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I have a Golden now that turned 17 last month. Hunted her when she was 15 and shot several roosters over her. She can’t hear and the eye site is not great but still goes on a half hour walk every day. I’m kind of wondering if she will outlive me.

Damn hell has frozen over, but I kind of agree with Goose. There is a caveat in that you should take the dog to obedience classes, if nothing else just to socialize,by having decent habits around other people and dogs. Almost any where you live there will be some hunters that get together to...

Yeh Goose I’ve only been going to MT since the mid nineties. I could use some help too. I’d buy beer but I only drink craft beer not mass market swill.

To my knowledge no. I hate to say it but Goose would be more knowledgeable. From my understanding the “pro trainers” pretty much got a bye. Again I don’t blame MT something needed to be done. There will not be much money lost by the state for these new rules. They were dirt cheap for years...

The issue came to a head with the locals over the trailers with dozens of dogs. One campground I stayed at had an outfit with 43 dogs. They would take a few out to train and leave the rest on chains to bark all day long. That campground now has a 3 dog limit. MT has one license good for all...

Last year they were telling nonresidents to voluntarily not shoot pheasants the first week. I ran into hunters in the campground who thought that law was already in effect. This is in response to nonresidents coming out for the grouse hunting in September and staying through the pheasant opener...

Now that is a great idea and a worthy cause. Personally I have run into trial washouts that are great family pets and hunting dogs. I have seen some wonderful dogs that were not a right fit for their original owners that blossomed under a new owner.good for him.

I can’t imagine hunting without a dog. To me I wouldn’t bird hunt if I didn’t have a dog. I am 74 and considering a new pup. The question is whether your partner and living conditions would support a dog. It is a big time consideration. You can train a dog yourself if you have the time and...

I will second that. But every so often Goose sticks his head up and makes us all go HUH?

I hunted both this last year. Crops were up in both till late this year. Used to be I would prefer ND as there were more places to hunt, now with electronic posting along with physical posting that is not the case. Before deer season in ND any available land in ND was crowded after deer season...

Agreed. I have a 4 season TT and have camped down to minus 20. I don’t need to hunt at those temps but do travel between spots when it is that cold. Yes it lowers my mileage but I usually stay 3 to 10 days at a spot so it really doesn’t matter.

Guys the real answer is a travel trailer or the equivalent. I spend 3 or 4 months on the road a year. The only motel rooms I need are through Canada on the Alcan. Even there I have a list of cabins to rent that are dog friendly. This year I had 5 dogs and the relaxation of knowing that I would...

That is why you need to have all your dogs look alike. We traveled with 5 this year, all goldens. Just walked only 2 at a time, no problem. Most of our time was camping and there many times there was a 3 dog limit per site and no one picked up that we had more.

Same here. There are 3 or more gas chainsaws lying around in the shop. All work with a whole lot of fussing. I grab the electric one because of the lack of fussing. If I needed to cut firewood all day I would fuss with one and get it going. If I need to cut up a tree that the wind blows over the...

I use the 1000 mg capsules from Costco. Just one with their food at night. I also supplement with salmon scraps a couple times a week. The oil is probably all they need but as a special treat fish is appreciated.