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marc

oldbeek wrote: ↑
Sun May 19, 2019 10:51 am
I don't want to walk around looking at the screen. Just a low buzz. If they can make it show a stop sign, they can make it buzz.

It buzzes once when the dog stops or points.

marc

I've used the 550+ for a couple of days now, and coming off the 550, it's definitely an improvement in the areas I needed. The location interface is superbly simple for hunting applications, and the little solid black stop sign indicates when the dog is on point. Perfect. That all I need.

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I ordered a 550+ as well, and am waiting for mine to arrive. I like the simplicity, and the benefit of knowing where my dog is at a glance.

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I just watched the video again and two thing's I noticed. First is your hat. At first I wasn't sure what that was then it dawned on me it was your hat. Dog came out from under the brim a couple times! Next, and this is sinful. You are running a pointing dog in really nice cover and your not shootin...

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OMG.....!! Did you say you live in heaven? What a stunning piece of property. I wish I was a bit closer to you Sir. I would LOVE to share in an experience that both my dogs and I would salivate over. What a kind offer! We have a lot in common. I consider myself a hard core "conservationist". :wink:...

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PartsGuy wrote:
marc wrote:My neighbor and I make maple syrup too!
do you still allow training ? I have two young shorthairs looking to run...

Sorry I was gone for so long! Yes, training is fun. I'm more than happy to have it. I hope I'm not to late!

marc

Been having pheasant preserve fun with a Bernadelli SxS 20ga. I picked up. Light and fast!

Bern 20 (2).JPG

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Just came today - from the hunting fairy! New Filson Single Tin pants with leather hem and boot zipper and snaps. Those look nice.... If I expand away from my Dan's Briar Fighters, I'll have to look in to those. I assume they make a similar material light jacket? Yes they make tin cloth jackets. th...

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Just came today - from the hunting fairy! New Filson Single Tin pants with leather hem and boot zipper and snaps.

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In the passenger seat with a seat belt harness.

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I have had the same Filson Tin cloth apparel for 3 dogs and over 30 years, It's like wearing waterproof armor in the woods, and gets more comfortable with every use. Yes, it's expensive, but the cost amortizes to peanuts over its useful life.

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They are when I golf!

Nice way to finish the season!

marc

Mauser and I had a great weekend! Saturday we had one grouse down out of 3 pointed, and Sunday we got one out of 6 pointed. Mauser doesn't like to sit still for pics, and has his puss face on.

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A pleasant sounding bell in the crisp grouse woods is like magic......only different.

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DeLo727 wrote:two feet of snow down in a lot of my covers in the northern adk. Gotta snowshoe it

We have about 4-5", and it's wet, heavy and slippery. In the next few days it will become rock hard.

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How we doing NY guy's ? & Marc how did you make out ? Were you able to croak that deer this year ? Yeah, I shot a decent doe on the last morning of late muzzleloader season. It took me 1/2 hour to walk out, take my pick of 6, and fetch it with the tractor! Mauser and I have been going at it on my p...

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SouthernTied wrote:Sadly they're not camo. my gsp does a lot of retrieving and sittin on a stand or in a blind.

Get a benign color and camo it with dye.

marc

These are custom fit. I haven't ordered one yet, but check these out:
http://doggiewetsuits.com/measuring/

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I'm heading out to croak a deer now! I've spent all my time hunting with Mauser, and I need to get some venison in the freezer.

I have 550 acres, and no trespassers anymore, but Mauser still sports his Cabela's Ripstop vest along with his New England bell.

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He's 15 months old today. This was at a small local club, going after survivor birds with a friend/member. After he bumped the first bird, Mauser got the hang of them and just performed unbelievably! We missed too many easy shots, but we were in brutal habitat! https://youtu.be/Xps8fG2tPwQ The secon...

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Over on the Vermont side we have just an inch or less on the ground. We expect 6" on Monday.

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Ha! Hopefully you can hit them hard starting next week!

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Thanks Sharon! I'm having a blast with Mauser. When it comes together perfectly like that, he takes a big step forward.

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I think I hyperventilated.....

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Finally! I got some 16ga shells so I could put the old Ithaca M37 back in my hands, I'm a lefty shooter, and I've been shooting it since it was customized for me at 13, and it's a look and shoot gun for me after 40 years. https://youtu.be/M32DtdEvYnw Right off the bat, Mauser scent pointed - and the...

