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I picked a breeding now I just have to pick a pup
Thanks for all the help

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Where in northern Minnesota?

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The last two you named are all age dogs. I don't know anything about Maverick---someone else might know something about that line. all age dogs = big range? What about N L Bullet? Yes they ran pretty big---not saying that their future generations won't be gundog range. I use to breed my females to ...

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between woodcock and sharptail kept the dog pretty busy the couple hours we where out, seemed like we found more woodcock this year then last for some reason

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deseeker wrote:The last two you named are all age dogs. I don't know anything about Maverick---someone else might know something about that line.

all age dogs = big range?

What about N L Bullet?

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I carry my 40 cal when we bow hunt for bears, I used it last night to track my wifes bear, mine holds at least ten rounds, I can't imagine not stopping a bear at point bank with a 40 cal with 10 rounds, my gun of choice would be a 12 gauge with slugs for tracking

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the dog i'm looking for would hunt ruff grouse mostly,some woodcock and sharp-tail, maybe a couple pheasant trips a year I will tell you what I like about the britt I have now, she covers ground very quickly up to 150 yard casts depending on terrain( haven't hunted any prairie yet), she is very bold...

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I'm looking for well breed Brittany pup. who would be willing to look over some pedagrees an give there input of the line I know very little about the history of the breed. Please Pm if you wouldn't mind look over a few pedagrees,

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I'm look for a orange and white or white and orange male Brittany pup with the best hunting lines I can find, who are some of the top breeder of Brittany's with excellent hunting lines, i'm not trying to make this a who's who of breeders, I'm just try to find the best breed pup I can find, so if the...

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I was in your shoes last fall with my britt, I would put the dog on the ground and see how he does, don't shoot anything the dog doesnt point I would keep the shots to singles at first just to be on the save side, I would bet if he hold on pigeons he wil start to handle some of the grouse he finds, ...

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there homers

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I would run the dog over the training grounds without planting any birds first then put the dog up then plant the bird an rerun the same ground. my britt would find my trails from planting and make a bee line right to the bird, so me and her would cover then grounds first to flood the area with our ...

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ive been loft flying my birds for atleast two weeks they seem to due pretty well how far do I dare bring them away from there coop for training, before I train them for longer distances, I either read or was told that the birds are already covering atleast a few miles when loft flying is this true?

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I have a chevy astro van with a two dog box that I built and I love it, it may not be the coolist ride,but I love it and the dog stays warm in the winter and cool in the summer when we travel, they made them in awd if I could find a nice one of them I would be all over it. i'm going to upset when my...

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If they are still sick bring a stool sample to your vet they can check it, my vet give me two different type of liquid to mix with there water, when I started to lose chicks at 2 weeks old, fyi my birds seem to be doing the best on chicken layer feed pellets, they seem to do better on this then the ...

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anyone know where I could pick up a few quail in Northern Minnesota? thinking of building a small recall house to hold about a dozen birds at a time, what type of quail would be the best? whats the going rate?

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why won't cabelas ship a g3 beeper to Minnesota, I don't get it, a friend was trying to buy one but they won't ship him one.

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I've been looking for some for about a month or so can't find any at any sporting good stores, I'm thinking its time to get a 209 primer gun

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the young birds, have no problem going thru the bobs, but the rest of the birds in the coop are to young to fly or are prisoners that is why I was plan to catch them place them in the aviary then open the door to the aviary and hope they fly out

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Ok my coop now has a mixture of breeders and squeakers,birds on eggs and a few young birds ,id like to start flying the young birds My question is if catch and place the young birds in my small aviary which the bobs are inside of the aviary and open the small door to the aviary the young birds can p...

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Yep a weasel,ours turns pure white in the winter other then the black tip on there tail

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I go to the dollar store and buy colored zipties I put pink on the hens and blue on the cocks and green on there young which are my flyers

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just a shot in the dark, maybe try leaving him In the crate longer like 8 to noon than noon til 5 maybe the short crate sessions are making him think is barking and whining is working, I know if you have time to let um out that's great, but maybe after hes quiet in the crate always

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take a small amount of fresh poop to your vet they can check it and see if they need some meds,i had two die in the nest not long ago the new pair seem to be doing well after I treated my birds

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you cant fix stupid,

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http://www.redroselofts.com/starter_loft.htm
check this link out seems be nice and easy to build

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Carolina Gundogs wrote:If there is a way you could share the plans on this site it would be great. An estimate of what the materials costs would be helpful also.

yep i'd like to see you plans and a couple pictures

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ok we have been working on heel and whoa as per perfect start dvd, only we are using a wonder lead not a choke collar, it seems like we hit a point where we are not improving anymore she will heal only on lead and whoa only on lead with some help i can pivot in front of her when she is on whoa,i jus...

