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  1. birddude

    The Backroad Hunting and Camping Solution

    If I had that kind of bread, I'd probably already own a farm with a house on it in S.D.
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    Helping a friend

    Well, he does have two advantages. He's field bred and has a good trainer.
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    Helping a friend

    I'm a quail guy and I beg to differ.🍻
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    New member saying hello

    Welcome. Zest looks like a good boy..
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    Helping a friend

    I'm not a retriever guy either, but I think you're on the wright track. I would be a bit concerned if he's indifferent about birds at 4 months though. Does he retrieve or even chase balls and stuff? Regardless, you're doing exactly what I would do. Could he possibly be a little skidish about...
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    Need some help my best bud lost his hearing

    Unless you don't mind investing in a new unit, I would dial the intensity back on the shock collar and give him a nick. If he's a hard charger it probably won't hurt him much. Just watch him closely. If he comes back and walks with you after the nick, it's time for plan B.
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    2024 Season In Pictures, Guns, Game And Dogs

    WHAT?? I can't believe you let that poor girl shoot a Yildiz.. get that poor thing a Holand and Holland or a boss for god's sake!!:LOL:
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    Dog Starting Heat Cycle - Bring for SD Opener ?

    Hunting trips are full of stress anyway, especially with that many guys. Why add to it? At the very least she will be distracting. At the worst, dog fights or getting bred. Cut males sometimes don't know it. Leave her at home and get her spayed. I'll never own anything else than a spayed female.
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    Water in the field...

    I just ordered one of these. I carry a 1 gallon water jug in the truck. adding another 2.5 this year.
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    Pressure?

    First of all, no matter what week you go, you are going to be disappointed with WIHA! My brother calls it walk around ground. Not that it all sucks. If you put in the time on the computer, you might find some places with some birds. If you go solely by the WIHA maps, you're going to do a lot of...
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    Pressure?

    Yes Yes Yes No If you can wait for some weather. At the very least, moister. At the best snow and cold. If you have to schedule ahead, I would not recommend the first week of season.
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    New shotgun barrel length

    I've owned everything from 24-30. 30's are fine, and I don't really mind the nose heavy feel of the longer barrels but, two inches of length on a double is of course double the weight. So, for me it's the overall weight that counts most. A guy your size won't notice as much as a smaller guy, so...
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    Retirement gift for me!

    I can't argue that Berettas and Brownings rule..
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    Here is one thing I've really struggled with

    I agree with Goose, it crushes them. My buddy and I have both had old dogs die while we were on a trip. No one will ever convince me that it was coincident. They died of a broken heart. I will do everything I can to take them. I park and go through the routine, put them down and take a little...
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    Retirement gift for me!

    I like the Fair Rizzini guns. Slim and pretty. Very much reminds me of a Beretta. I Like the looks of the Franci Instinct also.
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    28 guage

    Maybe with boss, but not with normal lead.
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    28 guage

    That's what I shot when they were affordable! But my humble opinion is with a 28 or 2 3/4 20 does not have enough shot for WILD pheasant unless you only take birds that flush at your feet. Years ago, I bought a 1100 special field 20. Practiced all summer and shot it well. Took it to Iowa and...
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    Is this Hungarian partridge?

    Yeah, kind of like Indiana having a grouse season for years after they were extinct!!:rolleyes:
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    Fall gobblers

    NOTHING I've ever hunted has the eyesight they do! Heard a large group of hens and poults yesterday shortly after flydown but couldn't catch up. Later had a Tom gobbling like it was spring! I think they were both Jakes. One busted me on the way in, but I got between them. Hid behind a brush...
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    Meindel Boots

    They are still good boots. I like the (ultra lite hunters?). I could be thinking about a different boot, but I think like so many others the quality fell a notch when some brilliant ceo decided to move the production from Germany?? to Vietnam??.
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