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Rod W

Does anyone know the link for the DIY, remote, bird launchers?? I have typed in everything I can think of with no results, I think I had seen the plans on these forums!! Thank You, ROD

Rod W

Great little gun, extremely light, I shot some VERY, VERY poor sporting clays scores but now that I have learned to slow down, I believe I will be able to shoot this just fine!! After I shoot another couple of hundred rounds with this I will give a holler again! I looked at the franchi online. If an...

Rod W

Daisy 880, excellent training for wing shooting. Don't lead them at all!!!!!

Rod W

What a beautiful dog-----Now, if she only had a beard and long eyebrows !!!!

Rod W

I had the same excellent service both from Franchi and Beretta---in my opinion, the service cannot be beat!

Rod W

Sounds like you are on your way to becoming a dog hunting nut!! Like the rest of us!!! Keep up the good work and you will soon have a dog like none other you have had or seen!

Rod W

Sounds just like the luck I am having, lots of luck, just ALL BAD !!

Rod W

I too have a GWP and I have a picture of her sitting right next to the flag on the property boundary, 4 days after I put the flags up! I think she was about 4 months old. The kicker, there is no e fence, the flags just mark her boundaries, trained her just by walking up to the flags, tugging on her ...

Rod W

Well, they finally hatched, probably a few weeks back. 9 out of 10 of the eggs hatched out in the nest, I had found while mushroom hunting. That is not the reason for this post---I recently came across a video from the Ruffed Grouse Society forums of a hen grouse with 13 chicks in tow, they were fil...

Rod W

Quit playing mother hen! She will lay more eggs in about 10 days

Rod W

I purchased the SL in 20 gauage on the opening day of grouse season. So far I really like it, but have to wonder that it being so light in weight did that cause me to miss more birds that i would have liked. NOt sure but I will be shooting a ton of clays this spring and summer. I also picked up the...

Rod W

Haven't had the opportunity to use the TEK, the Alpha 100 is a quality unit, I don't especially like the touch screen, sometimes you have to push repeatedly on the return icon, sometimes it won't go back at all, way to many functions for me (this to justify the cost) I like the map, I just wish it w...

Rod W

Good Looking Coop!!! You had some good advise! Where are you at in N Mich?

Rod W

Nice fish GP, the Tiger Muskie has to be one of the prettiest fish around! Glad to hear they are doing so well in NM. I live in the township of Phelps, Wi. where many of the record Tiger Muskies come from. My recently departed cousin, had on display the world record, that he purchased for $250 after...

Rod W

It sure looks like you had fun DSB, LeonStagg, Have you ever had Brook Trout----Blue Gill ????

LeonStagg wrote:Good job.......definitely my (2) favorite freshwater fish to eat!

Rod W

I used to have this problem--all the time! The squeakers will stay together and when tired, will set on a wire or tree together. Very frustrating as we are unsure if they will make it back to the loft, alone. Try letting one squeaker at a time fly with the older birds. Do this for a few days and the...

Rod W

I was just down in the woods picking mushrooms when I was startled by a grouse getting up only 5-6 feet from me. I figure it was a hen flying from the nest and upon further investigation there was the nest with 10 eggs in it. The nest was probably 8 inches across with about 5 young trees 2-3 inches ...

Rod W

17 days, she will lay the other egg today or tomorrow. Do not move the egg, the worst thing you can do is try to help them out! They will do just fine. I went thru all of these same problems, just picked up some more homers today.

Rod W

gotpointers wrote:Highly unlikely to find one that will sit on her eggs.

Thanks for the info. All I know is what I read, I'll stay away from the quail, stick with the homers.

Rod W

I am looking to buy some Qoturnix Quail in northern Wisconsin or northern Michigan. This looks to me, to be about the easiest of the Quail to raise, I need a bird that will raise it's own young.Thank You

Rod W

Gorgeous!! I took a walk this morning and found a bunch of False Morels, I find them delicious too! Some people get deathly sick from the wrong ones but I don't . I had a US Forest service gal with me the one time, same area and she could eat them but her hubby would get sick!

Rod W

Yes, but on the other hand----you have the Mearns Quail. Lady would go on point, 3-4 feet in front of her 10-15 Mearns would go airborn, flying every direction on the compass. I never had it happen to me, but I heard they even fly into you! Hunted in the foothills where the live oak grows this is on...

Rod W

With tears in my eyes, I will say, You will know when it is time----------

Rod W

Try to give it some apple sauce--mashed peas, if you have been feeding pellets, mash some of those and feed, it will probably be alright now that it is warm???

Rod W

Respire Tablets a few times a year, middle of summer when they develop respiratory problems. contains Doxy--- http://www.foyspigeonsupplies.com Get their book Pigeons for profit and pleasure, very informative. If you need someone to talk to, ask for Jerry Gagne. Very helpful! Call them up and have t...

Rod W

Drove an hour and a half south, this morning to get out of the snow. Ran my little girl for a little less than 2 hours, 13 productive Woodcock points, 2 where the Woodcock either ran off or flew just before we got there. What a beautiful training bird! A little more 50 degree weather and the birds w...

