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There is a great article in the last issue of Shooting Sportsman about Goldens. Very inclusive from history to temperament and health issues. For those of us that run Goldens it is an excellent read.

So the wife says you haven’t bought a gun in a while. So I have to fix that and not disappoint her. I was thinking of getting a 16 O/U or maybe a sxs. Why, because there’s only 12s and 20s in the safe. Anything I get will be a working gun, it will get scratches and dents because well I fall...

I always said when I was fully retired I was gonna start chasing birds in August in AK and hunt all the way down to Az and quit at the end of February. Well I almost made it this year. I started chasing grouse around home mid August, it was abysmal,slightly better than last year when I only...

Many years ago I passed through Sidney Nebraska and visited the original Cabellas. This year on purpose I stopped there. 30 years ago I drooled at all the wonderful guns that I couldn’t afford. I did end up buying an aluminum airline gun case for pennys on the dollar because it had a scratch...

Easy winter, but cold wet spring so?

It is looking like this will be a monumental year for red salmon fishing on the Kenai. Projected low returns of king salmon will shut the set netters down and a potential listing of the kings with the endangered species act could shut the drift fleet down. There will be no way to stop the hordes...

So my pheasant season ended a bit early when I stepped in a badger hole and my good knee looks like a soccer ball. However my travels will take me through AZ. Middle of December. So I know nothing about desert quail but would like to give it a shot. Give me the basics, at least enough so I can...

Well not great, but not unexpected. Drought monitor looks much better so barring some bad storms should be okay with a decent hatch.

As if there is not already too much bad news. I can't help but think that it will get into the pheasant and sharptail pops this year. Already heard of dead snow geese in ND. I can't help but wonder if this was part of the problem in Nebraska last year. Throw in the continuing drought and...

I was worried that the electronic posting would negatively impact my hunting. However it was not so bad. Of course we had 2 IPads and a cell phone going at the same time. We lost some hunting areas and found some new ones. Bird numbers were okay, cover was down, but okay in enough places to...

Lots of ND and a good portion of SD and MT in exceptional drought according to the drought monitor. Is it as bad as they say? Weren't that long ago that production was way down because of drought. Drought seems to be really hammering the southwest even more so.

So there's an e-mail about a pilot program for land access. Is this a resurrection of what they were trying to push through last year with making ND like SD with everything posted?

okay I have too much time on my hands to think. With the oil prices being in the toilet, I would assume the ethanol prices would crash also. Thus less corn planted. Must be super hard on the farmers to know what to plant this spring under these challenging times. Or are there enough subsidies to...

I keep hearing about new CRP signup, than I hear that it is probably just lip service and won't result in any more being enrolled(this from farther south). What is happening with the signup in ND? Is it worthwhile to the land owners? Will it result in more or will the loss just continue? Is...

OKay has anyone tried this critter? Thinking of getting it for my wife for Valentine's Day. I know, I spoil her. Does it do what it claims and how easy is it to use? I'm hoping something like this could shorten the slumps we have over the year.

Just had a tumor removed from the neck of a 4 year old. Fortunately benign. But what got me was that is right where the e-collar sits. We haven't had to hit him any harder than any other dog, but he has gotten a fair amount of low level taps to remind him to stay in range. Question is has anyone...

Plan to be in an area that has cactus and sand burrs. Long ago I used a rubber dog boot(Lewis?) that seemed to work well. What is the state of the art in booting dogs now? Are rubber boots still available?

I'm going to be passing through southwest Nebraska this fall planning on a couple days of hunting. I have an old dog who went blind that I will not leave home. He needs a real dog friendly motel, like ground floor, maybe seperate entrance or a back door. Thinking McCook, but flexible.

So I am thinking about trying a chukar hunt. Snakes worry me. Supposedly you can snake proof a dog. I've watched the videos and it seems to be basic E-collar work. Here's the rub. There are no snakes in Alaska and if I could legally(?) bring one in it would probably just lay there because of our...

Last year I took a retirement trip through Montana, North Dakota and South Dakota. Came back and the stock market tanked so I went back to work. Now I need another retirement trip and was thinking of trying for chukars and valley quail in Idaho. However snakes scare the c#$% out of me for my...