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As mentioned above, I pop out the springs a cut off some of the coil...takes very little to reduce the ejection oomph.

I suspect there is a limit but Berettas are somewhat easy guns with which to fiddle.

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Good grief! :roll:

Oh well, I do find the implication that the 1970s equate to old is...interesting.

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Good guns, I love my 12 BUL as a backup for most everything......in other words, Benellis click for me.

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Hmmmm.....Buck and Ricki should throw some nice pups.

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Ah, ok...I would fall for whichever seemed to call to me.

A Model 12 16 gauge can be a sweet gun and any issues discovered can normally be resolved.
I did find that my 50s Model 12 16 gauge balked a bit on Estate shells.....have fun with whichever one you choose.

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You are saying the specs, in all measures, are identical and wish to know if it would be wise to purchase an example made in 1942 or, one in 1952? I must be missing something???? Are you saying the construction during wartime is ....less or post-war is...somehow better perhaps? Odd question. But...1...

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A bell speaks loudest ....when it is quiet.

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The bell is what it says....how well you hear it depends upon your own hearing,high or low tones, the cover and the weather and the dog wearing it. I use one of them.....I also use a couple Flewelling bells.....they are smaller but a nicer tone, to me...nearing 66 with hearing issues, I pick the bel...

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DonF wrote:Lady up in NW Washington has about the nicest Gordon I've ever seen. This is her dog on a bird. also Boyce Corrals near Madras, Ore. Wish I could remember the dog's name!

Ricki?

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5 cups Tim Hortons large/espresso shot and, lead ‘em.

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OP...dog choice is about more than training. It...can...be about what you hunt, how you like to hunt, the cover you run, where the dog will live within your Life, family realities, dogs already in the mix and their genders, etc...along with our own experience, preference, desire for a new or a next,...

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Understanding yourself is most often more important in choosing a dog, than the dog.
Since I do not know, I can be of no help.
Good luck.

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http://www.mensjournal.com/adventure/articles/public-land-for-sale-here-are-some-of-the-33-million-acres-being-eyed-for-disposal-w463372 No, to the question. But the government is mismanaging the spot(s) due to a low appreciation for habitat diversity and a high fear of obstructionist lawsuits. Whi...

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I trust my dog to know over Time what is effective range....with a younger dog that may take some learning on their part as to hunting and reward. The nice thing is when I learn along with my dogs. At times, when birds may be few and far between ie not on a Preserve, etc. then that stretching out or...

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I seem to recall that aflatoxins, i.e. moldy corn in deer feeders, was considered a cause for bobwhite quail mortality.....the same probably happens with pigeons. Just can’t blame the deer hunters....this time. Ban deer feeders...we have enough nest predators as it is.(trying to fit that into a bump...

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I’m not quite understanding the need for “visibility.”...is this due to other hunters being present and safety, your own needs or ...what am I missing? My setters are normally pretty visible but I admit my gordon can be a bit lost at times in a dark/wet grouse woods or alders. Still, never have seen...

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Neither bells nor whistles are “worthless”...in fact, good bells especially can side an Astro quite wisely in certain areas and good whistles need good lanyards, another reason to own a whistle. Generalizations often appear most as a great big soup ladle. :idea: That said and post having an Astro si...

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Chicken layer pellets or the like.....I don’t worry about the amount of feed/bird...water is good....they do fine and dandy as they are, essentially, used to living under bridges.
No doubt tho they would like an owner who treats.

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Dogs know my voice and tone...I know the many looks they give me.....stuff gets done.

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Each case is an individual but one needs to consider the dog before considering self. We all wish as much time with our pups as possible...but, I know I have been guilty of waiting longer than I should...tough deal. Do the best you can for the best of reasons and then, never second guess....that is ...

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A section of horse stall mat and the best straw I can find.

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I do not believe the safety involved any connection to barrel firing sequence. From the LC Smith site: “Why does the safety on my L.C. Smith shotgun have three positions? The three-position safety provided great relief to the live bird shooter and trap shooter. When the safety was placed in the “rea...

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I would say that there is an element of truth to that idea of camaraderie…..certainly a good wish for fellow hunters. Often tho, notice of “good spots” becomes most a problem only when it may impact one of those fellow hunter’s opportunities….which is a shame. Internet shouts of “COME HERE…LOTS OF B...

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fwlifw............http://fwp.mt.gov/export/sites/FwpPublic/hunting/hunterAccess/blockman/region6/ Further changes would not be unlikely...not a bad idea to look before one leaps. :idea: Like leap off the couch? Enjoy my pics from Montana in a couple weeks :D I'm sure that I will enjoy your photos.....

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fwlifw............http://fwp.mt.gov/export/sites/FwpPubli ... n/region6/

Further changes would not be unlikely...not a bad idea to look before one leaps.

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i really have no interest in your particular instructions on birdhunting ....like I said..."good luck" and "not my way to do things".

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Good luck. Obviously the state has not been shut down to birdhunters and I expect there can be areas blessed with less of a drought/fire danger...it's a big state. However, questioning what if or considering responsibility does not appear to be that poor an idea. I know a fella hunter/dog guy in tha...

