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I routinely road puppies(pointers) from about 6-7 moths of age. I do it on foot using a harness and weightlifter's back belt.and quit the moment the pup stops pulling. I often do it in the summer to build physical strength, endurance and heat tolerance. Never had a problem. RayG +1, I've got a 6 mo...

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I think going at trial speeds for 30 minutes isn't that hard for many trial dogs that get some regular exercise, but to go for an hour requires some training. I notice it most when after a long winter where the dogs don't get as much exercise as when there's not a bunch of snow on the ground I need ...

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With the britts I work with they only wear a bell when hunting, trialing or training. My setter is the same way. I was out this weekend running the dogs and they wore bells. I have never had an issue with bells and finding birds. I have had an issue with handling without a bell in heavy cover. It's ...

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I don't have one yet but looking to get one too. Go Pro themselves make a mount that looks decent. http://shop.gopro.com/mounts/fetch-dog-harness/ADOGM-001.html?gclid=CjwKEAiA4rujBRDD7IG_wOPytXkSJACTMkgajKYT4TyFh5iLUevshmI0bpk1tbuJOe2mMD80HnLhpRoCr3Tw_wcB#/start=1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-V...

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First, thanks for your service. My parents raise brittanies and I spend a lot of time with that breed from field trialling to hunting to taking care of them while my parents are away. They really are a great breed. The ones that my parents have generally have a wider range than what you seem to be l...

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One point he did make is his dog is a careful hunter, my LM can be meticulous almost to the extreme I would not call him careful at all . Spooky birds and a hard charging dog crashing cover can’t be a good thing. I think a hard charging fast moving dog that doesn't crash cover but rather navigates ...

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This is my setter pointing a grouse with a brittany backing.

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We spent the day grouse hunting in some balsm fir mixed forests and I found that the two ground sniffers did very well. Over the last two days we got about three inches of snow which caused the limbs of the balsam fir trees to hang down. The grouse were hanging out either in the balsams or under th...

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Depending on how much snow we get on Monday you may need snow shoes. I just finished a week plus of grouse hunting and as mentioned above the mixed forests is the way to go right now. We didn't find a lot of birds in the popple stands that are great in October. With the snow we do have balsam firs s...

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We spent the day grouse hunting in some balsm fir mixed forests and I found that the two ground sniffers did very well. Over the last two days we got about three inches of snow which caused the limbs of the balsam fir trees to hang down. The grouse were hanging out either in the balsams or under the...

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Grange: What more can you tell with bell rather than a beeper? Just interested to know. Once I get to know the bell the way it sound as well as how loud gives me a lot of information. I can tell if she's moving fast or slow, if she's working scent, her pattern, and her range. With a beeper the only...

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I'm a big fan of a bell. You can tell so much more about you dog with a bell than you can with a beeper. As others have said, the bell goes silent on a point so finding a dog on point isn't as easy as it is with a beeper.

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I've hunted behind ground sniffers and they do find grouse and can hold grouse. A lot of people don't realize how much grouse run, especially later in the season and, I strongly believe a faster moving dog will better be able to hold a running grouse. Ground sniffers in my experience are slower movi...

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We just spent the last three days hunting brittanies, a lab, qnd an english setter together and we've been finding plenty of birds. I love watching the three breeds together. For example on one of the birds all three dogs split the find and between my hunting partner and I we dropped the chestnut co...

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People care what style of shotgun someone else is using? I use an O/U because I shoot better with the O/U than I do with any of my other shotguns, but I have used pump action, auto-loaders, single shot hammer, bolt action, and even a SxS shotgun and can't remember anyone say anything about the style...

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I've been hunting my setter and lab together for 5 years. My lab is now 10 so her hunting days are numbered, but it still works great. I also hunt with brittanies and GWP's a lot.

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I'll be going back to Pro Plan Performance soon. My setter won two bags from a recent trial. It was actually quite timely because I had been planning on going back to Pro Plan Performance once my current dog food runs out.

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mnaj_springer wrote:
Sharon wrote:What kind of grouse is that?
Out of curiosity, what do the grouse look like where you hunt Sharon?

I ask because at least 90% of the birds I've seen in MN and ND are the brown phase...

By me there are more gray phased grouse than the other two colors I see.

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Went of a cover dog trial this weekend. After taking runner-up I took my setter (and lab) hunting and took home a grouse to go with the placement. Two points on grouse from the hunt. http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l265/Summit_02/PA180013.jpg http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l265/Summit_02/PA1800...

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Do you think the turkeys hurt the grouse population. They seem to be really down in my area..................Cj I've heard that argument several times and I don't buy it. I've talked to multiple Wildlife Biologists and they all agree there is no evidence there is a relationship. They generally don'...

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One more from yesterday. My setter and my father's Brittany on a split find with another Brittany backing.

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Took some time off from the woods and wild birds and went training on planted quail yesterday.

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I like to combine the two in a way. In fact I still do it even though my setter is broke. I will take my blank pistol with me when we go hunting. When I'm working a grouse I will try to shoot it if my dog's manners are good with the flush. If she would break after the shot I will whoa her and move h...

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Two pictures from this weekend. It was unseasonably warm with temps. started in the Mid 70's up to 80 F. First on is a grouse and second one is a woodcock.

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I've always been a fan of 7 1/2 shot, but for the fast couple years I've moved toward 6 shot. Seems to cut through the cover better. For chokes I use an over/under shotgun so I use the widest choke I have in the bottom and the second widest in the top. When I used a single barrel I used the widest c...

