285
Views: 198617

Re: What do you feed your Dogs?

ezzy333 wrote:Oh no!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That couldn't happen. Glad you posted this as it just explains why I sit back and smile as I read why everyone feeds what they do. Ezzy
Even me! :cry:
by Bounty_Hunter
Mon Jan 27, 2014 6:53 am
Forum: Health and Nutrition
Topic: What do you feed your Dogs?
Replies: 285
Views: 198617

Re: What do you feed your Dogs?

wildwindgundogs wrote: I agree completely, I feed Diamond Performance 30/20, deer scrapes and Probios. If i run out of deer scapes then i do dog food and 2 hard boiled eggs a day.
Now your talk'in my language. You guys got the goods!!
by Bounty_Hunter
Sun Jan 26, 2014 7:59 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Coyotes and Dogs
Replies: 225
Views: 96883

Re: Coyotes and Dogs

Hey, I know what they bring around here. You made it sound like anyone can waltz right in to the local fur buyer and expect to get 60.00 which just isnt happening here. My homework has been done. Not to take sides but because I had a friend that used to trap 50 to 60 fox and about a dozen coyotes p...
by Bounty_Hunter
Sat Jan 25, 2014 8:35 pm
Forum: Hunting
Topic: Other Game
Replies: 33
Views: 10358

Re: Other Game

AND we had RESPECT!! if we didn't take care of what we had we didn't expect to get a new one the next day we were punished when we misbehaved.We wore pants that fit,the girls didn't talk like sailors etc yes things sure have changed. How about all the kids today that buy those jeans and shorts with...
by Bounty_Hunter
Sat Jan 25, 2014 8:22 pm
Forum: Hunting
Topic: Other Game
Replies: 33
Views: 10358

Re: Other Game

By all means age your birds, pheasants, grouse, geese 3-7 days, pen raised pheasant, quail, woodcock, and ducks 1-3 days depending on their age. Read this article in Hunter-angler-gardener-cook by Hank Shaw www.honest-food-net/2012/10/20/on-aging-pheasants-2/ All birds aged before plucking and with...
by Bounty_Hunter
Sat Jan 25, 2014 5:17 pm
Forum: Hunting
Topic: Other Game
Replies: 33
Views: 10358

Re: Other Game

But there was a closer relationship with nature and God. We understood the important things in life such as having to work for what you had or wanted. And a much closer tie to your neighbors and family since you needed both sometimes to get through everyday problems. That's kind of what I was looki...
by Bounty_Hunter
Sat Jan 25, 2014 2:29 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Coyotes and Dogs
Replies: 225
Views: 96883

Re: Coyotes and Dogs

$27-$66 FHA / Canada 2013 http://www.thestar.com/news/insight/2013/09/01/fur_trapping_taps_into_rising_demand.html Good article, Sounds like a heated debate in the works by those animal rights people. Not a bad price on those yotes. Wouldn't mind a nice pair of yote slippers to get through this col...
by Bounty_Hunter
Sat Jan 25, 2014 1:48 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: what happens to gun shy pointers?
Replies: 52
Views: 23201

Re: what happens to gun shy pointers?

I think I would have to side with slistoe because I have relatives that owned a yellow lab that was best dog I have ever been around and he was very obedient and in my opinion could have made a great hunting dog because he had the drive. The relatives however don't hunt and never exposed him to any ...
by Bounty_Hunter
Sat Jan 25, 2014 12:00 pm
Forum: Hunting
Topic: Other Game
Replies: 33
Views: 10358

Re: Other Game

As a kid growing up, I spent a lot of time at my grand parents who lived back in the hills, pretty much away from normal civilization. They were very poor people and pretty much lived off the land with a couple of dairy cows, chickens, a few hogs and a garden. I absolutely loved it up there and sin...
by Bounty_Hunter
Sat Jan 25, 2014 11:27 am
Forum: Hunting
Topic: Other Game
Replies: 33
Views: 10358

