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DogNewbie wrote:I was worried about that...I wonder why the hen population would get hit harder than the rooster population?

Because the roosters drive the hens off the food in the winter.

Sometimes getting shots at gambels is easier without a dog, but it is much harder recovering shot birds without one.. If you have a dog, bring it.

I think they are never to young Here is my brother and nephew. He is 3 here http://i330.photobucket.com/albums/l432/az_draht/grousehunting2009037.jpg http://i330.photobucket.com/albums/l432/az_draht/grousehunting2009018.jpg As long as they have fun. Whatever it takes for them to enjoy themselves ht...

I use an old cell phone car charger. It works fine.

Scott, are you running the 320 with both the beep and vibrate alerts on? I'm no battery expert but i just changed mine to beep only figuring the vibrate has to decrease battery life. also there is a power saver mode on set up. have you got that enabled? Actually, if you notice the tones on the 320 ...

With alkaline batteries in the 320 the low battery warning goes off at about 40% battery life. Your on point alerts and backlight also shut off. I highly recommend you use rechargeable batteries

The hunting options within a days drive of Albert Lee are excellent. I don't know about LA

I just had a reminder about this and thought I should share it with those that have the 320 coming. By design, the 320 alarms and alerts do not work when the battery life of Alkeline batteries is below 25-50%. Restated, the on point alarm (beep or vibration) will not notify you when your dog is on p...

The Mothers vest has attachment points on the shoulder straps. I use the supplied belt clip to attach it high on my non shooting shoulder under my ear. I have a carabiner on the strap below that. I put the lanyard in there to keep it from falling to the ground should the belt clip fail.

That website has a few options available when it comes to buying the astro. You can buy the 1st generation gps with 2nd gen collar for $489 Or the 1st generation gps with the 3rd gen collar for $529 Or the 2nd generation (brand new) gps with the 3rd gen collar for $649 decide what one will work best...

Arlette (KnineBirddog) hosts Rick Smith seminars at Desert Rec in Coolidge. The Navdha club has some suedo seminars. Other than that, I have not really seen any. If you are looking to learn to train, I suggest you join one of the clubs and try to hook up with experienced members to train with. Sever...

Here is how the map looks in BaseCamp (you do not use Mapsource) BaseCamp overlayed the topo lines because I had my AZ topo map selected. http://i330.photobucket.com/albums/l432/az_draht/th_BirdsEyeImage.jpg Here is how they look on the Astro. The scale is visible in the lower left. http://i330.phot...

Got the BirdsEye loaded. It was really easy. Unfortunately, I was downloading it over wireless internet so it took a while. It looks like 200mb of data equals 93 square miles of satellite images. That varies with your detail selection though. I will test it Sat and Sun on and around our trial ground...

The UPS guy delivered my production model of the 320 today. What you see here is how it will be package when buying without a collar. You get everything you see here except the BirdsEye which is an additional yearly subscription. http://i330.photobucket.com/albums/l432/az_draht/th_IMAG0059.jpg I wil...

Interesting development in the dog collar world MEDIA CONTACT: Ted Gartner Garmin International Inc. Phone | 913/397-8200 E-Mail | media.relations@Garmin.com Garmin ® Acquires Tri-Tronics® Inc., Leader in Electronic Dog Training Equipment Schaffhausen, Switzerland and Tucson, AZ –/June 24, 2011/Bus...

I am in the north valley, so I am of no use, but have you looked at joining the Arizona Pointing Dog Club or the Shorthair Club. It may not happen right away, but I am sure after a little networking, hanging out at meetings or other events, you will find someone in your area. I know there is a group...

Here is the grounds of Kelly farms They hold a lot of different dog events, from retrievers to walking field trials. They grounds are very nice. http://i330.photobucket.com/albums/l432/az_draht/KellyFarm.jpg Don't worry, the snow should be gone by the time any test you would run rolls around. :mrgre...

The short answer is yes. Rather than me typing up a bunch, read the link below. Steve did a great job with his review.

http://www.gundogsupply.com/astro-320-m ... ation.html

I have been testing the new unit for a few months. I haven't tested the new antenna though. Others on the test team have and they are saying it is double the actual range of the old antenna in the same environments. I am suprised that Steve has such a good review already. We just got the production ...

Meatballs, Typically, the smaller images that you see are hosted on sites like photobucket.com and then the images are linked via the URL. Those sites have code that you can copy and paste into your post which will allow you to insert smaller images or even clickable thumbnails that enlarge when cli...

Yes, I'll be there.

Is he teething yet?

Karl,

Nice to see you on here

Brent

I know it is late, but I just sent off a check for entry. I will call you also.

Water Dog and other Wolters books have been used to train a lot of retrievers. And following any structured training system is better than nothing, however I think you will find that, in the retrieving dog circles, Wolters' books are considered outdated. There has been a lot of advancements in dog t...

What software revision did you update to?

Did you update the collar as well as the receiver? A lot of people don't realize it is a separate step to update the collar.

I am not exactly sure, because I have never actually witnessed it, but I believe that behavior is what is know as "water freaking". It is very common in Chessies. A quick Google search reveals what Amy and John Dahl have to say about "water freaking". "A common problem is "water-freaking," that is, ...

