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by tjsnipehunter
Tue Jan 27, 2015 8:05 pm
Forum: GDF "Hall of Fame" Posts
Topic: Building your first pigeon coop.....
Replies: 86
Views: 183618

Re: Building your first pigeon coop.....

What's more important for pigeons - floor space or height. If I were to make it 4x4x2, do I make it flat box with 4x4 floor or tall box with 2x4 floor? If you are going to have enough for training, 8-10, I really think the 4x4x4 with an outside aviary is a minimum. They need both height and floor s...
by tjsnipehunter
Mon Jun 02, 2014 1:52 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Whats your dogs name?
Replies: 214
Views: 92611

Re: Whats your dogs name?

Male GWP -- Griffs Duke Nippit Too -- call name Deuce

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Tim
by tjsnipehunter
Tue Apr 01, 2014 4:19 pm
Forum: Training
Topic: What's The Point !?
Replies: 8
Views: 3884

Re: What's The Point !?

I'm confused I guess. Are you saying that pointers are taught to point? That it is not instinctual? If someone needs to whoa a dog to get it to point it ain't a pointer to me. Used the way it should be 'whoa' is for after the dog has pointed and is used to stop the dog from chasing after the flush. ...
by tjsnipehunter
Wed Mar 12, 2014 1:01 pm
Forum: Product Ratings & Reviews
Topic: Bike Tow Leash
Replies: 31
Views: 26443

Re: Bike Tow Leash

Nice review. I was just wondering if there was something like this that was safe for both dog and rider. I love to ride my bike but figured I'd be doing it a lot less with my new pup, a gwp also. Wish it were a little less but it might be something I'll need by the end of this summer.

Tim
by tjsnipehunter
Sun Mar 02, 2014 10:19 pm
Forum: Training
Topic: Potty Training and Extreme Cold....
Replies: 17
Views: 7613

Re: Potty Training and Extreme Cold....

I'm going through the same thing right now. I thought the end of Feb first of March was going to be great timing. It will be great in a few days as I agree with some of the earlier posters that cold seems to speed things up a little. In just two days he knows what to do first when we go out. But som...
by tjsnipehunter
Thu Feb 20, 2014 7:46 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Pigeon troubles
Replies: 23
Views: 9105

Re: Pigeon troubles

Last fall just after getting a few pigeons settled and homing I had one spend a couple nights outside. When they get hungry and cold I think they will go in. Had they been homing and trapping well before this? I can't believe they would leave if this is where they have decided home is. The fatter th...
by tjsnipehunter
Tue Feb 04, 2014 10:36 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: fleas
Replies: 28
Views: 10559

Re: fleas

Last year Bayer came out with a new flea collar called Seresto for fleas and ticks. Living in the southeast, we have very heavy parasite burdens( got bit by a mosquito last week), and flea populations never seem to go away. With this new product, I have heard nothing but great things about them fro...
by tjsnipehunter
Sat Jan 18, 2014 9:17 am
Forum: Legislation & Hunting Rights
Topic: proposed law requiring pets indoors...
Replies: 4
Views: 6319

Re: proposed law requiring pets indoors...

""If it's below 32 degrees, your pets cannot be outside. They cannot survive in that kind of weather," said Withrow." Ignorant people.... I just went and found the bills mentioned and they have little to do with extreme weather. They are year around anti-tethering laws. Nothing I could see in them m...
by tjsnipehunter
Fri Jan 17, 2014 10:46 am
Forum: Training
Topic: How long until your dog "got it" (birds, launcher)
Replies: 47
Views: 26200

Re: How long until your dog "got it" (birds, launcher)

It sounds like from all this that having just one launcher can help, is that right? Will running a dog on one or maybe two birds a day be enough if I can keep things controlled and launch the pigeon as soon as he hits scent? Thanks, having 3 or 4 launchers just isn't going to be an option.

Tim
by tjsnipehunter
Thu Jan 16, 2014 5:04 pm
Forum: Training
Topic: Pigeon Loft question
Replies: 6
Views: 1639

Re: Pigeon Loft question

A lot of other critters you don't want near your birds can get through chainlink and larger wire openings. Sparrows, mice and rats just to name a few. They will eat feed, could bring in disease and injure or kill birds. If you do use it you'd have to block or screen it somehow. They need some rain a...
by tjsnipehunter
Tue Jan 14, 2014 10:26 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Bark control device
Replies: 5
Views: 1761

Re: Bark control device

I've seen the collars work but haven't heard of anyone having long term success with these types of devices. Might be worth a try though because I don't think the ones I have heard from gave it a long time or could set it close enough to the problem. I'm just a little leery of using loud high pitche...
by tjsnipehunter
Tue Jan 14, 2014 9:01 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Bark control device
Replies: 5
Views: 1761

Re: Bark control device

Is this for your own dog or a neighbors dog that you cant put a collar on? I've heard these only sometimes work on neighbor dogs and if it is your own then a no bark collar is a much better option. Every dog if it is barking or not will hear the sound. Not good for an area with a bunch of dogs.

Tim
by tjsnipehunter
Mon Jan 13, 2014 12:16 pm
Forum: General Chat
Topic: New Cross Breed
Replies: 49
Views: 29881

Re: New Cross Breed

I saw no hunting dogs on that site. Looks like the dog version of crazy cat people. Nobody can keep as many 'project breeds' going as they do. Longhaired Weims happen and can be registered but they are not anything but a Weim with a recessive longhair gene and not a separate breed, I think that is w...
by tjsnipehunter
Sat Jan 11, 2014 2:06 pm
Forum: Off Topic Forum
Topic: New side hobby, what do you guys think?
Replies: 22
Views: 12425

Re: New side hobby, what do you guys think?

