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Browning Bird-n-Lite strap vest for me. My wife sewed a velcro patch on the front of the left strap to hold my E-collar transmitter. Works great.

Three different breeders, and that makes 8 different breeders for 8 labs. Parker on the right is 85 and keeping him pretty lean due to deteriorating back legs. Little Brady in the middle is 60. I think Tucker will end up around 70 ish. Parker and Brady both point, too soon to tell about...

Little Tucker joins the fleet, becoming yellow lab #8

Did the quail hold for the long walk in? Both my labs point but are what I call "close pointers"- the bird, in the few times it holds, is usually about 10 inches from their nose.

I just mentioned in a previous post that my older lab Parker retired before this season. A couple of weeks ago I went down into the basement for something and it smelled. I thought my floor drain P-trap had dried out so filled it with water. The next morning I was down there and the smell...

Great looking pup. I just met my first Pudelpointer in person out hunting this past season. She was with a friend of a friend and he had a GSP. also. We only did a couple of fields with them and as usual the birds in eastern CO were scarce so I didn't get to see her do much other than going...

Late post. I loved the glove stories. I'll admit to being a glove nut and probably have 10 pairs in my kit box. I almost always wear gloves, usually just thin soft leather types unless it's below 30. Then maybe thin leather on my shooting hand and a warmer one on my left hand. I'm always...

Good info guys. I lost my lab for 90 minutes in a standing cornfield in NoDak in October. That was a first for me and got me to looking at the various Garmin systems. Several of my pointer friends have the Alpha 100. I was leaning toward the Alpha 10 and would probably have bought one except...

I am so sorry about your home Matt. I live in Aurora and did not hear about the fire until about 8:30 that night and watched the coverage in horror as it played out. I reload only 12GA. Send me a PM with your cell and we can talk about what I can help you out with. Tom

If you're thinking at all about labs, don't just limit yourself to a Fox Red Lab (part of the yellow class). It's just a color thing and most breeders that worry more about color don't worry nearly as much about hunting pedigrees or family values. I say this even though I have been restricted...

Good luck. I looked for a used one for several years without any luck. I ended up ordering a new one from Lion Country Supply that was on sale for a little over $200 about 4 years ago. I have been very happy with it while training my two pointing labs, and helping buddies with their flushing...

My wife has always told me I could get any color Lab as long as it was yellow. Parker and Brady are numbers 6 and 7 in our string of yellow male (used to be) labs. Parker is now 11 and sadly, this is his first year of retirement from pheasant hunting. Brady will soon be 8 so it's time to start...

The gun may be just too light for you compared to your other gun, and you "poke and shoot" rather than swing. I chased the lightweight 12GA O/U game with a 6lb 4oz Lanber with 26" barrels. It seemed to fit. I compared POA/POI with my other guns and they were similar. I finally did some...

That's a great story about your dog chasing a rooster into a badger hole. I'm glad the badger wasn't there.

Wow-you guys are great. I can't believe the number of responses so quickly. So some clarifications. Both my labs will point but not that often do the wild pheasants, especially roosters, cooperate. They normally will quarter pretty close but I sometimes have to "steer" the older dog Parker...

Good timing on this post. I was hunting in NoDAk opening weekend and I lost my younger lab Brady for about 90 minutes in an over the head standing cornfield with windy conditions. That's the first time this has ever happened to me. I had seen it happen to friends with bigger running...

So sorry to hear about this Kick. What a tough year. Anything other than "old age" is always an extra heart breaker. Time will help heal. Tom

Hey K-em-up, are you still with CZ in KC? I haven't kept track of you since they closed our Pheasants Forever chapter in Denver. Tom

I got a last minute invitation as a substitution in a group of six hunting private land in N. Dakota across the border from Lemmon, SD. The final stats were six guys, 3 days, one dog (my lab), 4 birds. The story we were able to piece together was two straight years of extreme drought, and...