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Sounds pretty dang good, especially the feed call!

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Sorry to kind of Hi-jack this post but, looking at the TK indoor 4x5 kennels. I see that the walls are tin on the side of his kennel similar to what my shop has. I was thinking of putting indoor runs in my shop so that the dogs can come in and out. I'm wondering if anyone has any idea how the openin...

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Super nice person and it's a very small shop located just outside of KC. I highly recommend them not only because I've been very pleased with the product but also you support the little guy buying his stuff.

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Sorry I didn't post a link but I see that it is already posted above.

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Sorry if I missed this it, but are you making your own inserts as well?

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Arizona if you don't mind rattle snakes.

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All five of my kennels are Pro-Built along with 3 of my dog houses. Small, family owned business, very friendly and knowledgeable about your kennel needs. Lots of different options as far as kennels.

Just some more food for thought.

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I grill my duck and goose breasts after marinating them in Italian dressing for at least 24 hours. Cook them medium and leave pink in the center. The longer you cook duck/goose the drier it gets and the more "duckier" it tastes. Try that next time you cook it and you will be pleasantly surprised. I ...

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There are lots and lots of articles written about this very subject, a lot of research has been done. X amount of acres will only support X amount of quail. Seems to me I read somewhere that it takes 20 acres per covey. Most everything I have read states that creating good habitat is best. You can r...

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Sounds like a good trip!

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I raised two littermates in the house together. Crated them seperately but they played together when outside. After the weather warmed up and I started working with them they each went to seperate kennels next to each other outside and I took them out seperately and worked them and still do. I knew ...

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Awesome. Does he ever find any coons in the hollow logs and tree trunks?

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Like Topher said birds are spotty, at best. I think we are all hoping for several years of ideal weather and even at that with the habitat going away the pheasants may never make a substantial come back. Think Iowa............ Once upon a time a state that was mentioned when speaking of pheasant hun...

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Don't think I would train her to run rabbits. If your coon hunting at night and all she is doing is running rabbits then your going to get frustrated. Squirrels aren't nocturnal so no problem there. I'd find someone with an older dog or two to run her with when she gets a bit older. All my coonhound...

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I just got done pouring a new kennel addition back in early october. Mine is sloped 1.5 inches in 8ft. Wish I would have made 2.5 inches in 8ft. The trough is the same amount of slope. At least double what you think you may need. I just don't think urine can run off fast enough. It will make for a c...

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I bring collapsable wire crates with me. Set them up in the room and put a dog in each one (3). They are comfy, warm, with me, and I enjoy hearing them snoozing after a long day of hunting.

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1/2 ton Extended cab 4wd Chevy. Put a box in the back for pointing dogs, guns and clothing go in the extra cab part. To me an extended cab pickup (4wd) is the perfect hunting rig. For waterfowling I take the box out and replace it with all my decoys etc and the lab goes in the back seat. In the summ...

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Buy you some G&H duck decoys. Best on the market hands down. All you need are mallard decoys. Everything will decoy to them. Coot decoys are great to use as well. A half dozen or dozen of those placed off to the side of your mallard decoys will work very well. Goose decoys. If your looking to field ...

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Did he kill that coon by himself? I've read a little bit about those dogs and they seem to be pretty ferocious little guys with a lot of heart. Do you have many of them?

What all do you do with him as far as hunting goes?

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Thats awesome! Those are neat little dogs. Will he run a track and tree?

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In order for most to be able to offer an educated opinion one would have to be a pet food nutritionist and/or a DMV to be able to offer an opinion on most of those ingredients and what they do for the dog.

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My bad. It's all about the dog on its first few hunts. Leave the gun at home and be the full time dog handler. Don't worry about shooting birds yourself. Send him after every bird shot each time and those that are crippled make sure you finish them off before sending him. He will eventually learn ho...

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1. Don't get arse wet 2. leave the CALL at home 3. leave the DOG at home if you have to constantly train him while out nobody wants to listen to you train your dog in the marsh 4. make sure dog is steady, you don't want a dog breaking and running under your feet in a duck blind with a loaded gun in ...

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This is brought up on many forums. Eventually by paying for trespass rights we will end up pricing ourselves out of hunting. The price will be driven by those with money. I for one like to hunt more than once a month. And, I also don't consider a successful hunt a tailgate full of dead birds. Be car...

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Yeah here are the coordinates, 867.5309, boot leather and a map will get you into birds. Not driving around looking at "spots". Love your comment KWIK, love you to just dont tell Johny boy. :lol: Yeah, last year Topher you may as well given out coordinates in a post. You gave up an area near a town...

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Where not to go would be a long list! LOL

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Yeah I was going to say something about the supermags as well. The supermags are so nice to get in and out of. It's all I buy anymore.

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I agree on the Cabelas ultimates. Nice thing about them is if they spring a leak I have always had good luck with Cabelas replacing them even if they were a couple of years old.

