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I see that you have an ivory Golden in one picture. Tell me more about it please. We are adding another dog (wife's dog) to the house soon and she is set on a Golden Retriever, but will only consider an ivory one. We had a golden for 11 years before he passed, but he wasn't from a hunting...

I like to think I am in control of me too. I hope my wife doesn't join this conversation, because she will say I am out of control and it's my mother's fault! :p

I heard about a turkey "poaching" conviction this weekend from a friend of mine that occurred on his property and I think it is worth sharing for anyone that is interested in. He was on a business call in his house when he heard a gunshot. He looked out his window and saw a vehicle he didn't...

When I hunt alone, I am very quiet and have success and can easily convince myself that it was because of a stealthy attack. When I am with a group, we are way to noisy in my opinion, but it is what it is and we also always seem to have success. This weekend I hosted an annual father/son (my...

I think you nailed it when you say over-weight dogs break down. Small dogs can over eat (get fed too much) and break down also. For most people, their dogs (especially labs) will gladly be couch potatoes 9 months out of year. Good pedigree and high energy dogs, regardless of their size, make...

Early in my hunting, I saw many of my friends with "heavy" labs (English Labs??) that were great retrievers, but not great hunters by my new standards after the first 3-4 years of the dogs life. They quickly began trailing along all day at pace of the hunter or slightly behind with the sole...

I would a think that the flocks of 10,000+ snow geese that we have around here certain times of the year could be susceptible.

For me, I will say parts of Kansas are back, and this happened quickly! I have mentioned on here before that 2 years ago, I had a 9 month old pup that we walked close to 50 miles before I was able to shoot her first rooster to retrieve. Last year was good, and this year has been amazing. I do...

Hopefully it was full of gas! I have never seen one of them with stale gas in the tank... Even starting an old power wagon will move the needle on the gauge! :ROFLMAO:

Based on the last few posts, we need to start a new thread! This started out about us taking about our fails, but it seems we need to start one about our successes! If we keep this up the ammo guys stock values are going to plummet!

I think it's safe to assume the "yips" can affect any hunter, in any state! 🤦😜

I almost always shoot an O/U. I've had some triple opportunities in the past that turned out to be singles or whiff.... And I am counting reloads and 3 or 4 shots!

In Kansas, it's a 4 bird limit. I have had several 2 for 2 doubles standing in 1 spot , but never a 3 for 3 triple. This was really nice for me and my confidence since 2 weeks ago I had a severe case of the "yips"! There were lots of birds flushing all over the field and would have kept hunting...

Today must have been a day off 3's! I left my house, drive 3 miles to a CRP corner that i haven't hunted all year. I had 4 birds come up one at a time. Three out of the four were roosters. I shot 3 times, dropped all three. Took my Benelli out for the first time in several years, but kind of...

20+ years ago I had a bird flush in front of me and I can still visualize it. The tail feathers were curled down instead of straight out in flight. Fortunately, I made a good shot and was able to find him. It was the only bird I had that day, so I didn't realize how cool he was, but he didn't...

It gets worse... Just wait!

I am guessing only a 2 year old...I would have probably passed on him to see what he may have become! *sarcasm*

I am guessing that anyone who doesn't think like us, won't feel like they can comment without being shamed. I doubt that I will know how many or why they feel like there is an advantage to be unsafe!

Not to derail from a very sad and serious post, but this question is along the lines of safety. How much quicker does a person feel like they are at target acquisition and firing by carrying their gun afield off "safe" prior to the actual flush? For me, it is an unconscious, fluid motion with...

As a kid I was always taught to keep the gun barrels pointed towards the ground. I never had a hunting dog growing up, so this made sense. After getting a hunting dog, I prefer to see gun barrels up! It also amazes me how many people carry their guns on "fire" in the field, and then when they...