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    A Good Life

    Boys, if you're lucky enough to still have your Pops around, appreciate him while he's here. It was a tough winter. The old boy lost his battle with Cancer on Jan. 30th. He stayed with me his last two months and he died a good death, at home, with family, friends and his beloved Springers at...
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    Crippled Birds

    Hey guys, got a question for the experts here... What's your preferred method for finishing off crippled/wounded birds? Thanks in advance for your replies, guys!
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    New WI Gov Says DNR Has Mismanaged Deer Herd

    Wisconsin Governor-elect, Scott Walker, Says the DNR Has Mismanaged the State’s Deer Herd and Lowered the Deer Population Scott Walker’s first deer hunting expeditions gave him a taste of the frustration that has been felt by many Wisconsin hunters: He got skunked. Now, in his bid for...
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    Pointing Dogs and Retrieving

    I've always assumed that because pointing dogs provide close shooting, they're not bred for marking/retrieving skills. As several guys here have posted pics of their Brittany's retrieving, they must be an exception to this rule. I've never owned a pointing dog so I don't know a lot about them...
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    Gun Dogs

    What are "your" gun dog's top 3 strengths and what is his/her Achilles Heel?
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    Flushers: Steady or Not?

    There seems to be two schools of thought with flushers: 1. A flusher should always be steady to wing and shot. 2. A flusher should be allowed to follow his instincts to allow him to get on downed birds as quickly as possible and minimize the chance of losing wounded birds (especially big...
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    2008 Season

    Until next season... :cheers:
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    From balmy to brutal in 12 hours...

    Got out for a couple of hours late yesterday afternoon and the conditions were nice -- mid twenties with a light snow coming down. Went out this morning and it was brutal -- 10 below with a wind chill of 30 below. When I was exposed to the full brunt of the wind, it felt like 50 below to me...
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    Pheasant Ecology - Effects of Hunting

    On another forum, I've raised the question on a couple of threads questioning why States don't extend hunting seasons when bird numbers are high. Pheasants Forever supports the argument that extended hunting seasons would have no measurable impact on carry-over or future pheasant populations...
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    SW North Dakota Hunt

    My Dad, brother & I returned from a week of pheasant hunting (and some R&R) in SW ND yesterday. Started out hunting in Stark County but found we had to go about 40 miles south of Dickinson to get into serious bird numbers. Hunted a mix of private land and PLOTS in Bowman and Adams Counties...
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    2007 Season - Wisconsin

    WI allows one rooster per day opening weekend and we got our 8 birds (3 of us on Sat., 5 on Sun.), so we did OK. To the rest of the season... :cheers:
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    North Dakota Duck Hunt

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    Mishap on the Ponderosa

    JMB:p:p
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    2006 Season - Wisconsin

    Until next season guys... :cheers: JMB
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