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Now that is ideas that I’m looking for. Wife never mentioned budget.

I’d need to put the first scratch n it though.

So the wife says you haven’t bought a gun in a while. So I have to fix that and not disappoint her. I was thinking of getting a 16 O/U or maybe a sxs. Why, because there’s only 12s and 20s in the safe. Anything I get will be a working gun, it will get scratches and dents because well I fall...

I always said when I was fully retired I was gonna start chasing birds in August in AK and hunt all the way down to Az and quit at the end of February. Well I almost made it this year. I started chasing grouse around home mid August, it was abysmal,slightly better than last year when I only...

Obedience than once they have the adult teeth a forced fetch. Use what birds you can get to start them on. I use ducks and pigeons because they are in my freezer. I do marks as in duck hunting although I mostly upland hunt. They learn to use their nose with marks.

I have a golden female who Will turn 16 next month. I would hunt for an hour or less in shortish cover. She is totally deaf so I worry about losing her. Shot several roosters over her this year. I also have a 12 year old who is just starting to slow, also going deaf. I still hunted him in tall...

I have had a couple blonde Goldens that were great hunters. In fact I have one that will be 16 in February that I still shot birds over this fall. All my younger ones are red, more the field lines. I got the blonde ones out of a kennel in New York, don’t know if they are still active, they were...

So every campground has a couple covies which the dogs are supposed to ignore while we put on miles for a couple birds out in the field. I wouldn’t be surprised if one of the dogs just looses it one day and woofs one down under a picnic table.

Back in the day before e-collars I had one stubborn dog that every year I had to shoot one and clobber him with it. Worked for the season and had to repeat every year. Now a gentle tap on the tone works wonders.

Yes Merry Christmas to everyone and thank you for bringing up interesting topics. Even you Goose.

I guess that is where you are referring to. My relatives would say the soil bank days in the Dakotas. If you look at the harvest records they are probably right. For me when CRP first started going those were the prime days. Late 80s, 90s were unbelievable. The early 00s were good also. Since...

I was in a parking lot in Az where that was the case. Seemed great, cooler under the panels in the shade and provided a benefit. However I did see several signs about cleaning pigeons shit off panels.

Mushers use dog boots which is a never ending battle. I watched the start of the Iditarod a few years ago and the trail was lined with them. Personally I use pad toughner unless there is an abrasion than new skin and as a last resort bring out boots.

Well I’m probably not the best source since this is the first year I have really tried it. Anyway the talk in the campground where I’m staying is the bird numbers are down. One outfit said they have been coming here for 26 years and it is the worst they have seen it. Me not knowing squat move a...

Kind of what I’m finding. I’ve lost a couple runners even with good dogs. Lots of miles between covies. The good news is the campgrounds are pretty empty. People hunt a couple days and leave.

I’m 73, I have no idea how many times I have fallen this year. It’s more every year, but I can still crawl up so I guess it is okay.

Uh yeah.

A couple old timers, probably younger than me said once there is 3 nights in a row under 40 the risk goes way down. Potential freeze tonight here.

It will be a wild ride the next 4years. CRP may be cut and the tariffs if they happen could result in retaliation from overseas buyers of grain crops making CRP look good again. I imagine a lot of farmers are loosing sleep with worry. Planning in the near future will be tough.

Don’t buy any lotto tickets in the near future.