Search results

Speaking from experience, shooting 1 1/4 ounce out of a light 20 can hurt. But it will mostly be your shoulder and ability to not flinch that will be hurt if you are shooting high volume with those loads. Shoot 7/8 ounce (or 3/4) for dog training or clays and you will be fine. Save the 1 1/4...

I use the smoke colored safety glasses from harbor freight. They are $2 so you can buy 10 pairs and replace when they get scratched. They also hug my face tight enough to block the wind well.

I pair an instinct to my alpha 100. I bought the watch specifically for that purpose and I am glad I did. My alpha 100 stays strapped to my chest with the tone buttons accessible. I keep track of the dogs pretty much exclusively through the watch. I hunt every weekend during our 4 month...

Can't speak to a Brittany, but I run my GSPs frequently. If I don't exercise them regularly they are absolutely nuts in the house.

If I strictly hunted pheasants in cattails, I probably would want a flusher too. When I am in your situation I will normally start by throwing rocks stuff in a way I know I won't hit the dog. If that fails I have been known to discharge a round and shoot the bird with my second or third shot...

I watch the bird fly away, same as I do when I am pushing cover and birds get up 100 yards away from me or the dog. It is part of the game, a great learning experience for the dog and overall enjoyable. If my dog is 150 yards out and flushes a bird between my 11:00 and 1:00, I might have been...

It depends on weather/ conditions. In October it is frequently first light due to heat. In the winter it is frequently mid to late morning due to cold.

I did not vote because I am a pointer guy who does not want my dog to put a running bird up in the air. I will say in general pointers work ground quicker until they hit scent and then they should work slower so as to not put the bird up. Pointer vs flusher is a preference and there is no...

Typically my bottom barrel has an IC choke screwed in. Depending on what I am doing I will screw either a skeet or modified in the top. I shoot the more open choke first.... The order of bottom/top is dictated by me not wanting to change two chokes.

I would look into the upland gun company. You will essentially end up with a semi-custom Italian shotgun made to your dimensions.

For rest days for the dogs, or if there aren't enough birds to keep you entertained, I suggest looking into kartchner caverns, the Pima air and space meusam, chirachaua national monument and the titan missile museum.

Where are you driving from and is it quail you must hunt? 35 hour drive would be the eastern seaboard. It might be worth an audible this year. How far are you from Idaho, Oregon or Nevada? Hun and chukar numbers are up this year with the possibility of bonus valley quail.

By traditional browning vest I meant what is in the below link. No buckle in the way of your mount but I don't like it for carrying a lot of water. I would look at the Final Rise and order to your size. You should not have problems with buckles in the way. I have about 75 days in the field and...

First, how do you hunt? You will get a lot of suggestions but not everyone hunts the same. The two vests that I have extensive time wearing are the Final Rise summit and the traditional style browning vest. They both have their advantages but I almost exclusively use the Final Rise anymore...

Wind River's answer was pretty much the answer. Hard uneven ground. The three examples I run into the most: Wheat fields which are furrowed but the ground is frozen rock solid. The dog struggles to get footing and the foot slides down the furrow causing the sides of the pads to blow out...

Most of the time I do not boot my dogs. 90% of the time I boot a dog it is all 4 feet. If I don't have 4 boots I prioritize the front feet. Tomorrow morning I will boot my males front but not back feet. He has worn his dew pads and I want to protect them while they heal. His back feet look...

Good to hear the pheasant and quail numbers are high there in addition to the high chukar and hun numbers. The hatch seems to have been slightly above average but not crazy in SE Washington. I might have to make a trip south.

I shoot Boss 1.125 ounce #6 on quail without issues.

Had my dog point all sorts of things. The least explainable for me was when the dog pointed a lone goose in the middle of sage brush.

I have two GSP and the dogs wear them depending on cover. Definitely results in flushing less seeds from their eyes and less abrasions around the eye. Also seems to make my one dog work slower and closer due to reduced vision when they are foggy or scratched up. Getting the straps adjusted...