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It's pretty cool & as a trainer satisfying to see two or three labs that have been given the "mark" prep command cocked & locked, waiting to hear their name called. Towards the end of the program I follow, I train my labs to find & retrieve arrows, article search, and shed search. Here is a...

Not overly hard to do in this instance due to where each dog was at the shot, because I could clearly see them and the falls, and because they are trained to honor the other dog's retrieve. In waterfowl hunting where we often hunt multiple dogs at the same time, a basic part of retriever...

For the record, I never use a metal linked choke collar and never will. If you've ever seen the damage they can do to a dog when employed by someone who doesn't know how to use them or purposely abuses them, you know why... I use a (leather) pinch collar when teaching formal OB (sit, heel...

Concur. Very common shot when field hunting waterfowl, which until I moved down here was 95% of my wingshooting. Almost always miss well behind because the angle is continuously changing as the bird nears and for me at least, completely blotting the bird from view with the muzzle/barrel feels...

Two words:. Force Fetch...

Twice last weekend, once on Sat and again on Sun, a rooster someone else crippled escaped the collective efforts of the Crew and I. The second day I saw how and it was impressive. We were working the cover along the top of the banks of the Cannonball River. The river probably probably...

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Pheasant hunting is full of inexplicable hits & misses... So I'm out with the Wrecking Crew last Sunday. They are putting up steady but not spectacular numbers of birds, unlike Saturday which was unforgettable for the sheer number of birds flushed. They flush a rooster about 10 yards in front...

Outstanding!

Really depends on the situation. It's not unusual that one is out on Injured Reserve or just needs a day off, but I rarely hunt with less than two. When I have more than two with I use a Dogtra multi-dog e-collar system that allows control of 4 collars off the same transmitter . If I'm hunting...

Yet another limit courtesy of the Wrecking Crew this morning. They flushed a couple hundred, as many times as I've seen this it never gets old. As usual old Betty got a couple blinds when we got back...

My dogs are always over a year old when they begin their first season. When I start a 7 week old pup I always get a late winter born pup. It takes 16-24 months to complete the program I follow for my labs, so they are fully trained & ready to hunt the Fall of their second year...

It is the worst final drive, I've had to do it several times. My kennel queen Betty will be 15 in a few months and I had no choice but to finally medically retire her this season. She still has the drive, so she got a couple "old dog" hunts in my food plot and gets some blinds with dead birds...

10 Minute Retriever by John & Amy Dahl. It will take you from 7 weeks to about 6 months. After that, Smartwork by Evan Graham...

Howdy, from the Free State of North Dakota...

Go easy, bro...

Depends on the injury. Applying EMT Gel and supergluing gashes shut then hunting on are standard fare for the Wrecking Crew. Last year Harley got a face full of porkie quills while hunting a hot field and was damned mad when I brought him in & pulled them out with the Gerber Dime multi-tool...

Years ago I picked up a pair of Scheel's brand leather shooting gloves that turned out to be the best early/mid season upland gloves I've ever used. Thin & snug fitting for dexterity, tough, and all day comfortable. Don't know if they are still available or not. Next time I get to Scheel.s...

Feral cats are nature's own moving targets...

Average time? 15 minutes...