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I don't think you could've bought yourself a better 20 gauge O/U for less than $1500. Congrats!

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I'll bite. If it was only about making the dogs happy, I'd throw some chickens in the backyard and let the dogs have at them. Would be much cheaper. Dogs don't care how sporting we make it. They just want birds. I prefer wild birds for the same reason advanced skiers ski blacks and expert golfers pl...

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Great stuff. You're a lucky man to have access to so many wild quail. I've always wanted to put my dogs on quail south of the border. Keep the videos coming.

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In all seriousness, you might consider forgetting some of your preconceived notions and instead start your new hobby with a clean slate. You need two things: a well-bred puppy (just one for now, not two) and a good training program to follow with your puppy. You've already got some good recommendat...

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In all seriousness, you might consider forgetting some of your preconceived notions and instead start your new hobby with a clean slate. You need two things: a well-bred puppy (just one for now, not two) and a good training program to follow with your puppy. You've already got some good recommendati...

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Interesting videos. That Bracco does move fairly quick for a dog that isn't running. I imagine he'd still be a bit slow for even an AKC gundog stake, but it's an interesting style of locomotion nonetheless. Regarding the Italian pointer video, why are the handlers launching their dogs forward at bre...

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Slistoe, I wasn't questioning the veracity of your accounts. I wasn't there and didn't see what happened. I'm guessing you've had some unusually bad luck with coyotes or the coyotes in your area behave more aggressively towards dogs than do coyotes in other areas. My point was that a coyote attackin...

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AZBrittanyGuy, that's a close call. I'm glad your pup made it. I've never had any issues living around coyotes with dogs. It seems that the problems only occur when you have a small dog (like AZBrittanyGuy), an old dog, or a dog that attacks coyotes. Although there are always outliers, coyotes don'...

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AZBrittanyGuy, that's a close call. I'm glad your pup made it. I've never had any issues living around coyotes with dogs. It seems that the problems only occur when you have a small dog (like AZBrittanyGuy), an old dog, or a dog that attacks coyotes. Although there are always outliers, coyotes don't...

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Does anyone notice that we have all these man made rules and beauty "points" that are totally artificial and that have nothing to do with finding and pointing game? JKP, do you go hunting solely to fill your game bag? If not, then "beauty points," and aesthetics generally, must surely be part of th...

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Ray, correct me if I'm wrong, but it sounds like you're ultimately looking for a dog (on a relocation) that shows some bird sense in getting the bird pinned. If you're judging a GSP that puts his nose to the ground, doesn't check for body scent, and knocks the bird, then whether ground scenting is a...

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This is another thread that started off as a worthwhile discussion but quickly turned into yet another "are field trials bad?" argument. I hope it gets back on track. Neil, first of all, what is the "pointer standard" that we're hypothetically measuring other breeds up to? You've described how point...

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Whatsnext, if you try to have a good time, ask lots of questions, and don't take offense if the judges don't place your dogs, then I bet you'll enjoy the experience. I'm always satisfied if my dog puts down the run I'm looking for. A placement is just icing on the cake. That's the best frame of mind...

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I will ask again how many new members post and post regularly? Now lets ask why is it this way? To the extent some of us don't post regularly, it's often because we want to avoid the muckrakers on the site. I think it's fine for people to disagree and express different viewpoints, but once you've s...

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I like that a couple of these derbies have Game of Thrones names. Kind of nerdy, but funny.

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I think what they are saying is that we have far too many who trial. Who go and go!! Finally put a FC title on their dog after running the thing for years, then go to breeding. The people who have never hunted wild bird one and whose dog has never seen west Texas or northwest Kansas or the prairies...

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Too many guys and gals forget that trialing and testing is wonderful, but it really doesn't mean squat when it comes to gauging a dogs ability. Testing is meant to be a gimmicked up display of how the dog performs in the field.....unfortunately the testing has become overrun with folk that test, an...

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Almost every AA stake in AKC I've watched the handlers were singing the whole time. "YOOOO" or similar like the video. You don't want to lose a dog and especially not at Ames after all that work. Probably not as common in gun dog stakes in AKC because the dogs aren't the type that are running enorm...

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The theory here is that the human voice scares game so we try not to use it. Using voice does not seem to inconvenience the contestants in your trials , so, do you believe that the human voice does not scare off the very game that you want the dogs to find ? I believe it depends on the game. I'm wi...

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Almost every AA stake in AKC I've watched the handlers were singing the whole time. "YOOOO" or similar like the video. You don't want to lose a dog and especially not at Ames after all that work. Probably not as common in gun dog stakes in AKC because the dogs aren't the type that are running enorm...

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I know this has come up before, but the information on this forum about this subject is very conflicting. I remember reading this thread last year on "singing": http://gundogforum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=69&t=44053&p=405760&hilit=singing#p405760. The consensus in that thread seems to be that const...

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I'm surprised that someone revived this thread from the dead. I don't want to beat the guy up anymore given the circumstances, and I'll take him at his word that his second explanation is what really happened. I also hope his father's health is getting better. No one unfairly jumped to conclusions....

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Si, I disagree with bonasa and don't think you've done anything wrong by exposing your dog to running roosters. As long as your pup doesn't catch any birds, he's not learning any bad habits. In fact, I'd say you're lucky to have released birds that behave like wild birds to work your dog on. Relocat...

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I'm surprised that someone revived this thread from the dead. I don't want to beat the guy up anymore given the circumstances, and I'll take him at his word that his second explanation is what really happened. I also hope his father's health is getting better. No one unfairly jumped to conclusions. ...

