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I put mine on a homemade "adventure trailer". I've slept 4 in this tent. I've taken mine on a few fishing trips to arkansas, and a couple of deer hunts, but haven't hauled it on any pheasant hunts yet. I'm okay with staying in dumpy motels for $30-45 per night per person if there's a chance of...

I can see the usefulness of the bells in fields that are so thick with trall grass that the dog literally disappears from sight. My lab is pretty quiet when in the field, and i can see where a flusher may get a bit too far out on those windy days that they may get turned around in the thick...

Vicksburg, Mississippi

Several years ago, I decided instead of joining a local deer camp here in MS I would spend my annual hunting budget making as many road trips as I could to SD. I still deer hunt public land around home and go with friends to their camp when invited, but as long as I’m still able to navigate the...

I’ve done this a few times with a buddy who has pointers and I have a flushing lab. We try to stay abreast of each other, and about 30- 40 yrds apart as we move through a field and follow the dogs. Close enough to hear each other if need be, far enough apart to cover decent ground

i got 30 days until we pack up and heard north.

From the SD Hunting Regulations handbook

ive run into this several times in the last few years with a labrador. no matter what, she seems to always end the day with the top of her nose bright pink and scratched up pretty good. sometimes to the point of bleeding. when i tried to put some ointment on it, it seems like she would lick it...

some buddies and I tried to make a “last weekend of the season” trip to SD in Jan 2023. Unfortunately, the area we were planning to go was snowed under and we had to make a last minute change of destination. A mutual friend of one of our group recommended Upland Inn. UI was able to accommodate...

How often do you folks hear about people having their kennels (that aren’t bolted down) and dogs stolen (from kennels that aren’t locked) out the back of their pickups? This is one of my biggest concerns when on a trip with a pickup and having a 2nd floor motel room or hotel and struggle with...

did you mount the kennel agianst the cab, or up against the tailgate?

I first introduced my lab to untethered quail at 24wks/6months. I stood in the middle of a hay field and threw 3 quail up in the air (1 at a time) and watched where they landed. Then I went and turned her out of her kennel. I would walk in the general direction of where the birds landed, and she...

This week my spousal unit and I started experimenting with the crockpot to see what’s cheap, easy and will hit the spot for hearty meals after cold windy days. I depart for SD in ten weeks and plan to fine tune the menu between now and then

The closer we get to sept 1, the more the itch grows. I find myself going through the house keeping an eye open for what got strewn about by the end of last season. If I notice something I use in the field or on the trip to the field, I try to grab it and relocate it closer to where all my other...

Who cooks their meals in the motel room or on porch/parking lot outside your room? This year, our road trip lodging will be 5 nights in a single level roadside motor motel. The roof overhangs the 3 or 4 feet the of the front stoop/porch and the trucks can be backed in right in front of the...