Recent content by Stonebroke

No offense, but I question how good the dogs are you are using. A good dog should find the vast majority of birds that are knocked down. When we knock a bird down and can't find it, we circle quite a ways downwind from where we saw the bird fall and work our way back so the dogs have the wind...

You misunderstood the points I was trying to make. I have no problem with non-residents coming here to hunt. I was a non-resident at one time who came to Montana to hunt. My point is basically that block mgt. has not opened up any land around here that wasn't open before if people asked...

You are correct. It's difficult for the young people to try to get permission. It's not a lot of fun for anyone to ask permission and be rejected time and time again. Maybe older people with decent jobs can afford to slip a farmer a $100 bill, but the young folks trying to start a family, who...

It can happen with any breed/dog that loves to retrieve from water. It killed a Golden Retriever here last summer also. It's not something to be paranoid about...just something to be aware of. My dogs would rather swim than eat, so I make sure they do not swim and retrieve for extended...

My thoughts on the topic (for what they're worth ;)). A community is about people coming together to help each other. There are volunteer fire departments, ambulance crews, as well as little league coaches, soccer coaches, and all sorts of volunteers in the communities throughout "Pheasant...

Over the past few years I've placed 2 pups that died from Water Intoxication with people . Since then I've been trying to get the word out and in talking with other people I've learned that others have lost dogs to Water Intoxication. What happens is that people go to a lake, river, etc. and...

I took a trip to Montana when I got out of the Coast Guard in 1974 to do some hunting and fishing. I was out here for about a month. When I left I knew I had to live here, so in 1977 I loaded up my old 1953 Willy's Pickup and headed west.... took me 7 days to drive here from Vermont. I've...

We have been breeding 100% Field Bred Springers for the past 29 years. Our planned litters for this year are sold out, but we are accepting reservations for 2018. We are located in Chinook, Montana (North Central Montana near the Saskatchewan Border). People are welcome to stop by any time to...

I'm sure everyone has different opinions on the block mgt. program. I remember what hunting was like before block mgt. as well as how it has evolved over the years since it started. I have mixed feelings on it. It's one of those "two edged sword" deals. The concept behind block mgt. is...

Block mgt....the two edged sword. A whole new topic for another thread.

Yup....we're in Chinook... 3 miles east right on the highway.

CRP started out as a program for taking submarginal farm land out of production...land that probably shouldn't have been farmed in the first place, but it ended up far different from that. Grain prices were low, so farmers found ways to put prime farm land into CRP, or at least that's what was...

CRP is pretty much non-existent these days. It's a sad deal. I'd estimate that 95% of what was in CRP is now being farmed again.

Thanks all.... Our pheasant numbers have been below average around here for the past couple of years, but hopefully we'll have a good hatch and numbers will recover.

I just found this site. I'm in Northcentral Montana along the Milk River... about 30 miles south of the Saskatchewan Border. I've lived here for the past 37 years. I've bred Field Bred Springers for the past 29 years and currently have 7 as well as a Llewellin Setter. I hunt pretty much...