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- Mon Jul 18, 2022 11:20 am
- Forum: Guns and Ammo
- Topic: shot gun scope mounts
- Replies: 10
- Views: 5723
Re: shot gun scope mounts
Thing's like that are brought about by marketing, two different barrels to make the gun do two different things. I would not have a gun like that even if I used a shotgun to deer. There are bird guns and there are slug guns. Don't try to make one into the other!
- Mon Jul 18, 2022 11:07 am
- Forum: Training
- Topic: Pointing English Springer Spaniel, A Change of Strategy
- Replies: 19
- Views: 5790
Re: Pointing English Springer Spaniel, A Change of Strategy
I'm going to guess at how he got it done. Same as I do to get young pointer's started pointing. Springer's have what they call a fault called blinking. That a dog that goes into a flush but hesitates. Well train to increase the blink and you have a point! Take the dog out with remote traps and when ...
- Sun Jul 17, 2022 6:41 pm
- Forum: Training
- Topic: Pointing English Springer Spaniel, A Change of Strategy
- Replies: 19
- Views: 5790
Re: Pointing English Springer Spaniel, A Change of Strategy
Hard to believe! So what is the point? Pointing dogs just not good enough? I'd suggest you try a springer-doodle but am afraid you'd try!
- Sat Jul 09, 2022 2:21 pm
- Forum: Hunting
- Topic: Is a GPS collar necessary
- Replies: 34
- Views: 13030
Re: Is a GPS collar necessary
I went a lot of years without a GPS collar, never could afford one. Then I got Bodie and Squirt and suddenly I had no clue where the dogs I took with me were. Spent the money on a GPS and always knew about where they were after that! After Bodie and Squirt I got Stormy and he doesn't run anything at...
- Sat Jul 09, 2022 2:10 pm
- Forum: Training
- Topic: Brittany Puppy Training/Bird Exposure
- Replies: 16
- Views: 5537
Re: Brittany Puppy Training/Bird Exposure
I ran into that problem with my Stormy. Really didn't seem to care about the birds at all as a puppy. About ready to give up on him and at 11 mos he pointed his first bird! 11 mos!!!! Well he also developed really fast from that point on and is a really nice dog today. When my old ES Bodie was about...
- Sat Jul 09, 2022 2:00 pm
- Forum: Training
- Topic: Brittany takes off as soon the bird flushes
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3327
Re: Brittany takes off as soon the bird flushes
Best way I found to do it iswith the whoa command. I use the Delmar Smith whoa post, no waist collar. Work on whoa quite a bit so when you say whoa, the dog stops. When your reald to break the dog, back up to the training yard and whoa. I use the check cord to start them the e-collar. have your dog ...
- Sat Jul 09, 2022 1:36 pm
- Forum: Training
- Topic: Training Methods
- Replies: 13
- Views: 5175
Re: Training Methods
For my money, The Delmar Smith Method. My first few were done according to the book but at some point I vered off and added stuff to suit myself. What you will find out in the end is one method will trip your trigger and the key to success willn be reputation, meaning they will all work! The secret ...
- Sat Jul 09, 2022 1:31 pm
- Forum: Training
- Topic: some training assistance
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2471
Re: some training assistance
Ya know, been a lot of years since I've had ESS. Loved them too! Quite a bit different that pointing dogs, don't have to get the dog to hold the bird! Do lot's of work keeping your dogs with you in gun range. Hup command. I would think this is important, similar to the whoa command with pointing dog...
- Sat Jul 09, 2022 1:15 pm
- Forum: Training
- Topic: Preparing for first hunt
- Replies: 14
- Views: 4276
Re: Preparing for first hunt
I’m expecting to get an eight week old Brittany at the end of September. Im just a guy who wants to hunt, not interested in trialing (yet?) so no need for perfection, just a dog that will help me find birds and hopefully bring them back to me. Our quail season here runs from October to February, so...
- Sun May 29, 2022 5:47 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Choosing new pup from a litter
- Replies: 15
- Views: 5165
Re: Choosing new pup from a litter
Pretty simple for me. Put the females in one box and the males in another. decide if you want a male or female and go to that box. Close your eyes and grab one! Going to be quite a bit of changing for a couple years and whichever one you pick will grow on you. probably have some faults but when it l...
- Sun May 15, 2022 7:18 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Favorite print?
- Replies: 29
- Views: 12535
Re: Favorite print?
here's one of my old Bodie I really like.
Dog's breaking away at a Britt trial near Madras, Oregon.
Dog's breaking away at a Britt trial near Madras, Oregon.
- Sun May 15, 2022 7:16 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Favorite print?
- Replies: 29
- Views: 12535
Re: Favorite print?
Love this head shot I got of Stormy a couple years ago.
Here's another favorite of a Britt breaking away at a field trial.
