Recent content by mutthunt

Garmin Pro550+ and never look back.

If you dog train, I'd recommend against an Alpha. K.I.S.S. is very important, and I've seen plenty of missed corrections with dudes fumbling that handheld. Pro 500+ is where it's at.

Look at rain maps for may and june. Pick your area. You'll find birds...they may not sit in October, but you'll find them.

I'll clean critters all night long for a group, as long as someone keeps cracking beers for me!

Not saying what to do, but I could see a CO pinching you for being over the limit if you have birds split into two. Maybe not though, I'm not a CO.

Overall I'd say grouse were average abundance at best. This was my first true opener, and I couldn't believe how spooky they were...no better than week 3-4 of the season. We did hear that there was a lot of professional dog training going on this summer in the area, but I didn't think they could...

Tornado chased our group off the land today! Crazy out here!

Central ND. 8 miles walked. 3 dogs. 2 coveys. 4 Singles. Not great.

Packing up the truck for sharptail opener. The PP can barely be bothered. The DD stares daggers every time I come in. She always thinks she's gonna get left behind. This may not make sense, but the PP hunts with passion. The DD hunts with intensity.

Lewis dog boots have served me well for the last 6 years in AZ.

I always look forward to your on the ground reports!

That's unfortunate, but it was also steady growth for several years. A drop was probably inevitable? I've always waited til the second or third week of the season to go out, doing my first true opener this year. Can't come soon enough!

I had a pair of Crispi Thors. The most comfortable boot ever out of the box, but leaked like a sieve.

She sounds like a tough bird!

That's a very good point. People like to poopoo Minneapolis, but I work in a major metro hospital and we not only get the tougher cases from our state, but the cases (mostly pediatrics) that Sanford in the Dakotas doesn't want or can't make any money from.