Recent content by GladHunter

No shade on you @BB but they block the muzzle blast and can still hear ambient sound? I struggle to believe that those passive(non-electronic) can block the dangerous sound and still pass through the "smaller" sounds.

What's that?? I second the importance of hearing, with the thickness of cover this year where I hunt, hearing is even more important to me. As much to know where my dogs are/went as it is for hearing flushes. If anyone has any recommendations for wind resistant active hearing protection...

Your symptoms sound very similar to an allergic reaction I had last year, except my symptoms appeared quicker(6-12 hours)

I keep having to remind myself of this when looking to buy shells....It really is such a small amount of the bird budget, but I haven't convinced my dutch self yet.

Nope, he is just blessed by him. He's got Iowa dirt and a wet spring/summer. The cover is so thick once a bird goes down you can't see it.

+1 on the 30/25. I would use 26/16 for my lab, but I don't want to deal with multiple foods and my setter needs the extra calories/energy.

DT always made good stuff, but the gear I used was 2010 or older. I cant speak to their current quality.

I shot one last year, bird up, bang, all motion ceases and it falls to the ground on the other side of a small but deep cut. 10ft deep and 10 ft across. As I stand and assess how to cross the cut, my lab catches up to me and we both look across the cut at the bird laying motionless between 1"...

Just keep at it Carguy. I finally got some points from my pointing lab this last weekend in his 3rd real season, I don't count the puppy season. He still runs ahead when tracking on the ground but the points on birds in the snow where awesome! I even got to reward his excellent work with a...

I have seen quail on each walk this fall, and I haven't even been to my quail spots. My anecdotal evidence corroborates the roadside numbers.

I'm following, although I need to know how to keep a yellow lab close. Will that be easier or harder than the black ones? :LOL:

I heard stories of hail this summer so bad they had to get out the snow plows to clear the roads. Perhaps that or some other weather related reason can explain the vast difference in experiences. On my trip to Lemmon-Hettinger area mid-October I saw plenty of birds, but hard to get to them with...

So do you like the Athlons better than the Vortex? Which Vortex do you have?

I think we are all looking at the stink eye, you just tried to cover it up with the mustache glasses in your avatar :ROFLMAO:

I stay out of standing crops, even when its left as a food plot. I do encourage my dogs to work them. If the shot is at all questionable I pass on the shot. If I shoot over crops/cover like that I want as close to zero chance of a cripple as possible. My dogs are good at cripple recovery but...