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    What do you hunt at 1st light?

    I remember that as well, but at least with us it was the landowner doing the driving 😆 Go figure, NEVER did we actually get one doing that but for a kid, nothing more fun!
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    “Weather” or not?

    👍🏼 Sent you a message
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    “Weather” or not?

    A couple years back in October, I was pulling into a public hunting area in Montana at night in a full out bizzard thinking what the heck was I doing. Roads were dangerous, visibility was almost as close to nothing as you can get. Luckily I was sleeping in the back shell of my truck, but my...
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    “Weather” or not?

    Rereading my earlier post, I realize that I’m rushing things and rolling the dice when I don’t need to. I retired early in life for a reason, to roll with it. Depending on forecasts, I’ll head up sometime after Nov 17th, hunt my 5 days and then maybe swing back home via eastern Montana or...
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    “Weather” or not?

    So I have a quick window to get away and hunt SD. Looking at the forecast, it looks like wind between 20 and 40mph on a few of those days. I can either leave tomorrow and hunt Tuesday through Saturday and get back home for moms 85th birthday on Monday ( this was my original plan), or wait until...
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    What do you hunt at 1st light?

    Although, because I usually hunt alone w/dog now, I rarely walk through cut corn, when I was a kid learning to hunt the group that took me out often walked through cut corn. Early/ mid 80s didn’t have much CRP, but corners were often grass. No one having a dog, We would line up from fence row...
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    Sun Setting on My Hunting Career

    I “gave up work” a couple of years ago at age 50 (stay busy with rental properties etc) and now find that most of my friends are in their late 60’s and early to mid 70’s (one guy canoed the Grand Canyon on my last trip at age 70!) because they have the time and funds to spend their time in the...
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    Sanity Check?

    Great post Pete and I want to thank you for it. My "pup" is 10 this year and arthritis is slowing him down greatly. He's good for about 2 to 3 miles a day tops when in years past he would go from bell to bell full out. Although I am coming up to SD in January to pick up my new pup from a...
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    Pre/Post Hunt Dog Supplements

    I feed my dog in the evenings and then a small handful of food in the morning plus lots of water as he is older and take a daily pill for inflammation. Lately, I have been getting peanut butter Cliff Bars, and we share it, with the dog getting half a couple of hours after we start. This has kept...
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    advice on labs foot problems

    Thanks all who responded. As a wrap up, what ended up being the case is that good ol’ Cash had developed some fairly significant arthritis in his front ankles (undoubtedly my fault with allowing him to jump out of the truck for years) and so he was dragging his front feet through the brush...
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    How was it?

    Heading out tomorrow to eastern Colorado somewhere. Did anyone on this forum hunt the opener?
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    Hardest shot for me. You?

    The straight away shot is mtly easiest, probably because thats the easiest shot for me to practice on with operating my clay thrower by myself. My most challenging is the left to right or vice versa at a distance, probably due to that being one shot I cant practice with by myself...
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    Cabelas Mitchell SD

    Dont put all your cards on getting shells in Mitchell I was in Cabelas there last week twice for dog supplies, both times there was a crazy scene at the ammo aisle. Thankfully i didnt need ammo, but the only stuff there im 12 gauge was the cheap stuff and it literaly was being scraped into...
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    Youth Season

    I used to take my nephews out on youth waterfowl weekends the week prior to opener in Colorado. Always enjoyed the time and my dogs appreciated the extra work, especially as the kiddos became good shots. They grew out of it, I've ben asking friends kids if they want to get into the sport but no...
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    advice on labs foot problems

    Thanks all, especially Chestle for sending the pics to his Vet friend. Well it sounds like this isn't as rare as I thought when I spoke to a couple of lab breeders in S.D. who also ran guided hunts and neither they (or the vet) had seen anything like it. It was (is) perplexing as this dog has...
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    advice on labs foot problems

    Just wondering if anyone has seen this before. I just returned from a solo trip to South Dakota early due to a problem my Lab is having with his feet. The pics below are of his worst front foot, but the other front foot has 3 spots the same size and his back feet have 3 and 2 small spots on...
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    2021-2022 Kansas WIHA Maps for Garmin GPS Units

    I'm interested in this as well as my Garmin is my main hunt navigator as well due to cell phone coverage.. Have you tried calling the service line, I had it on my "to do" list for today. I'll let you know if I find anything
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    Point lab cedar point reference

    Hi all. Long story short... from CO and in South Dakota. Going to go see some parents at Cedar Point Kennels in Pierre for a pointing lab. Seems like a nice guy...but yall know how that goes.. Anyone have any info, if so PM me? Its kinda short notice, Thanks
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    Can anyone with a bird dog get away during the week to hunt private land in Phillips County ? I have access to lots of acreage but no dog.

    Recently retired, can hunt anyday of the season (except Christmas, need to stay married ;) ..rather avoid CO opener ... sent you a pm
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    SD sources of Info

    Thanks B-B. Last week I looked at the drought maps for June and July. The area I usually hunt looks ok now, but was in extreme in July which got me looking at other areas. May or June is insect season for chicks I believe correct? I'm thinking that high levels of drought in those months would...
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