Re: Other Game

What about ageing meat, its done on almost all game? I always do it with my deer, usually about 8 to 10 days if weather will allow it and I have been doing it even on the game birds I shoot but just 2 or 3 days on the birds. I think that ageing and properly field dressing game can also make a real d...
by Bounty_Hunter
Sat Jan 25, 2014 8:42 am
Forum: Health and Nutrition
Topic: What do you feed your Dogs?
Replies: 285
Views: 198617

Re: What do you feed your Dogs?

cjhills wrote:Diamond Performance and road killed venison
Now that's a great way to use those roadkills rather then see them rot and go to waste. :wink:
by Bounty_Hunter
Sat Jan 25, 2014 8:39 am
Forum: Health and Nutrition
Topic: What do you feed your Dogs?
Replies: 285
Views: 198617

Re: What do you feed your Dogs?

How about, for this thread, the three letters r, a & w......and then ending it.It is your opinion on what is best to feed a dog, your decision on whether to feed it and your choice of what constitutes it....operative word, "your".At a point, when one begins to proselytize and promote rather than si...
by Bounty_Hunter
Sat Jan 25, 2014 7:01 am
Forum: Hunting
Topic: Other Game
Replies: 33
Views: 10358

Re: Other Game

I guess it does have a lot to do with mind over matter, because when I watch the discovery channel and see those natives eating those big grubs and roasted spiders they are always smiling like they are eating a gourmet meal fit for a king. I think I will start my quest a bit simple with some chucks ...
by Bounty_Hunter
Fri Jan 24, 2014 10:58 pm
Forum: Health and Nutrition
Topic: What do you feed your Dogs?
Replies: 285
Views: 198617

Re: What do you feed your Dogs?

Mountaineer wrote:Subtle...no, that is not a dog food.
Ok. How about I don't feed any commercially made dog food. Just the kind that comes with feathers or fur.
by Bounty_Hunter
Fri Jan 24, 2014 9:42 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Missing Brittany - Damascus/Lakewood, PA area
Replies: 10
Views: 5191

Re: Missing Brittany - Damascus/Lakewood, PA area

Yahoo, hope he gets a nice big bone and takes a long nap... :D
by Bounty_Hunter
Fri Jan 24, 2014 2:38 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Coyotes and Dogs
Replies: 225
Views: 96883

Re: Coyotes and Dogs

You show up to our local fur buyer with a truck load of prime, skinned, scraped, and stitched yotes and he MIGHT give you $20 apiece for them. Or he might laugh at you and send you on your way. As far as coons go..... they pay about as well as quail feathers.... Some of y'all have a vivid imaginati...
by Bounty_Hunter
Fri Jan 24, 2014 1:38 pm
Forum: Health and Nutrition
Topic: What do you feed your Dogs?
Replies: 285
Views: 198617

Re: What do you feed your Dogs?

I feed R##. You will have to figure it out. I couldn't spell it out for fear of being persecuted and burned at the stake by 90% of this forum. Sorry wish I could be of more help.
by Bounty_Hunter
Fri Jan 24, 2014 1:27 am
Forum: Off Topic Forum
Topic: Two States Legalize Pot and Both are Going to the SuperBowl
Replies: 18
Views: 11414

Re: Two States Legalize Pot and Both are Going to the SuperBowl

This should be legalized all over the US. And Im sure it will someday. Im sure thats another topic and one that could be heated. As for hunting with someone high...theres a difference between taking a puff or two off a joint and getting completely stoned. I really dont want to hunt with a person wh...
by Bounty_Hunter
Thu Jan 23, 2014 9:14 pm
Forum: Off Topic Forum
Topic: Two States Legalize Pot and Both are Going to the SuperBowl
Replies: 18
Views: 11414

Re: Two States Legalize Pot and Both are Going to the SuperBowl

Del Lolo wrote:They didn't smoke peyote -- they ate it. It is still legal in a certain Native American church -- I *think* in AZ.
They did eat it and also made a tea like drink from it. Interesting ritual..

