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Don’t see how this relates to someone shooting a 14 month old untrained dog?

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With all due respect, to me this is not a political issue. But rather an issue of animal cruelty and lack of understanding on how to train a dog.

Interesting how a Minnesota dog trainer gets arrested for killing a hard-to-train dog, but a Governor does essentially the same thing with no repercussions.

A few years ago I spent a few hours at this trainers place. First chance to expose my pup to released birds. Got his name on a recommendation. Honestly didn’t have any issues or concerns working with him. Because we were exposing the pup to bird scent for the first time, no e-collar was ever...

BB, I also use the Orvis ones and agree they work well. Even in the grouse woods, these won’t come out accidentally.

I hunted sharptail in Sept near Wing. Didn’t see any pheasants driving around the area at all

Been at it for nearly 50 years. In my opinion, early season conditions have been trending warmer overall. I agree with most commenters these warmer temps (over 70 degrees) are simply not worth the risk to our dogs.

So, how warm do you feel is too warm to safely hunt your dog in cover (grouse woods or crop)?

October 1st in Minnesota. Sunny and upper 80’s today (again). Too warm to safely get out (again)…

I spoke with G&F upland biologist last week. Heard the same thing, although he noted conditions were ideal for roadside counts

Does anyone know what the 2022 forecast map looked like? Would be an interesting comparison

I spent the last few days putting on 2,374 miles trying to find this spot. Gravel road, corn, stop sign and roadkill. Found it! Can’t wait until opening morning at the Horse and Hunt club!

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