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nhachman

Yes, that's my 6 year old female that I have been primarily competing with in NSTRA, she is a champion. Close up in her pedigree is Shambo's Dark Shadow and Beeline Bullet's Bravado. Further back include HOF dogs such as Markar's Jac's A Dan D, Scott's Gingerbread Lady, Reed's Bo-Nine Max, Jim De Bo...

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I have been running in NSTRA for 5 years in the Mo-Kan region. This venue is typically highly competitive, so you should be prepared for that. I love being part of the competition, utilizing my shooting skills and strategy. I have recently started competing at a national level, which brings a whole ...

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Edit: Looks like some sort of automatic censoring is breaking the link. Here is a shortened URL that should work: http://bit.ly/1SnzAAt This could be an interesting watch for bird dog and field trial enthusiasts. Set to premier in October on the Hunt Channel and run through March. It looks like this...

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Yes, that should be clarified that I placed in the first qualifying round and not overall. Although I wished I had gone farther I did not make it past the 2nd elimination round. I was beat 3-2 by Nathan Tekell and his very nice GSP 4x CH Tek's Bitsy Boo. Katie put on a great performance but the thir...

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Thanks ncpointers,we had a great time and met a lot of great people. I'm hooked on national competition and am already counting the days until the Endurance Classic. I have some training to do over the summer, but now I know she has the talent to run with the best. http://i1128.photobucket.com/album...

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From someone who has participated in NSTRA for a couple years now, I congratulate you and Katie! What a great accomplishment! Nationals are next up - Ha!! Enjoy playing the game with your pup!!! She's entered in the UKC Performance Classic at the end of May. I'm looking to keep her hot streak alive...

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Congratulations Elsa!

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Sunday afternoon Katie beat out an English Pointer who had himself won on Saturday, scoring 5 birds to his 2. The score held up over the last few braces and at the end of the day she had her final trial win needed to be certified a NSTRA Champion. This has been a long time coming, but I knew that sh...

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I don't know why clubs don't get a group together and raise their own birds. Day old's are inexpensive compared to mature birds. I doubt it would cost anywhere near as much as someone else raising and then shipping them. Out here chukar's run about $9+ and Bob White $5+. the initial cost will be co...

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I have seen pheasant raising setups where they hung the pipe with the nipples with chains and they adjusted the height as the birds grew but I don't know how high they actually were. That's how I do it in my chicken brooders and I just eyeball it compared to the chicks and raise it about inch or so...

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Mine are about 7 inches from the ground. When I first put the chicks in there I stuck a piece of scrap wood under the nipples so they could have help reaching if they needed it until they were grown.

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Hunted 5 days in SD, 12 roosters bagged. Hunted two and a half days in MO, 2 roosters and 7 quail bagged. The best part about this season was that I have seen more birds in Missouri than I have in the last 5 years.

nhachman

This Saturday is my last chance to hunt pheasant and quail. It was forecast to be in the teens, but now they've upped it to the 20s so I feel fortunate. Especially when tomorrow's low is -2.

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Great video, thanks for sharing. Nice dog work. I got a kick out of the aussie shepherd running down cripples.

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Not a great picture since I zoomed in on my smartphone camera...

Introducing Hi-Tek Katie's One Shot Outlaw (Jesse), looking good at 10 months.

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To respond back contents of the original post, you must also make a distinction between titles since there are Pointing Lab hunt tests and I'm sure they have someone to print those titles on their pedigrees. I bring this up because you stated you are interested in hunting upland game with your Lab, ...

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I spent the day hunting public land in NW Missouri with a friend. 3 roosters seen, one shot, one bagged. Approximately 35 quail seen in 4 coveys, 6 shot, 5 bagged. One bonus swamp rabbit. I came across an area where I counted 20 pheasant roosts before I stopped counting. There are still decent bird ...

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Same day session with Boone dog.

Backing the above point

Found his own bird

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Had a little time yesterday afternoon to put a few pigeons out for the dogs. Had one of the nicest looking points I have seen from my Katie dog. Wished I hadn't put the collar on her, it would have been a nice picture otherwise. She's coming in season though and didn't want her to go her own way whe...

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Hah. Talk about having some puppy dog eyes! Good looking pup.

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Great photo. It took me a while to find the third dog.

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NSTRA is for the traditional pointing breeds. What you're probably looking for to participate in with your lab are the retriever trials and hunt tests, such as AKC events. http://www.akc.org/dog_shows_trials/field_events/links.cfm Has a lot of information on events by type/breed. http://www.apps.akc...

