New to the site from MN

gonehunting4days · Post by **gonehunting4days** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 6:14 pm

Hi everyone,
I think that this a pretty cool site with lots of good info. I have two GSP's a two year old female and a 11 month old male. I will be hitting the hunt test starting next month with them. When I bought my female it was just to go hunting and now it has evolved into an obsession. I love to work with my dogs right know we are working on force fetching and it is going really well. After I knock out the JH test I will be steading more. Here are a few pics of my dogs.

here is my 2 year old with my 12 year old on his first youth duck hunt

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here is my 11 month old pup, here is 7 months old and foung these three for me.

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Chaingang · Post by **Chaingang** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 6:59 pm

Gonehuntin,

Welcome to the board, nice to meet a fellow Minnesotan. Cast and Blast is new member and from Minnesota also.

Nice looking bunch you have there. Yes, this dog training stuff gets under your skin. Good luck with the Hunt tests. Again welcome aboard, you picked a great site to learn from.

Tom

sweetsong · Post by **sweetsong** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 7:22 pm

Welcome, and I agree it is nice to see another fellow MN on the board. I hope to see ya at the MN hunt tests and field trials.

Terry

Lab Man · Post by **Lab Man** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 11:04 pm

Welcome to the forum from your neighbors south of you, are you getting tired of winter as well.

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Post by **Ayres** » Fri Feb 16, 2007 9:35 am

Welcome aboard!

hoffmann35 · Post by **hoffmann35** » Fri Feb 16, 2007 9:37 am

Welcome aboard from a former Minnesotan. Great pics, love the dogs and congrats to your boy for a good first duck hunt!!

cast_and_blast · Post by **cast_and_blast** » Fri Feb 16, 2007 9:46 am

You're at least 1 up on me (maybe two) - you have the dogs that I want!

Scott

gonehunting4days · Post by **gonehunting4days** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 3:52 pm

cast_and_blast,
your time will come soon, I would take your time and find the pup you want. I learned my lession once the hard way.

Dusty

Sartell Pointer · Post by **Sartell Pointer** » Sun Feb 18, 2007 9:18 pm

Welcome to the site Dusty. Where are you from in Minnesota?

gonehunting4days · Post by **gonehunting4days** » Sun Feb 18, 2007 9:29 pm

I am from Windom, Where are you from

Chaingang · Post by **Chaingang** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 12:04 am

gonehunting4days wrote:I am from Windom, Where are you from

Dusty,

Was hoping to make it down hunting in that general area last fall, but never made it down.

How was the hunting ?? lots of birds?

Post by **Greg Jennings** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 9:45 am

Welcome!

Regards,

AceofSpades41 · Post by **AceofSpades41** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 9:53 am

Welcome to GDF

Sorno · Post by **Sorno** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 10:42 am

Howdy,

I am from southern MN as well. I have an old gray faced GSP at home. I would never got with out a GSP.

Sartell Pointer · Post by **Sartell Pointer** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 6:03 pm

I'm from sunny skies Sartell, MN

gonehunting4days · Post by **gonehunting4days** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 8:32 pm

Man there are alot people here in MN thats great. Is anybody else here looking at going to the AKC hunt test coming up in St. Croix??

gonehunting4days · Post by **gonehunting4days** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 8:35 pm

bird hunting was good down here this year, I have saw better years.

Post by **ezzy333** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 9:03 pm

I think we are just about at our quota for MN people so if anyone else from there joins someones got to move.

Ezzy

gonehunting4days · Post by **gonehunting4days** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 9:23 pm

get me a ranch in dakota and I'll go

Breton13 · Post by **Breton13** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 9:35 pm

Hello and welcome from ND! If I had a ranch here, I'd be living on it! I'm brand new to hunting and gun dogs, and some day I'll participate in hunt tests myself. Right now I'm just learning about hunting from my friends and my first dog.
Welcome aboard, and I hope you enjoy the forum.

original mngsp · Post by **original mngsp** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 5:38 am

Gonehunting

Welcome aboard. Oak Grove, MN here.

I'll be at the test on Saturday April 21 doing some gunning on the Master/Senior course. Maybe I'll see you there.

kooba · Post by **kooba** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 2:26 pm

Well, another one from MN boys. Just registered today and love the site. I'm from the central part of the state. My male Lab is 7 months old and I'm having a blast training it. My wife on the other hand doesn't seem to understand. kooba

Chaingang · Post by **Chaingang** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 2:43 pm

ezzy333 wrote:I think we are just about at our quota for MN people so if anyone else from there joins someones got to move.

