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Do not but the Tractor supply unless you can raise them up at least 24" for males and 4: for females. If urine gets close to them the feet and botton rail will rust in short order. I've had one of those set up behind the house for about 5 years now. It hasn't rusted at all, and it gets peed on regu...

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The problem is with a raised floor or deck is rats. Concrete is the way to go.

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I tried the hawk scream before, and it seemed the birds flushed out wild on the second or third scream. I switched back to the beep and the problem went away. Not a scientific study, but it was enough to convince me.

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3 dogs - a GSP & Griffon backing a GWP.

I've been running both my dogs together this season. It's been a lot of fun - twice as much fun as only running one dog!

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I'm a fan of Canon cameras, and if I remember to bring a camera with my it's usually a Canon Digital ELPH. The one I have now is easy to use and has image stabilization. I also have an Olympus that is waterproof and shockproof. I have mixed emotions about the Olympus - most of the time I'm frustrate...

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I have the 320 and really like it. I still use a TT collar with bell and beeper, and there's just not enough room on one collar for all the stuff anyway. The GPS is insurance, and to satisfy my insatiable curiosity regarding how far my dogs run compared to how far I walk.

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Quickness has a lot to do with weight too - my upland gun of choice is an AH Fox A grade 16 gauge that weighs 5 lbs 12 oz. It has 28" barrels. My second favorite is a Browning Citori 525 Field in 16 gauge, also with 28" barrels. It weighs exactly 7 lbs. I find that I follow through better with the C...

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Garrison wrote:He would be a gentlemen's gun dog if I was more of a gentleman.

This one simple sentence made my day!

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12 or 20?

16!

Just because it's a 20 gauge does not mean it's going to be lighter than a 12. Weight is entirely dependent on the make & model, and has nothing to do with gauge.

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A trapper friend told me about the peroxide/baking soda/dawn mixture. This summer my dogs were sprayed 7 times. I can attest that those vinyl no-odor collars soak up skunk oil as well as any other collar. I let them lay in the bucket with the skunk mix while scrubbing it into the dog, that cuts it q...

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I have a GSP because I've always been a shorthair guy. The hunting talent is a given, but the low-maintenance coat is a bonus here in burr & beggar tick country. I also have a setter because I found him abandoned as a puppy. He was mistreated, neglected, and abused, and now I seem to be stuck with h...

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Just got the 320, and I like it. Still learning my way around it though. I've been using the Duracell NiMH 2650AH rechargeables and the Duracell GoMobile charger. Keep the backlight off, and battery saver mode on and they will last all day. You will notice the battery level indicator will read diffe...

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I run a bell and a beeper in point-only mode. The beeper doesn't seem to bother the birds, and I can turn it on & off remotely. The problem with using just a bell is the bell stops working when the dog goes on point. Most of the people I hunt with also use a bell & beeper, although a few just use a ...

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The DC40 is the GPS collar that goes on the dog. The Astro 320 is the handheld receiver. I looked at the Tek but for the same money as the Astro system there is no comparison, especially when it comes to the quality of the mapping, satellite imagery capabilities, and dog tracking accuracy made even ...

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nj gsp Tell you want sometime drive across Rt #6 to our log cabin in Potter/Tioga we will set around the big rock fire pit, sip a few and I will take a good look at your Elsie and make a couple suggestions for ya. It a real nice old gun and should be restored properly. RGD/Dave Thanks - sounds like...

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Here's my setter with a neoprene flotation vest on. Yeah I know - the camo vest helps hide him a lot, doesn't it? :roll: Keyword here is flotation. When this picture was taken we had heavy rain the day before so the river was high & fast and the water in the 40's I think. He's turned out to be a goo...

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I just got the 320, and I'm still learning my way around it. I leave the DC40 on the collar by itself because there's not enough room on one collar for e-collar, beeper, bell, and the GPS too. So far I like it, although I did have some trouble at first. The problem I was having is after turning the ...

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It's been in the family since the 30' so it was done before then. Nobody in the family would have attempted to take it apart. So if it's any consolation the person who took this gun apart wrong (or tried to) is probably dead. Yes, it's a shame and I understand that. I don't know who sanded the check...

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I've been told the screw heads are fixable, but it takes a competent (and patient) gunsmith to do it because the metal has to be gently and carefully peened back to where it belongs, then polished and engraving re-touched as needed. Perhaps one day I may take it to someone to get it cleaned up (Any ...

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If the burrs are really bad, I just clip them out. I've been clipping my setter with a #3-1/2, or a #10 with a 1/2" comb in it. The #3-1/2 mows right through. I clip the feathers from the ears, legs, and chest when they get a little long with the #10, but mostly I've been leaving the tail alone. I l...

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I know what you mean - I work hard to find my spots. Made the mistake of mentioning to the owner of the camp where I was staying at where I'd gotten into a few birds. I came back two weeks later and the place had been pounded. I can't blame him - naturally he wants to get his guests on birds so they...

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I guess what I am asking is, what is taking up the 1.7 gigs of internal memory now? It is straight from factory. I would think there would be enough space on it, nothing has ever been loaded onto it. If you have put nothing on it, do the full restore. If something is on there that shouldn't be, tha...

