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by mm
Thu Sep 25, 2014 2:57 pm
Forum: Training
Topic: From Training to Actual Hunting
Replies: 19
Views: 8589

Re: From Training to Actual Hunting

I have one that is steady to wing shot and stands while I pick up the bird and than come back to her and release her. If I cant find the bird she will find it and point it dead. I enjoy hunting with her the most. I did not hunt her until she was 3 and for the first three years of her life she was dr...
by mm
Fri Sep 19, 2014 3:36 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Johnny House Quail
Replies: 9
Views: 3197

Re: Johnny House Quail

I throw bread or lettuce up on the shelf it is easier than trying to get a feeder up there. They seem to like it.
by mm
Wed Aug 13, 2014 4:21 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Dogs with lyme disease.
Replies: 12
Views: 6468

Re: Dogs with lyme disease.

How many times can you treat with the doxy, do they build up imunity to it. Can you do a treatment before symptoms appear when you know dog has it instead of waiting for dog to go lame. My dog seems to show symptoms about once a year or so usually in the middle of trial season. I thought of treating...
by mm
Mon Aug 11, 2014 7:44 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: barn or kennel camera
Replies: 2
Views: 1457

Re: barn or kennel camera

by mm
Sun Aug 10, 2014 4:59 am
Forum: Training
Topic: Found wild quail ... now what?
Replies: 18
Views: 8727

Re: Found wild quail ... now what?

You have what everyone is looking for, wild birds. Let your dog find them as often as you can you wont be sorry in the end. I would trade all my pigeons, and pen quail, launchers and most of my other training stuff that tries to simulate what you have wild birds.
by mm
Tue Jul 22, 2014 2:46 pm
Forum: Horses
Topic: Bits
Replies: 20
Views: 61498

Re: Bits

Well lessons are a joke here where I live. It is all about fancy clothes and jumping. I spent hours going around a circle in a ring before I quit. They would not even let me climb on the horse without a mounting block and that was the thing I needed the most practice with. I went to ride with these ...
by mm
Tue Jul 22, 2014 4:16 am
Forum: Horses
Topic: Bits
Replies: 20
Views: 61498

Re: Bits

So I guess you should stick with the bit the horse is using when you buy him assuming he is what you need and like at the purchase. Would that bit come with the horse because it is broke in to him or can you just buy one and use it.
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by mm
Fri Jul 18, 2014 2:11 pm
Forum: Horses
Topic: Bits
Replies: 20
Views: 61498

Bits

I dont own a horse and I dont know much about them. I am trying to learn as I would like to get one in the next year or so. At field trials I rent a horse and the horse has a bit. Many people ride the horse every day. This past year the horse had a injury to its mouth due to the bit and people pulli...
by mm
Tue Jul 08, 2014 8:28 am
Forum: Hunting
Topic: montana hunting
Replies: 14
Views: 8093

Re: montana hunting

I call or stop in every year but never get any real info that pinpoints a place to hunt. The guide only comes out a couple of weeks before the season starts so I usually plan on the fly. I keep a book of every spot I hunt with directions and how I did and other notes so I have my opening day spot in...
by mm
Tue Jul 08, 2014 5:01 am
Forum: Hunting
Topic: montana hunting
Replies: 14
Views: 8093

Re: montana hunting

There is a lot of public land but you can spend days in the wrong spot or luck out and hit good right off. If you have a short time it can be hard to decide where to go. Private land or guides are better if you have a short time but both are hard to find. Private land is impossible unless you know s...
by mm
Tue Jul 08, 2014 4:51 am
Forum: Hunting
Topic: Scott Linden Wingshooting USA
Replies: 25
Views: 14353

Re: Scott Linden Wingshooting USA

Thanks Scott I will look for that Destination Channel On ROKU.
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by mm
Tue Jul 08, 2014 4:48 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Thoughts on keeping multiple pups from the same litter?
Replies: 16
Views: 7621

Re: Thoughts on keeping multiple pups from the same litter?

