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by luke0927
Wed Dec 03, 2008 2:57 pm
Forum: Training
Topic: New launcher.... anybody seen one of these?
Replies: 238
Views: 92070

Re: New launcher.... anybody seen one of these?

ive got two i use them a lot and haven't had any problems at all since the antenna was fixed. would buy another one.
by luke0927
Mon Dec 01, 2008 12:53 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: High COI vrs. Low COI ???
Replies: 14
Views: 5260

Re: High COI vrs. Low COI ???

hate to be a thread killer can someone give me a simple explanation of COI....? to me just from reading these post sounds like some marketing BS.......
by luke0927
Sun Nov 30, 2008 7:50 pm
Forum: Training
Topic: A deer dog range? How far?
Replies: 12
Views: 3227

Re: A deer dog range? How far?

dogging deer has really died out...at least here in the South (GA) there is just isn't large enough land in contiguous tracks to have the room to run deer. The way it was done was the shooters would be in certain spots along roads or fields and the dogs usually a beagle or a hound would run the deer...
by luke0927
Sun Nov 30, 2008 7:46 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Got a Hard Decision To Make...
Replies: 17
Views: 4943

Re: Got a Hard Decision To Make...

if its not a terrible accident you can doctor the dog your self...clean the cuts and stapler her up.....I would hate to see what vet charges to clean and staple a cut that you could do yourself.
by luke0927
Wed Nov 26, 2008 11:48 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Favorite Gamebird Recipe
Replies: 2
Views: 1059

Re: Favorite Gamebird Recipe

weren't we getting a recipe section...I need to cook some pheasant have can't decide which one i want to try...I guess i need to read the recipe thread started a couple weeks back.
by luke0927
Wed Nov 26, 2008 11:41 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: I can't believe what I just saw......2
Replies: 4
Views: 2256

Re: I can't believe what I just saw......2

what an idiot don't you just want to slap people like that!
by luke0927
Tue Nov 25, 2008 8:27 am
Forum: Training
Topic: When and Why E Collar use
Replies: 11
Views: 3720

Re: When and Why E Collar use

how old is the dog......you can't just start zapping the dog...you have to make sure the dog knows the command and then you overlay the collar to the command and then only when you need it. So here is how you would start with the come or here command...the dog will need to be on the CC you will say ...
by luke0927
Tue Nov 25, 2008 7:57 am
Forum: Training
Topic: Force Fetch Transition to birds.
Replies: 12
Views: 4412

Re: Force Fetch Transition to birds.

Like Gone said the walking fetch and pile work is important...Start with bumbers and have them placed on the ground heel the dog at your side and send him in to fetch a bumber...then the next....you'll then start heeling passed them and send him in only on command.....the dog may get a little confus...
by luke0927
Mon Nov 24, 2008 8:55 am
Forum: Hunting
Topic: ND HUNT
Replies: 2
Views: 1235

Re: ND HUNT

sounds like a fun trip i think i want to go to N Dakota next year. Do you ever hunt any or run your dogs on wild birds here in GA?
by luke0927
Fri Nov 21, 2008 12:04 pm
Forum: Training
Topic: WHY STEADY TO WING AND SHOT??
Replies: 32
Views: 6862

Re: WHY STEADY T OWING AND SHOT??

for hunting i would say Steady to Flush is really all thats needed but STWS would also help on the dog not rushing in an maybe busting more birds that did not flush....you don't want a dog jumping in on birds or up at birds and you have some idiot hunting with you and then he shoots your dog
by luke0927
Thu Nov 20, 2008 8:57 am
Forum: Hunting
Topic: Our trip to SD
Replies: 11
Views: 4664

Re: Our trip to SD

I'm not familiar with that WMA - what is it close to? where are you located? I'm not familiar with M & M etiher. Are they close to us in north ga? Im around Cumming/Dawsonville Do you know where the outlet malls is in dawsonville im about 5 minutes from there..... Joe Kurz is around Gay GA I haven'...
by luke0927
Wed Nov 19, 2008 7:06 pm
Forum: Hunting
Topic: First Hunting Trip of the YEAR!
Replies: 6
Views: 2447

Re: First Hunting Trip of the YEAR!