Here's another favorite of a Britt breaking away at a field trial.
- Fri Feb 11, 2022 12:35 pm
- Forum: Training
- Topic: Recommended Training/Tracking Collars
- Replies: 21
- Views: 9277
Re: Recommended Training/Tracking Collars
If I was to start over with collars at this point I'd go to Gun Dog supply and check out the Garmin ALPHA10 collar. will handle up to 20 dogs and cost only$400! That would be a steal!
- Wed Feb 09, 2022 6:34 pm
- Forum: Polls
- Topic: Curious how you all transport your dog to go hunting
- Replies: 61
- Views: 74863
- Wed Feb 09, 2022 6:32 pm
- Forum: Guns and Ammo
- Topic: 28 versus 20
- Replies: 9
- Views: 6676
Re: 28 versus 20
About shell availability. I went looking for some shells early on and the price floored me. So I bought a flat of RWS target loads and a mec Jr loader and haven't worried much about price again.
- Wed Feb 09, 2022 6:26 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Stormy in Yakima with Craig O'Brien
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2239
Re: Stormy in Yakima with Craig O'Brien
Saw the female yesterday but didn't get a decent photo of her. She is Come Back breeding. Small dog about 40#. About the same size as my Sis. Really nice girl!
- Tue Feb 08, 2022 9:23 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Stormy in Yakima with Craig O'Brien
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2239
Stormy in Yakima with Craig O'Brien
Took him up today being bred to a really nice Come Back dog. Reminds me a lot of my Sis!
Stormy. Tried to get one of the female but she wouldn't hold still for me very well!
Stormy. Tried to get one of the female but she wouldn't hold still for me very well!
- Wed Feb 02, 2022 12:18 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Red Setter litter Planned
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2214
Re: Red Setter litter Planned
Don, have you ever owned an ugly dog? Only ugly dog I ever owned? Can't think of one. Shoot I don't recall ever seeing a dog that was really ugly! I'm a bit prejudiced when it comes the dogs! Oh, by the way. This is Snicker out of my Stormy and my Sis. I tell him he's ugly just to keep his ego in c...
- Tue Feb 01, 2022 7:53 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Red Setter litter Planned
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2214
Red Setter litter Planned
Looking at breeding my Stormy to its either a Come Back or Celtic female next week. Set up by Craig O'Brine so I'm certainly not worried about this! My Stormy is out of Craig's old Breelie, Region 10 2011 Shooting Dog of the Year that he lost a year or so ago. Looking to get the breeding done by the...
- Tue Feb 01, 2022 7:38 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Puppies!
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4846
Re: Puppies!
Nice looking pup!
- Tue Feb 01, 2022 5:13 pm
- Forum: Health and Nutrition
- Topic: joint care
- Replies: 27
- Views: 8934
Re: joint care
Wrap the pill in a piece of cheese or some kind of lunch meat.
- Tue Feb 01, 2022 4:57 pm
- Forum: Training
- Topic: Good demonstration of launchers.
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3288
Re: Good demonstration of launchers.
That was absolutely the best video on using the launcher I have ever seen. All the reasons for using it are there. Notice he used pigeons? dogs don't need to identify different birds right away, simply birds and pen raised birds, even reasonably well flight conditions one will fail you now and then....
- Wed Jan 05, 2022 3:06 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Training, Birds and Life
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2422
Re: Training, Birds and Life
Very nice looking dog!
- Wed Jan 05, 2022 1:37 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: AKC Hunter titles: JH/SH/MH
- Replies: 66
- Views: 27901
Re: AKC Hunter titles: JH/SH/MH
Here is the problem I have with all dog competition and talk of high standards; the standards and rules are decided by humans. They are constantly changing depending on somebody's opinion. Mostly based on what a few people think looks good and very little on putting birds in the bag. The dogs that ...
- Wed Jan 05, 2022 1:30 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: AKC Hunter titles: JH/SH/MH
- Replies: 66
- Views: 27901
Re: AKC Hunter titles: JH/SH/MH
Speaking of pedigree's, can anyone tell me the signifacance of Barn Owl Wind? Lot of people with him in their dogs pedigree and they don't even know it! Titles mean a dog has the ability but does not indicate if you have the ability to bring it out!
- Tue Jan 04, 2022 12:36 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: AKC Hunter titles: JH/SH/MH
- Replies: 66
- Views: 27901
Re: AKC Hunter titles: JH/SH/MH
Something that might be hard to swallow is thethe value of the title depends on the judge's issuing it. I was in the first group of pointing dog judges here in the N.W. First one I judged was up in Washington for A show club. The dog's they came with had little to offer and most failed the puppyclas...
