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Good suggestions boys. I did order a cheap belt phone holder to try out-have not yet. I do know a local tailor to talk to. Or maybe my wife. Tom

Do they happen to have a cargo pocket for a cell phone? I've been unsuccessfully looking for a pair of brush pants with a cell phone pocket for several years. Tom

If you're looking for a Citori Feather, have someone check the actual weight. The Browning catalogs often showed unrealistic weights.

Good luck with the doctor visits.

YIKES. A little spendy indeed.

I have on pair for cross country skiing and one pair for hunting. They are the best that I have found.

I just ordered a medium skid plate for puppy Tucker. He is thinner than Brady who wears a Large, and Parker used to wear an XL. I thought I remembered that in the past Mendota offered regular width and narrow but their website now lists just S, M, L, and XL and no width choices. I also picked up...

One of the justifications I use to my checkbook when joining a group going to SD when will be paying to shoot is "It's for the dogs". My "home hunting field" is Eastern Colorado. My labs and I do a whole lot of walking for few shots and retrieves Going to SD for them is like going to Disneyland...

Wolfchief, I grew up in Rockford and hunted as a kid for pheasants with my Dad at a friend of his farm near Byron, just south of Rockford. Going to school at U of I in Champaign I had a couple of great trips with fraternity buds to hunt around Bloomington where they were from. I saw more birds...

I usually start with IC/M with #5 lead at 1220 in my Win 101(fair weather gun) and the same shells in IC in my Maxus (foul weather), both 12 g. I will tighten up if the only shots are longer range. Tom

Thanks for the feedback. They are not "my" trips so I either go or don't go. The labs always vote YES. I may try to do a second public only trip on my own.

I've hunted in SD with several different groups through the years, public land, pay-to-play, and combinations. None were preserves. All were wild birds, but maybe with some supplemented. What is the current going rate for private land daily trespass/gun fee with and without a guide? Thanks, Tom

What great pictures. It is so cool that the family can hunt together.

I'm still using one I got from Lion Country Supply about 5 years ago for just over $200. It was about half the price of others. It goes through 9V batteries pretty quickly but otherwise no issues. I just used it yesterday with Brady and today with Tucker. It will fit a pheasant but I usually...

I've used Mendota Skid Plates, Sylmars, and Cabela's vests with my labs and despite modifications I still have issues sometimes with front leg-pit abrasions. I often resort back to the skid plate with a cut-off T-shirt underneath. I pick them up at the thrift store for a buck or two on Seniors'...

Of the 8 lab pups we have had, Tucker is the wildest. He is a handful but like your situation, he is starting to calm down some. It helps that he can now spend more time with us and the other two dogs in the rest of the house and bedroom without getting in too much trouble. We had a good day...

It's really fun to watch how they progress. I am in similar shoes with a 7 mo. yellow lab pup. It's been 8 years since I had my last pup and I'm hoping that Brady can help me train Tucker. Good luck with your pup training. Tom

I wish you the best Zeb and hope you can keep at it until you can't-for the dogs and grandson. I'll be 71 in December with an 8 yr old lab and a 7 mo old lab pup--the wildest of the 8 lab pups we have had. I just hope to continue to hunt for the dogs until I cannot. I try to live by that Toby...

Brady with his first bird of the CO 21/22 season last year. And only a few after that, not counting an early December SoDak trip. Hopefully he can help train Tucker this year.

Fantastic picture Gatzby.