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My go-to pheasant shotguns are a Browning Citori and a Winchester SX4, along with a Browning BPS 3.5" (my go-to waterfowl shotgun that occasionally get pressed into service for upland) and several Remington 870s. I probably take the Citori 40% of the time, the SX4 50% (usually start using the...

Depends on how much agriculture access they allow. Some PLOTS in ND are straight up row crop and it's not unusual to be plowed up bare flat dirt in late October. We tend to see more of these PLOTS south of Valley City/Jamestown rather than out west. Makes me wonder why they bother making...

These raw spots are known as hot spots and are commonly caused by the collar not being tight enough to hold the prongs in place. The receiver should be high on the neck just behind the jaw, tight enough to just slip a finger under, and the prongs should actually make contact with the dog's...

I enjoy The Flush and record each new episode. Although they have episodes where it's obvious they are shooting planted roosters at some lodge operation (I looked up one they were hunting on in SD and just about shot coffee out my nose when I saw their prices), most of the time it appears...

Short answer is no, it won't. In fact when it gets back, I would bet it's even a better companion and it will love to train even more. I send all of my pups to a pro trainer to do FF/CC, after their OB is rock solid and their adult choppers are fully in. This ends up being 10 to 12 months...

For what it's worth; I'm not a big auto guy, but the one I've settled on is a Winchester SX4. I like it primarily because it's light and LOP can be shortened to 13.75" which fits me perfectly. It gets the call when I'm hunting in conditions I don't want to subject the Citori too... My wife...

Not a doubt in my mind...

By & large I concur with Labrador. Everyone has their own expectations so I won't go there, I will just say that in my dog training experience you will get out of the dog the work you put into it. What are my expectations? To earn a place on the Wrecking Crew my labs have to be finished...

I call these "Existential Hunts". The kind where you slog resolutely on to the end with no hope for success, and are not disappointed. When you stare into the abyss, the abyss stares back, and neither likes what it saw...

Last year one time I carried my keys rather than leaving them in my truck (Expedition). Of course, I dropped them out of my pocket when I pulled out my phone. I backtracked for 45 minutes but no joy. Luckily I was close to the house and Toni was home, so she brought out her set. Cost me over...

Check & put an inquiry on Bis-Man Classifeds (internet site) and both Dickinson & New England Buy & Sell (FB pages)...

Twice while field hunting geese in eastern ND, we had coyotes attack goose decoys. Both got loads of steel 2's rather than a goose dinner...

We have some weird buckaroos out here in western ND...

Now that is weird...

What, and interrupt my deer hunting? Nope, I wondered what in the hell I just saw and hunkered down until shooting light... I have wondered if I didn't see some kind of anti-satellite weapon or drone test? For sure it looked like the first was trying to avoid the second. Doesn't explain...

OK guys. I have had a number of weird experiences over the years, but what I saw during Firearms Deer Season in 2019 is by far the most inexplicable. If you read read my post on Sweet 16's thread, I described my favorite spot to glass deer during Firearms Season down in the SW corner of ND...

When I was 8 I was hunting rabbits along the tracks in Fairmont, MN with my BB gun when I flushed a hen that was climbing to go over the packing plant building and didn't quite clear it. She flew right into the side of the building about 2 feet from from clearing it and fell down stone dead. I...

OK, this is an extension of Sweet 16's thread on the coolest thing you've seen while hunting. I'm asking what the weirdest,/strangest thing you've seen or experienced while hunting (any kind of hunting)? If you've spent any substantial time in the field I'm betting you have seen or experienced...

I haven't heard of this program but every successful trainer I know follows a structured program, including myself. I was fortunate enough to have been mentored & guided by two pros when I trained my first lab so developed my program based on their teachings. Sounds like your program is like...

The question is what level of training has she had to this point? Just as a point of reference, when I start a pup at 7 weeks old, it takes 16-18 months of training two 10-30 minute sessions a day (the session time increases as the pup matures and learns how to train) to complete the program...