Have you ever been down to Joe Kurz...i've heard good things about it for a WMA im going to try and go down in a couple weeks...i have never been so if any of you GA guys want to go let me know...maybe we could check it out together
by luke0927
Mon Nov 17, 2008 9:09 pm
Forum: Hunting
Topic: Our trip to SD
Replies: 11
Views: 4664

Re: Our trip to SD

What part of GA are you in...sounds like you just traveled the same roads i did i was out there about a week or so ago... I actually left the day the snow storm was clouding up :D Like your trip a lot of the crops were not cut and the birds were in the crops and they were flushing way out we were h...
by luke0927
Mon Nov 17, 2008 9:28 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: public land pheasant huning in SD
Replies: 3
Views: 1245

Re: public land pheasant huning in SD

I was out in the west river area around the first week of the November and we saw a good amount of birds on public land...a lot of crops were still standing so most of the birds were there...we did find some public land that was planted with milo but not a lot....The birds we saw were not holding re...
by luke0927
Fri Nov 14, 2008 4:34 pm
Forum: Hunting
Topic: Our trip to SD
Replies: 11
Views: 4664

Re: Our trip to SD

What part of GA are you in...sounds like you just traveled the same roads i did i was out there about a week or so ago... I actually left the day the snow storm was clouding up :D Like your trip a lot of the crops were not cut and the birds were in the crops and they were flushing way out we were hu...
by luke0927
Thu Nov 13, 2008 9:46 am
Forum: Health and Nutrition
Topic: Glycogen replacement/Carbo Gain
Replies: 21
Views: 9598

Re: Glycogen replacement/Carbo Gain

I've seen quite a bit about WMS. I think it's "Maize", though. In theory, the higher the molecular weight of the carb, the better it is for glycogen replacement. Malto's MW is 300 X that of dextrose. WMS's MW is 100 X Malto's. So, in theory,WMS would be the better supplement. As an aside, that's th...
by luke0927
Thu Nov 13, 2008 7:39 am
Forum: Health and Nutrition
Topic: Glycogen replacement/Carbo Gain
Replies: 21
Views: 9598

Re: Glycogen replacement/Carbo Gain

have you ever heard of waxy maze starch? This is what i use for my post workout. Its a simple sugar much like dextrose but it bypasses the stomach and goes directly to the intestines for absorption.....Now im not going to go give it my dog but i wonder if it has ever been used for dogs? you can get ...
by luke0927
Thu Nov 13, 2008 7:06 am
Forum: Health and Nutrition
Topic: Glycogen replacement/Carbo Gain
Replies: 21
Views: 9598

Re: Glycogen replacement/Carbo Gain

it's just like a human who works out how needs proper post work out nutrition you need to replinish the glycogen withing 15 to 30 minutes tops......a cheaper and just as affective way is to use kyro syrup...if the dog will not take it straight you can mix it with some water around 3 tablespoons. Bas...
by luke0927
Mon Nov 10, 2008 7:10 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: charged
Replies: 26
Views: 5332

Re: charged

hopefully our friend from there won't try and push that on the rest of us.... Yeah good luck with that. :roll: you got that feeling too huhhh..... Here in GA they are usually very skidish i usually kill a couple a year they are very smart....i don't live in the city but you do here on the news abou...
by luke0927
Mon Nov 10, 2008 2:02 pm
Forum: Hunting
Topic: back from south dakota
Replies: 16
Views: 6550

Re: back from south dakota

While we were there it was in the high 60 to low 70's we headed back home last Tuesday and it was getting dark and colder it was right before the snow blew in.
by luke0927
Mon Nov 10, 2008 12:45 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: charged
Replies: 26
Views: 5332

Re: charged

To bad you live in Socialist IL and can't carry a handgun on your person....hopefully our friend from there won't try and push that on the rest of us....

just keep a good knife on you about all i can say.
by luke0927
Mon Nov 10, 2008 12:25 pm
Forum: Hunting
Topic: Help with Mitchell- Letcher SD
Replies: 4
Views: 1681

Re: Help with Mitchell- Letcher SD

Sportsmans warehouse had the walk in atlas in Sioux Falls....not sure if you pass through there...

Just get the atlas and go walking you can also hunt the ditches.....
by luke0927
Mon Nov 10, 2008 12:22 pm
Forum: Hunting
Topic: back from south dakota
Replies: 16
Views: 6550

Re: back from south dakota

Just cost me gas and hotel food....I would not pay to go hunt with an outfitter....you can find farmers who will lease their land out for a couple days at a time though....we were there to hunt public land and i have a co worker in Sioux Falls that let me stay with him one night then we went out to ...
by luke0927
Sun Nov 09, 2008 12:17 pm
Forum: Hunting
Topic: back from south dakota
Replies: 16
Views: 6550