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rschmeider wrote:I heard you can't use deet products( Licking)

You ever get bug spray in your mouth? I've never had one of my dogs make that mistake twice either!

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I have both installed. BaseCamp is the newer software, but they did not carry over some of the features I liked in MapSource to BaseCamp. I haven't tried to load any new custom maps with BaseCamp yet, so I can't say whether it works for that or not but I know MapSource does. BaseCamp is a little eas...

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Frontline. It won't stop the ticks from crawling on them, but they don't have to bite the dog to die. They die & fall off after about 10 minutes just from crawling on the dog. In heavy tick areas, I also spray my dog with Deep Woods Off. That helps keep the ticks off in the first place.

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I've been struggling to find a definitive explanation on the web that tells me how they work, how dogs are judged, or how spectator friendly they are. I would be very interested in going to see a few cover dog trials in the northeast. Guess I should subscribe to American Field! Why don't you just g...

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I don't suppose one of you experienced cover dog trial people could help me point me towards a resource where I can learn more about cover dog trials? I am intrigued!

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The WIHA map is transparent so that it can be used with a topo map, if I put a card in it, I cant put the topo card in it. That's a good reason to get the Topo map on DVD instead of the micro SD card - you can load them to the MCSD card or the internal memory. You should be able to import the WIHA ...

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So, compared to my rescue setter: The typical winning cover dog setter is on the small side Nope with incredible quickness, agility and foot speed. Nope The typical winning cover dog hits its birds hard, from good distance and has breathtaking style on game....high on both ends Nope, nope, and nope ...

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Are you using MapSource or BaseCamp to load the maps to the Astro?

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Forget the flak - just post it already!

Or please send me a PM too...

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OK here they are - pictures of my 1913 L. C. Smith Trap Grade. Somebody at some point refinished the stock and put a rubber recoil pad on it. I wonder if the checkering is worn off, or sanded off? I suspect the latter... Looks like it's been apart before - some screw head damage: http://i1199.photob...

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Sure are a lot of favorites that are 16's!

My favorite is a 1927 A.H. Fox "A" grade in 16 gauge, 28" barrels. It weighs in at 5 lbs 12 oz.

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Sure - I'll take some pics later today. When I used to take it to the trap range, all the old timers told me I shouldn't be using it because the tang was too thin and it would crack. Dusted some clays with it though.

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Buddy in Maine last weekend:

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Here's my GSP Marzy opening day in Maine last weekend:

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Alas, the 1913 Trap grade I have, at 8 lbs 1.3 oz, is too heavy for an upland gun - not to mention the shortcomings of 32" barrels choked full/full. Does a number on clays though.

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I never heard of an SX3 but I suspect it is an upgrade on the old Super X.#1? People with setter's are generally honest, friendly, quite intelligent, are surrounded by beautiful womem half their age and they shoot a gentlemans gun, SxS's! :mrgreen: I have a setter, I'm honest, friendly, intelligent...

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MO_GSP wrote: that was a heck of a bunch of cabelas bucks you had saved up

I put everything on that card!

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This dog is still available - I'd like him to go to a home where he can continue his field training. This young dog loves to hunt and proved it with some positive experiences on wild birds in Maine - he had several finds on grouse. He is still very much a puppy at about 1-1/2 years old. Because he w...

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I just got the 320 (it was free - I used my Cabela's bucks! :D ) - I also got the Topo 24K DVD for the Northeast & the BIrdseye subscription. I'm still trying to find my way around it. One thing I noticed is that if I turn off the dog's collar and move as little as a mile away, I had to delete and r...

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I put an Elizabethean collar on my setters We gave up on those "E" cone-type collars- they are just murder around the house, our knees, and the dogs. We have some plastic greyhound kennel muzzles and the anti-stool insert. We have them in several sizes so we can fit them on everybody from my 50 lb ...

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Skybusting takes no skill or challenge. I'd rather work birds over decoys and call 'em in. It sucks when you go through the effort to set a spread, get a good hide together, and then have a bunch of skybusters set up near you and pop off shots at birds coming in to your spread. That's the bad thing ...

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I wouldn't say there's nothing to worry about. A dog with recurrent tail bleeds may end up with a tail that won't heal. If the tip turns necrotic it will have to be amputated. This happened to one of our sighthounds - and it's why many sporting dogs have docked tails as part of the breed standard in...

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When you have one dog, you naturally have to have a second one to keep the first one company. Then when you have two dogs, a third is no big deal. When you have three dogs, what's a 4th? The fifth dog is no different than the fourth... I was talking to a guy at grouse camp last year who said he gets...

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When I was a very small child our family had a dalmatian / pointer mix. She was a pet and never put on birds but my dad says when she wanted to go for a walk she would point at the door, and when she wanted to go out at night she would point at the flashlight. Apparently she had a lot of brains and ...

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I get PDJ, and it's a good mag - but my other favorite is the RGS magazine. It's really gotten good lately, especially this year.

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You should get another dog when YOU are ready.

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My flight pen has a roof on it now - I finished the roof minutes before hurricane Irene hit. It held up fine.

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We were told to leash walk for 3-4 days & 2 weeks to normal activity, but check with your vet.

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