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Even if it's not as good as the glory days, it's still worth going north to chase pheasant out in God's country. Those are some nice looking birds that you bagged too.

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Every elevator we passed on the drive had at least one if not two of those HUGH piles of corn on the ground covered in tarps. I'm talking about 200-250 yards long, 80 wide, and 60-70 feet tall. There was not any standing corn left in the areas we hunted, though some looked to be very recently taken ...

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Yeah, we still had a good time. That one rooster you noticed was a very nice bird, and has a lot of meat on him. If I didn't just drop off 5 birds and a coyote at the taxidermist I'd have saved him to get done too :D I did hear of a few farmers in the area considering re-enrolling a lot of acres bac...

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That's pretty much what we experienced. The birds are easily spooked and it was difficult even getting within a hundred yards of them before they'd flush. We saw tons of hens that would hold in big groups that all got up together. Managed to shoot a few that sat in the tree rows on the edges of corn...

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Great video, I enjoyed watching it.

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Booked the lodging and headed back up to SD early tomorrow morning for my first late season hunt. It's just me and a hunting partner with our 6 dogs. The weather forecast isn't as bad as it could be, in the high 20s to low 30s Friday and Saturday with clear skies. I'm taking my camera and hoping to ...

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It looks like you had a fine hunt. Thanks for sharing your accounts.

nhachman

When Katie was a pup she escaped from her kennel while we were away for a few hours. When we got back we knew immediately, as we walked in through the garage there was a trail of destruction. Empty M&Ms bag, granola bar wrappers, and other misc. papers were trailed to the stairs, and up the stairs. ...

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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=-VB...

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deseeker wrote:
MGIII wrote:
DonF wrote:nice but that one of the Britt is super!!!

I agree. That's a great picture
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Wow, how much for a print?! That is a spectacular shot, hats off.

nhachman

Knock on wood, I have not had a dog get skunked yet but many in our group did this year. I found myself within a few feet of one that had taken aim on me, but I immediately turned around and got out of Dodge before it decided to let loose.

nhachman

Nice job Doug, looks like you've been having a good time and that's what it's all about.

Nick

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We had a freeze Saturday morning, so that helped with scenting even through it was still pretty green out. Everything will be dying off now but the weather is going to warm up in the 50s this week. The field I hunted still had beans standing on it, but the area around me is about 75% harvested on be...

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Only had a few hours to hunt yesterday, but got out early and hit a place just up the road. We covered a few hundred acres and found two coveys. The dogs did superb, had some great points, honoring, and a fantastic blind retrieve. Not bad for a two hour hunt. http://i1128.photobucket.com/albums/m488...

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Had a great time as always hunting SD opening weekend with my family. My dad was able to go this year and we spent one day hunting solo with my dogs and had a fine hunt. In the area I hunt, I can't say there are more birds this year than last year. Even though more of the crops were out I would say ...

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This thread needs more Brittanys

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Now that I have a second dog that is steady on birds, I have been spending the past couple of weeks improving Katie's honoring. She had been in a bad habit of blinking dogs on point. I think she has made great improvement. Here is a video of my younger male (Boone) pointing, and Katie coming in and ...

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Sounds like a file permission issue on the server side. The server administrator will have to sort that out.

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Finally finished the major construction on my quail coop. Had to get the quail out of the brooder, they were getting too big and it was crowded. I constructed most of this with reclaimed materials. The base is a shipping crate bottom from some cabinets. The walls are roof are corrugated tin and galv...

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http://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/Home/StateDroughtMonitor.aspx?KS Two prior years of sharp population decline due to drought (and the associated factors) and now another year of drought. My opinion is that this will be another year of decline and poor hunting opportunities overall. I'm trying my luck ...

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Wide angle

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I went with 3/8", here is what the finished floor looks like.

The dogs approved.

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Jesse at 10 weeks

http://www.perfectpedigrees.com/4genview.php?id=5761

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Happened upon a single quail while out on our evening run on Saturday. Boone pointing and Katie backing.

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With the unit on, press the power button on the side. A screen is shown momentarily that has settings to adjust the display brightness, and also in the bottom right corner has the option to lock the touchscreen. When the touchscreen is locked the stimulation levels cannot be changed. To unlock, pres...

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Boone backing Katie yesterday during training.

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