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do you feed some sort of medications to your birds,daily,weekly,monthly or yearly, mine have some sort of worm and some other parasite i'm treating for it now,but unsure if i should be using a preventive medication. if so what?

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I bet i have atleast a couple hundred bucks in the 2 dog box i built and alot more then five hours labor if i were you i'd grab that dee zee box you will save time and money, just my 2 cents

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Tri tronics g3 beeper it's small and loud

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This question comes up because a friend of mine just got a new GSP pup on average how much time does a dog have to spend at a trainer to become a broke bird dog for a foot hunting, meat hunter,this just don't happen in a month,right? do most trainers give the owner things to work on after they leav...

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This question comes up because a friend of mine just got a new GSP pup on average how much time does a dog have to spend at a trainer to become a broke bird dog for a foot hunting, meat hunter,this just don't happen in a month,right? do most trainers give the owner things to work on after they leave...

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from what i learned on GDF 2sq ft per bird 5 x 10 = 50 sq ft 25 birds should be your max as a rule of thumb

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head tuck um, place the head under the wing until they quit fight it,then gently laid them on there wing with the head under it

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I went to a training weekend late last fall just to check out the mnnavha there is alot of great people in that club with alot of nice dogs they were very helpful i ran my britt in a NA test last fall you may be close enough to go to some of there weekly training days, check out there web site i thi...

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Hunt Test Training Day - Free to the Public Public · By Willow Creek Kennels and Hunting Saturday, April 6, 2013 9:00am in CDT Chance of Rain 48°F / 18°F [Description] April 6th & 13th - Come out and train your dog in hunt test conditions at Willow Creek Kennels in Little Falls, MN. This is a good ...

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Call Jon Hann at Perfection Kennels and see what he thinks about taking your dog on for the Perfect Finish (steady to wing and shot) 4-day seminar. It's within a days driving distance and you'll get a ton of one-on-one with you and your dog. Plus, you get to see other owners making mistakes so you ...

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ok now my pups 16 months old and we are in my mind behind in training 100% my fault, i plan on attend a training seminar or two this summer i keep looking at a hickox training school but just a little nervous that its not money well spent, we've worked on gun into, bird intro, started heel and whoa,...

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20 ga yildiz over and under from acadamy sports for a bargain hunter looking for a over and under, i love mine

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got any pictures? how big does the hole have to be? will 4" work or 6" would be better?

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the pigeon coop is the first stop for my dog when she is let off her leash, good or bad i dont know

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well i getting a few more breeding pairs of homing pigeons tonight i was thinking of putting boxes for the birds to lay there eggs in, but my second coop where some of these bird will live is fairly small so i was think if i took white square 5 gallon buckets and screwed them to the outside of the c...

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well we live in the ice box of the nation and if it wasnt for ice fishing and snowmobiling i think i would move, but we don't have poisonous snakes or spiders i'm unsure its worth the trade

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will pigeons drink out of a nipple type watering system, right now to have a trough type water jug and they make a mess of that, does anyone use or have picture of a nipple type watering jug they use for pigeons . i have to set it on a plate style heater to keep it from freezeing

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Try craigslist... Sorry that's all the help I am. thats how i found mine, i posted a wanted to buy homing pigeons for dog training ad ,took about a month but i found some in my area FYI, it's easier to find them if you just say you want pigeons... very true, i just didnt want to lie to someone when...

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displaced_texan wrote:Try craigslist...

Sorry that's all the help I am.

thats how i found mine, i posted a wanted to buy homing pigeons for dog training ad ,took about a month but i found some in my area

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whatsnext wrote:If you plan on training him yourself get a source for pigeons or get a coop started NOW !! And some remote bird launchers.

great idea

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two stage furnaces work nice the company i work for installs alot of two stage furnaces,i also installed a 2 stage in my home with a variable speed blower(really nice for running your fan all the time or run the fan while running accessory such as a humidifer, super quiet when run on low speed) get ...

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search backwoods homes than search jeffery yago their is alot of good info on small off the grid system wrote by him, i bought most of the major parts for my solar system for my hunting cabin but havn't installed it yet, fyi, i would find 12volt dc lighting and only run the inverter when your watchi...

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