This past year we had a litter of just two so I kept them both. I kept them together until about 8 weeks and then put them in kennel runs next to each other. The pups were very attached to each other I kept them a year and started to run them at about 12 weeks. I always ran them alone or with an old...
by mm
Mon Jul 07, 2014 4:27 am
Forum: Hunting
Topic: Scott Linden Wingshooting USA
Replies: 25
Views: 14353

Re: Scott Linden Wingshooting USA

I use to watch the show, I had it on my DVR. Now its gone and the channel has only fishing shows seems they got rid of all the hunting shows. Is there a list someplace that shows what channels its on. I can by outdoor channels from ROKU but there are a lot and I don't see this show. This is the only...
by mm
Thu Jun 26, 2014 3:29 am
Forum: Hunting
Topic: Brittany question - grouse lines
Replies: 7
Views: 4643

Re: Brittany question - grouse lines

Check with some of the New England Brittany clubs a lot of those members are avid grouse hunters. Some are also doing some real nice breedings. You could find a real nice grouse dog there.
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by mm
Wed Jun 11, 2014 4:12 am
Forum: Training
Topic: planting pigeons for a flusher
Replies: 21
Views: 8303

Re: planting pigeons for a flusher

My nephew has a nice lab and he was to fast for planted pigeons so he puts them in a launcher. I don't know labs or flushing but what harm does it cause to them if they catch birds?
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by mm
Tue Jun 10, 2014 9:49 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Quail Pen
Replies: 10
Views: 5610

Re: Quail Pen

Karen I had both types and the tall one keeps the birds flying strong. I have a tall one Johnny house style with a shelf up high. The birds fly up on the shelf to look out and call and down to the bottom for food and water and this keeps wings strong and makes them fly good. I keep it out on the fro...
by mm
Mon Jun 09, 2014 6:13 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Seeking advice on transporting dog in back of truck
Replies: 18
Views: 15215

Re: Seeking advice on transporting dog in back of truck

I found that on amazon it is wireless and was only about $10
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by mm
Mon Jun 09, 2014 4:36 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Seeking advice on transporting dog in back of truck
Replies: 18
Views: 15215

Re: Seeking advice on transporting dog in back of truck

I think the more windows that open the better. Last summer while driving west it got way to hot in mine only the side windows slide open on it. I have a temp gauge to tell me the temp back there. Once it gets over 90 I had to put all the dogs in the cab all 4 of them. As I went down the road after b...
by mm
Mon Jun 09, 2014 3:47 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Seeking advice on transporting dog in back of truck
Replies: 18
Views: 15215

Re: Seeking advice on transporting dog in back of truck

I have a cap on my pickup. If exhaust is good the fumes will go out the side or back of the truck and as you drive and go away. I always keep the sliding windows open for good venting. I also do not sit the truck at idle with dogs in back I think that is where you could have a problem with fumes gat...
by mm
Mon May 19, 2014 2:07 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Large or Small Stake
Replies: 7
Views: 2431

Re: Large or Small Stake

I have the small and one of my smallest pups under a year old pulled it out twice so I changed to the large.
by mm
Wed May 14, 2014 1:08 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Incubator's ?
Replies: 11
Views: 4993

Re: Incubator's ?

I have two Hova Bater type styrfoam and they work great with the turner. I had a browning top hatch and I did not like it the Hova Bater with turner was cheaper and better.
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by mm
Wed Apr 23, 2014 4:05 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Who sets pace of HB field trial?
Replies: 20
Views: 8600

Re: Who sets pace of HB field trial?

I have been told , but I don't know if it is true that the handler sets the pace. I was told this when I was being told I could walk in a horse back trial. I would guess the judge would control the pace and if a guy was to ride off and they did not like it they would not follow which would put him o...
by mm
Sun Mar 30, 2014 8:09 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: quail recall houses
Replies: 20
Views: 13707

Re: quail recall houses

I have the same size pen but when I put 25 birds in they started killing each other and I lost about half to that. Is there a way to stop the fighting was it to many males?
by mm
Sun Mar 30, 2014 4:22 am
Forum: Hunting
Topic: Wild Quail Hunts
Replies: 13
Views: 8247

Re: Wild Quail Hunts

I thought Kansas had a huntable population of quail. I was planning to go there next season.
by mm
Sun Mar 23, 2014 7:57 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Well bred V Well trained
Replies: 33
Views: 12305

Re: Well bred V Well trained

You said your father was doing this in the 60's and I would guess there were plenty of wild birds around which in my opinion would make all the difference. You could run a dog on wild birds a lot and come out with a nice hunting dog. But most of us don't have birds or land so you have to send them w...
by mm
Fri Feb 14, 2014 6:15 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Brooding quail.
Replies: 9
Views: 5983

Re: Brooding quail.