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Thats a good question. Take a look at the KDWP upland forecast and see what you think and then make a decision based on that. I would also call some of the area managers for the wildlife areas you would like to hunt. They will be a wealth of information and are friendly, helpful and will point you i...

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I took one of my youngins out Saturday for opening day quail. He's been on pigeons and quail all spring and summer. First meadowlark that flew he was gone over the hill. Chased tweety birds all morning. Then all of the sudden it was like a light bulb came on and he just quit chasing them. Guess he f...

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Its rough statewide. I have not heard a good report thus far for opening weekend. I would not venture to far from whomevers house your visiting for Turkey day tho because it's not likely to matter. Bird numbers are vrey very low statewide. NW is typically the pheasant mecca of KS. But,this year and ...

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No such thing as cheap, quality blinds. I would NOT skimp on a layout blind. These are the items that make you comfortable during your hunt and help keep you warm. If you have all winter and summer to save up I would go with quality. Final Approach Xlanders are nice, I have one of those, GHG are nic...

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If you have contacts in that area of the state I would be calling them. Specifically the ones I hunt on. I hunted an area yesterday with a deep tradition of quail hunting. Didn't see zip. Another reported hunting an area not 75 miles away and moved 7 coveys yesterday. It's spotty at best. Quail are ...

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Yes there are farm supply stores here. Just wondering about cheapest place to get them. I suppose once you pay shipping the local farm supply stores are probably as cheap as anywhere.

Thanks for all the suggestions.

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Before I got my launcher I cut small pieces of card board and used a slip knot and tied them to the pigeons legs. I attempted to make them small enough so that the pigeon could fly but not real far. Maybe a hundred yards or so. I would plant several in the field and give each a break after they flew...

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I'm to the point with my dogs that I have just enough to break the bank for a vet trip to vaccninate. When I was a kid I always helped my dad give vaccinations to the dogs in kennel. He use to get them locally but the place has long since gone out of business. Just kind of wondering where those that...

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Ok. Got my kennels added on to. Instead of a drain or tough at the end of the kennels, I made a curb at the end of the kennels and had the concrete fall 1.5 inches in 8ft. All my water, urine ect runs down to the curb into a 4 inch pipe and north into what will be a septic tank with 100 ft or so of ...

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Not sure where you are located at but all five of my kennels are "pro built products" out of the Kansas City area. I've been pleased with them so far. They have a lot of different types of kennels and other products.

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I feel that straw being hollow will break down, flat like a straw. Also it is fairly straight and does not intertangle like prairie hay does allowing the dog to make a nest in it. When the dog digs at it and turns circles like they do they push it all off to the side.

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I know a guy who is a member. He said unless you can hunt quite often it's really not worth the price. Reservations to hunt a specific area are required. There are no "show up and hunt" areas.

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I guess what I was trying to say is I don't want a dog that while hunting early chickens in the Flint Hills that runs right down to the draws and hunts. I want that dog on the hill tops where the chickens are and would prefer it to be quartering. Not all game inhabits the same type of cover.

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I'm wanting to install a system that I can wash everything, including solids, down. I assume it will have to be a home type septic system. Any ideas? You will want to keep hair out of the septic system. Hair never disolves, breaks down ect. It's always there and soon enough you will have problems w...

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Kennel dogs that have spent the first year in a kennel usually transition very easily to the home..... Im not sure how to handle your staying in the yard question, any dog left without boundaries is going to move beyond the confines of a "yard", big running or not. This ^^. NO dog should be left un...

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Vonzeppelinkennels wrote:How many of you have heard that 10% of the cover holds 90% of the Game? For those who have heard it & believe it which I do,would you want a quartering dog or a line running dog that runs a line to objectives?

Depends on what type of cover you are hunting and the game you are after.

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I'll split them (goose breasts) and marinate over night in Italian dressing. Grill medium. Puncture the goose breasts real good with a fork to allow the dressing to penetrate even more.

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Good luck Springerdude! I know you have waited for this day probably since the close of last season.

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My two used to want to get right up on the bird to point it as well. The launcher solved this problem in less than 2 complete training sessions. They soon learn. I also think that as they mature they kind of out grow this on their own as well.

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http://www.homedepot.com/p/Tuf-Tite-36-in-Trench-Drain-with-Gray-Grate-TR1-GRAY/203463476#.UlQdECTO9CA This very similar to what I have. I put several inline down the end of my 4 kennels. My kennels are against a storage building so I wash sideways from one kennel to the next down to the drain. I u...

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Im glad this topic has came up since I am pouring more concrete and adding some sort of drainage as well. My initial thought was to have it drain into a 4 inch PVC pipe and just daylight it (the pipe) out into the pasture. I would only be washing out pens, so urine, water and hair would go out and n...

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Used to love to trail ride this time of year. The leaves changing and the smell in the timber was awesome!

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