Re: back from south dakota

Thanks Don....the cover we were huting was bascially still standing crops and just cut crops....they ran like crazy....most of the points i got were in very thick grass or in ditches....there just wan't a lot of that where we were.
by luke0927
Sat Nov 08, 2008 3:35 pm
Forum: Hunting
Topic: back from south dakota
Replies: 16
Views: 6550

Re: back from south dakota

presho/murdo/oakerton
by luke0927
Sat Nov 08, 2008 9:24 am
Forum: Hunting
Topic: back from south dakota
Replies: 16
Views: 6550

Re: back from south dakota

Yes i want to go back! I'd leave right now if i could...i want to go get on some shapies and chuckers now!
by luke0927
Fri Nov 07, 2008 10:16 pm
Forum: Health and Nutrition
Topic: Black and gold dog food
Replies: 15
Views: 6702

Re: Black and gold dog food

I feed the black bag but during hunting season i switch to plantation blend and my dogs do well on both formulas i get it from a distributor who deals right with the plant and its good stuff.
by luke0927
Fri Nov 07, 2008 2:22 pm
Forum: Hunting
Topic: back from south dakota
Replies: 16
Views: 6550

back from south dakota

Well im back and what a trip, it was nothing like i expected. So being here in the south im mostly used to quail...im thinking the dogs going to run the field pin the bird down and im going to go out and flush the thing and shoot it. Far from it!!!! :D I can't believe how those thing run and fly. I ...
by luke0927
Tue Oct 28, 2008 7:09 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Best hiking boot for the value??
Replies: 23
Views: 6686

Re: Best hiking boot for the value??

I just bought a set of Danner Expedition GTX they seem to be real nice I'll be wearing them hunting this weekend.
by luke0927
Tue Oct 28, 2008 7:06 pm
Forum: Hunting
Topic: Headed out Tomorrow!
Replies: 5
Views: 1866

Headed out Tomorrow!

Leaving from GA to South Dakota I'll be staying around the Sioux Falls area hunting public land then this weekend heading out to Presho anyone been out there?
by luke0927
Mon Oct 27, 2008 1:15 pm
Forum: Hunting
Topic: Almost skunked
Replies: 12
Views: 4220

Re: Almost skunked

I have not i will have baking soda/peroxide/water and a little bit of soap with me though. my friend is a retired vet and gun dog guy thats what he told me to carry
by luke0927
Sat Oct 25, 2008 9:48 pm
Forum: Hunting
Topic: GA and NC Grouse
Replies: 22
Views: 10517

Re: GA and NC Grouse

how did you do?
by luke0927
Thu Oct 16, 2008 9:48 pm
Forum: Training
Topic: Dog Munching birds
Replies: 6
Views: 2938

Re: Dog Munching birds

Are you commanding here and making her get to you. If she is FF here should mean hold and get here now....may just need to do a few sessions with the frozen bird then go back to fresh birds.
by luke0927
Wed Oct 15, 2008 10:12 pm
Forum: Hunting
Topic: Sharptail in South Dakota
Replies: 4
Views: 2090

Re: Sharptail in South Dakota

Luke, I was out west hunting sharpies a little over a week ago and had a blast. I talked to a National Parks Service Agent and he told me the hunters are having a "far-above average" year of hunting. Our group of four killed 20 birds over two days but some of those were prairie chickens (which are ...
by luke0927
Wed Oct 15, 2008 12:53 pm
Forum: Hunting
Topic: Sharptail in South Dakota
Replies: 4
Views: 2090

Sharptail in South Dakota

How is the sharptail population in SD? when you find them are they in the same places with pheasant, is it easy to tell the differnence in the field between a hen and a sharptail? I can look at a picture all day long.... but i would love to try and find some while im out there...i was going to get o...
by luke0927
Wed Oct 15, 2008 12:28 pm
Forum: Guns and Ammo
Topic: 3" for pheasant? which one of these....
Replies: 16
Views: 6974

Re: 3" for pheasant? which one of these....