I built a brooder box with 2 x 12 wood and I made sections in it and used heat lamps with brooder bulbs all from home depot. For a cover I used plex glass on part of the top and hardware on the part where I put the lamp. I put tin foil around the lamp to make the hood bigger and direct the heat in t...
by mm
Thu Feb 13, 2014 2:50 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Decline of Field Trials
Replies: 249
Views: 78860

Re: Decline of Field Trials

The original post asked what was keeping new people away, opinions were offered. Now we are being called morons who don't put in enough work or walk enough. Maybe the answer to the original post is right there.
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by mm
Thu Feb 13, 2014 1:08 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Decline of Field Trials
Replies: 249
Views: 78860

Re: Decline of Field Trials

I don't know the other types of trials so I cant comment. I go to akc and af trials. It is true it would most likely be a combination of things but I point out the horse thing because without one at some trials you cant run. Sure you can walk but is a new guy going to walk at a horse trial , I am no...
by mm
Thu Feb 13, 2014 11:27 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Decline of Field Trials
Replies: 249
Views: 78860

Re: Decline of Field Trials

I would love to do that but I am a basic rider and lucky to get myself around on a horse. When I run my dog off horseback it is usually good entertainment watching me just get on and off. The trials I rent horses at only offer by the brace rentals and the three horses I ride are in high demand at a ...
by mm
Thu Feb 13, 2014 10:17 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Decline of Field Trials
Replies: 249
Views: 78860

Re: Decline of Field Trials

I understand the rental horses are a lot but I do not know what the club pays to have them show up I have heard it is a lot and can eat up more than the club takes in for the trial. As a renter I pay 15 for a 1/2 hour brace and 30 for a 1 hour brace. Some trials I ride more than others and that is b...
by mm
Wed Feb 12, 2014 10:16 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Decline of Field Trials
Replies: 249
Views: 78860

Re: Decline of Field Trials

For me the thing is horses. If no rental horses are available I don't go. I hear the wrangler charges the clubs a lot and some just had to cut the rental horses out. A lot of the trials have one or more walking stakes and I like to go to them but if there is only one walking stake and no rental hors...
by mm
Sun Feb 09, 2014 1:50 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Pup eating poop
Replies: 21
Views: 8500

Re: Pup eating poop

These are call self cleaning dogs, like the self cleaning oven, they cost extra.
by mm
Fri Jan 31, 2014 7:49 pm
Forum: Health and Nutrition
Topic: When to switch from pup to adult food
Replies: 28
Views: 16414

Re: When to switch from pup to adult food

That one with my dog was around 220 if I remember right. Here's a picture of a little one from this past year.
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by mm
Wed Jan 29, 2014 2:18 pm
Forum: Product Ratings & Reviews
Topic: Dog Den 1 w or w/o Hound Heater?
Replies: 3
Views: 6682

Re: Dog Den 1 w or w/o Hound Heater?

I got the hound heater after someone on here told me about it and I am very please with it. It has a thermostat and it works well.
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by mm
Mon Jan 27, 2014 5:39 am
Forum: Health and Nutrition
Topic: When to switch from pup to adult food
Replies: 28
Views: 16414

When to switch from pup to adult food

At what age do you switch from pup to adult food.
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by mm
Sun Jan 26, 2014 5:52 am
Forum: Training
Topic: Some People. ..
Replies: 34
Views: 7400

Re: Some People. ..

I like a dog who will stand no matter what and mine will and they have been tested at trials with dog busting in on them. Having said that I see no benefit to a broke dog to spend a week of hunting with a dog that is not broke. In my opinion the dogs seem to pick up bad habits not the good ones. I l...
by mm
Wed Jan 22, 2014 5:13 am
Forum: Training
Topic: Some People. ..
Replies: 34
Views: 7400

Re: Some People. ..

Everyone has their own idea of what level they want their dog to be at, some steady to wing and shot others to the shot others to anything goes. I don't hunt my dogs with other dogs unless the dog is steady to wing and shot. Some people have the idea if a pup or untrained dog follows a trained dog i...
by mm
Fri Jan 03, 2014 5:46 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Littermate syndrome prevention.
Replies: 37
Views: 21044

Re: Littermate syndrome prevention.

That's what I thought as I see this at trials when one guy leaves the string the others go nuts. My guys are very loud and I ignore them but the neighbors hear it and have asked what's going on. I was hoping it would stop after a while. Well only 5 months until they head out to the trainer and no on...
by mm
Thu Jan 02, 2014 6:53 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Littermate syndrome prevention.
Replies: 37
Views: 21044

Re: Littermate syndrome prevention.

