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- Sat Dec 05, 2015 8:40 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Say What? Dogs Poop Facing North?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 8202
Re: Say What? Dogs Poop Facing North?
I bet the guy that made this up is laughing his azz off knowing he's got people watching their dogs poop !
- Sun Nov 08, 2015 5:32 pm
- Forum: Product Ratings & Reviews
- Topic: Help me find a BOOT
- Replies: 19
- Views: 20745
Re: Help me find a BOOT
Treat your boots with Sno Seal if your boots are leather,ive tried about every other treatment out there and none of them do much,Sno Seal works.
- Sun Nov 08, 2015 5:28 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: First bird.
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4078
Re: First bird.
Looks like your off to a good start,good luck to you and the youngster.
- Sat Nov 07, 2015 10:07 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Flusher or pointer
- Replies: 25
- Views: 12437
Re: Flusher or pointer
The only reason I hunt birds is to get to watch a good dog point.
- Thu Nov 05, 2015 10:33 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Bloodlines verses Environment?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 10622
Re: Bloodlines verses Environment?
There is no doubt brain power I a part of it.I often think back to something my old trainer buddy told me-"Don't make excuses for a bird dog".At the time he told me that,he was confident in my ability to handle a bird dog,and what he meant was this.If the owner,handler,or trainer has done their job ...
- Thu Nov 05, 2015 9:25 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Bloodlines verses Environment?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 10622
Re: Bloodlines verses Environment?
We see individuals in humans and dogs that posess superior traits in all forms, why discount nose power? Does anyone really believe all dogs of the hunting breeds possess the very same scenting ability? Thats like saying there are no individuals, they are all the same.
- Tue Nov 03, 2015 8:32 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Bloodlines verses Environment?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 10622
Re: Bloodlines verses Environment?
Any dog can be screwed up,but give a half azzed pup and a good pup to a good trainer and the better pup is still gonna shine.Its kind of like hot rod engines,put hot rod parts in a small engine and it will run better,but put equal hot rod parts in a big engine and it will make more power than the s...
- Tue Nov 03, 2015 6:21 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Bloodlines verses Environment?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 10622
Re: Bloodlines verses Environment?
Any dog can be screwed up,but give a half azzed pup and a good pup to a good trainer and the better pup is still gonna shine.Its kind of like hot rod engines,put hot rod parts in a small engine and it will run better,but put equal hot rod parts in a big engine and it will make more power than the sm...
- Tue Nov 03, 2015 6:10 pm
- Forum: Hunting
- Topic: Missouri opener
- Replies: 13
- Views: 7709
Re: Missouri opener
Found 4 coveys opening day and didn't have to work hard to do it,I believe it's looking better this year.All big coveys too.
- Tue Nov 03, 2015 5:09 pm
- Forum: Guns and Ammo
- Topic: 22 LR ammo
- Replies: 8
- Views: 11293
Re: 22 LR ammo
The problem is hoarders.I've talked with workers at several wal-mart stores, they say the same people buy up the 22 ammo as soon as it comes in.I believe the whole problem could be easily solved though.Used to be, very few people bought big boxes of 22 ammo, you just bought a box or two of 50 becaus...
- Tue Nov 03, 2015 11:00 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Bloodlines verses Environment?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 10622
Re: Bloodlines verses Environment?
Bird dogs are born,not made-It's as simple as that.
- Sat Oct 31, 2015 11:46 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Dogtra or Garmin?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 10411
Re: Dogtra or Garmin?
I have the Garmin and am not impressed, I find that a setting that will work at 25 yds wont work at 50 yds, you have to go up in setting as your dog gets farther away.
- Mon Oct 26, 2015 9:37 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: A Clarification
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3036
Re: A Clarification
The beauty of it is,all you need to train a bird dog is a rope and a bird,and you can train a lot of dogs with one bird if you know what your doing.
- Mon Oct 26, 2015 8:20 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: A Clarification
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3036
Re: A Clarification
My mentor has been gone for several years,and he told me stories of the old trainer he learned from.Those old guys had to be inventive.Sometimes they had to hide helpers along paths they thought a big running dog would take to catch them and teach them something.One thing about it,those guys could t...
- Mon Oct 26, 2015 6:50 pm
- Forum: Health and Nutrition
- Topic: what is best energy suppliment for your dog?
- Replies: 134
- Views: 60320
Re: what is best energy suppliment for your dog?
