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I have owned 2 and 1 at times, right now 2. Last year my 8 month at the time Griffon saved 3 weekends of hunting because my Wirehair had minor injuries 3 times. That is a big plus! The pairs I had and have become really good friends which is a plus. They enjoy each other. Our family which...

Griffon?

Ruger and Otis giving me the is it fall yet look!

I have been saying this for 25 years in Iowa, it's true everywhere. The trends are not in our favor and it's not changing, Be thankful for what we have now.

Still have a dozen, my wife made pheasant ragoons for our last meal. Waltons has some great recipes

Thermals are getting popular in Iowa for yotes and coons. I know a guy that has one on a 22 mag with a suppressor and wacks coons all night long. He saw 38 in a small field by a CRP field last fall. The coons need to be thinned out in our area, they are thick.

Very hot with a strong south winds the next few days will make SE Iowa very dry.

The storm today looks nasty?

How early do some hatch? I would like to think a saw a couple yesterday in SE Iowa that were half the size of hen and strong flyers. I don't remember seeing them that big this early.

I got a griffon last June. They are excellent hunters and house dogs. They hunt at a nice slow pace which I like at 60. They are super smart and train well. If you want a dog to range far and run hard the griffon is not for you. As long as you brush them at least twice a month the shedding is...

1. Watch the dogs, only way to hunt. The connection you make with them when solo hunting is what drives me the most. 2. The feeling of freedom, takes my mind off the world. 3. The beauty of the hunt which includes the rooster flush, always awesome. 5. I solo hunt 75% however hunting with friends...

My dogs have pointed coons, mice, porcupines, skunks....not fun, doves, yotes but the coolest is turkeys. All eyes are wide when the classic flush occurs! Had a handful of those years ago in northern MO and Southern Ia.

Not really, great gun for the price and a fun shooter. It did take me some practice and plenty of missed shots at first but now I can hit targets consistently.

I have a 20 CZ Sharptail and like it a lot. It's my cold weather and quail gun.

This is aging me, I had 2 females at one time, viszla and German shorthair and they were named Lucy and Ethel, what a team they were.

My experience in Iowa anyway is when the temps are in the 40's and 50's the well educated roosters run like the wind. I would rather have cold temps at least for hunting pheasants.

This guy was in our machine shed, scared the crap out of me. We let the door open and he flew away.

Scissor cut some fence line trees and make small brush piles. The birds seem to bury themselves in late winter in these and the cover grows better where the trees were. I am going to experiment and spray a few small draws to kill some broam grass and some other grass that doesn't provide much...

Last hunt yesterday, we should have shot our limit. The birds held well, probably 15 points for the 8 month griffon pup which also scent trailed a winged rooster over 200 yards. We had a fun year, 45 roosters and 11 quail shot over my 2 dogs.

Gumleaf for wet conditions, hunted 3 years, no wear and very comfortable.