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I've had them both ways, difficult males and females, easy males and females. Sometimes they just have bad days and maybe some REALLY BAD days. Personally, I'm with Greg on this, pick the best pup in your opinion, listen to your breeder of choice as well, regardless of sex and don't be afraid to out...

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Coveyrise, I can feel your pain. Last month I took my 13 mo. old girl for her NA. We ran 1st at 7:30 a.m. after an early morn shower, with an extremely heavy dew and fog thick enough to make it very difficult to see her past 50 yds. It was so wet out that the birds wouldn't fly even if you lifted th...

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I don't have personal experience on Elk, but the .270 and the .30's have been used on Elk for a mighty long time. Black Bear are routinely taken with these calibers, both East and West, and I've never seen one walk, short of a bad shot. What may be much more important is bullet construction. As an ...

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grant wrote:

That looks awfully familiar!

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Cooooolll, I got it.

"bird launcher"

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I don't have personal experience on Elk, but the .270 and the .30's have been used on Elk for a mighty long time. Black Bear are routinely taken with these calibers, both East and West, and I've never seen one walk, short of a bad shot. What may be much more important is bullet construction. As an e...

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I'm with snips on this. When you take any dog off the ground, you have taken him out of his element and pretty well taken all defense from him giving him no other choice than to submit.

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Where is the hint?

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Tak, If your looking for a bigger gun :lol: , DS's suggestion of the 338 would be a good one. There are some advantages to the short and fats: 1) Shorter action means slightly lighter weight or you can add a lil more barrel and squeeze a bit more velocity and "usually" accuracy out of them or even g...

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Kevin wrote:vetwrap might help to protect???

That was my thought as well.

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Grant,

How did you go about locating the Conformation class'? My wife would like to do the same with the hope we can get our 2 daughters into it at a young age when they are old enough to do Jr. Showmanship.

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Congrats Cindy, Bernie and Tucker. Great job by all!!!

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Sorry to hear about the storm Greg, at least it is a clean break and will heal well. Jen sends Irish luck.

Maybe the skunks aren't so bad after all :roll: .....

Bruce

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Congrats Pat and Staci. Any and all of the games provide great enjoyment and take a degree of skill.

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That might be a lil high for where I'm located, but it does seem to be around the right ballpark. Mine have run around 180. for hips and elbows. Interesting enough, the subject of sedation for OFA x rays came up on another forum and it was suggested that sedation was not necessarily required. My vet...

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Ryan wrote:Hahaha know what the sad thing is? If this was seriouse all the guys on here would buy her. Not for thier daughter but for themselves. Hahaha.

What Ryan said!

Got a good chuckle as I counted up the dollars and cents in my head while I read the list!

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News like this is what makes a gloomy day bright!!!

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I'll third that. It is the safest way to be sure you are correcting the dog properly.

Bruce

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grant wrote:BTW, They look great on my 24 in. LCD Screen at work!

24"!!!! You dog!!!!

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Cindy,

You have a PM.....

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Thanx Kindly All, no pressure on Sadie, just fun. Especially now that Grouse season opens in Md. next week, YEHHHHHHHH!!!!!!! Cindy, It was a great pleasure meeting you and Donna and I hope you know how much I appreciated all the input and info. I'll see the two of you at the Special and probably wa...

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Sadie finished her JH Title today under less than idea conditions. She went 4 for 4 on her testing with 2 of the days a month ago hanging around the 100 degree mark when she ran and today she had too run at almost high noon with dead air and muggy. She has managed several finds at all 4 test and tod...

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Thanx Kindly All, Percy is asleep at my feet happy to be home. He has been getting pretty spoiled all day to say the least. Special canned food, treats, etc... Janet: Funny you mention the microchip. The Warden info'd me that he doesn't have a scanner and I told him we would be checking with some of...

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GREAT news!!!! Percy has been returned this morn. He is a lil worse for the wear, lot of ribs showing and lost a lot of weight. He was "found" stuck on a cliff ledge about 8-10 feet above a main road below my house. It is funny that I have driven by there a dozen times in the past week and really do...

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http://almostheavengsps.netkennel.com/images/133/PICT0010.JPG.1367.jpg This is a pic of my boy Percy. Last weekend while I was away at a hunt test, my wife left Percy out in our fenced in yard on Sunday eve(9-18-05), and he managed a way out. He has gotten out before on occasion, but has never been...

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"I tried midsomers nite douche recommended in a few mags on hunting and it didnt work so good."

I can think of a few tongue-in-cheek comments for that...