If a dog that's fed a decent diet can't run a couple of 30 minute braces in a forty acre field, I'd suspect the problem is a poor conditioning program rather than lack of/excessive meat, fat, carbs, grain, amylase, phosphorus, chicken necks, salmon, or whatever anyone thinks they need to supplement...
- Sun Oct 25, 2015 8:34 pm
- Forum: Health and Nutrition
- Topic: what is best energy suppliment for your dog?
- Replies: 134
- Views: 60320
Re: what is best energy suppliment for your dog?
I'm just an ole wild bird hunter, I will feed my dogs some uncooked hot dogs or half a lunchmeat sandwich before we hit the road to hunt and during a break or drive to the next hunting spot.Might sound hillbilly compared to all that fancy stuff mentioned, but it's worked fo me for many years and my ...
- Sat Oct 24, 2015 4:43 pm
- Forum: Health and Nutrition
- Topic: Kinetic Dog Food
- Replies: 15
- Views: 7742
Re: Kinetic Dog Food
Why no red meat, is that supposed to be a bad thing now?
- Tue Oct 20, 2015 7:41 pm
- Forum: Guns and Ammo
- Topic: Side by side repair
- Replies: 3
- Views: 7309
Re: Side by side repair
I think I'd try a few drops of wood glue in your screw hole, put your screw in, wipe off excess and let it set for a day.It should set up around your screw and bond to the wood also.l believe I would put a little oil on the screw threads and wipe off excess, so the glue wont bond too tight to the sc...
- Tue Oct 20, 2015 12:31 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Which sex do you prefer?
- Replies: 41
- Views: 17724
Re: Which sex do you prefer?
I have mainly had males over the years,but I have to admit I think a spayed female may be the best choice.A dang male dog has to stop and pee on every coyote and dog scent he comes across,and usually wants to pee 4 or 5 times marking things right out of the dog box before they settle in to hunt.It's...
- Sun Oct 18, 2015 11:03 am
- Forum: Guns and Ammo
- Topic: 26 versus 28 in barrell
- Replies: 13
- Views: 15383
Re: 26 versus 28 in barrell
I prefer 28 inch barrels on an o/u or sxs,I think they swing better.Remember,28 inch barrel on an o/u are still going to be shorter than the action and barrels on a 26 inch pump or auto.
- Sun Oct 18, 2015 10:56 am
- Forum: Guns and Ammo
- Topic: Yildiz
- Replies: 25
- Views: 20942
Re: Yildiz
I have a 410 o/u I bought from Academy last fall.If you get one get the salesperson to show you all of the guns in the box they have,some of them have some really nice wood.When I got mine,another guy was buying a 20 gauge of the same model,his had plain wood and mine had really nice wood.
- Sat Dec 24, 2011 2:48 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Too much dog?
- Replies: 103
- Views: 23147
Re: Too much dog?
The title of the thread is "Too much dog?"-It has nothing to do with being the dogs fault.If you wanted to plow a field I suppose you could do it with a team of Kentucky derby winners,but would it be the right choice?While my dogs might not be best suited to hunt the wide open big country as well as...
- Fri Dec 23, 2011 8:37 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Too much dog?
- Replies: 103
- Views: 23147
Re: Too much dog?
Yes,there can definately be too much dog for the situation.All this talk of it being the trainers fault,and has nothing to do with the dog is nuts.Too much dog usually means too much range.If a guy buys a dog out of big running bloodlines,but needs a dog that will hunt close and clean,he probably h...
- Fri Dec 23, 2011 2:16 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Too much dog?
- Replies: 103
- Views: 23147
Re: Too much dog?
All this talk of it being the trainers fault,and has nothing to do with the dog is nuts. Too much dog has nothing to do with if the dog is nuts. If the dog is nuts it is nuts and it is not too much dog - it is nothing. As for your hunting stuff - yes, I like a hunting dog. I don't hunt anymore - th...
- Fri Dec 23, 2011 1:14 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Too much dog?
- Replies: 103
- Views: 23147
Re: Too much dog?
Yes,there can definately be too much dog for the situation.All this talk of it being the trainers fault,and has nothing to do with the dog is nuts.Too much dog usually means too much range.If a guy buys a dog out of big running bloodlines,but needs a dog that will hunt close and clean,he probably ha...
