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Not all longtails will slobber on your waterbottle! That's profiling!

Is the dog going to make him become an upland hunter?

Only asking because that is what drives me to chase birds:D

OK Wildlife Department denied they were in OK for years. I know several that have seen them. Three years ago I saw one, the pointers took off after one into a draw around Red Rock. The year after that I found some tracks on some land north of Barnsdall... No black panthers? :) I always thought the ...

OK Wildlife Department denied they were in OK for years. I know several that have seen them.

Three years ago I saw one, the pointers took off after one into a draw around Red Rock. The year after that I found some tracks on some land north of Barnsdall...

Birddogz wrote:That has to be in thick cover.

Even so...

Now I'm not feeling so bad about waiting through one false pregnancy. And I actually got a pup a few weeks early because of it. Talk about an emotional rollercoaster!! Prouddog08, It was just something to start more conversation inside the thread, a way of saying get a few more pups if your lady wil...

You cannot have "Debate" unless it is civilized discussion. Any personal attacks are only distracting & bring emotion into it. If you cannot have civilized, open, polite discourse then you might as well get out the sticks, stones, clubs & go back to the cave. Rational debate is about a specific iss...

While I agree that having a diverse vocabulary and not using double negatives is important, I have never understood why cussing bothers people. It is a word. A vibration that is interpreted by your brain as syllables and words. The whole notion that a word is so "bad" that you can't say it is actua...

I agree on the people that can't express themselves without cussing. The problem IMHO is those that can't disagree and even debate without personal attacks. Just because I may disagree with Tom, "bleep", or Harry doesn't mean they are stupid, crooks, or I need to insult them. I should be able to hav...

Birddogz wrote:This forum is pretty conservative. Sports forums I am on are 100 times worse and never locked.

I'm on a competition truck forum. We are downright vicious.

I actually just posted the same in the features suggestion thread.

Debate is not a bad thing. Freedom to debate can be a very good thing.

Don't know if this is a feature or policy issue, but I'm far more active on other forums... Generally the more informative forums (In my experience) are slow to lock threads (for slander/libel/etc) and instead moderate posts. Strict policies about personal attacks and slander seem to be effective in...

Where in LA?

Not trying to steal your spots, just general area. I lived north of Shreveport as a teen and didn't know any bird hunters. Other than waterfowl. (I grew up in a non hunting house)

I have 3' 4' and 6' leashes I use when walking dogs.

Which one depends on the area, how likely they are to be off leash, and stuff like that.

Something a buddy that has trained lots of dogs told me when I had my first EP at that age was to just take him somewhere with lots of pigeons he can chase. He'll figure out he can't catch em. We spent some time at parks and it made a huge difference. Helps a light go off in their heads and overlays...

What happened to the rest of her tail?:D

Beautiful girl, I love the solid liver head and ticking.

Worry about pointing for now, get him GOOD at that, then worry about retrieving.

If you want a book try looking on Amazon, IIRC they ship worldwide.

Also, quit the whole "wing on a string" thing, that is really only good for pics when he's a pup.

Running year round helped my last pointer (I'm a one dog at a time guy) a LOT. Times they did get torn up I would slather them with Corona, and they were good to go the next weekend... Usually better in a few days. I know it's a different solution, but it worked for me, but I'm in deferent terrain.....

I know several guys that do it the way Ezzy said...

I wouldn't be ashamed of a 6 point, especially if it was symmetrical. I know guys that won't shoot less than an 8 point though...

some would think 6 dogs pointing all at once was great, others like myself would look at it like 5 of the six blew their backs... I'd have to agree with you. All pointer want to be scratched behind the ears....I don't care what bloodlines they are from. Don't believe the hype. I've never seen one t...

kninebirddog wrote:So you can have passenger reach for a drink in the back of the truck and not have to stop the truck

We've always called em "beer windows"...

Change isn't a bad thing...

I've got one of these I use for hunting and training. The pockets in the back are for water bottles, but work great for dummys as well.

http://www.gandermountain.com/modperl/p ... rchID=4006

Mine isn't allowed on the couch, bed by invitation only. Same rules for the wife's chihuahua and Redbone Coonhound...

So evidently he got out somewhere close to where we were staying. He's never jumped out of the truck before, and my buddy and I are as sure as you can be that we closed his door. At any rate, he's back home! He's a little beat up, but not to bad. I've seen him look worse after 2 day hunts... And he ...

I was driving home to the Tulsa area (Sapulpa) on Saturday May 15th from near Mountianburg, AR to visit a friend and see the mountains. I stopped at the Pilot in Roland, OK just before 10:00 PM to buy some fuel, and stretch my legs/get a bottle of water. I had 2 dogs in plastic kennels in the bed of...

Just curious where yall were... General area is good enough:D We hunt north central, and west mostly, all private land. Numbers were decent, but nothing like that. Some buddies of mine are headed out SW tomorrow early for a few days, but I'm headed NE to a small patch of private land with a few dece...

I've always heard that where ever a homer imprints is home for life. Evidently for better or worse

Rick, I'm pretty sure my dog is really wimpy. He was also too skinny last winter and that may have been a big part of it, we're working on that. I may get a chance to do some hunting in the northern part of the state this year so I'll most likely get him a vest before we go up there just in case he...

English Pointer, because I mostly hunt Quail and Pheasants. And if there are enough quail, I don't mind not having pheasants. Plus my best friend runs pointers as well, and I wanted the same thing.

Get the collar with the constant stimulation reason why..... If you can control your finger .... Depress button quickly you have momentary hold buttom down you have consistant really easy to do :wink: Well said. I use nick 90% of the time. Only use continuous when he ignores the nick, which doesn't...

I'm a 24 (25 next month) male, been bird hunting, mostly upland for 3 years. Diesel is a year old Pointer out of the Crow's Little Joe/Honky Tonk Atitude bloodlines. He's my first bird dog. Most of the time I hunt with a buddy with a pointer that has been hunting for about 40 years. I'm a carpenter ...