Found the commands in an old post of mine. Try the following Press "Dog" Press "Menu" Highlight "Dog List", Press "enter" Highlight the Dog you are having trouble with, Press "enter" Highlight "Show info", Press "enter" Press "menu" Highlight "Change Dog Unit Type", Press "enter" In the drop down me...

Have you ever done any updates to the collars? Make sure you have the latest software version. Going off the top of my head, I would guess that you are changing the setting for the alerts not the dog type. If you were in the menu for changing the dog type, it would say "Pointing Dog" not "On Point"....

The only time I have seen reference to rail hunting in Minnesota is when Dennis Anderson and Bill Marchel had an article in the paper about it. If I remember correctly, they would push through wild rice stands in a canoe with a shooter in front. They said it is pretty tough because of the secretive ...

Maybe Az D will step in and clarify but it looked like his post was comparing the mpg of an engine in a Mustang with the mpg of one of the old engines in a Ford pickup. Maybe I misunderstood but the way the post was worded wasn't very clear to me & looked like one of those apples and oranges compar...

What I would love to see is Ford to put the freakin 4cyl diesel in the trucks here stateside, or bring back that Torquey stump pulling 300 straight 6 loved that motor..... Good Luck.. JMO, Its isn't a 4cyl diesel but Ford is putting 3 new engines in the 2011 f150s. The 400hp 26mpg 5.0 from the must...

click on the Lion Country Supply banner at the top of the page. They do a pretty good gob of describing the various whistles. You can listen to the different types of whistles there. Some of the popular ones with retriever trialers are Gonia Clear Competition (regular and mega) Gonia Special (regula...

I think a combination of the Dokken and this home made bumper will greatly improve your dogs hold.

http://www.kwicklabs.com/Kwick%20Bumpers.htm

I forgot to mention, the new track will then be under the dogs name again

When the Astro saves a dogs track, the file is the dogs name. In order to keep it from overwriting old tracks, you have to rename them. To do that Main Menu > Advanced > GPS Applications > Tracks 1. Highlight "Save", Press "enter" The track will be saved under the same name as the collar name (Presu...

What you need to do is rename the older tracks. I use the date and am/pm or 1, 2, etc. I will leave it at that for now because I work third shift starting tonight and I need to take a nap so I can make it through the night. I will verify the steps on my astro and post instructions in the morning.

Coveyrise64 wrote:Is that 620 data points per dog?Coveyrise64

Yes

The hand held only holds 620 data points from the dogs track. It then begins to overwrite. You can get around this by saving the tracks and renaming them when you stop for breaks or in between hunting spots. So you would have multiple saved tracks for each hunt. However, the actual dog collar hold f...

I think the area that the dogs that don't get Pr 1 112 have the most trouble with is the tracking of the pheasant. That would be the area I would spend some time on.

Look for a pointing dog club in your area and join it. That will help with finding access to training grounds, birds, training equipment, and experienced trainers.

I am having an issue with mine not alerting me when my dog is on point. I believe I have it set corectly to alert on point. It won't show the dog pointing icon either. Any ideas? Press "Dog" Press "Menu" Highlight "Dog List", Press "enter" Highlight the Dog you are having trouble with, Press "enter...

I would go with another Coleman (you got 10 yrs out of yours)and throw a tarp that is big enough to touch the ground on each side over it to aid in heat retention and storm protection. Then I would use the gift card for other goodies My first $60 Coleman tent I got 18 years out of it. Nothing wrong ...

Does anyone know or have heard if Garmin is going to upgrade the Astro for next year? I am planning on getting one pretty soon and was wondering if they was gonna make any improvements to it? If so i will wait till then. I have a suspicion that there will be an upgrade by next fall. A lot of people...

I've liked mine so far in the four times I've used it. The problems that I have had have been the issue dgfavor spoke of with the arrow and compass pointing the wrong direction and mine doesn't seem to beep when on point. That said, I have not read the instructions yet so it could be my fault? As f...

The astro can vary a lot in the range of the reception. I have kept contact with a collar at 1.5 miles in the northern Minnesota grouse woods. And I have lost reception at less than 100 yards in the Arizona desert. You need line of sight for the best reception. The garmin does always point to the la...

Has anyone had the issue with their Garmin where it won't link to the dog's collar? Check to see if the you have it assigned to track the collar. 1. Press "Dog" to get to the dog page 2. Press "menu" 3. Arrow down to "Dog List", Press "enter" 4. Arrow down to the Dog whose collar you are having tro...

The Astro is absolutely worth the hype. And the price. If you don't think so, just go around to the different forums and read the posts on lost dogs. Then ask the person who lost the dog how much they would pay to have an Astro around the dogs neck at that time. Then read the posts were people give ...

The signal does not go straight from the dog to the handler. I believe it goes from the dog to the satelite, from the satelite to the handler, right? : Rick that is incorrect. Each unit is tracked by satellites, but the dog collar transmits by radio frequency to to the hand held unit. Because of th...

As a result of this: http://www.refugepics.com/members/26lb_tom/stickers.jpg Mine went from this http://www.refugepics.com/members/26lb_tom/Head%20shot.jpg To this (Actually this is 10 months later.) http://i330.photobucket.com/albums/l432/az_draht/SDC10759.jpg It took well over a year for her beard...

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