I don’t have the formula but warm days stacked together dont help, look more at the nighttime lows.. that warm feeling on the back of your neck from the sun is what they seek. This year has been warm down here, if I waited on optimal weather it would be 10 days in the field instead of 30. Is...
Jim the kuiu bird pack need serious consideration, it’s made for large birds, some water storage, simple design. Price point is reasonable compared to some of the other high end packs. My dad and brother run one, both are happy so far.
If you are just using one collar with the 550 link it to one of the other collar settings and compare.. that sounds like a calibration issue. A new link may fix it
Took a good friend yesterday and his 16 year old son, both shot nine birds and were smiling all day.. I agree, not first timers but once a year hunters.
We had 5 on one walk today, it was after lunch when they all had the fresh taken out. Had a nice point with two backers stacked up behind her.. most situations 2 is plenty imo.
Snakes.. I don’t like them either, but they live here and I’ve done what I can on the prevention side. It’s happened to me before and I’ll deal with it if it happens again.
Full disclosure that’s my friends dog, my first setter should be born any day! Currently have some German dogs. Those are boots from motorcycle inner tubes, really effective on grass burs burs… Lewis are a good boot