Those are the only kennels I have and they are built in and attached to the garage.
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by mm
Thu Jan 02, 2014 3:06 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Littermate syndrome prevention.
Replies: 37
Views: 21044

Re: Littermate syndrome prevention.

I have two littermates they are 8 months old. I have them in separate kennels but they are next to each other. They come out of the kennel for one on one time with me several times a day and I run them in the field separate. The only problem is when one guy is out the other screams and barks like he...
by mm
Tue Dec 31, 2013 7:22 am
Forum: Hunting
Topic: But wait ... what would you pay?
Replies: 127
Views: 54882

Re: But wait ... what would you pay?

This thread has taken a turn from the original question but even so it interests me. I have a question as you farmers and non farmers argue. This is a question because I don't know the answer I am NOT looking for a fight or trying to start one. In NY where I live there is less and less farming and n...
by mm
Mon Dec 30, 2013 6:19 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Breeding my gsp
Replies: 17
Views: 12418

Re: Breeding my gsp

I breed my first liter this year. It was a lot of fun and very rewarding. I have a good female and choose a top stud dog which cost $1000. In the end I had 2 pups and there was no way I could let one go so they are both mine now. It was a good thing I did not have 8 or 10 because I have a small yard...
by mm
Fri Dec 06, 2013 11:55 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Field trial question...kind of a weird one.
Replies: 43
Views: 16191

Re: Field trial question...kind of a weird one.

New postby Neil » Fri Dec 06, 2013 12:17 pm I have no problem with the barking, it shows intelligence and cooperation, but somthing caused the bird to flush, and that I care about. I would evaluate why. As long as the dog does not move his feet after the flush, I don't much care what he looks like. ...
by mm
Tue Nov 19, 2013 6:52 am
Forum: Hunting
Topic: But wait ... what would you pay?
Replies: 127
Views: 54882

Re: But wait ... what would you pay?

You should reread my post I said nothing that you gathered from my post. I said I do hunt public land. I did not say I needed or wanted to kill a lot of birds. I answered the question as to what I would pay and I further explained what I would expect for the price. I have hunted many a day with no b...
by mm
Tue Nov 19, 2013 5:41 am
Forum: Hunting
Topic: But wait ... what would you pay?
Replies: 127
Views: 54882

Re: But wait ... what would you pay?

If the land is managed and the amount of hunters is restricted and there is game I would pay what I had too. I would not be upset to pay as much as 300 a day for the right property. I would think if a guy charges 20 or 50 a day he would let anyone who can get there hunt and you are back to hunting p...
by mm
Thu Nov 14, 2013 11:36 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Outdoor dog house heat
Replies: 3
Views: 1173

Re: Outdoor dog house heat

Thanks, I think I will get that.
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by mm
Thu Nov 14, 2013 8:42 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Outdoor dog house heat
Replies: 3
Views: 1173

Outdoor dog house heat

What do you use to heat your outdoor dog house. I have been looking at the heated mats and they look good but what if the dog chews on it. I see some little furnaces also anyone use them. I would like to heat the house above freezing and keep the water dish in it so water stays available. It seems l...
by mm
Sat Oct 26, 2013 1:33 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Looking for a vet
Replies: 2
Views: 1034

Re: Looking for a vet

I have found most vets a rip off, they will over treat and try to guilt you and bleed you dry. Get the book called "how to afford veterinary care without mortgaging the kids" and you will see what I mean an learn a lot about medical care for your dog. You can get it for a few bucks used. I live in N...
by mm
Fri Oct 25, 2013 5:28 am
Forum: Hunting
Topic: Anyone know about this place
Replies: 3
Views: 1462

Anyone know about this place

Anyone a member or know anything about this place

http://www.ks-mo-hunt.org/upland/quail-hunting.html

Sounds to good to be true, but would love to try it if it is.
MM
by mm
Wed Oct 23, 2013 3:18 am
Forum: Training
Topic: Japanese (Coturnix) Quail for training
Replies: 10
Views: 3478

Re: Japanese (Coturnix) Quail for training

IMO I would not let her catch any birds it is not needed and can lead to problems with steadiness in the future. I did it with my first one and 7 years later it is a problem we still struggle with. My second one never caught a bird and has been a nice steady dependable dog. I have 2 new pups now and...