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If anyone needs to carry a lot of water for longer hikes, I highly recommend the bladder bottles like Hyrdapak or platypus. As you hunt through the day and hopefully gain birds, the bottle shrinks which gives better room. It took me awhile to trust the bladders but they have worked well. Much...

My dogs aren't big eaters either. After a hunt/hike, I take their normal serving of food, add the k9 athlete supplements which is powder, float that so the powder is dissolved. Then add a full can of wet dog food on top to make it more appetizing to them. They seem to recover very well the next...

It's a subset of national forest and typically there's plenty of other nation forest around. And again only like 1 out of 5 wilderness do the pets on lease thing.

Okay yeah that would be Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness which does require pets on lease. Need to check any wilderness you are looking to go before assuming.

Which ones you referring too? West Elk Wilderness https://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/stelprdb5357195.pdf 3. All dogs, except for working stock dogs, guidedogs or dogs used for legal hunting, must be restrained on a leash and/or under direct verbal control of the dogs’ owner or...

I think I'm the odd one out of the comments. My feet get cold pretty easily. I love uninsulated up to October, but November-January I need the insulation. I think it's more about circulation which is mostly genetics.

That one depends on the wilderness. The default is just "under control" which means recall trained. "Dogs must be under control at all times. Dogs can harass, stress, injure or kill wildlife; annoy fellow hikers and introduce disease. Some wilderness areas require dogs be leashed at all times."

I also started with the Alpha 100 and spent the money to upgrade to the 300i. It really is a great system. I personally love that they added inreach since I'm in the mountains without service really often. I don't know much about the dogtra but I don't think I would like using the phone for...

I might not be the targeted group for this but out west, BLM and national forest allow dogs off lease. Developed areas and campgrounds are the exception.

Interesting. I could see that being slightly better. But very heavy stress on slightly. I think the biggest one I actually believe. The bottom barrels recoil is more inline with the stock which means it won't raise your gun as much from a shot. Which allows for easier follow up shot. But again...

I think the difference is negligible which ever way your choose. I do bottom barrel since I had chosen that early on due to random reasoning that probably doesn't make sense but once you have 1 way, it's much better to stay the same so you don't mix up which choke you end up shooting later.

Certainly not arguing against reload as I am doing it myself. But I've been doing the math and it is questionable. Mainly, time spent is not free. I was able to do 6 boxes/ hour of trap and about 2-3 boxes/hour of TSS (hand measuring everything). If I set my "worth" at minumum wage $10/hour...

This made me laugh/smile because that exactly what it is like. And I'm not sure how someone couldn't find that style really fun. It almost never lines up that perfectly every time so it's not like hunting feels like a joke. And watch the dogs work something that well is more enjoyable than...

Figured that would come up. I honestly haven't seen a pointing lab work so I can't say one way or the other. I'll leave it up to each person. If you consider your lab to be a pointer, that's fine. But I don't think it can be both. It either points or it flushes when it smells a bird. A...

Does anyone run a GPS on lab/flushers. I was curious about actual miles done. Here was my average miles/day from 2021 GPS tracked 13 days total. (I moved in 2022 so didn't do nearly as much pheasant). Pretty much what I always suspected. 8 miles an average and the dogs do 2x what I do. Me 8.4...

I like data so I made a poll to see where people fall for this discussion. https://forum.ultimatepheasanthunting.com/threads/pointer-vs-flusher-poll.26894/

At the risk of blowing up another thread, I was curious on how many people prefer which type. But specifically want those who have had experience owning both. None of this "my buddies sister in-law's dog was bad so those dogs suck".

Just realized my wording was poor on that. I meant if a person wanted a dog and they wanted to hunt 1-2 days a week. I would absolutely suggest them getting a lab. They are amazing family dogs. And that quality also makes them a good hunting dog. If a person enjoys a flushing dog for upland...

As someone who just got into reloading I need to point out that no one in the history of the hobby has ever saved money by switching to reloading. Best case they might shoot more for the same money (not a bad problem). But more likely you buy more than you need so you make more than you need and...

The lab has been the most popular breed in America. Which makes it the most compared too. I don't think anyone on here is directly saying labs are bad. Just that they prefer pointers/versatiles for their hunting. But if you hunt 1-2 days a year, a lab is probably your best choice.