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I had never really heard of it until my last puppy purchase. I had bought dogs from friends or private individuals my whole life then decided to buy my last English pointers from a kennel/trainer. One of the 2 had it we came to find out after the diarrhea started and she wouldn't gain weight...

Stay where you have been, the Webster area is not a hot spot but seems to be with hunters the last couples years. We have family there is the only reason we spend time in that area.

Scouting this morning and heard 4 or 5 gobbles in various directions. Sitting in the truck now watching 5 hens and 2 toms in a field that used to have too many to count at this time in the morning. Kinda hard to get pumped up about throwing lead at them at this point.

I love turkey hunting but I'd trade turkeys for those in our area 11 times outta 10

They'll get beat up like that from fighting too.

I have one on a Belgium 16 guage A5 and blew the original of shooting clays off a pond dike, never could find it. This would have been around 2000 and it took me months of calling and driving trying to find one before locating a different style but still fit, nowadays could find one in 10...

I ran into a supervisor from KDWP at a sportshow maybe a year before covid. Turkeys in our area had already tanked along with many other areas I noted. I brought this up at the end of his presentation and he talked to me like I was an idiot who must not get out much because "the turkey...

I agree with your old man, if I've got tired, smiling dogs at the end of the day and birds in the truck because of them, I don't care if I've even pulled a trigger.

Back when we had a lot of birds and ground to hunt I looked at it differently. We were confident everyone would get their shots and birds throughout the day. Now days of lower birds and fighting for spots if we have the chance to put some on the tailgate I don't care who gets them, just get them.

Shed hunting pisses me off something terrible. We live in an area with deer like fleas and our properties are no exception maybe denser populations than most even. And yet we find very few sheds and even fewer when we're actually looking. Now I know not every buck beds on me but throughout a...

The main concern for me was the aftercare and healing process without rerupturing. Both surgeons, both highly recommended, said this was always a concern especially with high motor breeds. When asked what the chances of the dog returning to full duty we'd get "probablies" and "most likely"...

I never thought this dog would be as sound as she looks today. Makes a guy feel like she could be worked back in to the rotation for fall. To me the dog looks healed and stays sound even after 30-45 minutes of free running and some of that is at Mach 10.

My 3 year old shorthair female came in from doing her business last summer limping terribly and a vet visit confirmed 2 blown acl's. After much thought we decided $7k was just not the right move for us with no guarantee she'd heal soundly. So we kept her on a leash and pain meds for about a...

The wife working is a high likelihood, but in our region the small hobby farmer is disappearing quickly. The big guys swallow them up. The few hundred acre guy can't buy inputs at a price where they can compete on rent. And Mama Deere and these equipment prices force these guys to grow to...

Knocking on 40 yrs old and have never been a gadget guy so it doesn't appeal to me really yet. And for the expense of this sport, my buddy and I were just talking about this. I joked about all the shit our small little group travels with these days and that we killed way more birds 20 yrs ago...

The sad thing is it will be the farmers and ranchers that take the brunt of it. These investors will just break the pieces up and try and get their money back that way when they decide its time. It doesn't hurt as bad when it's spread out over a group of folks just trying make a quick buck or...

Clunkyness, the size being 2-3X bigger than the controller I have now. And with the setup I have now I can reach down without looking and beep a dog if I need to find them. In thick cover with pointing dogs I watch those that have GPS and they're constantly looking to see what the dog is doing...

It is a sick feeling when you can't find one for a bit. When I was young we ran bells but now the thought of all that noise makes me cringe. I don't run GPS but I do have a locate beepers if I ever need it and won't ever buy a collar without one again. I see where a GPS would be handy...

100% on the socialize. The best dog I ever had hands down was also the biggest asshole hands down and didn't get along with other males. It makes it very hard to ever hunt with other people with a dog like that.

Once you see the joy in a young dog being birdie and figuring things out, then slam a couple points for you, I'll bet good money you have him in a field this fall. Have fun!