Gun Dog Forum

My GSP lady "Di" is making four in Aug and weighs on average 45#. Here at the farm she gets in 2-4 miles a day (looks like a race horse and runs like one-Lordy,she loves to run!) depending on the weather. Right now it is 95 and humid so her runs are being greatly curtailed.

Mostly hunting preserve quail . Sadly, no wild quail left with todays farming methods.

My trainer is out of the game because of prostate cancer. My doctor has a 2 yr. old Drahthaar male that he sent off a yr ago and says he came back like he left. He needs a trainer. Any suggestions. We are located in south La. Thanks.
Chris

Being a south La. boy you should not have had the pic of that particular smokestack in the background. I know where you where!. Just kidding as we have had more than our share of Woodcock here in my area of Pointe Coupee Parish this year. Glad you had a good time down here. Did you get enough to eat...

Beretta SP II in 28ga for upland (quail&woodcock) and a Benelli SS for Dove. As far as ducks are concerned here in south La. I burned out on them about 15 yrs ago.

Had one that I gave to my best friend(moved to O/U's). Great gun-I just found that the gas system needed to be cleaned on a regular basis if shot to any degree. I had put at least 10K in skeet rounds through it when I passed it along.

Have had coon dogs in my family as well as bird dogs-You must be joking!

Yeah, It is a preserve hunt. The wife has spent the last 6 mo. going through chemo and is just starting to get around on her own. Nov 20 My GSP lady and I will be making the preserve hunt. The wife if she is feeling good enough(fingers crossed) will film "Di" in action. She has never seen her hunt a...

It's not the money -it is the way it fits! I grew up in a family where you you could have any gun you wanted as long as it had "Browning" stamped on it.I have in my old age moved over to Beretta. For upland shooting I have a Beretta SP II Combo(20/28) the 20 I use on Phez and doves while the 28 is u...

Being from the south. It would have to be quail. Hunt them on Sat. and wake up Sun. morn. to the smell of quail & gravy along with my Grandma's homemade yeast rolls with fresh country butter. I was in my early teens then and now I'm 69 and the smell still lingers. What memories!

I use a Beretta SP II Combo( 20/28ga bls). The 28ga I use for quail and woodcock while the 20ga is used for dove and pheasant when I head out west. Of all my guns it is my "go to" gun!

Here in south La. the day of the wild bob is mostly over. I'm almost 69 and well remember the day when they were great in number. That is only memory. I hunt wild birds in Tx. thanks to friends and preserve birds in La. Between that and when the Woodcock migrate in my GSP lady stays busy and that's ...

Walked along with my Grandad and father age6-9 then at nine Dad handed me the Sweet sixteen and said "Boy-pick out one bird on the covey rise and shoot him". That was 59 yrs ago and nothing has changed!

At 68 I am not as fast as I used to be. Then again my GSP lady and I manage to get our share of quail. So far-So good!

Have a Beretta SP II Combo(20/28). For quail here in the south it is the 28ga bbls and for other upland game around the country it is mostly the 20ga bls.

My GSP lady hunts quail and woodcock. I use a TT G2 with her. For quail where it is more open I use a small swiss bell to keep track of her as much as possible and if she is on point where I can't see her I turn the beeper on long enough to lacate her. For woodcock here in south La. where it can get...

Strong as all get out. I was impressed with the one I rode in on a deer hunt. With a J.D. Gator and a new Polaris Ranger I just can't afford one at this time and they ain't cheap!

A SKB 385 28ga SxS w/26" bbls that is NIB. Woodcock better look out now!

I'm in Pointe Coupee Parish and the woodcock in my area have rolled out on us with this warm weather. The sloughs here at my farm have so many tree tops down in them from Gustav that you can not work your way thru them. I had to call my GSP lady off of two because I could nor even start to get in wh...

We lost a min. Dachshund 2 yrs ago to a Cottonmouth moc. Had a close call with my GSP lady and a Copperhead. Now I am like the Blues Brothers and on a "Mission from God". I am trying to eradicate every viper here on this south La. farm. Harmless snakes(King snakes-etc) go in peace ! By the way I run...

My GSP lady in 2yrs old and sleeps in a crate in the bedroom with us. A 3 mile morning run then out to the kennel . Another shorter run of a mile or two in the eve. Supper, sometime in the house with us and then off to bed. 8 days and a wakup call till the first quail hunt of the season. It's taking...

There is just me and momma both retired and living on a working farm. As soon as bird season is over I start putting money away for the next one. Will be doing a lot of local bird hunting (quail-woodcock) and 2 trips out west for pheasant-etc. At 68 I know time is taking it's toll so I'm enjoying hu...

While I reload I find alot of my sporting clays buds shoot the Kent and have no complaints about them.

You are killing me! 19 days and counting to the first quail hunt.

Great pics. Glad it all went so well for you and "Roxy".

My GSP lady "Di" is spayed and during the day here at the farm when I'm busy she is in her kennel. Weather permitting she gets a 3 mile run every morn and eve. At night she is in the house with our 7# min. Weenie dog "Sugar". Would not have it any other way!

With my GSP lady who is small boned - 43# and built like a throughbred race horse. "Is that a Geyhound"? Now I just nod and keep going. As long as she finds the quail and woodcock here in south La. I don't care about the silly questions!