Recent content by bobman

And a very loud whistle is far better than your voice for helping a dog find you

I don’t know I only use it to keep track of my dogs, should be simple to try and find out. It’s also very simple to convert kilometers to miles

I changed mine to meters and it solved this issue

Anyone intentionally walking around with their safety off would never hunt with me again

Really saddened about what happened to Kansas it was a fantastic experience before they allowed NR deer hunting

You know that big ski hill right off I94 at the Oconomowoc exit That’s totally man made, that area was a flat rolling piece of prairie when I was in high school in the 60s It was a pheasant hunting paradise, lots of changes. I find it sad to return to be honest.

I lived in Waukesha county ( Oconomowoc ) in the 1960s a 30 pointed pheasant day was common, so were Huns. All wild birds. the soil bank program created perfect habitat There were no turkeys and seeing deer was remarkable, there were deer but not like today

If you have a dog with a coat the cold can’t penetrate you can hunt My dogs don’t, so I don’t ask them to, because I know they would go

Make sure you have some chapstick the wind it tough on lips

That’s a meaningless timeline, the ethanol mandate was put into law in 2006 if I remember correctly Do a google search using “wildlife habitat loss since ethanol mandate” It’s millions of acres I’m in my 70s I watched it happen, the loss is huge it decimated grassland habitat and...

The ethanol law drastically reduced habitat and access in the corn belt. That is what concentrated hunters It’s been a disaster for wildlife and even the “environmental community “ that drove it now realizes it was a big mistake. However the ethanol lobby is entrenched and there’s zero...

Setters and pointers don’t trail like continentals they wind scent

Pm me your email address I have plans from gun dog magazine back in the 90s they are on p d f files so I have to send them as an attachment they are built to Minnesota humane society specifications they are free of course

Google joe tippens and fenbendazole I would definitely try the protocol on your dog Not expensive and no big side effect issues lots of talk in veterinary circles about it

I have a nice set of plans on JPEG files They are from gun dog magazine in the eighties or early nineties and are designed to Minnesota humane society specifications They have to be sent as attachments to an email so if anyone wants them they have to PM me their email address They are of...