Recent content by CharBroiled

Last year in Socks's first year, we were hunting down by Arlington. It was taller CRP and the wind came up enough Socks couldn't hear me very well. GPS collar had him at 100, then 200, then 300 yards and moving. Soon it was 500, then 700, then my collar went from yards to miles. We don't know...

Looks like they were found!!

We took to the field this morning working public ground. Socks did pretty well in the milo field by pointing a hen, working one skittish hen to a buffer strip before she hit her afterburners as he couldn't pin her, and pointing one other rooster (I think) breaking before I could get to it. Dang...

This morning, despite a worthless ankle, Socks and I took a buddy out for his first-ever pheasant hunt. My buddy grew up in Missouri and likes to take to the woods for deer now and then, but was intrigued by the prospect of chasing some of those pimp suit-wearing ditch chickens. I had been...

Well this was not the thread I needed to read. Because the ups came up HUGE today as I whiffed on four roosters. Should have limited out and walked back to the truck, but nope I'm not sure there were even pellets in my shells. Socks gave me a side eye.

I think I'll keep feeding him. He hunted with his dad today and it was incredible to see them running together at times, and then hunting for the gun. They covered a ton of real estate and both had several solid points with Socks getting to have some rock hard honors on his dad's points. It was...

On Opening Day, I had a friend hunting an area of public hunting which required a check-in and non toxic shot. While they are in the field or just beginning, SEVENTEEN pickups all from Texas rolled up on them (in a quarter section) and hunters poured out of the trucks. My friend kind of asked...

Stay safe! Good luck!! Watch out because a lot of the roads are going to turn to slime pits. Socks and I will probably wait until Sunday evening to go out, so we wish y'all the best out there. Enjoy your time in the field this weekend boys and girls!

Orignally, I was taken with Socks. But his brother was growing on me as I was walking all of them at times, working on some "whoa" and "easy" commands. Socks was very independent, and he loved to watch the world from a corner of the kennel. The whole family was out there one October day last...

OMG! So many people think Socks is a lab. I had a prof from the local college ask me "So is that a lab?" I said "No, he's a GSP." "Are you sure?" "Uh, relatively? It says so on his papers." Almost as if I didn't know my own dog's breed.

I got him from a friend who has had litters of GSPs off and on. Socks is 18 months old with two black and white feet and a black and white chest plate.

The longest week of the year. I've read all the doom and gloom reports and yet, I still don't care. Socks and I will be hitting the field plenty, as my bosses have told me, "If you have to hunt, you have to hunt as long as you get your stuff done." I warned them there might be snowy mornings...

The boy is picking things up. Eight months old and his honor is solid, he loves to retrieve and he's got a pretty decent nose. Of course, he's got some MPE (Mad Puppy Energy) so once in a while, recall is a battle, but the dog is pretty smart.

We had a great week. Socks had his first retrieve along with a lot of work on some pen-raised and wild birds. I'd like to think we're doing things right.

First gun dog for me. I've hunted over many GSPs including my pup's dad and grandad.