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A little off subject of the thread as it's not about training or pheasant hunting, more about a boy that finds a lost dog and recognizes its a bird dog. "Goodbye My Lady" was written by James Street in 1954 and set in 1940s South Mississippi. Young boy finds a lost dog in the swamp and...

Thanks, A5 for starting this thread! Its only 116 days until my first trip to SD. Excitement is starting to build.

I think you both are right. I'm about 60% private land. With my Britts we do sometimes get a bird to hold tight and needs to be forced to fly, especially with snow on the ground but not always. Most often a pointed bird will hold for my dogs until I get close, sometimes 10 yards, sometimes 5...

I agree A5. One observation/conclusion I have come to, is that it's much, much harder to get a 6-person party limit than 6 single hunters. Lots of factors impact that conclusion, but I believe noise is a big factor. I have a friend that uses an auto, and he always hits the button to release...

I agree with Nasty. There is no substitute for boots on the ground or actually looking at a particular piece of public land. Lots of variables that the gfp maps can't address. The maps give you info to start the plan. Things like what crops are close by and have they been harvested, is it...

JMHO -- Velocity is a factor that should be considered selecting a hunting load. More speed equals more impact force and penetration -- less lost birds.

I hope you can make all your trips home to pheasant hunt. High gas prices are sadly going to impact most of us. Good luck to you.

1. So, whose fault is it? 2. Who mandated the dog food decision? 3. Do you believe that only USA is experiencing high gas prices? Gas in Canada is recently hit $1.40 per liter or $5.60 per gallon. UK is over $8 per gallon. I do believe that gas pricing is generally a global commodity. I do...

I've talked to some GFP folks and my understanding is these decisions were not made by GFP staff, but were made higher on the food chain. My interaction with GFP folks at the working level over 25 years has always been positive and I believe they have a strong desire to support pheasant hunting...

Geez, where to do people come up with this stuff? -- "...from a guy who know poeple in the corn business..." Maybe they are getting their corn from a jar? Hmm - White Lightning?

Thank you for your support of pheasant hunting. I take a similar approach. Buy 20 days of NR license each year. I'm also a proud member of PF for about 20 years now. No pheasants where I live but do support QF - not many quail either, at least not like it was when I shot my first quail about...

Not sure my money is well spent - dogs, training, dog food, gas, motel rooms, ammo, etc., but its OK with me. What I spend on PF is bug dust. 340k doesn't bother me even little bit when compared to other salaries made. Heck the college BB coach where I live makes $5M and his "season" is only 2...

Looks like all 4 of your questions were answered in a positive way. Any response to the answers to your questions? My question to you - Have you got a better alternative for an average like me to have a positive impact on pheasant hunting?

GH you are on point. Just my opinion -- 1. Policy should be discussed and in my experience can be discussed without so much anger and vitriol. Sometimes its not easy. Policy and politics are not the same. Sadly political discussions often only further divide the participants and real progress...

Fun to watch!

Not to mention dealing with politicians at the local, state and federal level (that's got to be fun), major corporation CEOs, big ag, etc. In addition to PF he also has a commitment to his family to provide for them and that should be job No. 1.

Curious to see how this attaches.

Absolutely true. You can't go too slow. Sometimes you even back up.

Thanks!

Still working on editing and attaching. Cane & plum - YouTube