Rod W

Report on the Franchi SL; EXCELLENT SERVICE---turn around time 11 days, WI to MD to WI. I sent the 2 day old shotgun back to the factory after calling the factory and being issued a return order label. The problem, as stated earliar, lots of rubbing/ scratching, monoblock to receiver--breech face--s...

Rod W

I had the privilege of hunting with Northern Cajun, this Jan. He can remotely activate his collars and only turn it on when the dog hasn't been seen for a while/ possibly on point? He then turns the collar on, which always would sound off, His dog Indy, if unseen for a while, would be on point!!!! T...

Rod W

Yes, I would have to agree, shut all doors! Cat killed the last ones, weasels, twice before that, but I do have a black squirrel and a white weasel pelt to show for my ignorance! The first few times it was the costly white, racing homers. I too am starting over with wild squeakers.

Rod W

Tri Tronics--accessory beeperss, I run them on point only.

Rod W

----Excellent service!---- 6 days after I sent my gun in because there was so much metal to metal contact/rubbing/scraping, I was called yesterday and told the gun was just fine, this was a production gun. We talked for a while and I stated to the rep, You mean to tell me. the gun is a piece of shee...

Rod W

You are one wicked WOMAN!!!

Rod W

I'm not a member because I see them as another money hungry, corrupt cog in the political machine. In the big picture I don't think they really do much good. Them---They, Just happens to be ME--US AND MILLIONS LIKE, ME, US, That are forced to spend millions of hard earned dollars, because of the ig...

Rod W

I may have been premature in my praising the SL, I will send it back today, to the Franchi machinists, to be buffed out/ honed down. Way to much metal to metal contact! I know they will take care of this! ROD

Rod W

Thank You Madmurph, I drove down yesterday and picked up the Franchi Instinct SL, 28 inch barrels, 20 ga. He has two more in the 26 inch barrel and a 12 ga, 28 inch bbl. Daanie Ace Hardware in Oostburg, Wi 920-564-2338 SSwwweeeeett little gun!!!

Rod W

I just replied to a post on using pigeons but these are some excellent training videos on all aspects of our game, so I figured I would start a new post on just the training clips!! http://www.gundogsonline.com/video/hunt ... aining/Pac ---- click on video tips

Rod W

You could lock their wings, but they can not fly until you unlock them. Kick cages can also be easily made. This looks to me like the best way, locked wings on the pigeons AND some type of launcher, your dog will always expect more birds!!--George Hickox explains it best in his video http://www.gun...

Rod W

Check out North American Gamebird Association for anything that flies and is huntable http://www.mynaga.org/find-game-birds/

Rod W

Yes, thanks for the info! I got mine in the mail, Fri. I would think they would have the charging contacts covered with a slide door. Like suggested, tape over the contacts is no problem. It sure looks like a quality unit!

Rod W

I have had 2 different Wirehairs that would climb a ladder behind me,----I would have to carry them down, from the roof! ROD

Rod W

Excellent birds for training the dogs. By having homers, they return home if we don't want to shoot the birds. Very little to know training, don't fly newly caught birds, fly their young after the eggs hatch. Pigeon feed can be bought at Feed stores. Foys Pigeon Supplies has all of the info you will...

Rod W

[quote="madmurph"]Rod, no real experience with one, but I happened across one at a local gun shop today while looking for something else. If fit, shouldered and felt just great. Every once in the while you can pick up a gun that feels good in every way and this was one of them. I have another Franch...

Rod W

Thanks for all of the hard work! ---------------The check is in the mail!----How does a Ruffed Grouse hunt in Northern Wis. sound?

Rod W

I've got plenty of room in MY FREEZER!!!!!!!!

Rod W

The 2012 hunt is over in Wi, I can't find a good harvest number but by late November they had taken 98, I also see a number of 117, Minn-395-----413, A friend of mine took a large male by calling with a predator call.

Rod W

Are you an NRA member or just along for the ride? Residents of England, Australia and Canada have repeatedly stated "You wouldn't have your guns either, if you didn't have the NRA." If you are not an NRA member, why not? I see in the NRA publication, American Hunter, how one of the biggest gun shows...

Rod W

Keep your eyes open and when you see pigeons using a silo or barnyard, roosting of feeding, pull in and talk with the farmer. See if he would have his kids catch and sell them to you or ask if you can go in at night and get them. ROD

Rod W

Beautiful!! 20 inches of snow on the ground here, maybe by the 4th of July! I just got my Woodcock Banding book from the Ruffed Grouse Society, very informative. ROD

Rod W

I just use the 1 1/2 gal plastic waterer that you fill and turn upside down, build up a wood stand to keep it above a 40 watt light bulb. This keeps it from freezing all winter long. I live where, NO MAN SHOULD HAVE GONE BEFORE! Also!!! ROD

Rod W

I went out to my stepdad's ( a trapper of 60+ years) the other day to make a video of opening a conibear by stepping on the lower jaw, grasping the upper jaws/rings with your hands and pull upward--and together. This was with a 330 and it can be easily be done! We didn't make the video, but did rele...

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