- Fri Dec 23, 2011 3:07 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: The Garmin
- Replies: 24
- Views: 6295
Re: The Garmin
I often wonder how alot of people's hunting would go without a garmin,shock collar and beeper collar,could many even hunt their dogs without these devices? It sure is nice to know that if your dogs in the box,and you have your gun and some shells your set to hunt,and you dont have to worry about som...
- Sun Nov 27, 2011 12:56 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Dog Bit - Now What?
- Replies: 110
- Views: 34859
Re: Dog Bit - Now What?
I'm glad you put the photos on here,you just might get through to someone and save a child.A dog is an animal,not a human,too many people seem to forget that.
- Thu Nov 24, 2011 3:33 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Dog Bit - Now What?
- Replies: 110
- Views: 34859
Re: Dog Bit - Now What?
I know of a little girl who's face was bitten up by a lab and went through several years of surgeries on her face,this was a family dog that had never shown those tendencies.In my opinion you were luckily given a second chance,I don't care about all that dog whisperer crap or being politically corre...
- Mon Nov 21, 2011 12:09 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Warmer Gloves
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4308
Re: Warmer Gloves
I use a a pair of mechanics gloves I bought at wal-mart,they make pretty good shooting gloves and cost around 10 bucks.
- Fri Nov 18, 2011 10:31 pm
- Forum: Training
- Topic: FF without a table or bucks
- Replies: 33
- Views: 6495
Re: FF without a table or bucks
isonychia wrote:I have a good back and no money?birddog1968 wrote: But again not sure why not use the normal tools and a table to save your back???
- Fri Nov 18, 2011 7:42 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Hunts & Trials
- Replies: 44
- Views: 9207
Re: Hunts & Trials
Just a pup backing a dog on the pond bank. Very nice CJ ...come live4point i know you've got a few pics I really don't have many hunting photos,wish I had taken some over the years as I lost my long time hunting buddy to cancer last year and wish I had photos.I do have photos of the best dog I have...
- Fri Nov 18, 2011 7:35 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Hunts & Trials
- Replies: 44
- Views: 9207
Re: Hunts & Trials
I knew it was either honoring or pointing from a heck of a good distance
- Fri Nov 18, 2011 7:27 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Hunts & Trials
- Replies: 44
- Views: 9207
Re: Hunts & Trials
That middle picture is pretty cool,your dog on point standing in water,I'd like to hear the story on that point.
- Fri Nov 18, 2011 5:10 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Foot Hunting/trial range
- Replies: 113
- Views: 25885
Re: Foot Hunting/trial range
My concern is whether or not FTs really are producing a better bird dog. I have bird hunted fo a long time,and have hunted,trained and owned many bird dogs over the years.I am a setter man at heart,but I would walk a mile to watch a good dog of any breed point a bird.Although I'm a setter guy,I hav...
- Fri Nov 18, 2011 12:52 pm
- Forum: Guns and Ammo
- Topic: any body ever use reducers in their scatter gun?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5185
Re: any body ever use reducers in their scatter gun?
Yours are a lot different than the ones I had MTR,I believe mine were called "lil skeeters",they were just an aluminum tube,not as long as yours either.
- Fri Nov 18, 2011 6:57 am
- Forum: Guns and Ammo
- Topic: any body ever use reducers in their scatter gun?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5185
Re: any body ever use reducers in their scatter gun?
I have.I had a set of 410 reducers for a 28 gauge o/u I had.They were alright to play with,but I personally didn't want to fool with them for hunting.When opening an ejector gun with them you need to catch them as they come out of the gun or you will be looking around in the grass for them,I also ha...
- Fri Nov 18, 2011 6:28 am
- Forum: Hunting
- Topic: Hunting pheasants and quail
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1260
Re: Hunting pheasants and quail
Where I hunt in Mo. I am always hunting for both.Pheasant tend to like large,tall grassy areas,more so than quail.Quail are more of an edge bird,as in a hedgerow next to crops,or a tree lined ditch next to crops.With the weather as warm as it is now,the birds are liable to be anywhere,if your after ...
- Fri Nov 18, 2011 5:41 am
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: What happened to Pine Coble setters
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1353
Re: What happened to Pine Coble setters
I thought I heard something about a fire? May be mistaken though?
- Wed Nov 16, 2011 3:49 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Moderators ??
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2962
Re: Moderators ??
I read his first post,and all he did was pose a question,then others started the my dog can kick your dogs butt thing.What happened to our gentlemans sport,I wouldn't hunt with a lot of these people if I was paid to do so,if this is what the competition game does for you,I shure want no part of it.
