Gun Dog Forum

My britt was also in the 50-55 lb range, and a great waterfowl dog. He was the best dog I have hunted with when it came to sitting in the blind, he would stay motionless and not take his eyes off the sky, but he also upland hunted slow and methodical. Minus the weather limits he was a great overall ...

Unfortunately i did not breed him, he is the last of that bloodline in the family. I had him neutered when i got my lab, was young and didn't know enough about training to handle two alpha male dogs. My dad raised dogs from three generations before Sandy, that bloodline was greatt, wish we wouldn't ...

This is a great post, brings back a lot of good memories. Always had bird dogs around when i was young, mostly brits. Started walking with dad while hunting when i was 5 years old, had to have my own dog by the time i was seven, luckily dad was to breed one of his brits and months later i had Sandy,...

Prayers sent.

I have never allowed it.

I got nothing against FT's, but I strictly wild bird hunt. Mainly Pheasants. I could care less about shooting quail. I like to see my dogs pin Roosters. I want my dogs to pin pheasants by whatever means necessary. Yes they relocate. They have to. If they don't, you're going to have alot of unproduc...

Mostly Beretta 390, when the wind chills out for a bit i will grab my Browning A5 Sweet 16, love that little gun.

I have never seen one but did take some pics of tracks i found while turkey hunting in eastern KS, were about the same width of my hand. I also know of one that was killed in central KS close to where i phez hunt.

Dogs that hunt on preserves might be like my brit, took him to a couple preserves when my dad got his two liver brit pups, he would not lock up on pen raised phez or quail, he would stand there tail wagging and look at me as to say" Dad, something is not right about these birds"! I've never seen th...

Dogs that hunt on preserves might be like my brit, took him to a couple preserves when my dad got his two liver brit pups, he would not lock up on pen raised phez or quail, he would stand there tail wagging and look at me as to say" Dad, something is not right about these birds"!

I hunt nothing but wild birds here in Kansas with brits and my recently passed lab. Have no problems getting late season birds to hold, as stated earlier, i hunt really slow, the faster your dog moves the faster the birds want to run. 90% of the points my brit has had he was within five feet of the ...

I taught my brit to sit, stay, heel, come, lay, mark, and everything else needed to also be a good waterfowl dog, the same as i did my lab. And yes they both also shook with both paws and napped on the couch with me and tried stealing my pillows at night. I see no problems with it as long as your do...

Bill, sounds like your dog has a good nose, more experience should help with the false points. I have seen my brit wind quail or pheasant in a hedgerow from a 100 yards or so. He would then slowly work in that direction to pinpoint the birds or start tracking. If the birds were running it could take...

Steel shot and lead shot pass through choke tubes completely differently. With lead loads typically being far slower than lead loads along with smaller pellet size it is easier to predict how a load will respond to a changing of chokes in my opinion. Steel on the other hand does not always like cons...

Love the pics, the dogs are a huge part of my family. This pic was taken 8 years ago with my nephew, but it is still one of my favorites.

Glad to see you found a few birds, used to visit a friend in the Atlantic area for opening weekend every year, used to shoot a lot of birds in that area. Has been five years since i have made the trip, hasn't been enough birds to warrant the trip, we now take a waterfowl trip somewhere up north on t...

Prairie chickens are a grouse, I dont know what all these grouse boys think is so hard about hunting grouse....... :wink: Must be all the brush and briars chickens hang out in! :mrgreen: :mrgreen: Have had my chaps for about 8 years, still in pretty good shape, but when i was hunting with my brit, ...

So sorry to hear, it was cold in our neck of the woods this morn, still feel there was some other cause.

Great pic, seen that sunset many times.

Know the feeling, my old britt was retired this year after a few years of really slow hunting for him, been haqrd without him. My new WPG should be coming home in about a month or so, cant wait.

Headin to the NW part of the state this weekend. Having a hard time believing it is going to snow, cause that would mean precipitation, something the eastern part of the state i believe is immune to. Don't go too far NW. Bird numbers are not good in the northern tier of counties. Stay at least 2 co...

The birds are there, also keep your eyes open for prairie chicken.

Headin to the NW part of the state this weekend. Having a hard time believing it is going to snow, cause that would mean precipitation, something the eastern part of the state i believe is immune to.

Sorry about your loss, been through it recently, its very tough.

Been thinkin about going, Omaha is less than three hours away.

I think humans/farmers also need to be on the list, with a little habitat left behind it makes it easier for birds to survive from other predators. And city sprawl and all home owners who mow their lawns. Being facious but if we are listing farmers we need to realize city owners are just as guilty....

I think humans/farmers also need to be on the list, with a little habitat left behind it makes it easier for birds to survive from other predators.

I have been lucky and never had to work on any force fetch, but i did work with my britt on the proper way to pick up a goose, that with a little experience made him a heck of a goose dog.

Hunted my lab and my britt together for 11 years, although a little nerve racking for the first year or two, didnt take them long to learn to hunt with each other well. Being able to handle both of them easily they always hunted away from one another except for small cover of course. The lab always ...

Lost my choc lab Moose a few months ago, couldnt of asked for a better hunting partner.

Thanks Dan, received the book this afternoon, got the first four chapters done so far, a really good read.

Plenty of birds in the area, but they dont always come easy.

33 yrs old, male, Kansas. Been hunting since i was old enough to walk next to dad, family has raised britts my whole life, and i currently have my 14 yr old britt Buck laying at my feet. Had one choc lab who recently passed away at the age of 12, and have recently put a deposit down on a WPG to be b...