Recent content by Mara5

Very happy ending! Love it.

Went with Drahthaars for 30 yrs. First fell in love with their looks, then discovered VDDGNA. Loved the controlled breeding program. Had 7-8 over the yrs. Never sorry about my choice.

Beautiful pictures!

Hope you and your wife, and dogs have many yrs. of memories together.

When I lived in Iowa, and hunted phez, I would drive home a different way each time. It didn't matter where I was hunting, I'd drive home different way each time, looking for potential hunting sites. Worked really well.

Lived in Crawford Cnty. for over 20 yrs.

I've had two, that i considered terrible: 1.) My favorite (and best dog) caught in a 330 conibear. Unconscious when released, but came out of it fine. LUCKY me. 2.) Set gun on top of dog box to load dogs. Forgot about gun and drove away. Just coincidently looked in...

My go to gun for over 30 yrs. was a Browning Liege, choked i/c & i/m. I shot copper sixes the entire season, and never had a problem. I hunted most of that time behind Dratht's in western Iowa/

While living in Iowa I had a three dog aluminum dog box. I drilled a hole thru the two back corners, and put in two eye bolts. Next I drilled two holes thru bed of pickup, and inserted two more eye bolts. Put the box back in, and the eye bolts were very close to each other. Then just use a...

When I hunted I was alone 98% of time. Loved it!

This is just my opinion from hunting phez for over 40 yrs. Yes, you can shoot phez without a dog, but your opportunities will be greatlly diminished. You need the dog to find those that love to sit and hide, also to find the runners. Without a dog you'll walk by a lot of birds. Also phex is a...

For approximately 30 yrs. I shot copper plated 6's, from I/C & I/M. Killed 100+ birds per season. This was over pointing dogs, and a 12 ga.

My favorite O/U was choked I/C and I/M. Never had any complaints.

When I lived back east and had to travel (long distances), we always brought gifts. Most of the time was real maple syrup, in pint and quart size. Landowners always got the quart size, and the pints were handed out as needed.

When hunting, and you miss a shot, does your dog give you a funny look? I remember one time pooch tracked a bird for at least 3-4 yds. in heavy cover, and extremely windy. At the end a big rooster got up 20yds. from me, easy shot right! That darn bird got up into that wind and was gone. I fired...