The easiest way to determine if your gun mount has issues, close your eyes and mount your gun into a corner in the room. See where your landing, repeat repeat again. If it's consistently off your gun doesn't fit you right.
You can help yourself if this is a problem by finding what feels...
None of my past or current dogs ate/eat well on the road. I have found by adding meat and broth helps immensely. I boil ground venison, venison liver or similar. The broth part is important to give them the extra water that there using up.
I agree with the Federal pheasants forever upland load it is my favorite. But the current price is stupid high.
I'm trying Winchester super pheasant this year which came at sale price that was much more reasonable.
I have that vest as well, tad heavy but fantastic for loading birds, shell loops in pockets. Waist strap to support birds.
Unfortunately I think they quit making it. When I bought mine several years ago they were hard to find.
We had an instance where we were hunting a washout in the middle of a corn field. As we approach 8 or 10 chickens get up out of range. I remind everyone that many times a single chicken doesnt take off with the group. When that hold out bird got up, turned out to be a hen.
Not many that I have seen either in Ohio. Went to a couple of hunt type tests and would see maybe 5 or 6. The trainers that have trained my dog are die hard Lab guys and absolutely adored having mine to train
Watched 20 birds land in knee high grass as we are hunting a SD creek. They land within a 100 yards of us, 3 dogs and 4 guys tromped all over never to see a bird. Houdini could learn from them.
Not sure this pertinent only an observation. I have been very faithful to Federal blackcloud waterfowl loads. I was unable to secure any those this year. I switched to the Heavy hammer waterfowl rounds which are constructed in the same manner as the upland rounds. The performance of those...