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I always try to choose a name that can be shortened to one syllable to make commands easier and clearer for the dog (and me). As an example, our current two labs are Reba and Gemini. Reba becomes "Rebe" in the field and Gemini becomes "Gem". Both allow emphasis for commands. That has made my...

Yup. Those are the colors you go to SD for!

Kent makes good ammo. I don't think you can go wrong with FastLead. My only caveat is, as Joe Hunter noted, the "fast" loads tend not to produce tight patterns. I've always attributed this to increased pellet deformation due to the added "set back" and the lead pellets deforming on each other...

Black Hills for fall colors. That isn't pheasant country, though, but it is pretty and not very crowded in the fall. We pull a travel trailer when we hunt. In SD we generally stay at State Parks. They are well maintained, have water, dump stations, showers, etc. and are "hunter friendly", though...

I started using Winchester's Rooster XR ammunition when I decided to go "back" to all round shot. The shot is copper plated high antimony - excellent quality for dense patterns. I've found it to be very effective and though it is more expensive, when I add up how much pheasant hunting trips cost...

I've said this before on this forum, I shot Prairie Storm for quite a few years with pretty decent success but never in all those years/birds did I find one "Flitestopper" pellet in a bird. My simple-minded analysis was that the belt around the middle causes those shot to be "flyers", quickly...

I agree that current research indicates grain free dog foods have problems, but as my mother always said "never say never". In our case one of our labs had a diagnosed allergy to corn and other grains. Our choice was to let her vomit every day and live a miserable life with an inflamed digestive...

A short update on PPP "sensitive skin and stomach" food. After 2 weeks the lab that has shown allergies to things like corn in food has started vomiting again, pretty much every day. When she started this about 4 years ago our vet did an upper GI scope ($1,300) and found her digestive track was...

No one thinks of fire until it happens. Grass fires can be as or even more dangerous than forest fires. Look at northern Colorado for an extreme example. Most of my friends on the plains are scared to death of folks pulling into a "parking" area with grass reaching the frame of the vehicle...

It took me a moment to figure out that there were two different entities posting videos to this thread and that they were both running springers. Is that correct? Anyway, as far as quality, both are plenty good for me. I particularly enjoy the dog work. It took me a while to figure out, in the...

I've been feeding Taste of the Wild grain free to both my young (6 years) and old (11 years) labs for the last few years. The younger dog has a "grain" allergy of some sort which this food seemed to sort out. The older dog had lived 10 years on Royal Canin Labrador formula without a glitch until...

That is why I never hunt in large groups or with unknown dogs. It can ruin good dogs and even result in injuries to your dogs. Everyone to their own as to what a "good hunt" is, but from my perspective this sounds like a nightmare.

Your first picture kind of shows what my labs think of springers. From a labs view point "a little pushy". My labs prefer to hunt as far away from a springer as possible, yet are fascinated by that stub tail and their hunting technique so they will stop and watch every once in a while.

Hopefully you have OnX, Huntstand or some other application that will allow you to identify private and public lands. In the areas we hunt there are lots of unfenced, unposted private lands mixed in with public lands. There often isn't a house within miles to (try) to ask permission to hunt. My...

Should be the best hunting of the year. Unfortunately my wife is very ill so I'm done for this season.

Its interesting. Like many, I started out upland game hunting (mostly pheasants) with a 12ga. My dad handed me a Winchester Model 97 and off we went. By the end of the day my knuckles were dragging on the ground carrying that gun, but I seemed to hit a few birds. Finally I graduated to a...

It's likely that there were roosters, you just didn't find them. Hens don't have to have a strong hunter survival mechanism. Late in the season they are often not anywhere near roosters. I haven't hunted SD in the last 2 years, but down in Kansas in December we would find groups of hens with no...

Don't go down the road of "cost per bird". If you enjoy hunting wild birds, do it.

Thanks. I don't usually enjoy hunting videos but yours was well done and depicted real life on a tough day.

I hunt in Danner "Vital" boots. Hard rubber impregnated leather toe cap that doesn't drag in the brush/grass. The boots have a waterproof lining that has never failed me. The sole also isn't so rough that it drags. If you walk a lot in heavy cover you will notice your boots dragging really...