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and, as with all training, when you think you are getting angry with the pup, STOP and come back later. It'll be fine.

Superb work and great patience. Now, take a business card-sized piece of paper and put your name, the date you did the stock, what you do for a living and what/where you hunt. Put it in the anchor hole in the stock and hundreds of year from now, future generations will marvel at your work...

It was neat to see, DD, but got me wondering if you had a skiff to get the ducks, or retrievers to work the deltas. Just marking the birds would be a full-time job. My great teal adventure involved two hunters, my old car, his year-old 4x4 extended cab pickup, my 1933 Winchester 97, his...

Nice video. But it only reinforces my belief that Teal hunting was initiated and pushed by ammunition manufacturers. ;)

Jenny Willow by Mike Gaddis is an extremely well-written book. I may have a predisposition to like it because it is, in part, a story about an old man and his final dog. There much more though, for the dog goes on...and does the story. I believe you will appreciate it, and it will stir...

My experience, NOT IN A CAR. shade under a porch or a tree is entirely different. All the discussion about alternatives in the world will not erase the sight, feel and heft of that limp, heat-exhausted dead setter puppy from my mind. It gutted me. Be safe.

Just an old guy's preference, but I've only kept one synthetic stocked long gun firearm in my life and that is a much sought-after Remington Nylon 66 (There's a story there). I love the look, feel, and scratches and scars on my old guns. When I was looking through sporting goods stores, I...

No matter how hard I try to spell it conventionally, I always end up calling the water below the house a "crik." And It's why I decided on the house 35 years ago, and why I still think it is where I belong. Best wishes. EDIT: From 2013, (seems like yesterday.)...

SW? Up in the upper right -hand corner of your screen is your name, an envelop icon, a bell icon, and the "search" icon. The Envelop icon will allow you to send a private message to a member. Welcome, and best wishes.

RUN RAINEY, RUN by Mel Ellis, one time editor of Sports Afield and Field Sports editor of the Milwaukee Journal. My favorite dog-themed book, and all stories are true, but written as a story, more than a field report. It got me through years of dog-lessness until I moved to rural Wisconsin...

Just an observation, out here in family farm dairy country, birds will tolerate a fair amount of noise, probably because the fields and pastures are more frequently visited by equipment, and when the corn is being taken in, it probably means loose corn is on the ground following the noisy...

What HE ^ said; or frozen pigeons--over and over again, high praise, no disciplining, for fifteen minute sessions, then quit. Treats only a few minutes after the sessions are done. At 5 months, is a puppy, she will learn. When I first got Mick from ABRescue, that night I heard some rustling...

Solid, patient, craftsmanship demonstrated throughout. I couldn't even attempt it on my best day. Nicely done.

You eliminated one issue; good for you. Now, just consider the weather patterns, the growth of development, the reduction of funds for wildlife protection, and the changing agendas of virtually every elected and appointed official in the country (?World?) Some one once said, "Take care of the...

Hang in there, as you say, Life Happens. Glad you are ok enough to make plans. Be well.

I wouldn't--no, make that I couldn't--do that. I'd get a motel room or check with local vets for temp boarding. Decades ago, I was called in to try and resuscitate an English Setter pup which had been left in a car, all windows open, in a crate. The pup was dead. Image can still flash in my...

JonnyB? I think they are straps holding chest protection vests to the belly side of the dogs.

Follow-up: Got the Diabetes 2 under control, had the cataract surgery (both eyes) in March, then my body decided to have a heart attack, or unstable angina attack and am currently recovering from the stent and angioplasty operations. Just wrapped up my 77th year and it was not fun. Tink is...

Yesterday came across a 12ga sxs which is extremely portable, but which may require some retro training for most of us. Look up Diablo shotguns, and another "d" name which I can't recall right now. Spoiler alert: They are 6 inch-barrelled black powder shotguns with a pistol grip. At first I...

Heavens help us, the internet has something about everydarnedthing: https://dreamastromeanings.com/dreams-about-ducks-interpretation-and-meaning/