Ezzy

Us Minnesooootans are slowing taking control of the site.

Chaingang · Post by **Chaingang** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 2:45 pm

kooba wrote:Well, another one from MN boys. Just registered today and love the site. I'm from the central part of the state. My male Lab is 7 months old and I'm having a blast training it. My wife on the other hand doesn't seem to understand. kooba

velkommen om bord på !!!

I hope Breton doesn't see this.

Post by **ezzy333** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 3:44 pm

ChaingangIts a good think gonehuntin voluteered or you would be Chaingone. :roll: :roll:

Ezzy

Chaingang · Post by **Chaingang** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 4:02 pm

ezzy333 wrote:ChaingangIts a good think gonehuntin voluteered or you would be Chaingone. :roll: :roll:

Ezzy

Wagonmaster · Post by **Wagonmaster** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 5:48 pm

We are gonna have to use stealth, Tom, stealth. We gotta lay low until there are so many we can take em by surprise and overwhelm em. Maybe Wisconsin or North Dakota will pitch in.

original mngsp · Post by **original mngsp** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 5:58 pm

John

You worry me. As a WCHA hockey fan I can't imagine having Badger and/or Sioux fans on our side. Maybe if they promise not to show up wearing red and green respectively maybe we could build an alliance.

Wagonmaster · Post by **Wagonmaster** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 6:23 pm

Or cheese. Cheese would be the worst.

But you know the saying, keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

original mngsp · Post by **original mngsp** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 6:26 pm

As in a foam cheese hat???? I hope not.

Chaingang · Post by **Chaingang** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 7:18 pm

Wagonmaster wrote:We are gonna have to use stealth, Tom, stealth. We gotta lay low until there are so many we can take em by surprise and overwhelm em. Maybe Wisconsin or North Dakota will pitch in.

Good Idea. I'm going to have to do some recruiting. Maybe have the new recruits register without a location in their profile. Then just before the big coo, change their location to Minnesota and announce the takeover? I think our fellow Norseman to the east and west will join forces once we mass.

From now on... everything in Norveegian code.

seier!! seier!!

Post by **ezzy333** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 9:09 pm

You guys know there is no foriegn language allowed. We made an exception for Minnesotan since we can kind of get the idea when we hear it what you are talking about but that is far as it goes

Ezzy.

Windyhills · Post by **Windyhills** » Sun Feb 25, 2007 1:00 pm

original mngsp wrote:John

You worry me. As a WCHA hockey fan I can't imagine having Badger and/or Sioux fans on our side. Maybe if they promise not to show up wearing red and green respectively maybe we could build an alliance.

GO FIGHTING SIOUX!

I might be willing to join the board takeover, but you ain't gonna get me to be a rodent supporter.

Wagonmaster · Post by **Wagonmaster** » Sun Feb 25, 2007 5:11 pm

You only have to pretend to like em long enough to take over. Then we will let you eat em all. If you want. For now, keep it quiet and just between us, we might need em. Wait... were gophers aren't we... hey you aren't planning on a midnite snack on no gophers are you?

Windyhills, is that the GSP kennel name of decades ago?

original mngsp · Post by **original mngsp** » Sun Feb 25, 2007 5:46 pm

Windyhills... Is that you Tim Q.?

I am usually a Golden Rodent fan due to the fact that is what FSN usually shows. But there are a couple weekends a year that is very fun to see them lose, this last one being one. What a weekend by the Huskies!! Both the Huskies and the Gophers could be big factors in the NCAA tourney.

Wagonmaster · Post by **Wagonmaster** » Sun Feb 25, 2007 6:23 pm

Are you guys talking professional wrestling again?

Windyhills · Post by **Windyhills** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 12:58 am

They don't allow much 'wrastlin in hockey anymore.

Born/raised here but 1/2 of my college schooling was in good old Grand Forks...and hockey was the event in those days. I do hear that some dead rodents found their way on to the ice up there on occasion...can't say I know how though--unless someone can tell me the statute of limitations has run out.

My call name is in my dogs registered name, but not related to the old GSP line from down south. Didn't find out about that until later. AKC never said anything, so assume they didn't lock in the kennel name or let it lapse.

Chris has me pegged--didn't know who you were until I checked out boomers pedigree. Good to see you here. Seems like a nice site.

I ended up going with Chad Hines young stud by the way Chris...not an easy choice but I don't think I can go wrong. Good trial background a generation back on both sides yet is a natural and very easy/early developing handler.

original mngsp · Post by **original mngsp** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 6:00 am

You'll like this site. Plenty of good knowledgable people always willing to lend an ear and offer some advice.