http://www.peyote.org/
by Bounty_Hunter
Thu Jan 23, 2014 6:46 pm
Forum: Hunting
Topic: Other Game
Replies: 33
Views: 10358

Re: Other Game

I Read an article years ago in Outdoor Life about some cat hunters out west, I think they got snowed in and were running short on food so they ate some of their prize. They were impressed at how good the meat was. Don't like the idea of eating a strict carnivore but when your hungry I guess anything...
by Bounty_Hunter
Thu Jan 23, 2014 5:12 pm
Forum: Off Topic Forum
Topic: Two States Legalize Pot and Both are Going to the SuperBowl
Replies: 18
Views: 11414

Re: Two States Legalize Pot and Both are Going to the SuperBowl

Pastor Brown wrote:I wouldn't want to go hunting with either.
The Indians used to smoke peyote and they were good hunters. :mrgreen: But I'm with you pastor, I wouldn't want to hunt with any pot smokers either but I do enjoy some spirits and good conversation back at hunting camp after a hard days hunt...
by Bounty_Hunter
Thu Jan 23, 2014 3:54 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Missing Brittany - Damascus/Lakewood, PA area
Replies: 10
Views: 5191

Re: Missing Brittany - Damascus/Lakewood, PA area

ASPCA and the local police and fire co are usually the best source to contact for a missing dog. face book was also a big help when my dog was lost. Just wondering does he have an ID chip in him? I am way outside of that area but will keep my eyes and ears open for any information on him. Keep the f...
by Bounty_Hunter
Thu Jan 23, 2014 12:39 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: strange spot to find grouse
Replies: 6
Views: 3101

Re: strange spot to find grouse

I did not know that. I just did a quick search and found a report someone wrote on that. Interesting. I always see them flying in/out of roosting trees during deer season so never gave it a second thought. Should I be getting concerned now since my pup has already caught a pheasant during the 2013 ...
by Bounty_Hunter
Thu Jan 23, 2014 11:48 am
Forum: Hunting
Topic: Other Game
Replies: 33
Views: 10358

Re: Other Game

We bow hunt rabbits all summer in preparation for deer season, we give all the meat to the farm hands at the place we hunt. They usually make a rabbit mole out of them, its pretty tasty. You guys must be pretty sharp with those bows, I have trouble hitting rabbits with my shotgun using #6 shot. My ...
by Bounty_Hunter
Thu Jan 23, 2014 11:34 am
Forum: Hunting
Topic: Other Game
Replies: 33
Views: 10358

Re: Other Game

I have been told that rattle snake is tasty too, I just don't know if I could honestly eat it just because it is what it is, a snake. I have eaten frog legs though and they were excellent . Have heard pros and cons about bear meat, and would like to try that too but it seems bear hunters are always ...
by Bounty_Hunter
Wed Jan 22, 2014 6:11 pm
Forum: Hunting
Topic: Other Game
Replies: 33
Views: 10358

Re: Other Game

I never had raccoon but read that if prepared right it is very good. I doubt the wife or kids would eat one if I cook one up but I am going to try some different game animals in the coming future. I had squirrel a long time ago and it was good. I am always tempted to do a squirrel hunt because they ...
by Bounty_Hunter
Wed Jan 22, 2014 2:44 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Coyotes and Dogs
Replies: 225
Views: 96883

Re: Coyotes and Dogs

These coyotes are outta hand I'm callin in the Roadrunner!! " meep meep!!"
by Bounty_Hunter
Wed Jan 22, 2014 12:08 pm
Forum: Off Topic Forum
Topic: SEAHAWKS vs. BRONCOS
Replies: 36
Views: 16464

Re: SEAHAWKS vs. BRONCOS

Man, I thought that was a great game. Sherman: Crabtree had been trash-talking and taunting him the entire game. He made the play that probably won the game for the Seahawks. He's entitled. Bad calls: The only bad call was the fumble. That actually benefitted the Niners beause a couple plays later ...