Recent content by BRITTMAN

I like fried burger or eggs as a topper after long hunt days as nutritional boost and to get tired dogs to eat their supper.

Agree - 1 year old pointing dog is about finding birds ... pointing birds ... sometimes they break ... just like sometimes we miss shots or pick the wrong field to hunt. I do not expect my bird dogs to be perfectionists (especially on wild birds) until about their 3rd season and then even then...

Speaking of missing in action ... our ND resident friends have not posted since December 3.

Snow December hunts are a love - hate thing for me. I hate losing that October feel ... agree though that climbing into the truck a bit chilled and damp ... dog curled up in the front seat next to you ... limit of birds in the back ... last one taken as the sun touches the horizon. Drive...

Mostly a combination of luck and perseverance mixed in with touch of experience and decent dogs. But let me share that experience can also cut against you - sometimes you pass on opportunities because you have been down that road before or you say been there done that and/or not again...

He was missing for most all of 2024 season ...

In range can be an issue in winter - snowy settings. Last week all three birds I took the day I was out flushed under point no further than 10 feet from me. I still try to contemplate how I could not see any one of them in that snowy quagmire of cover. I try to underdress because I know I...

Coyote hound dogs I suspect ... coon dogs, coyote dogs, bear dogs do not worry about property lines ... best if they hunt big areas... Did the owner pick up the dogs or get them moved on so there was no risk of his dogs interacting with yours ? Did they bump any birds ? If you know the...

Young and spry ... snow ... don't let deep snow stop our fun.

Very common practice is SD (their target area). The land is often ideal habitat or ideal potential habitat. They do sign up for permanent easements that likely bind the new owners to conservation programs. Here you go ... https://www.ducks.org/conservation/land-protection/revolving-land-program

A bit misleading in the area that shows little or no snow cover. I was there a week ago and the grass was completely filled in with snow. I realize that the rain may have wiped out snow cover in the fields. I spoke to someone out there and much of the cover is still drifted full of snow and...

The most concerning thing about larger groups is general inexperience of some in the group.

Flip side. There are (historically speaking) signed WMAs and WPAs that are not mapped. Had a couple in MN and one in ND that took years to find there way on the map.

Just make sure to keep Canadian Rye out of the seed mix

PF commitment to lobby for CRP, CREP, and conservation easements cannot be understated. USDA programs to take land into grass often far exceeds total land owned and managed publicly.