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I see you enjoy photography. Your photo's are over-saturated in contrast and color.

Have a good day.

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I enjoy reading about your adventures with your dog and I learn much from the advice given in your threads. I am going though the same exact things with my 1 year old vizsla and I really appreciate your sense of humor about the bumping birds. I'm in Indiana and there are no birds here. Praying for a...

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My first vizsla was like that. One day, I took her to a pothole and she started swimming after dragonflies and that was that. I remember when I was young and hunting with a friend's pup. The dog found a pheasant that flushed across a wide ditch. I held fire, but another shot it and it landed in the ...

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You're really blessed!

Enjoyed seeing it.

Cary

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Thanks! All of you.

Cary

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Hello to all, I made a similar post about my first vizsla Sophie 13 years ago. I lost her this last July and I wanted to introduce my new boy "Hunt 'm Up's Lip-Smack Ike". He is 19 1/2 weeks in this picture. He is out of Hunt m Up Vizsla's in Harvard, IL and the sire is Man o War from Busch Vizsla's...

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Welcome H_D_O, I re-discovered this site when I got my second pup and it has been helpful to me. I am currently in the "shut up and don't worry" stage with my new boy. There is much common sense info here, once you filter out the grouchiness. :) I too, just enjoy it all and I consider you lucky to l...

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Wow! What a great picture for your memories.

Cary

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Why thank you. I am 59 today.

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I recently saw a post about this. Young couple spent a happy day with their pooch and then had to put it down within hours. Can't be too careful with blue/green algae.

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"Old Dogs, Children and Watermelon Wine". Tom T. Hall

Loved reading these posts. I miss my Old Girl.

Cary

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Have always enjoyed the Weimaraner after growing up to stories of them and owning one. Thanks for the pics.

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thanks for sharing your pics, I truly enjoyed them. Thank you also for sharing your loss. This morning before work, I got to enjoy your hunts and I was even in there for that ride. It'll help me be a better person today.

Best wishes,

Cary

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Each day afield with your dog is like a gift.

Great to hear and happy for you. What breed will you be getting?

Cary

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I looked at the pic before I read the thread and I thought "boy, those two look like brothers."

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"...and all of a sudden neither one of us was cold."

I know just what you mean here

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will1235: get home safe. Take care... proudag08: great attitude! I hope you get out soon. My most realistic dream hunt is to head down to eastern KY to hunt grouse and quail with my oldest friend and our 16 gauges. My retirement bucket list (will be here sooner than one thinks) has VT grouse with a ...

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Enjoyed reading.

I like the feather/car story

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God Bless Texas!

Thanks for the pic.

I did not know pheasants were down there. They don't even live in the southern parts of this state.

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looks like fun!

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the store just goes online to buy the licence too... that's the way it is here. Print several when you do buy them in the future.

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yes, my bad if I confused you. Everything I said still relates though. I've read some horror stories of put and take pheasant hunts like this.

I see it is free, so you better see about the permit before making the drive.

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it really depends on when you go. It can be excellent during the week, but I won't go on a weekend as I am just not into the crowds. One thing that is nice here is it is all pre-registered now and you can show up any time you like. If they allow clean-up hunts afterwards, that is a great time to go ...

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thank you Mr. Linden!

Saw a preview of BS skyblasting geese that flew over... won't ever watch it after seeing that.

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well done!

great dogs too

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sounds like a great time! I plan to head there when I retire.

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everything rkappes said!

That rooster is doing something un-natural to that shotgun!

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Sharp pictures are a dime-a-dozen... that picture has ambience!

I enjoy reading after hunt posts and seeing the pics. Thanks.

Cary

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I enjoyed seeing the pics.

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thanks for the pics - they keep me going 'till next year.

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good dog and a RRL.. makes for a great day! Wood looks better than normal, is it a Quail Country?

enjoyed the read.

Cary

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Hello,

Due to someone's thrown out beer bottle, our season has ended early (5 stiches in Sophie's paw). Season ends here on Dec 20. Hope to find a hunt club to get in some more days.

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While surfing the net about Fox Sterlingworths, I came across a couple of digitized old news stories, one of which spoke of Fox aquiring the Kautzky trigger. I'll see if I can find it in my history if you think it would help.

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please move this to the general forum.

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a pair of quail make a great mount. Smooth the feathers and clean any blood off. You can use an old silk sock (holes on both ends)to slide over the bird to keep the feathers in place for freezing.

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Glad pup is OK! Best of luck...

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Howie, finding the dog curled up in it's sleeping spot; it doesn't get any better than that. I hope that if I try to live right, I will get the same ending for my pup.

Really enjoyed reading all the stories.

Cary

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Hello, I'll post only because of your last sentence... Where I live, my dog hunts mabye 2-5% while being my pet and family member the other 95+%. Sit was the third command she learned and the first when in OB training. Looking forward to the expert's answers, but I am thinking another command word c...

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Hello,

I once hunted with a young Brit and he was the same way. I was not into training back then and we both were learning as we went. He pointed more as he grew. My vizsla points most anything for fun and would hold a point as a pup, though it lacked style until birds were shot.

Cary

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I don't know. :) Thread reminds me of the saying "opinions are like --------, everyone has one", but I bet if you asked a number of Naturalists the same question, you would get just as many answers. It is an interesting picture, thanks for sharing it. Really more interested in the vizslas, but I'll ...

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really enjoy hearing about the pups.

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I found this old pic of Sophie morphing into devil-pup (phew! I am glad those days are gone)

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clap your hands when you throw a dummie to retrieve. After a while of doing it, cup your hands to raise the volume. After a while more of this replace it with a cap pistol in a open field. Beware of echos off shrubbery and such at first.

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Ayres wrote: But they do shed. Oh yes, they do shed.

lol.. how true! I am amazed at how dense a V coat really is.

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go to "Profile"... it is in green fonts where it says "Home, Albums", ect. You can selelct or upload an avatar there. Avatars are usually 91 x 91 pixels in size, but they are much larger on this board.. Most edit a picture of their dogs and upload it.

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thanks for sharing the pictures... the one with the fish is pretty cool.

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Sophie at six and a half months...

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lots of ways to skin a cat. Read all you can from trainers and apply the things that fit you and your dog. A lot of trainers sure are set in their ways! I am no expert, but it sounds like you are doing the right things to me. Beware using the pheasant when pup is small. I believe you just put both w...

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beautiful pup!

I found that getting a V to my 'minimum' hunting standards was quite easy and it is amazing what they can learn. Where you located?

Cary

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Fish and Wildlife Areas's (FWA) usually have an area that they use for training dogs.

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