Recent content by westksbowhunter

Let the pup be a pup first. Start with crate training. I would suggest getting the Fowl Dawgs DVD's by Rick Stawski. Don't pull bits and pieces from different programs, pick one and stick with it. Keep your retrieve sessions short, maybe 3 or 4 a day and only a couple of times a week...

I hunted and lived in Kansas for 60 years and have seen 1 porcupine in the summer at cedar bluff 30 years ago, and living here all my life, have never gave a thought about a porcupine at all. There isn't really anything to worry about in Kansas other than a snare from a trapper or barb wire...

There was a good thread on the Upland Journal Forum about issues with the new 16 and 20 gauge A5 feeding malfunctions you might want to check out. I would really like to get a new A5 20 but just hate to pay that much and have feeding issues. Nobody does it as good as Benelli. I bought a new...

I live in between Hays and Kinsley and hunt everywhere and never found the need for dog boots. There is no way my dogs would tolerate them, they would have them chewed off within 5 minutes. The boots would be more trouble for them than the sandburs. I did have a dog 30 years ago that was a...

That is about right. I am looking for a started cocker or just getting a puppy and sending to a trainer over the summer. Puppies are $2500-$3000 and a started dog I am interested in is $7500. Looked at another started dog in Texas and she wanted $10,000 for it. More than likely will send a...

I am sure Pointing breeds are cheaper but you may have to up your price to find a quality dog. As far as labs and cockers go, puppies are in the $2000-$3000 range. I have a friend that sells GSP started dogs you could contact but they won't be in your price range. The last started dog I...

Lack of water more than likely. Should be drinking 64 ounces a day. If it is torn, you wouldn't be walking.

It's the over grazing that hurts all of wildlife. Over grazing has led to the expansion of cedars in some areas. Ranchers want to swath everything. Out of state swathers watch the drought monitor like a hawk and flock to areas when emergency grazing and haying opens up. A lot of Kansas bales...

I like mine. Deadly so far with a Briley Light Mod tube, non-ported of course.

I want my dogs on the birds as soon as it hits the ground.

Cats are a major problem in western Kansas with all the small towns we have out here. They hunt, hunt, and hunt some more for quail, rabbits, birds, etc. It's best to eliminate as many as you can.

You're right, a total lack of habitat. That's why we see birds really concentrated in areas with habitat. I have never seen farmers and ranchers bale as much hay as they do now. And a lot of it goes to Texas. Those out of state swathers monitor that drought monitor and come a calling when...

Yep due to access and low bird numbers.

I figured it was somewhere around there. It has been so bad for so long many forget what a great year looks like. We will be way under what a good year actually is again this year. When we start harvesting 750,000 plus birds a year I might use the word spectacular but we won't harvest half...

I'm getting ready to replace my Falken Wildpeaks. They are at 5/32 but the noise on the highway is unbearable. I still get great gas mileage but hate the noise. They weren't loud until I got down to about 7/32. Anyway I am going with the Cooper Discoverer Road+Trail® AT. If you do the...