Thank you for the welcome. As for guns i'm on a tight budget but my favorite is a 12ga. Stoeger Condor o/u but once in a while i'll break out my Remington 870. I bow hunt for deer and turkey alot but prefer to bird hunt but Indiana is not a great state for finding alot of birds. We find a covey of Quail here and there but we have been going to Iowa the last four years Pheasant hunting, what a blast! I have two Gsp's my old dog is 10 years old but has developed a heart murmur and cancer so I had to retire him, what a shame he turned into a good Quail dog. My young dog just turned one in November he is getting there but I haven't had alot of time to work with him. My two daughters keep us busy between softball and volleyball, they really enjoy it and so do I and they won't be kids much longer so i'm going to enjoy it while I can. I will have time to hunt and fish when they are grown up!