Looks good. That is something that I have always wanted to try making. Someday I'll get a little lathe.
One suggestion from someone who has lost calls before, make sure and have a good deep groove for the lanyard loop to sit in. Maybe even put one on the insert.

Tim
by tjsnipehunter
Fri Jan 10, 2014 1:46 pm
Forum: Training
Topic: Simple pigeon loft
Replies: 6
Views: 6158

Re: Simple pigeon loft

Check out this thread. Just what you need to hold a dozen to 15 bird for a short time, maybe 8 or 10 for longer term. http://gundogforum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=100&t=15397 I like the one I built but will probably change a couple things. First I would put a 1/2 x 1 inch wire floor in it. If you wa...
by tjsnipehunter
Thu Jan 09, 2014 12:20 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Introduction/ GWP?
Replies: 9
Views: 3153

Re: Introduction/ GWP?

What type of GWP do you want? There are some bigger running field trial types all the way to ones that are a little thicker built and closer to the traditional Drahthaar lines. If you don't mind going a ways or even shipping you could check with Dan Griffith http://griffsgrasslandkennel.com/ He is e...
by tjsnipehunter
Sun Dec 08, 2013 10:36 pm
Forum: Hunting
Topic: PP hair loss hunting
Replies: 5
Views: 2849

Re: PP hair loss hunting

I notice it most often after hunting through the swamp reeds and the rougher grasses around the swamps. My GSP loses a lot of hair in his pits and his nose, I don't notice around the eyes though. This probably sounds stupid but what is a P.P.? I've seen it on the forum before but don't know what br...
by tjsnipehunter
Tue Oct 29, 2013 7:04 pm
Forum: Hunting
Topic: SD opener
Replies: 21
Views: 7774

Re: SD opener

This kind of doom talk happens every few years. I doubt that a lot of the new cropland in the central and west will be plowed up if corn stays down around $4. Some of it is poor land no matter what you do to it unless corn is bringing $7. The $7K land you hear about is good land, it isn't marginal l...
by tjsnipehunter
Tue Oct 29, 2013 5:53 pm
Forum: GDF "Hall of Fame" Posts
Topic: Building your first pigeon coop.....
Replies: 86
Views: 183618

Re: Building your first pigeon coop.....

Mulga, Nice job. I wish I had thought of opening my belgium trap like that. I'm going to have to modify mine sometime so I can open it like that. The drop trap works well. This is a video, if it works, of my new birds learning to use it. This is only about a week after I got them and only their seco...
by tjsnipehunter
Thu Oct 17, 2013 9:17 am
Forum: GDF "Hall of Fame" Posts
Topic: Building your first pigeon coop.....
Replies: 86
Views: 183618

Re: Building your first pigeon coop.....

Oh I know I will be. I barely made it out of the guys barn without needing another loft already. If rollers could home a little better I would have had a few of them too.

Tim
by tjsnipehunter
Wed Oct 16, 2013 9:27 pm
Forum: GDF "Hall of Fame" Posts
Topic: Building your first pigeon coop.....
Replies: 86
Views: 183618

Re: Building your first pigeon coop.....

Thanks AZ Brittany Guy. I hope I end up with a pair or two in these 6 young birds.
Here they are getting use to the view.

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They seem to like the coop.

Tim
by tjsnipehunter
Mon Oct 07, 2013 9:21 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Pheasant loads
Replies: 15
Views: 5246

Re: Pheasant loads

I've shot plenty of wild pheasants with 2 3/4" 20ga loads. It's what I'll likely be using next weekend. 3" seems like a lot more then is needed for a youth hunt on released birds. 5s or 6s are fine.

Tim
by tjsnipehunter
Thu Oct 03, 2013 7:43 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Pointer doesn't drink enough. Any ideas???
Replies: 23
Views: 8954

Re: Pointer doesn't drink enough. Any ideas???

Maybe try adding honey to the water? I've never met a dog wise enough to be proactive on hydration. Just have to have plenty of water along when they need it.

Tim
by tjsnipehunter
Mon Sep 30, 2013 10:27 am
Forum: Hunting
Topic: Steel loads for grouse and woodcock
Replies: 38
Views: 16118

Re: Steel loads for grouse and woodcock

So I've made the decision to switch to all steel for my upland hunting. What is everybody having success with we're are you buying your shot and what chokes do you like . I've shot enough pheasants and ducks with steel to know that if you are shooting in timber there is little worry you should have...
by tjsnipehunter
Mon Sep 30, 2013 9:59 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Is Pointing Genetic?
Replies: 77
Views: 26834

Re: Is Pointing Genetic?

What I am not so sure about the role man can have in a relative short period of time. The whole purebred thing is only about 150 years old, pointing dogs less. My observation over the past 50 years the top pointers have not significantly improved, the average however has greatly improved. First jus...
by tjsnipehunter
Sun Sep 29, 2013 11:19 pm
Forum: GDF "Hall of Fame" Posts
Topic: Building your first pigeon coop.....
Replies: 86
Views: 183618

Re: Building your first pigeon coop.....

Just wanted to thank everyone for this thread. Built a coop based on Nebraska's plans. Turned out a lot better then I thought it would. Well done figuring out a simple easy to build loft for those of us with limited carpentry skills. http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii53/tjsnipehunter/974f808f-80a...