Luke, didn't you already start a thread on this subject? If the amount of money you want to spend on non toxic shot is important to you, simply find the best deal on steel shot that you can find and go with it. They will work just fine on Phez. Someone mentioned patterning. No matter what someone r...
by luke0927
Mon Oct 13, 2008 9:09 pm
Forum: Training
Topic: Raising Flight Conditioned Quail
Replies: 4
Views: 1197

Re: Raising Flight Conditioned Quail

Sharon wrote:Luke:

How did the pigeon experiment end up? :)

I went through a bunch of them before i got it down but i now have several trapping and i plan on getting about 5 more before winter i hope to have the paired up and breading by spring!
by luke0927
Sat Oct 11, 2008 9:42 pm
Forum: Product Ratings & Reviews
Topic: chaps
Replies: 13
Views: 8399

Re: chaps

Im thinking of getting some turtle skin chaps next...supposed to be very light and flexible but super strong....


http://www.turtleskin.com/Hunting-Clothing.aspx
by luke0927
Sat Oct 11, 2008 9:38 pm
Forum: Training
Topic: Raising Flight Conditioned Quail
Replies: 4
Views: 1197

Re: Raising Flight Conditioned Quail

You'll need a flight pen they aren't near as stong as pigeons and if they don't get good room to fly they are won't do much more than flutter.
by luke0927
Fri Oct 10, 2008 5:29 am
Forum: Guns and Ammo
Topic: 3" for pheasant? which one of these....
Replies: 16
Views: 6974

Re: 3" for pheasant? which one of these....

When i shoot i shot to kill! 8) thought 3" were to big also but i read that a lot of people were using them in the steel shot.
by luke0927
Thu Oct 09, 2008 7:22 pm
Forum: Guns and Ammo
Topic: 3" for pheasant? which one of these....
Replies: 16
Views: 6974

3" for pheasant? which one of these....

Well i was looking at some steel shot today.....i can get either of these for a decent price...1 is the Remington nitro steel but its 3" but 1500 FPS 1 1/8 shot #4 steel, or Winchester 2 3/4" 1400 FPS #4....which of those 2 would you pick i like the hi velocity and for steel i would think it would p...
by luke0927
Thu Oct 09, 2008 8:02 am
Forum: Hunting
Topic: GA and NC Grouse
Replies: 22
Views: 10517

Re: GA and NC Grouse

Grant im in north Central GA i would love to get together with you or a couple GA folks and do some hunting...grouse, quail, doesn't matter to me.
by luke0927
Thu Oct 09, 2008 7:48 am
Forum: Hunting
Topic: A Sharptail Odyssey
Replies: 11
Views: 5349

Re: A Sharptail Odyssey

What an adventure...thanks for the story and sharing the pic!
by luke0927
Thu Oct 09, 2008 7:28 am
Forum: Training
Topic: Hunt Test Question
Replies: 6
Views: 1396

Re: Hunt Test Question

thanks and yes each one that had HT was at a dog club.
by luke0927
Thu Oct 09, 2008 6:19 am
Forum: Training
Topic: Hunt Test Question
Replies: 6
Views: 1396

Hunt Test Question

I have been looking on the AKC site i would like to try and go to some hunt test...how do i know if i can enter if i have a GSP...i have seen some that say HT pointing breed, FT pointing breed what does that mean?
by luke0927
Wed Oct 08, 2008 6:40 pm
Forum: Training
Topic: Holding Well (pics)
Replies: 9
Views: 2670

Re: Holding Well (pics)

no my truck is only a single cab tacoma 4x4 so its smaller....im taking the wife's Trail Blazer with 2 friends.....Im going to see if i can fit some of the small crates in the back...i think i could take all three of them then....the crates i have are much larger than needed for a GSP
by luke0927
Wed Oct 08, 2008 5:23 pm
Forum: Training
Topic: Holding Well (pics)
Replies: 9
Views: 2670

Re: Holding Well (pics)

Luke if you are driving spending a week and can do so, take as many dogs as possible. Their feet will tear up and you'll need to rotate them, its not anything like hunting here. Since im not taking the truck i can only take 2 unless i put a crate on a trailer and im not real comfortable doing that....
by luke0927
Wed Oct 08, 2008 2:35 pm
Forum: Training
Topic: Holding Well (pics)
Replies: 9
Views: 2670

Re: Holding Well (pics)

Thanks guys!
by luke0927
Tue Oct 07, 2008 1:19 pm
Forum: Training
Topic: Holding Well (pics)
Replies: 9
Views: 2670

Holding Well (pics)

Doing a little dog work this dog has come a long way! he was busting birds and chomping and crushing....he is 2.5 after I FF him he is now doing great he is holding well and pointing nicely. So far i haven't shot a lot for him but ive had him pointing and holding steady very well. Im about to start ...
by luke0927
Tue Oct 07, 2008 12:23 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Hunters living in South Dakota.
Replies: 8
Views: 3406

Re: Hunters living in South Dakota.

When are you headed up...I'll be up around the end of the month i was going to start watching on weather.com and looking at it but would love to hear if from someone who lives up that way.