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    Non toxic shot restrictions

    Thanks for the help,everyone 👍
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    Non toxic shot restrictions

    Pardon my ignorance but reading the rules for wia and crep public areas I don’t understand rules on lead or steel use. Are all areas are non toxic shot only? Any help would be appreciated
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    Non guided hunt outfitters

    Hi guys,hope you can help me. This past year,much of my private hunting land here in Illinois has either been mowed for hay or completely taken out of CRP. I would like to have a good hunt this year and was wondering if anyone knew of an outfitter in the northern half of the state who offered...
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    Change of venues

    I am a die hard NSTRA guy.I love the format and enjoy the people that run in the events but after doing this for 5 years it has gotten alittle boring. My training buddy has been pushing me for the last 5 years to try and put a master hunt title on my 6 year old vizsla.I put a senior title on my...
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    A break from pheasant hunting

    This past weekend I chaired a benifit trial for my Northern Illinois NSTRA region.Wasn't overly thrilled about doing it during our pheasant seson but our region needed to get this trial in to pay the lease for the property we use.Fortunately other NSTRA regions heard about our money problem and...
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    Vizslas in NSTRA

    I like vizslas alot and enjoy running in NSTRA events but noticed that there are very,very few vizslas that compete in these events.Just curious about why there are so few,any thoughts?
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    N. IL. NSTRA open house/intro to NSTRA

    Don't forget next Sunday is our open house.If you are interrested in NSTRA and would like to see how these trials are run,definately try and make this event.If anyone is looking to use a huntclub this coming year you will also have a chance to see one of the best around.In addition to...
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    Finally,chicks!!

    While out dog training this past Sunday,the dog pointed a group of four pheasant chicks about the size of small chukar.I've seen nothing but roosters while taking the back roads to the training grounds and was getting woried that with the weather we've had this year,the hatch would be bad.Nice...
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    Spring pheasants

    Just wanted to give my fellow Illinoisans an update on central Il.'s pheasant counts.While turkey hunting this past weekend the # of roosters crowing was sometimes crazy!!Seems alot of birds have made it through the winter.I took the dog with my this past Sunday and after I was done being...
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    Rooster Heaven Chukar Championship Series

    A hunt club South of Dwight,IL. and North of Forrest,IL. will be holding their gun dog series again this upcoming year,starting January 23rd,2010. There are divisions for flusher and pointer,puppy and adult dogs. They're alot of fun, reasonably priced compared to others and Rooster Heaven Hunt...
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    Chicks already?

    This past weekend,some friends and I were dog training at my designated dog training field.Before we start working our dogs on planted birds we let the dogs stretch there leg's.About 60 yards out my dog locked up.There are alot of wild birds in the area and I figured it was a hen.As i walked in...
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    Pheasant Hunting Tournaments for the average hunting dog

    With the bird season winding down,I found a hunt club that runs a pheasant tournament for pointers and flushers.It's pretty reasonably priced and offers trophies and cash prizes.They have two regionals and then their championship.They start in mid-January and the hunt club's name is Rooster...
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    Wild birds

    Hello to all the Illinois hunters out there,always check this site to read everyone's stories and decided to jump in.I live in northern IL. and hunt in central IL.I am a wild bird fanatic and hunt alot of different filterstrip/crp farms.The last two years have been very dissapointing to say the...
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