- Wed Dec 22, 2021 5:28 pm
- Forum: Training
- Topic: Pigeon Questions
- Replies: 37
- Views: 9908
Re: Pigeon Questions
I bet Dan Hoke in Spokane would sell you some training birds. Thanks for the suggestion, Ryan. I actually went down to DonF's area to get some from him so I don't need any more right now. Blessed girl: If You can train the Aussie to be Mh level pointing dog, you can call yourself a dog trainer........
- Mon Dec 20, 2021 12:13 pm
- Forum: Training
- Topic: Pup not pointing
- Replies: 27
- Views: 6928
Re: Pup not pointing
Sitting here thinking about when I started Stormy. Never had a dog start so slow! Not much interest in birds at all till he hit 11 mos. Then the light turned on and you could not tell it was ever off! Each pup will start doing it in their own time I think. In contrast to Stormy I have his son, Snick...
- Fri Dec 17, 2021 12:08 pm
- Forum: Training
- Topic: Pup not pointing
- Replies: 27
- Views: 6928
Re: Pup not pointing
Think you said you pop the bird? That seem's to indicate you have remote release traps? if you do, use them! Let the pup drag the cord and plant the birds so you know exactly where they are and where the wind is coming from. Turn the pup loose and soon as it enters the scent cone pop the bird, do no...
- Fri Dec 17, 2021 11:54 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: I Just Got My First Pigeons for my First Gun Dog
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3686
Re: I Just Got My First Pigeons for my First Gun Dog
Don't bet all your money on the birds that produce eggs and hatch them hanging around. Some do, maybe most do. But especially if you are starting with older birds the first chance they get, some will head back to their nasty loft and forget they ever had babies. Sometimes cock birds mate with two h...
- Sat Oct 16, 2021 10:29 pm
- Forum: Training
- Topic: Pup not pointing
- Replies: 27
- Views: 6928
Re: Pup not pointing
It's not the pup, it's the trainer. Don't train him to do what you want, teach him how to get what he wants. Sounds like you have remote traps, best thing you can do is learn how to make your pigeons act like wild birds and then do that! Wring the quails necks and have them for dinner! Pigeons are t...
- Wed Oct 06, 2021 1:07 pm
- Forum: Training
- Topic: Problem with hights
- Replies: 14
- Views: 4254
Re: Problem with hights
Perhaps the dog's the smart one? I, personally, wouldn't put any dog of mine knowingly in a dangerous situation like that. Listen to the dog. Find an easier way or hunt somewhere else. Ditto! Never ever put my dog's into an area they could get hurt in. I strongly suspect a dog would chase a flying ...
- Wed Oct 06, 2021 10:17 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: 22 ammo blanks
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4007
Re: 22 ammo blanks
A RamSet nails wood to steel beams or concrete. So they have some pretty heavy loads. Haven't used one for years. They are different colors for different loads. Don't remember the colors. When I did alot of hunt testing I loaded primers only in shotgun shells and used a old 20 gauge single shot. I ...
- Wed Oct 06, 2021 10:14 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: 22 ammo blanks
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4007
Re: 22 ammo blanks
Any more all I use are nail gun blanks. Work great and less expensive than 22 blanks from a sporting goods store!
- Tue Sep 28, 2021 9:19 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Pedigree
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3253
Re: Pedigree
Covrec1; It looks good to me. Don't know much about labs. To call a pedigree just a piece of paper is beyond silly. To say that only a couple generations count is even worse. Without a pedigree you have know idea of what you are actually buying. The dog might hunt great or be a great retriever, but...
- Tue Sep 28, 2021 9:02 am
- Forum: Training
- Topic: Pigeon Questions
- Replies: 37
- Views: 9908
Re: Pigeon Questions
You don't need a launcher but they make it a lot easier. Trick with the launcher is making the bird in it act wild. Pigeons in one are great. Pen raised birds have some faults. First is unless they come out of a really good flight pen they often won't fly far. If you keep them in a really good fligh...
- Mon Sep 27, 2021 5:13 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Help Settle An Argument About Color Of Dog and Performance in the Field
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3483
Re: Help Settle An Argument About Color Of Dog and Performance in the Field
Ya got two Chevy Camoro's. Same engine, trans and read ends in both. One is white and one is black, which one is faster?
- Sun Sep 26, 2021 12:22 pm
- Forum: Training
- Topic: Bird Introduction Gone Wrong?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 5489
Re: Bird Introduction Gone Wrong?
Polmaise, so I guess from the pups point of view he found a bird and got a lot of praise for finding it and bringing it to me. He thought it was his bird and didnt want to give it up and got aggressive ......I think i answered your question? I see how it's valuable looking at his perspective as wel...