It'' be fun to to see those pups that are coming grow up. I'm sure I'll see some over the years at some events.

I heard stories about the dead gophers being thrown on the ice back at the Old Ralph. It never surprised my that people would trap gophers all summer long, throw them in the freezer to bring out for two nights during the winter. Just kind of always figured there probably wasn't anything better to do up in Grand Forks.

This year the Gophers were victims of a battery attack up at St. Cloud. You really have to wonder what kind of genious came up with the idea of a flashlight giveaway to a college hockey crowd....and not expect batteries to be launched.

whiteruger · Post by **whiteruger** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 7:35 am

Welcome! From way up north at Lake of the Woods

We lived in E. Grand Forks for 14 years & up here since 2002. A take over? You betcha!
I was at a game where they threw dead gophers on the ice

It was real soon after we had moved to E.G.F. : & I was pretty shocked :roll: , It was my first hockey game, being a born & raised Southern California girl

hoffmann35 · Post by **hoffmann35** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 8:53 am

Go St. Cloud State!! How are they doing this year? I don't really get to follow them at all down here. Both my parents graduated from there and I was born in St. Cloud. Haven't been there in a few years but I was pumped up to drive through on the way to Devils Lake last fall. GO VIKES!! Maybe we can have a good signing year and clean house on the offensive side.

original mngsp · Post by **original mngsp** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 9:15 am

Hoffman35,

I'll share your enthusiam for the Huskies, 1992 grad here. They are doing very will, Motzko has brought energy and recruiting that I don't think they have seen up there since the late Herb Brooks was there. After the weekend sweep of the gophers they moved up to #2 in the polls. With the scoring they have and the goaltending they should be a factor in the NCAAs this year.

Look forward to the WCHA Final Five coming up, see if the recent dominance of the gophers can continue.

But for your Vikes cheering..... you want them you can have them. I have very little time for pro sports and zero time or interest in the vikings. I'd like to see them leave town for anywhere and then see what would happen to Gopher football program, it would go through the roof. The only problem is then I would probably have to sit next to some half drunk, pro wresting loving, displaced viking fan at the Gopher games and that would be kind of a downer.

Breton13 · Post by **Breton13** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 10:57 am

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velkommen om bord på !!!

I hope Breton doesn't see this.

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Haven't been on the forum much lately, but I'm liking the new trend! Makes me feel right at home!

Heia Norge!

Chaingang · Post by **Chaingang** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 11:06 am

hvor var De født i Norge ?

Hope I said that right.

Breton13 · Post by **Breton13** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 12:44 pm

Bodø, born and raised. Will attach some pics when I get around to it... And you?
(And you can use du instead of De. De is very formal, and not used much anymore.)

gonehunting4days · Post by **gonehunting4days** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 2:50 pm

I better go se my grandma and brush up on some norske??

Chaingang · Post by **Chaingang** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 5:42 pm

Breton13 wrote:Bodø, born and raised. Will attach some pics when I get around to it... And you?
(And you can use du instead of De. De is very formal, and not used much anymore.)

Born and raised in good ol Minnesoooota. My mother is a full blooded Norwegian. Her father spoke Norwegian around the house often when she was a young girl. His father immigrated from Norway back in the late 1800's.

I hear Norway is very beautiful, would be nice to maybe visit someday? How was it to come that you ended up over in the US, and NoDak in particular?

Breton13 · Post by **Breton13** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 6:15 pm

Met my husband in Paris. He is in the Air Force, and after we got married we spent 6 yrs in Germany before getting staioned here. And let me tell ya, as far as people here goes, I feel right at home! Bit far from the ocean and mountains though, but I'll survive.

Chaingang · Post by **Chaingang** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 6:38 pm

Breton13 wrote:Met my husband in Paris. He is in the Air Force, and after we got married we spent 6 yrs in Germany before getting staioned here. And let me tell ya, as far as people here goes, I feel right at home! Bit far from the ocean and mountains though, but I'll survive.

Does that mean NoDak might not be permanent home? If you feel homesick you might check out Minot in October for Norsk Hostfest. Here is a link in case your interested: http://www.hostfest.com/

Breton13 · Post by **Breton13** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 10:43 pm

Yes, I've attended it twice. Go mostly for the food, everything else is too expensive

cast_and_blast · Post by **cast_and_blast** » Wed Mar 03, 2010 4:33 pm

I'm back and I have a deposit on a Gsp pup - should be ready to come home in mid to late June 2010.

Looking forward to it!

Scott

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