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jimbo&rooster

Im thinking about entering my pup im an HT here in 2 weeks. I have been to and watched a couple shoot and retrieve type trials but have never been to a HT. first off what is expexted of a dog at the JH level? What is expected of a Handler at the JH level? what level of bird work is expected from a d...

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what most of you are describing is basically what we used to do with coyote hounds and coon hounds, and is more or less what I had planned on doing, fortunately finding deer around here is like finding cattle on a dairy farm so it shouldnt be too big of a deal to get him on a few chases. thanks for ...

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thanks guys, my gut instinct was to turn it up and let it eat, i just wanted to hear what you guys had to say.

Jim

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my 17mo GSP is coming along pretty well on his bird work, but other than wearing an ecollar with his beeper, I have not even begun to CC him. and have not been turning the E Collar on. He has taken a liking to bumping and running deer. when he is after ol bambi is the only time that I can not recall...

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Im on a performance truck forum, and they have a "hometown" section, Which is basically a state, by state listing which are all open forums and local guys talk and you can get in and ask questions, I was able to find a shop in Maryland while on vacation, it was really helpful...... I dont know if it...

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good looking pup. looks like your gona have your hands full........
Jim

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I have planted a few food plots with some crops like sourgum that provide cover even after they have died. Last spring we left an 8acre grass land in the middle of one of the fields and it held a nice coveys of birds. this year we are putting 100acres in CRP, with plans of 30ft grass buffers in the ...

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I breats them out and will cook them Med Rare on the grill with some salt and pepper, then slice it thin then serve it with a little horse radish. Or Ill cut them into 1x2 in pieces and wrap em in bacon and grill em till the bacon is done. I like to marinade the goose in a good cheap black berry win...

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You cant run them in Navhda as Mr. Quindt said, remember Navhda have some great retrieving dogs, and the labs point can't compare to the pointers in intensity IMHO. I agree, I would not like seeing a lab point anyways,i hunted with a lab and a brit together for 12 years. When following my brit i lo...

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well I suppos that answers that then..... oh well. thanks
Jim

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Ok, so I tend to frequent a retriever site and am REALLY tired of these pointing lab guys. I guess I just grew up around people who had retrievers and/or pointers and get real irritated easily. Anyhow on to my question..... Have ya'll seen many PL in NAVHDA events? how do they compare to the other v...

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Send em to Indiana. we'll go where there are a few snakes and they will soon find out that if they follow the cloud of dust with a girl screaming on the other end they might catch me..... that ought to give them the idea.

Ive heard good things about the vaccines.

JIm

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Thanks. I like him......

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So i took my pup to train on some pheasants at the preserve today. Ive posted some hero shots before now some of him in the field. http://i1027.photobucket.com/albums/y334/jimmyp9/Mobile%20Uploads/utf-8BSU1HMDAxOTkuanBn.jpg http://i1027.photobucket.com/albums/y334/jimmyp9/Mobile%20Uploads/utf-8BSU1H...

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What are the percentages that are listed on the pedigree? Ive seen them and never understood them.
Jim

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When I was a kid I used to go with my dad to pick out his setters and he always did his best to pick the runt. Always said that dog would form a better bond with its owner.... When I got into hounds I used to visit a litter 5-6 times and watch em, and it seemed like I always went back to the old man...

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Jonesy, Tailcracken here on the forum is in Barea A few hours south of ya. you may contact him. if he doesnt have any room, he may be able to point ya in the right direction.
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is that the hound mix in your avatar? he's a good looking SOB. Always had a soft spot for hound dogs.
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I feel ya man. I bout cut two fingers off a couple years ago in a jeep fan (dont ask). I was down for 3months between skingrafts and surguries. Im sure I looked funny at training days with a cooler full of ice packs and changes of bandages but you do what you gotta. good luck with that ankle man. il...

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I have always just picked my dogs up and put them on the tailgate while saying load up. As a kid on some stuborn young coyote hound pups I just grabbed em by the loose skin on the base of their tail and their neck and gave em a toss. that takes about twice before they figure it out. However, I dont ...

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Ive been in contact for a little over a month with a lady who is planning an amazing litter on the east coast. Im still waiting on the Dam to come in heat! The suspense is Killing me!
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My lab had been my primary bird dog for a few years so I do let her get out and hunt. I have hesitated to hunt the two of them together because of my labs intense desire to find birds. i just didnt want her ripping birds my pup had pointed. I was basically out running them the otherday to get them o...

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this was the first time i had ever actuually hunted these two dogs together. I have made it a point to platoon these two dogs so far this season. I kept my lab at a loose heal and let my pup run. They did OK but they need some work. the covey broke up into some CRP and while my GSP was looking for t...

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and they scored on a pair of hard earned wild quail. GSP pointed the covey and my lab managed to bust a single after the covey broke up.

Jim

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If you get some good flying birds going let us know, im driving bout that far to get birds anyhow.

