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    New a5 20 guage

    Reeds Sporting Goods is your best bet. $1637 with a $100 mail in rebate. Plus free shipping and no sales tax I believe. I think I might just order one. I have bought at least 6 guns from Reeds. They also have the 20 gauge Browning Silver for $985 plus 10% off plus $100 rebate plus free...
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    looking for advice: training a lab pointer

    Let the pup be a pup first. Start with crate training. I would suggest getting the Fowl Dawgs DVD's by Rick Stawski. Don't pull bits and pieces from different programs, pick one and stick with it. Keep your retrieve sessions short, maybe 3 or 4 a day and only a couple of times a week...
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    Dog boots

    I hunted and lived in Kansas for 60 years and have seen 1 porcupine in the summer at cedar bluff 30 years ago, and living here all my life, have never gave a thought about a porcupine at all. There isn't really anything to worry about in Kansas other than a snare from a trapper or barb wire...
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    New a5 20 guage

    There was a good thread on the Upland Journal Forum about issues with the new 16 and 20 gauge A5 feeding malfunctions you might want to check out. I would really like to get a new A5 20 but just hate to pay that much and have feeding issues. Nobody does it as good as Benelli. I bought a new...
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    Dog boots

    I live in between Hays and Kinsley and hunt everywhere and never found the need for dog boots. There is no way my dogs would tolerate them, they would have them chewed off within 5 minutes. The boots would be more trouble for them than the sandburs. I did have a dog 30 years ago that was a...
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    Wanted: started dog

    That is about right. I am looking for a started cocker or just getting a puppy and sending to a trainer over the summer. Puppies are $2500-$3000 and a started dog I am interested in is $7500. Looked at another started dog in Texas and she wanted $10,000 for it. More than likely will send a...
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    Wanted: started dog

    I am sure Pointing breeds are cheaper but you may have to up your price to find a quality dog. As far as labs and cockers go, puppies are in the $2000-$3000 range. I have a friend that sells GSP started dogs you could contact but they won't be in your price range. The last started dog I...
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    A sign of getting old.

    Lack of water more than likely. Should be drinking 64 ounces a day. If it is torn, you wouldn't be walking.
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    Cattle

    It's the over grazing that hurts all of wildlife. Over grazing has led to the expansion of cedars in some areas. Ranchers want to swath everything. Out of state swathers watch the drought monitor like a hawk and flock to areas when emergency grazing and haying opens up. A lot of Kansas bales...
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    20 guage auto?

    I like mine. Deadly so far with a Briley Light Mod tube, non-ported of course.
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    Steady to flush and shot?

    I want my dogs on the birds as soon as it hits the ground.
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    Feral cat!!!!!

    Cats are a major problem in western Kansas with all the small towns we have out here. They hunt, hunt, and hunt some more for quail, rabbits, birds, etc. It's best to eliminate as many as you can.
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    Season Assessment

    You're right, a total lack of habitat. That's why we see birds really concentrated in areas with habitat. I have never seen farmers and ranchers bale as much hay as they do now. And a lot of it goes to Texas. Those out of state swathers monitor that drought monitor and come a calling when...
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    Season Assessment

    Yep due to access and low bird numbers.
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    Season Assessment

    I figured it was somewhere around there. It has been so bad for so long many forget what a great year looks like. We will be way under what a good year actually is again this year. When we start harvesting 750,000 plus birds a year I might use the word spectacular but we won't harvest half...
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    New Tires: Falken Rubitrek?

    I'm getting ready to replace my Falken Wildpeaks. They are at 5/32 but the noise on the highway is unbearable. I still get great gas mileage but hate the noise. They weren't loud until I got down to about 7/32. Anyway I am going with the Cooper Discoverer Road+Trail® AT. If you do the...
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    Season Assessment

    I saw a lot of 30 plus bird flushes last year. Where I seen 30 last year I'm seeing 15 this year. Not for sure what the harvest was estimated to be last year, but I assume well under 350,000. I know 2023 was one of the worst. I expect this year will be slightly under last year. Far from...
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    20 guage auto?

    No I have never owned one.
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    Do you take a poke at the long range birds ?

    Thanks for ignoring me. What you should do is try to encourage more membership in Kansas not insult the PF members. You discourage membership in Kansas on this forum.
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    Do you take a poke at the long range birds ?

    Do me a favor and put me on your ignore list please! I am from Kansas and negative on PF. There is something wrong with you. How would non- members hear of a pheasant fest at a banquet? You're the one that said KS has a low number of PF members. Of those 500, they don't need to target...
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