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Went out yesterday, on a whim mostly. Private land near Cope 3 guys, 3 labs hunted for about 4 hours. 6 birds total, but the important thing is that we saw over 200 birds easy! I have never seen birds in Colorado like that, honestly it looked just like a day in South Dakota. We had some flushes...

I just wanted to let everyone here know about a great resource. Even though the title of "UPH Rookie" appears under his name, he is anything but. KwickLabs (Jim Boyer) is an incredible dog trainer, has incredible dogs, and has an incredible website. He doesn't even know me personally, but I have...

Sorry Beaker, didn't want to hijack your thread, just wanted to say hello and introduce myself. From Colorado, hunt with flushing labs, train for retriever hunt tests, no trials, although may try a derby. Like all of us here, love hunting upland birds, as well as waterfowl and archery. Dogs...

There are many sides to the "range" argument and wanted to get y'alls input. We are talking about dogs hunting their first year, first wild birds. A pro trainer told me recently that if a flushing dog is working a running bird and is running ahead to let the dog go ahead and flush the bird out...