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This may sound cheap, but I saw a really good idea that a new training buddy used that is quite effective and would leave you with additional money for other training items. Since you already have 2 manual launchers: What he has done, was to take the servo out of a old remote control car (RC) and at...

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I wanted to have good pics like 12volt, so went out and got a new camera. I got the Canon Digital Rebel XT!!!! Hopefully I'll have some pics soon.... Now I'm listing some old geek gear on ebay to make the $ back =) It must be a bug.... I got the Digital XT earlier this summer and have been thrilled...

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I like to get my pups into wild birds and let them learn on their own. Too many things you can mess up by trying to control everything with a young dog. Cindy Stahle (Honeyrun) has a method for exposing pups to birds that I intend to try with my next pup. Maybe she will share it with us. Jim I beli...

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Thanx for the post TAK, I've been using Permethrin around the manure pile and kennels to keep the nasty lil beast down. Flies don't bother the dogs much, as the Frontline Plus has Permethrin as one of the active ingredients, but this would be a nice option to just eliminate the flies before they eve...

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pear wrote:No No No the tail is just fine.........a little work on the color does seem in order though...............

Pear,
I'm thinking.... something in the order of Liver/Roan........

Then they would have GREAT dogs

Bruce

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Thanx for the suggestions all.

Greg,
Great link, lots of info that should be of great help.

"Team Quail" http://teamquail.tamu.edu/links.htm looks to be a consolidation of quite a few studies that should get me well on my way.

Thanx Again,
Bruce

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Can anyone suggest some good thorough studies on Quail and re-introduction??? I've been trying to do some research into all of the various aspects of what is decimating Quail pop's and what I can do to successfully re-introduce them on some of the local farms here in Almost Heaven WV. I've managed t...

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Congrats tf, I'm in almost the exact same boat :lol: I have 2 daughters to go with the wife, 2 female GSP's in the house and thankfully 1 male GSP in the house to keep me company. and sane :lol: Good times with your daughters, I wouldn't trade mine for the world. Bruce Thanks, everyone I'm already l...

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Greg and John, Thanx for grats. I forgot to mention this was her JH Test, but Greg caught it. I've always had the addiction/affliction of hunting dogs, but I think my appetite has gotten much larger :lol: I can't take the money with me, so I'm going to spend it on what I love while I'm here :D John,...

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I had a slight back injury Thursday at work which landed me at the ER for the most of the eve, instead of at the RGS Funshoot and dinner in Point of Rocks I had been much looking forward to. Spent Friday feeling sore as he__, wondering whether I should try to go through the back to back JH Test Sat....

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I've seen Blueticks and Redbones broke of deer with the barrel in the tree. It's not a pretty sight :( Recipe: One ounce of deer scent, one deer chasing dog, one 55 gallon barrel hung from a tree by a rope. Add all other ingredients into the 55 gallon barrel hung from the tree, mix very well until y...

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I do have to agree with you on "Fluffy the Kitty"! I live in a very rural farmland area and everyone seems to think that this is a PUURRRRFECT (pun intended) place to drop off all their unwanted pussoi's :shock: That's interesting food for thought on Quail being unable to run in the fescue. Makes se...

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TAK,

I just busted out in uncontrollable laughter at the visual I just had reading your statement about the 100 setting

Think.... Wiley Coyote

Bruce

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I'm going to vote FESCUE grasses! Quail need native warm season grasses that are not conducive to easy livestock production, whereas the fescue's take the heavy grazing and rebound easily just by rotating the livestock herd. Have you ever seen a field of warm season grasses after being grazed????? T...

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I'm awaiting confirmation from Jim Willson, but he had told me the NA would be run on the 18th. He has told me that I am in the schedule and he is sending out the Hotel/Motel info, directions and such next week for me. Apparently, there is a festival in Point Pleasant that weekend and he is having d...

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Pear,

Might I be meeting the "Ben Franklin of Bird Dogs" while I am at the test on the 18th??? Would be enjoyable, should your work schedule permit. Ps. You still have that dog trailer you were selling?

Bruce

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Thanx kindly for the welcome all :) Greg, I'm doing the NAVHDA "NA" with the new Appalachian Valley Chapter over near Point Pleasant, WV on Sept. 18th, probably come out the 16th or 17th though. I'll also be doing the AKC "JH" in Rimersburg, Pa. with Penns Woods Pointing Dog Trainers on Aug. 13th & ...

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Hello All, I've been lurking and reading the post here for several months and have found that there is a wealth of knowledeable folks here. Many I am already familiar with from my other favorite bb's and some new. I've found the threads here to be very engaging and thought provoking and just can't b...

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