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Considering the tinderbox that is the eastern MT+ area, I can't believe there are not more notes of the dangers possible from any activity on the plains. Birdhunting...simply is not the most important ingredient in every instance. Fingers crossed that the area and it's folks receive some relief and,...

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Unlikely...more of an issue with vehicles and catalytic converters, careless hunters and irresponsible actions....on and on.

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... over the course of the season, there will be opportunities at ruffed grouse that had nothing to do with the dog. Do you guys really believe the dog has the reasoning ability to think that because I shot at a bird over yonder without his help, he no longer has to point the next bird he comes acr...

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At 6 mo., let him romp afield….he will learn the positives which you enforce in the romp....positives and necessities exist beyond bird contacts. It sounds like you are indeed in a hurry and, more than a little, believing too much in the obvious positives of wild birds. Not sure why you have a disli...

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Perhaps, because the British Isles are ancient and often regionally separate.....geographically and culturally.
I suspect the Brits do love their dogs, as well.

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Does anyone know of any Setters as hard and tough as barbed wire? Dogs that get up in the morning looking to get shocked all to heck with an eCollar then go back for more and can stand 200-degree throbbing heat with a full coat. I'm exaggerating, but there has to be as least one bad "bleep" Setter ...

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7) I have found that some WIHAs are often centered around an old homestead and ground that is less than optimum for crops or pasture. As such, the detritus of a life lived hard can deposit all sorts of things that can poke and cut and trap a birddog following their nose. Good to have a heads up arou...

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Your critique of the quite normal "alias" process on message boards has been noted in your posts before. IF you believe that alone is the basis for comments of which you may disagree, etc. then you would be mistaken. However, raising the alias flag is always good as distraction....much like a magica...

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Right.........I look forward to reading of your confirmed experiences on WIHA-type hunting opportunities in a PDJ article.

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One reason, in the Yoop, that rabbit dogs and bear dogs are often victims of wolves is that both of those hunting dogs are often being trained during a time when the wolf pups are young....thereby triggering a protective response in the wolves. As well as that pack nature of rabbit and bear dogs. I ...

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I suspect a magazine did not contact you....an employee of the magazine contacted you. Most employee's can multi-task. Especially if it involves collating suggestions gathered by request. I do believe the name attached to an article can lend credence to the article so, the decision is somewhat under...

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Favorite?…small town high school football…..on the radio, while driving home after an upland day behind a birddog’s tail….window down, cool air flowin’ in. Otherwise, WVU games. NASCAR used to be good when Cale was poppin’ his nose with Donnie’s fist. Then, it became all about the stupid Chase, ente...

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1) Park away from the candy wrappers and walk against the bent grass. 2) Don't trust any absense of signs which are used to indicate the parcel is enrolled in one of the programs...they can be removed by locals. Trust the booklets, etc....call, if necessary, to check current enrollment. 3) Best to n...

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I found a boxed #220 conibear set and bacon-baited on a Kansas WIHA...about 50 yards from the pull off parking area in some pines. A 14 mo. setter pup was down....I got there before her. Stuff happens beyond what is expected or in the book. Legal or not, large enough to kill or not, harmless foot-ho...

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It must be comforting to believe that all traps, conibear or other, are always set according to legal Hoyle......can't figger out any other reason to make that assumption. Well, I reckon I can. Just be careful and understand that our dogs rely on us to make the correct assumptions....made with them ...

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To answer the question...yes, moderately irrational re traps. Porkies can be trained for and wolves during the Fall in most areas are not an issue.....easy to hate tho, eh? Naturally, anecdotes tend to color the norm as a fit for everyone....too bad that. However, in no way are traps part of hunting...

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AyAs have been around for a good spell.....seems like Jack O'Connor may have owned one. :?: Regardless, be they boxlocks or sidelocks, AyAs are considered ok+....I believe the sidelocks are on the H&H action pattern. Around about 2005-ish the AyA #2 was considered the go-to work gun in the uplands.....

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F.T. washouts are often very good value for money. I already had a young cocker from a spaniel field trailer, I read of this often but have to ask, how is it you come across such a dog? know someone? right place at right time? is there some secret to finding a field trial washout? I have obtained m...

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Paid 1800 for my current pup and it was worth every penny. You cant put a price tag on a best friend and lifelong hunting partner Quite true......and, a dog can indeed be a friend and, a birddog can be both so, well noted. :idea: What fits the definition of either "friend" or "hunting partner" tho ...

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I had a setter afraid of lightning to the point of attempted jail breaks....only took one success to make an addition to the fence. As it was not a kennel run, a top was not possible so I took 2' - 3' of fencing and 90 degreed it at the top of the chain link. In climbing, the dog made the overhangin...

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Featherfinder, gonehuntin and Mountaineer If you didn't hunt in the wind in SE Idaho, you'd never hunt. Pert much same in KS...I suspect we all cope as best we can....not sure anyone stops hunting when da zephyrs....whistle. I recall one day in Iowa...hot, sunny and soon the big white clouds starte...

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Yes, I see canny and dumb as different.

Wind....be it the noise or whatever, makes a difference in the behavior of birds, imo.

If I could, I would ask ruffed grouse many questions.
So many questions.
Then again, not so sure I want the answers.
I stay conflicted.

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