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Thank you all, some really great advice. His videos seem great too, taking it nice and slow with him so he he'll stop being so avoidant of it

Thank you, what do you do if you're dog is starting to avoid the bumper? He will last for 2-3 "hold" and then he's absolutely done. Again, I don't want to get to the point where he's running from it, but he's getting there now

Thank you, working on the hold training now. He has a love-hate relationship with the bumper. When it's being thrown, he can't get enough, but once I'm doing the hold training, he is happiest when I tell him to release it. He isn't good enough with it yet to listen to the command when we're...

Thank you guys. He's just about a year old - not purchased intending to be a gun dog, but I wanted to give it a shot. He's doing remarkably well with just about every other aspect of training, but presenting after retrieval is pretty abysmal.

Hi guys, I've been training my dog which has been going pretty well. One issue that's come up, though, is him playing with the bumper on retrieval. He runs back to me with it, but then wants to shake it and play around with it instead of dropping it. I've tried trading it out with another toy or...

Thank you all. I'm thinking I'll get a decent pump or auto and then save up for a nice O/U in that case. I'd also like to get into some waterfowl hunting at some point and will need something for that. I like the look and feel of an O/U a bit more but not for a $500 difference, if that makes...

That makes sense, thank you sir

That sounds good thank you. Worst comes to worst I can just sleep in my truck if I can't get a room all the nights

Thanks guys. Looking at SD and IA for now. Thinking the further south the better for an early January trip? I know the whole corridor doesn't vary in temperature all that much like the coasts but still thinking it may be a decent idea. Open to suggestions though

Thanks guys. Maybe I'll look into doing a day or two guided and then kick around some brush the rest of the time. Might bring my dog (non hunting) with me for the hell of it if I can get him accustomed to gunfire by then. I've been working on it and he's been doing well but not something I want...

Thanks all. My impression was that dogs were nearly essential for hunting - is that not necessarily the case? The preserves I talked to made it sound impossible, but thinking about that a little more, I guess that mindset would help their business. If I can save some money and do it myself I...

Hi all, I'm new to the sport and was hoping to take a trip sometime this winter. There are a few preserves by my house and have a hunt lined up with one, but I had to cancel a different hunting trip and am looking to replace it. Does anyone have some good recommendations for the most affordable...

Absolutely. Not super worried about engravings, just want something that'll last me

I'm happy with essentially any viable hunting gauge (12, 16, 20). I doubt I'm good enough of a shot to make a 28 work though

Thanks guys. I'll have to keep an eye out for the Miroku. I was interested in the CZ's but read they may have some reliability problems. I guess in my price range pretty much anything would though