Smoothbean, whered you run a trial near Terre Haute?
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I never see any woodcock here during season, its usually to dry but do some training on them in the spring. i couldnt imagine shooting 60% on tose little brown rockets! way to get your son involved and keeping those grades up.
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There are a couple of ways to go bout it. the biggest issue is the size of the goose, but a trainer once told me that he thinks because of the amount of down on a gooses breast that soft feeling is awkward to a dog that hasnt had a ton of experience. Alot of people use the doken trainers, i personal...

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good looking pup
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I work part time at a sporting goods store and they sell some tristar shotguns from time to time. I got a bad taste in my mouth for them when I looked at one of their camo 3.5 in O/U s and realized that it was just a dipped wood gun. i think they are an alright shotgun, but that really bothers me fo...

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I shoot alot of rabbits over my labbut will probly hold off shooting rabbits over my GSP, more so from personal preferance than anything else. I know that there are several guys on here who do shoot bunnies.
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thanks guys he is really coming along, I believe he might just make a bird dog one day,

JIm

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I spent a couple hours with Jonesy this past summer and would love to have a month to watch him work. I would also like to spend some time with Mo Lindley, and Ben Williams.

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Well after fighting the flu all last week my wife convinced me not to go to Kansas this week. So I took some of the money I had intended to spend on the trip and me and my pup went to a local preserve. Me and a buddy bought 6 Phez and 6 Quail and my pup managed to stick every one of them. unfortunat...

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There are a few wild pheasant in Ohio...most will be found on private ground participating in the CRP/CREP programs. I reckon one could find a list from that end and begin to ask.... but it may be simpler to marry into access . You will be better off heading into the setting sun. Thats how I got my...

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I went last year and had a good time but Omaha is a long drive, doubt ill go this year.
JIm

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Wild phez in Indiana are hard to come by. I used to go with a buddy of mine up to a private farm in Remington IN, and we would kill a few Phez but its no SD. You really got to get to the northern end of the state to get into wild birds. Now wild quail is a different story, the quail numbers seem to ...

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Well... there are a couple ways to go about it. the best way is to find where the birds want t o be and be there waiting when they get there. once the temps get to the low and single didgets, most of the ducks have moved on out of the country and are following the freeze line, but when its cold look...

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I had a nova that I shot for years. it was agood gun that I never had so much as a hickup from. I shot doves ducks and quail from the fields of the midwest to the rice fields of Arkansas. As well as 50-60 Coyotes. I used that gun as a boat paddle on more than one occasion and to break ice also. they...

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My experience with steel shot is that generally speaking the more open choke the better it tends to pattern. I do use a Pattern Master for snow geese, and for shooting ducks and geese on the river. The PM chokes tend to work better with slower loads in my experience. You will very rarely see me wate...

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My two stay outside during the day and sleep outside at night. In between when me or my wife are home they are inside. I feel like the dogs especially my lab handle the extreme heat and cold better if they are out in it. there is some debate about whether or not thats true but its how I do it.
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My dream hunt would be either a driven hunt for pheasants in the UK with my lab, or to go on a plantation quail hunt with pointers and flushers working together.
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i Found one new at a gunshop for under $400, wondered if it was agood buy... It looks like a decent gun. Double triggers, 28" 12ga.... not really in the market for a 12ga, but if its ther tomarrow i think i might pick it up.
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I Use the factory full and mod that came with it and I have a carlsons skeet and IC that I use. I shoot game preserve quail pheasant and chuckar using 2 3/4in game loads in 7.5s or 6s and the full/mod combo and i shoot wild quail and doves using 7/8 oz of 9s shooting IC/SKeet. Ive used it to shoot o...

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Ive got an EAA made by Baikal, that is Identical to the remington, and I love it....

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there is a local retriever trainer who charges a set $400 to FF a dog which is basically his monthly rate, that covers board and training, he charges the same if it takes a week or 6 weeks. truthfully if youve got 15 minutes a day its not really a terrible process. I FFd my lab when I was in college...

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We put on a youth hunt at a local game preserve for QF today, with about 4-5in of fresh snow over night it was interesting to say to say the least, the pen raised quail turned mole and dug in.... But while we were getting ready to split the kids up into pairs to go out Dez Young, of Hunting with Han...

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Jimbo your plans changing may actually help you a bit. Now that Thanksgiving is past and deer season is open it should give the birds a chance to settle down a bit. I rarely see many others out in the field now until the end of the season. Both Larned and Hays will offer you places tostay, with Hay...

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My Son's last day is the 17th as well. He is going to miss that day as long as he doesn't have any tests. I will let you know what we find when I get back. Where in Southern Indiana do you live??? I live In Terre Haute for the moment, hopefully be moving about 20 mile south in the next 90days or so...

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Yeah my plan was to leave here on the 18th since school lets out for christmas on the 17th, but im gona leave the 28th instead and come home on the 1st. My wife wont let me take a chance of getting snowed in out there and her be here alone when my mother comes to town.

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I didnt expect to kick a bird up under every clump of grass, but theres gota be more birds in Kansas than there are in southern Indiana. I have been planning this trip by the seat of my pants. It will just be me and my 2 dogs so I can move around a little bit if I have to. I guess i had planned on h...

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