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Ms. Cage wrote:You bet you can lose a bird downed bird hunting without a dog

I've heard multiple people say that, but I've never had a problem. I hunted ruffed grouse all through college and some years after without a dog and have never lost a grouse. Maybe I've just been lucky.

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I started taking my setter in the woods from the time she was a pup and she scent pointed a woodcock before having ever been on another game bird. She knew what to look for without having to experience any kind of bottled scent. Assuming your dog has an interest in birds I would think just getting i...

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Grange, The AFTCA is the Amateur Field Trial Clubs of America, a separate organization from American Field, and the AFTCA Guidelines, from which you pulled the requirement to back, do not apply to Open trials. Open trials have oral tradition. Neil. I understand that which is why I wrote AFTCA above...

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Ah I was thinking of the American Field rules. Other than the Minimum Requirements there are no written rules for American Field, the AFTCA Guidelines do require all to back save the Fall Derbies. The guidelines do ask that you try to put yourself in the Dog's place, some 2 feet off the ground. Man...

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... I bent over and checked the ground closely and ended up finding this: http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l265/Summit_02/2014-08-31131030.jpg A closer look. http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l265/Summit_02/2014-08-31131108.jpg This was not a young grouse and was not on a nest or chicks. It just di...

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http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l265/Summit_02/2014-08-31115324.jpg This was the point I walked up on. http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l265/Summit_02/2014-08-31130854.jpg I couldn't find the bird so I relocated her twice. On the second relocate all she did take on step and look down. I kicked t...

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Running on grouse yesterday. We had plenty of action:

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Couple more weeks until hunting season opens up here, but that isn't stopping me from working dogs on them. I was out yesterday and we found a bunch of them.

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From this morning in very wet conditions. It went from light rain to mist, to heavy rain and everywhere in between. I was only able to get a few pictures and video due to the weather, but bird action was plentiful for all the dogs including my lab. All three pointing dogs hit scent about the same ti...

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One tip I was given by a fellow trialer about keeping the dog to the front is to not call toward your dog, but in the direction you want your dog to be. So if the dog is off to the side too much sing to your dog while facing forward. It also helps to anticipate your dog's movements so if you sense i...

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Thing with with hunting grouse with a pointer is that they may point one 150 yards away. If the bird holds until you get there, they are jittery as heck and may flush a ways out. With a flusher, as soon as he starts making game, you're on his tail. The speed of the tail tells you how close the bird...

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I bought a bell from Dogs Unlimited for my father: http://www.dogsunlimited.com/i/1345/sunkhaze-custom-hunting-dog-bells.htm are pretty good and I also have a couple from Lion Country Supply: I have 2 bells (Northwoods and Handmade Canadian Low Tone) from Lion Country Supply: http://www.lcsupply.com...

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My opinion would be a big YES!

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Got the dogs in the woods this weekend to look for some grouse and woodcock. My setter found 4 birds (2 grouse and two woodcock) in just over an hour and had great manners on all 4. http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l265/Summit_02/2014-08-17092952.jpg http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l265/Summit_02...

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Can lyme desease effect the back legs? My brothers 3 year old has something going on with control of its back legs. Been to a couple different vets several times. They cant figure out whats wrong , got him on antibiotcs. Yes. When my setter tested exposed she was completely lame in both back legs. ...

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Thats not the greatest place to put a pointing dog. Walking in there to flush a pointed bird would suck. I don't disagree with you. Walking in there was not a lot of fun, but it did produce birds. The dog in the picture is my lab, but in that stand with me were father's brittanies and my brother-in...

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Busting through thick cattails in late December has been very productive for me over the years. Yes a lot of them can bust early, but it's the ones that stay behind that are fun. I agree with you there. Late season thick cattails are all I look for. It can be quite the workout too... It's not a poi...

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Busting through thick cattails in late December has been very productive for me over the years. Yes a lot of them can bust early, but it's the ones that stay behind that are fun.

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Went training this morning with the last of my quail.

Dogs on Point.

The flush.

The last point of the day.

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For those of you that use a #10 blade are you also using a guard or just the blade. I finished shaving my setter with an Oster A5 2 speed. it has a #10 blade, but I used a 1/4 inch guard.

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My setter got Lyme disease while on the vaccine. I also know two other dogs that got Lyme disease while on the vaccine. My vet said for a few years that he felt like he would be stealing from me if he gave it to my setter, but last fall he said research is now showing that the vaccine is recommended...

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I've got a quail pen in my yard. My dogs will go and walk around the pen once or twice and then move on. They are used to it.

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I was in the field in Northern WI meeting with a couple Town Chairmen earlier this week and while we were looking multiple waterway crossings I heard a lot of drumming. In one 5 mile stretch I bet I heard 30+ drums over an hour and a half. No sure some were the same bird, but it was a good sign that...

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I understand your point and understand how small deer ticks can be. Due to the prevalence of Lyme and other tick borne diseases around here I am extremely diligent at finding ticks on my dogs. Its much easier to find them on my setter than my lab due to the color and denseness of the the fur. They g...

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Id be surprised if you actually saw the tick that caused the lyme or the other tick born disease. Some ticks are almost too small to see so seeing every tick that bites a dog is improbable, not impossible but improbable. They say it takes 24 hours for a tick to infect but I don't know if I believe ...

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