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I'll add that field trials in Colorado definitely aren't in decline. Just about every AKC weekend trial in our area had to close entries in 2013. All the derby and puppy stakes that I saw had 20 plus dogs. Everyone commented that it was the biggest influx of new dogs and owners that anyone could rem...

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I would also add that declining wild bird populations and access to wild birds may have something do with it. Most people I know who occasionally field trial, myself included, also bird hunt. I wouldn't ever own a dog just to field trial. As people give up bird hunting because of declining bird popu...

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Here we go again . . . another dog food thread. Someone pass me the popcorn.

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You can kill anything with a 28 ga if you have it properly choked. You have to match your pattern densities to the birds you're hunting. For example, you probably need to use a full choke if you're using a 28 ga on pheasants. That will give you a similar pattern density to an improved cylinder on a ...

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I second what the others said about barrel length, although choosing a barrel length depends a lot on personal preference and the balance of the particular gun. I'll also add that you want a much lighter gun for something like grouse/woodcock. A trap or skeet gun generally weighs around 8 lbs. You w...

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I disagree with taxing landowners allowing people to hunt their land. That is their land, and if they're being good enough to allow you to hunt it (even if they ask for some compensation) they should not be taxed. I know if someone wanted to hunt my land and I charged them a certain amount and then...

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KS had a record high pheasant population just two years ago, so I wouldn't overreact. It's weather, weather, weather. The CRP losses haven't helped, but things haven't changed that much in 2 years other than weather. Pheasants Forever has produced plenty of research proving that releasing pheasants ...

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I don't use check-cords much at all and never use one for the purpose of keeping young pups near me. I let the pup roam just as soon as it can walk well enough and the pup learns that it is it's job to keep in contact with me and not my job to keep in contact with it. When pups are young they are u...

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Interesting discussion and differences of opinion. I'm wondering if the cowering goes away and the steadiness improves once the dog transitions to making its own retrieves further along in the process. My dogs certainly perk up in anticipation of a retrieve. The cowering seems to occur in the videos...

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OK so now I run around this here forum looking at all the locked "what do you feed" threads and see a bunck of folks or maybe one with multiple logins posting all this crap about dog food. WTH? Is that the only topic this fella has to offer the foum? And corn is bad for dogs? Pistol whip that perso...

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I got a dozen GHG decoys three years ago that have held up great. Those would probably work out fine for you. I usually buy cheap decoys. Growing up I shot way too many ducks over beat up styrofoam dekes with questionable paint jobs to believe that felt heads and super realistic paint make any diffe...

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Neat stuff. I'd like to see falconry/hawking over a pointer in action sometime. Does the hawk learn to use the dog on point to locate the bird or do you have to direct the hawk towards where you think the bird is holding? For example, once the chukar lands after the initial flush, could you release ...

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Wow. That looks like a blast. I noticed that you had one hawk flush the chukar and another hawk pursue the chukar after the flush. Do you want the hawk to catch the chukar before it flushes while the dog is on point or after the flush?

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Sounds to me like you're making noise because you're trying to keep your pointing dog in flushing dog range to satisfy your slow friends. I bet that gets very frustrating. I'd keep quiet and let your dog range ahead as far as he wants. He's bred to find birds and hold them for you, not work across a...

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Even as you describe the situation, you're still not allowed to shoot released birds in wild pheasant habitat during hunting season unless you're a licensed game farm/preserve or you have a field trial permit. How would you know whether you're shooting a released hen or a wild hen? There are certain...

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Those appear to be pen raised birds taken at a game farm. Hopefully the op will confirm that. Also I don't know of any WIA that has cattle. If so this shouldn't be allowed. Nate The landowners are allowed to rotate cattle on to WIA for a short period of time. I often see cattle on cut corn fields e...

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You're right that there isn't a good explanation for shooting hens on WIA. SD44, if you didn't know that shooting hens is illegal, then you're an idiot and you should turn yourself in, pay your fine, and never do it again. If you did know and shot hens anyway, then I hope they take your license away...

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Hens are definitely illegal here. Please tell me these are game farm birds? Our pheasant population has enough issues without people shooting hens.

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I'm jealous. I had the opportunity to hunt Iowa for a couple days last year and was pleasantly surprised by the number of birds given all the reports of dwindling pheasant populations. It must've been a pigeon shoot 15 years ago.

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It's good to hear that you're seeing birds in SD. Maybe the sky isn't falling. It must be the snow. They always bunch up into big groups in heavy cover when it snows.

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I have a new set of Mendel's as well and am very satisfied with their comfort and how waterproof they are. If you're getting blisters, I'm thinking you got the wrong size. I love th feel of the Danali, dont get me wrong. Like I said, I wore them ALL summer. But something is different about the hunt...

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Now you are just being obtuse. I asked an honest question. And trust me dogs no nothing of shooting skills. I was joking. I'll get off your lawn now. Please don't leave without answering an honest question, I really want to know what you think. And as for definitions, just type any word in Google, ...

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Neil wrote:Now you are just being obtuse. I asked an honest question. And trust me dogs no nothing of shooting skills.

I was joking. I'll get off your lawn now.

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I was thinking about this thread while I was hunting my GSP pup on pheasants last weekend. For some background, I started hunting him at the very tail end of pheasant season last year, but I didn't shoot any for him because he never pinned one down to my satisfaction. He had a few situations last y...

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I was thinking about this thread while I was hunting my GSP pup on pheasants last weekend. For some background, I started hunting him at the very tail end of pheasant season last year, but I didn't shoot any for him because he never pinned one down to my satisfaction. He had a few situations last ye...

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What you described sounds normal for a puppy. She'll grow out of it. The fact that she started hunting hard after she got the nonsense out of her system is a good sign. You may want to consider hunting her alone until she ignores the other dogs.

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