- Wed Nov 16, 2011 1:52 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: If you were a betting man/woman
- Replies: 67
- Views: 21359
Re: If you were a betting man/woman
I think to make this fair,both contestants should be on foot,and I think it should be kept as simple and natural as can be,only a dog,a hunter and his gun.-No beepers,gps,shock collars,or any contraptions,just a man and his dog.
- Fri Nov 04, 2011 1:54 pm
- Forum: Hunting
- Topic: Worst season ever in Mo.?
- Replies: 34
- Views: 11113
Re: Worst season ever in Mo.?
Hunted hard this morning,my dog found 1 covey and did a really nice job pointing and retrieving.Should have been more birds the places I hunted,but at least I got some good dog work and the dog and I got a little leaner and meaner.Good luck to the rest of you Mo. hunters!
- Wed Nov 02, 2011 2:27 pm
- Forum: Hunting
- Topic: Worst season ever in Mo.?
- Replies: 34
- Views: 11113
Re: Worst season ever in Mo.?
Isnt EVERY year the worst year ever in Mo? :roll: Sorry I couldnt resist. Kansas will also be down as a whole this year, although there are still a few hotspots in the state. Your pretty much right in your first sentence,but when you sharply decline from already poor numbers,I believe we are in rea...
- Wed Nov 02, 2011 12:18 pm
- Forum: Hunting
- Topic: Worst season ever in Mo.?
- Replies: 34
- Views: 11113
Worst season ever in Mo.?
With our bird numbers in a steady decline for many years,I was worried that the deep,long lasting snow and cold we had last winter was going to make things worse.From what I saw on opening day I believe our already low bird numbers are quite a bit lower yet this year.Talked to 4 other hunters yester...
- Wed Nov 02, 2011 12:08 pm
- Forum: Hunting
- Topic: Pheasants in Kansas?
- Replies: 28
- Views: 7718
Re: Pheasants in Kansas?
Great photos!
- Tue Oct 25, 2011 6:30 am
- Forum: Training
- Topic: Training a big running pointer
- Replies: 70
- Views: 15461
Re: Training a big running pointer
Why is it that the #1 dog of choice,#1 dog most entered,and #1 winner,far more than all other dogs combined of horseback field trials,is not the prefered dog of choice of foot hunting trials,or by hunters all over the US in any area other than strictly bobwhite country, in the same numbers? Could it...
- Mon Oct 24, 2011 2:21 pm
- Forum: Training
- Topic: Training a big running pointer
- Replies: 70
- Views: 15461
Re: Training a big running pointer
RayG wrote, However, to use the Ferrari versus pickup analogy mentioned earlier...you CAN drive to the store in a Ferrari, you can take your dog hunting in a Ferrari and if you absolutely have to...you can strap a bale of hay to the roof and bring it home. It might not be the easiest thing in the wo...
- Mon Oct 24, 2011 12:06 pm
- Forum: Training
- Topic: Training a big running pointer
- Replies: 70
- Views: 15461
Re: Training a big running pointer
Alot of the so called adjusting to cover,is not adjusting to cover at all,it's the cover adjusting the dog.Just like you and I can't run through chest high grass or the timber like we can open ground ,neither can a dog,put them in chest high grass and a close working dog gets closer yet,and a big ru...
- Mon Oct 24, 2011 1:20 am
- Forum: Training
- Topic: Training a big running pointer
- Replies: 70
- Views: 15461
Re: Training a big running pointer
and when you get sick of that big running crap,get you a nice foot hunting dog and start enjoying the hunt again. OK, I will give you that...I must have over looked this statement and don't agree with calling a big running dog crap and can see where some may be offended by it. But I still stand by ...
- Sun Oct 23, 2011 6:30 pm
- Forum: Training
- Topic: Training a big running pointer
- Replies: 70
- Views: 15461
Re: Training a big running pointer
Like I said before,your right,I think everybody else ought to have one of those big running dogs,or better yet get 2 of them to hunt together!
- Sun Oct 23, 2011 11:15 am
- Forum: Training
- Topic: Training a big running pointer
- Replies: 70
- Views: 15461
Re: Training a big running pointer
I've seen a piece of log chain used,but it didn't work either,think it just made the dog's legs stronger so it could run bigger :lol: Hate to say it,but don't buy a Ferrari when what you need is a good pickup truck.Good luck,and when you get sick of that big running crap,get you a nice foot hunting...