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ive been once in early december and twice in late january. the temps have ranged anywhere from 7 to mid 50's and winds from 5-10mpy up to 20-25mph with 30mph gusts. two years ago, we caught an unseasonably warm weekend for late january, and last year we arrived to find shin-to-knee-deep snow...

i got my lab puppy at 8 weeks in december 2020. after i brought her home, I played fetch with her with tennis balls and pheasant wings for several weeks. at 4 months, I took her our to some hay fields that had knee to waist high grass and worked her on a lead, using pen raised quail tethered to...

What symptoms manifested to lead you to discovering Sage had a holein her lung?

if you were going to be by yourself or with other females, i'd say go for it. with other neutered males along, it could make for a uncomfortable and chaotic experience in the field, and where ever y'all are staying it the evening. I took mine who came into her first heat cycle the weekend...

6 more fridays until i head north!

The last two times I've been on short-notice, late seasons hunt the last weekend of January on private land, my group gave the host several bottles of bourbon that semed to be hard to get in SE SD. This was in additon to the $ we paid to stay at his farmhouse and hunt his place. Both times...

I don’t have the GA300. However, I notice that it comes with a lanyard similar to what my sport dog came with . I upgraded to a heavy hauler lanyard just this week that has a clip for my transmitter and my whistle. If the clip won’t fit in the recess for the GA300, you may be able to put a...

I’m not whining about the miles or hours. I enjoy the road trip and the windshield time I get with my buddies. The destination is great, but the adventure just wouldn’t be the same without the journey!

Any of y’all familiar with “hot beef commercial”? I read an article a while back about it being a staple along the I90 corridor between MN and Rapid City. I don’t recall seeing it on any menus in the places I’ve stopped to eat, and not exactly sure where to find it, But I’d like to give it a...

SD is a 14 hour drive from where I’m from. When i first started traveling to SD, I only used 3-4 days of a 10 day license. It never sat right with me that I was leaving days on the table. When i got a dog for Christmas 2020, I decided I’d go at least twice a year. Last year, I was fortunate...

that map looks alot better than it did last year and the year before....

what i'm wondering about is whether there has been, or will be, emergency haying on the CREP and other public areas like the last couple years. I saw where there was fllodig in June, but havent seen anything on drought conditions the rest of the summer. many of the spots i'm familiar wih...

i had an experience a couple of years ago where i pulled up to the first field of the morning about 9:30 and the previous evening's dinner came calling. it was 18deg with a 25mph wind and there wasn't a tree in sight and there wasnt a ditch nearby to get out of the wind. i had so many layers on...

My dog sleeps in the bed with me and I stay in cheap motels. So I bring a bedspread to put over the motel covers to keep her hair of their linens, and a pillow and sleeping bag for me to sleep in to ward of whatever may be lurking on the motel linens. I also bring a thermos and mulling spices...

My 4 yr old lab has been struggling with incessant scratching. Earlier this summer, I took her in to the vet in June and the good doctor gave her a steroid shot and some oral meds for 14 days to address a skin bacteria infection. Scratching stopped almost immediately. Two months later, it’s...

Kids went back to college this week so now I’m fixing to tackle the list of things to get ready for a few road trips that are scheduled in October. I put together a pack list a couple years and I find the hardest part is locating the items that inevitably get scattered around the house after...

A thread about hunting road trip costs got me to thinking about what meals would be good to fix this year at the Airbnb during our week long hunt instead of eating out. 4 guys. Moderately equipped kitchen. 5 nights. 6 mornings. Enlighten me with your favorite home cooked hearty fall season...

Well…I tend to treat myself to local restaurants while I’m up there so I’m usually spending more for my meals than I do at home. This year I’ve got 3 buddies coming with me, and we’ve got an Airbnb for the week so the fuel and lodging will be less $/person than usual and we will cook our own...

To be honest, I didnt catch the error and over looked the numbering. If you asked me on a deeper level, my last freelance public land trip ended up with my lodging costing as much as my fuel costs…so tied for second on the list… I’m still at the point that I start thinking about next season a...

i mainly use mine in the vibrate mode to recall my lab when she gets too far out from me and i dont have to holler for her. I find it very useful on windy days when its difficult for her to hear me calling her. i try to also use a whistle which ill be a bit louder in the wind. very rarely have i...