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AZ Draht... you went through a lot of effort there... but I can speak to one of those locations... Grand Rapids, MN. I can promise you that Scott's TV show and writings pale in comparison (when it comes to introducing outsiders to specific locations) to the exposure from the Ruffed Grouse Society's...

Let's see what Scott has to say about sharing his hunting locations. “'If I told you, I’d have to kill you'is the line I usually recite when people ask where I fish and hunt when I’m not making TV shows. It is mostly up to you to make the investment in time, effort, fuel and boot leather to find a c...

I hunt opening weekend and then a couple of more times, I will make the 4 hour drive, hunt for 3 hours and then drive home. So maybe 6 days total. I have only been hunting mearns for ten years. But even I have seen a dramatic increase in hunters during that time. Until this year I have never actual...

Quill,

Keep in mind, you may be a special case. Your photos drive a lot of traffic to the other sight. Brad needs you there.

I do not hunt opening weekend for this reason and also because of the amount of juvenile birds that are taken. There is plenty of land out there it just seems that everyone tends to go to the places with easier access. I hunt opening weekend and then a couple of more times, I will make the 4 hour d...

Cut my mearns trip short because of the rediculous amount of hunters. Didn't establish camp the first day because my normal locations had multiple camps of 3-4 rvs or 5-6 trucks all around them. 2nd day moved way east out of the area that is greatly impacted by the Internet posts, magazine articles,...

Me too. He has those new pups that need birds.

However, it would be pretty difficult to get caught hunting in AZ. Especially if he has a lifetime license

QuillGordon wrote:Who deleted
UJ?

I don't know who deleted it. I saw it when it was first posted. 40 reviews 3 replies. Nothing negative yet. Maybe one of his defenders from the previous thread tipped him off and he deleted it on his own

QuillGordon wrote:Where is this essay?..

It looks like it was deleted. It was an essay of a pheasant hunt with Steve and danibeth.

He just posted an essay this morning

The Evan Graham dvd that Gonehuntin" referenced is SmartWork not Smartfetch. Smartfetch is just the force fetch dvd not the training course for puppy on up. Smartwork System Basics would be most appropriate. Also, Copper State Hunting Retreiver Club is a good club. I would recommend looking at joini...

MLB centerfielders for the call names. The registered name for the draht follows the naming convension. The pointers registered name is "Put me in, Coach", a line from the song "Centerfield" by John Fogarty.

You can speed up the transfer time by using a sd card reader/writer rather than going through the Garmin

I am happy with the maps from gpsfiledepot.

http://www.gpsfiledepot.com/maps/state/ks

Kansas Fish and Wildlife has maps also.

I have had the denalis for two years now. Other than being stiff, I have had no problems with them and the fit has been awesome. A couple of weeks ago I used them for the first time in a while. I started to get blisters on my toes. I figured out that it was because I had removed the laces during the...

I will be leaving from the black river falls area of wi. It is more west central than se wi

I am in minnesota right now. I will be leaving for AZ from southern MN or southeast WI on Oct 30. I will haul them if they can be in se wi on the 29th.

I do not have a crate though. And not much room for more than a med crate.

Why do you think you need the weights?????? And what are you reading off of My thinking was use weights to maximize the workout in a shorter period of time. Get the workout done before it heats up to much each morning. I don't have a atv or horse for him to pull against. I will be walking or biking.

Harness might be a little small for the dog. The chest strap should ride lower, in the middle of the chest I think. If you can lengthen the first strap behind the dog's neck, that should drop the chest strap. . . A shorter workout with even weight on both sides is what I would do, but you know your...

I am going to begin roading my dog with dragged weights. Because I had a gift certificate and they were free to me, I just bought the drags. My questions are: 1. Should I extend the cord so more of the weight is closer to the ground? 2. Does the harness look to small? That harness only came in one s...

Our supplier just notified us of an increase to $5.00/each

No, you can not control anything other than the alpha collar. I understand it is a different way of transmitting than the older equipment. That is why you can't control the dc-xx collars either.

1. The 220 and the dc40 can take a while to find the satellites and to sync. Turn both on immediately after getting to your spot, get your other gear prepared, then put the collar on the dog and turn them loose. Also, make sure you are familiar with "stop tracking" and "start tracking" commands. 2. ...

Had my unit out today and tried to change from small numbers to large I lost 1 of the tracking for a dog. Tried to scroll through the menu and couldn't get the collar back in trakcing until back at the truck I deleted the collar and resinked with the hand held. Got to be a better way. After you cha...