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Great story Steingre. Thanks for sharing. I have a feeling Gus will be with you for some time!

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Way to go Dad!

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I'm a right-handed person who shoots lefty due to my eye dominance being left. For ruffed grouse and other upland birds, I regularly use my Ithaca M37 Featherlight in 16ga. I received it as a birthday gift when I turned 13 - 41years ago! It's a look and shoot gun for me. However, I like to mix it up...

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Mauser locates a ruffed grouse in tough conditions, and I trim some beech whips and scare it good. He's not bad for 14 months of age! These birds on my property have been pointed, flushed, and shot at all season too, so there's a learning curve for both bird and dog. I give a big shout out to Brad H...

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Proud papa!

https://www.facebook.com/New-England-Be ... f=NEWSFEED

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The art of the nose......tactical elevation advantage.....

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My neighbor and I make maple syrup too!

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Sometimes they do, and sometimes they don't. I have a newer laptop, and haven't downloaded the controller app. I have to do that. It probably needs a update.

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I'll throw it out there for anyone in upstate NY or Vermont who may need a place to train their pup now and then. I know it's difficult to find some space to train - or just burn the gunk out of your dog. Our home is a nice piece of rural farm land at the end of a dead end road, with fields and nice...

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Not more than 100 yards in the grouse woods. He ranged 300or so in some open-understory, hilly woods we were hunting, and I could barely hear him over the hills at that range.

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Agross wrote:Max2
I am more of get up and go kind of person not sit and wait.

LOL!! I'm known to be a get up and went type.

Both Saturday and Sunday I hunted at about 8:30 to 10am

marc

I use a New England Bell #4 bell. It has a lower tone and carries nicely in the thick stuff. It's not too loud though. They offer larger and smaller ones.
http://www.newenglandbells.com/dog-collar-bells-4-bell/

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I had some fun with Mauser on Saturday morning. 9 flushes on just the east section of my property, and Mauser held a double and two singles for me like a champ! Too many leaves on the beech whips, and I didn't even get a shot off. :cry: I'm really happy that my logging really improved the grouse hab...

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Thanks. Mauser is e-collar conditioned, buthe's still a pup, and I am not inclined to put too much pressure on him yet. I ended the two sessons with a flush/kill/retrieve. I'll take him out up the hill for some grouse lessons Saturday after I pop some chukar from the launcher. Wild Grouse have a uni...

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Thanks. Like the quail, I fly them out and let them meander around for a while, to simulate natural bird activity. Sometimes for over an hour. I've been using a launcher and Higgins release with Mauser for months. He's pretty staunch for a pup.

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Yes, and I fly them out of the pen. They explode and fly several hundred yards in every direction. Then they apparently write a suicide note and bury themselves.

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As a comparison, here's Mauser pointing, and steady to wing, on a wild grouse last month on my land. https://youtu.be/grBXV_X1FPg

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I switched from quail to chukar for Mauser's continued training. It hasn't been going well. They're not running or flushing (well...one did), but instead hiding in place, apparently preparing to die. With a 13-month old pup, this is not good. In fact, it's setting him back. Here's a short video of M...

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I used the Higgins "Magic Brushpile" method with my "magic" hay bales instead with Mauser, and it worked wonderfully. After 3 or so birds, Mauser got it. That was before he was 6 months old. I had to tune him up after a birdless summer and his "puppiness", but he's solid again now. Grouse hunting ha...

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Was up in Chenango this past weekend for the opener. Hunted in the afternoons with the dog. Overall better than expected. Had 5 flushes, one was a double, and got off two shots at the second bird from the double flush. Its still flying til this day. That's some good action! You scared 'em good! One...

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I used the "OK" ahead of the head tap. After two or three times, the verbal was all that was necessary. I then went from the verbal "OK" to eye contact with a yes nod. Now we're silent.

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http://www.schnees.com/

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Brad Higgins has a video where he raises them in a topless pen. He blows a whistle at feeding time, and they learn to come to the food. As they mature and fly out, they still fly back in to the whistle and food. He opens a gate for the walk-ins. It's a brilliant process.

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Just got in from a quicky at my place. Mauser locked up on the edge of a trail pretty close to my Johnny House. I walked in, expecting a stray quail, and a grouse went up 40 yards away! It was in so thick I barely got a glimpse at it.I should have given it the 16ga salute just for Mauser, but I didn...

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No.....just a 550.

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