- Sun Sep 26, 2021 12:13 pm
- Forum: Guns and Ammo
- Topic: Choosing a Shotgun
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4735
Re: Choosing a Shotgun
Best shotgun is going to be the one you like the best! You can use any type action you want, to do any of the things you mentioned and the deciding factor to your success will be your own ability's! Buy a gun you like the looks and feel of and learn to shoot it. Buy a guy that doesn't feel right and...
- Sun Sep 26, 2021 12:03 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Help Settle An Argument About Color Of Dog and Performance in the Field
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3483
Re: Help Settle An Argument About Color Of Dog and Performance in the Field
I don't care for solid liver dog's but they sure are easier to see in the snow. Don't care for heavy ticked dog's either, all that ticking is great camo in the woods and sage brush. Like lots of white but sure can be hard to find in the snow! Color has absolutely nothing to do with performance! What...
- Sun Sep 26, 2021 11:53 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Loft Plans
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4926
Re: Loft Plans
That loft looks great, are you able to walk on the wire to catch birds or clean the loft? Beautiful loft but major drawback for me. Not enough room to get inside and stand up to catch bird's, clean the floor ot clean out nest box's. Might work to build nest box's onto the side's you can get into fr...
- Sun Sep 26, 2021 11:44 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Pedigree
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3253
Re: Pedigree
Pedigree's are nothing more than a piece of paper, they don't hunt. And pretty much everything past the second generation is for looks and may or may not show up in the pup. Better than looking at to many pedigree's Look at living dog's, that being mom and dad. My thought on pedigrees is everything ...
- Sun Sep 26, 2021 11:23 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Pointing dog breed for retirement
- Replies: 31
- Views: 8434
Re: Pointing dog breed for retirement
I've had Brittanys for over 25 years. All my dogs had/have the off switch. They are very laid back around the house but do need regular exercise. More than just a walk. But I would say that is true of any of the pointing breeds. The breeding is important and for what you are looking for I would sta...
- Sun Sep 26, 2021 11:12 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Pointing dog breed for retirement
- Replies: 31
- Views: 8434
Re: Pointing dog breed for retirement
I was a die hard GSP fan for many years, best I felt I could do. Like the Britt really well and they can fit into you pretty well. Then went to Washington to judge at an Amer Fld Irish trial and met my first Red Setters. What I saw from them blew my mind and after the stake I talked to a guy about a...
- Sun Sep 26, 2021 10:37 am
- Forum: Training
- Topic: Pigeon Questions
- Replies: 37
- Views: 9908
Re: Pigeon Questions
Kings are meat birds and not strong flyers. For dog training, you need homing pigeons. You can get reject racing pigeons for not much money. They aren't fast enough to race, but they will home.... to their original coop. You will either be getting breeding stock or else young "squeakers" with their...
- Sat Sep 04, 2021 5:54 pm
- Forum: Training
- Topic: Young brittany won't hold still
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3553
Re: Young brittany won't hold still
There's a method I don't think I mentioned and it would come under whoa training. Go back to the yard and 20' check cord or e collar if that's what you did whoa with. Move the dog around in the yard and carry a bird with you. First I do a live bird. bring the dog in and whoa it. Count to about three...
- Sat Sep 04, 2021 5:34 pm
- Forum: Health and Nutrition
- Topic: Costco Dog Food???
- Replies: 42
- Views: 37229
Re: Costco Dog Food???
Little bit of info you folks may not know. Purina Dog Chow has been around almost 100 yrs and don't know of it ever being recalled and millions of dogs have done well on it. The most important requirement of any dog food you use is the dog has to eat it! Think I already mentioned it, I've only ran i...
- Wed Sep 01, 2021 11:27 am
- Forum: Product Ratings & Reviews
- Topic: Dog Bed
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3911
Re: Dog Bed
Probably not the right guy to answer this question. My dog's sleep in the house in my bed! But all the time I see these big overstuffed pillows they call dog beds. have ya tried one of them? I'd think all you really need is the bed, not the frame! Probably be cool to have the frame but not sure it's...
- Wed Sep 01, 2021 11:20 am
- Forum: Training
- Topic: Young brittany won't hold still
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3553
Re: Young brittany won't hold still
Can you get the dog on wild birds? Garrison And there's a big part of your answer. of course that's not possible a lot of the time so do the best thing. Remote launcher's. But by themselves they are just an object, learn to use them. They will allow you to make the pigeon act just like a wild bird....
- Sat Aug 28, 2021 12:29 pm
- Forum: Tributes to the Departed
- Topic: Out of bird dogs --RIP
- Replies: 13
- Views: 12318
Re: Out of bird dogs --RIP
Sorry to hear about that. I went 6 mos when my old Springer, Skipper, died. Looked at litter's all over and couldn't find him, devastating! So once I realized I was only looking for him, I got a shorthair, my old Hannah! Never got under two dogs again and tried for six years difference in them. Got ...