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CO_Weimar

CO_Weimar

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Seems awfully quiet today - hopefully everyone is out there getting some birds in Nebraska!

I am on the other end of a paint brush.

Meanwhile, the big blue guy is recuperating from surgery. He was only 3 days away from getting sutures removed and he tore them out. :mad: So now he is sittin' home wearing the ring of shame.

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Tough luck CoW. I havn't seen that type of "cone" before. I've typically been given the elizabethan collar type cone. Your type would fit through our doggy door better. My guys beat the other type up pretty quickly trying to force them through our doggy door.

Hopefully the sutures will heal quickly now that he can't get at them.
POL
 
We had the Elizabethan collar on him ... didn't stay on and he was beating everything to pieces. Took it off of him and he was fine for ~10 days then decided to go at it. Grr.

Anyhow, he's doing pretty good, but you guys know, keeping these dogs out of trouble can be a big challenge. As for Weimaraners, any time the vet recommends "light duty and 5 min leash walks" they should also prescribe sedatives. ;)
 
Sedatives for who?

Those plastic collors suck. I have two that are no use to me. My dogs are good with stiches tho the last time I had one I told the vet I did not need it. The dog had four stents/drains. I had to pay for it anyway as it was on her when I got there.
 
Yup it is tough to keep the dogs from injuring themselves. My English Setter is limping after 5 days in North Dakota. She started limping (Vet had no clue)two weeks before the trip so I had to chain her up until the hunt. She was fine for 3 days then started limping and I shut her down. She is back on the chain and hopefully will be ready for CO/KS Opener. If not it will be a short time out East.
 
New to the forum. Wanted to introduce myself and pass along how my hunt was this past weekend in Nebraska. Four of us headed up to Kimball for the opener, with my two pointers Cj and Maddy. Drought was a major factor like every where else. Public land in my opinion was pretty poor, there is a lot of it in Kimball county but the quality was just not there. We resulted to knocking on doors and were able to get on some private land. Our best luck came in some cut irrigated corn that was pretty dirty!! Dogs were on their A game. Ended up with 8 birds, but had to work for them. Did see some Sharp Tail Grouse which was neat.

Trying to decide what to do for the Colorado opener. In years past have headed up to Holyoke and done ok on the walk in land. Considering the Rooster Roundup in Burlington, or bagging Colorado and going further east in Nebraska. Any thoughts on the Rooster Roundup?

Thanks

Matt
 
I did the rooster round up last year. Most of the land is cut corn fields. If you have large groups then it is a good place to hunt. I am debating if I am going to sign up for it this year. I only hunted the available properties twice the whole season spent most of my days hunting the WIA instead.
 
Trip report

We hit the Ogallala and Sidney, NE areas for a day and a half. The weather was crazy warm and very dry. We found small numbers of birds in every field we walked. The habitat was in better shape than I had anticipated.
 
GSP-Rooster Control - welcome to the forum. :cheers:

Knock on wood, the big blue guy has not gone for his sutures. I played warden all weekend, keeping a constant eye on him, then took him to work with me every day. Parked the truck close to my window so that I could keep an eye on him, and made quite a few visits to the parking lot.

Since the surgery, his mouth is opening up nice and big ... no problem getting a rooster in there now. :cheers: Also, since the abscess was cleaned out, "foreign body" removed and a month on an antibiotic, his eyes have brightened up a bit, and seems to be back to being his old self.
 
I was up in Kiimball too. Only saw hens. The WIA's are horrible. How responsive were farmers to asking about hunting their land? I found a few spots up there and plan on asking permission this weekend.
 
I was in Nebraska from Friday thru Tuesday afternoon. I was getting a little worried on our way out when we only saw three roosters on the drive from Colorado to Nebraska and all three birds were sitting at a farmhouse in Kansas. Any way I was still excited, tomorrow was opening day and I have had some pretty good opening days in Nebraska in years past. We woke up early on Saturday morning, I didn't sleep to well with the anticipation of the dogs going on point and the first rooster of the season flushing at my feet. The morning was perfect, 27 degrees and a nice frost on the ground. It was going to be a good morning for the dogs. We went to a nice field we have hunted the past two seasons and have always found birds in. When we got there, two other vehicles were already in the parking lot. You have to love opening day on public land. I talked to the other guys and they said they were hunting to the north so I told them we would hunt to the south. I let the dogs out and we hunted hard for the next two hours. We put up 1 hen and 2 quail. It was pretty dissapointing. Five of us and three dogs ended up with 1 Rooster and 3 quail in a day and half of hunting. This was in Southcentral Nebraska. My buddies had to go back to work on monday so they headed home sunday midday. My dad and I didn't have to be back til Wednesday and we were determined to find some birds for the dogs. We decided to head west and check out some walkin areas along the way. I'm glad we did. The further west we went the more birds we found. My GWP, Blaze ended up with two beautiful points in a field that was half CRP and half alfalfa. Suprisingly both roosters he pinned were in about 6" high alfalfa. I was also proud of my 14 month old lab pup. This was her first wild bird hunt. She hunted hard and was finally rewarded on tueday morning when we were hunting a thick corner pivot. We were getting near the end of the cover and she was getting really birdy. We were about 30 yards from the end and a rooster flushed about 60 yards out in the corn stubble. I figured that was the bird she was smelling. I was watching the bird sail away and looked at her and saw she was stopped about twenty feet in front of me. She was on point! I took one step towards her and a rooster burst into the air ten yards in front of her. I threw the gun up pulled the trigger and watched as the rooster folded. Daisy was right on top of the bird. She mouthed it a little and than came running back to me with the bird. That made my whole weekend. I think I might have a little pheasant dog!
 
BigJ,
Nice dog story and good pics.
 
BigJ

Nice start to the season. It is a bit more hit and miss this year but worth it when you get one....or two. Have a good season.
 
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Great story and success BigJ. Looks like you were a very proud Dad that day. Post more stories as the year goes. :cheers:
 
Thanks guys, I forgot to mention that we came home through Phillips and Yuma counties and saw a decent number of birds on the way home. Some of the CRP grass had been mowed down in the fields, but were the grass met the corn or wheat stubble birds were in the area. I think they are going to be a little more concentrated with the lack of cover. Good luck to everyone headed out next weekend!
 
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