Congratulations on the qualification.

If I get off my butt and tune up my dog, maybe I will see you at the championship

NO the Alpha does not have the locate tone.

I WASNT BAD MOUTHING GARMIN I LOVE MINE. I WENT TO WISCONSIN , HUNTED FOR A WEEK AND DIDNT GET LOST IN THE WOODS, THAT I WAS VERY UNFAMILIAR WITH. I USED TO USED A DELORME AND IT WAS 50/50 ON FINDING MY TRUCK. Sorry Yogi, Didn't mean to insinuate you were bad mouthing the technology personally. I w...

Before you send it in, spend anywhere from $5-20 for an after market antenna. Your antenna may have broke.

Gundogsupply.com has the tuff skin antenna I believe. That has good reviews.

My alpha has its good and bads. The bad are 1. - You have to calibrate the compass alot. Every 5-20 min. Shows your dog opposite of where he really is, and has you going in the opposite direction. Its easy to figure that it needs calibrated because the north arrow point doesnt move as you move it. ...

I think my Draht and Pointer are a great combination. They compliment each other well.

Funniest experience was having the unit tell me the dog was on point. I looked at the arrow/compass that tells you what direction and how far away the dog is. As I watched, the arrow would swing 360 degrees, telling me the transmitter was north, er east, er, south er west. Doh! Meanwhile the dog is...

Results for day 3 were added.

Today had the lowest percentage of passes so far, but had the most perfect scores

Updated results

Updated with day 2 results

http://www.navhda.com/inv12results.html

Here are the day 1 results

http://www.navhda.com/inv12results.html

for the calibration, watch this video from about the 3:30 mark http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OG7uVh2kQ24 with the BirdsEye subscription, you can download as many images as you want in a 1 year period. After the subscription expires, you can still use everything you downloaded, but you can't downloa...

gregm wrote:Ordered one direct from tritronics only a 5 to 9 day wait.

don't be surprised if it takes longer than that.

Is there going to be a similar collar w/o e-collar attach with new radio technology? :) Is the new DC40 already outdated? :roll: The DC40 and 320 will not be discontinued so I doubt they will offer a tracker only collar for the Alpha. Disclaimer: I am not an employee of Garmin, I have no knowledge ...

Comparison of the alpha, dc40 and tt g2

The alpha is taller

Ricky Ticky Shorthairs wrote:Is the MURS signal digital?

It very well may be. That is probably why they couldn't make it compatible with the earlier versions

I will ask.

I would like to know what the range of the "TRAIN" is. The Tritronics I now have is one mile and I need it! In this unit, how they transmit the "train" signal is different from a regular e-collar. With this one it is broadcast in MURS band radio. So the range of the "train" is up to 9 miles in perf...

here is another review that shows the features well

http://www.dusupply.com/garmin-alpha-combo.html

I was going to make a review of this, but Steve Snell does a good job.

http://garmin.blogs.com/pr....ewsroom

http://www.gundogsupply.com/garmin-....em.html

If you have any specific questions, let me know.

I will respond with my thoughts later.

Yes, the brass ones from Gundog Supply are on all my collars. E-collars, Garmins, etc.

I don't put my units on the same collar. I worry about getting the proper fit on the e-collar. I place the e-collar high and tight on the neck and the gps low and loose. If you do put them on the same collar, the proper way is to put the e-collar on the same side as the gps antenna. The reason for t...

I don't have any experience with the fowl dogs program so I can't comment on that. I used the Smartwork program for a DD and like it. My dad used it also and felt it to be a very good program. I believe a huge beneift of following the Smartwork program is the author Evan Graham checks the various fo...

Try Bruce Conkey from the UKC Coondog forum.

http://forums.ukcdogs.com/showthread.ph ... min+repair

Anyone know anybody that does snake breaking in Minnesota? My dad's NaVHDA club is thinking about holding a clinic for those members that travel to the Dakotas, Nebraska, Kansas, etc and they are trying to find someone to do it.

Use gundogsupply.com

http://www.gundogsupply.com/garmin-batteries.html

I think the disrespect for the JH is to the show dog people that put a JH on a dog and then nothing else. Then, they advertise the dogs to be "dual" dogs.

Here is the post the "victim" made to a duck hunting forum. It looks like a decoy took most of the load.

http://www.refugeforums.com/refuge/show ... p?t=880096

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