Recent content by r_man

I started using Kennetreks a couple years ago and will never go back. They are expensive, but for my style of hunting, they're perfect. They feel like I could play basketball in them, but have enough support for sidehilling for chukars or elk. I usually do 10-15 mile per day upland hunts and...

I'm looking to replace my lab with a shorthair. Does anyone have any experience/references for local WA, or Northern ID? I'm looking for a dog with a tougher hide to withstand cuts and a calmer demeanor. Thanks,

I have no factual evidence to back this up, but I'm concerned with the potential for too narrow of a gene pool for the pointing labs. I was pretty sure that I wanted one to replace my non-pointing lab that pointed everything since he was a year old, but now am leaning towards a short-hair. It...

So are the Wesslpointers literally lab/gsp crosses?

I don't see myself putting a vest on a dog. Does the GSP "hide toughness" vary by genetics or are they all pretty "thin skinned?" I'm learning that each and every breed of dog is the best, but then according to other threads they're not worth letting out of the truck.

I'm a little disappointed that things were straightened out as I was beginning to enjoy the train-wreck that the thread diverged into, but I have been able to glean some info from many of the replies to give me some of the right questions to ask breeders. I'm still hunting my lab heavily. His...

Oh no now I did it. There are no absolutes. There are labs that bite, but the vast majority tend to be like the 10 or so that I've owned that can be trained to not even bark, while the majority of heelers will take someones arm off if they try to get in the pickup without being invited. I've...

I guess with the replies that I've seen I'm looking for 1. a dog that will be good with my two small boys (ie:not biting them or their friends or neighbors) 2. A dog that can point, then release on command to flush, then retrieve the bird back to me about 20 days per year 3. A hide that will...

Will they imprint and viciously protect a house/vehicle like a heeler? I read alot about chasing fur. Are you constantly fighting chasing rabbits, deer, and elk while hunting birds?

I've been hunting over labs for my entire life and am coming up on replacing my 10 year old soon. He's been the greatest upland lab I've ever seen, even decided he was a pointer, but that being said, he'd get outhunted by any decent shorthair. I do about 90% upland hunting and am considering a...

STAY AWAY FROM STOEGER SXS I got an uplander supreme for Christmas about 10 years ago. It mounted and swung great. Only problem was that it misfired. I packaged it up and sent it back to Stoeger. They sent (within about 3 months) a brand new gun. I thought hey a new gun, problem solved...

What is the size and temperment of the dogs?

Any first hand experience with the turkey creek dogs?

Does anyone have any experience with pointing lab breeders in the Northwest? I'm trying to find one for my dad. I lucked into a back yard bred lab that decided he'd point better than some short hairs I've seen (granted they weren't the greatest short hairs, but it spoiled me just the same)...

Don't get rid of the commission I will agree that the comission doesn't prioritize wildlife issues, they're very fish-centric, but this is because WDFW is staffed and funded by 80% fish program. I'll also agree that WDFW is too large. Their field staff continues to be reduced (agents and...