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Excellent post Greg...explains why it is important!

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Just a note to self that folks on the board could learn from...make sure your pigeon coop is secured good enough so that you can control when your pigeons get out to roam/fly. I have a LCS plan coop with the wire aviary on the front and the pigeons have figured out how to trip the bottom latch to ge...

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Good luck!!!

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Nice!

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Good stuff!

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Gretchen turned 5 today. http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2008-8/1318327/Misc%20096.jpg Happy Birthday Momma!!! You are perhaps the best mother I have seen...I will never forget your tireless effort to take meticulous care of your puppies throughout the entire length of time they were with you. Thank ...

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We celebrated Baron's 12th birthday today...he had a blast and although he is 12, you wouldn't know it the way he hunts and moves around. http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2008-8/1318327/Barons%2012th%20Birthday%20032.jpg Happy Birthday Baron!!! Although you have only been with me for a couple of years...

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There is a field trial nearly every weekend in Feb/March at Percy Priest, just south of Nashville. Neil Hmmmmnn...now, the colonel would throw a fit if I promised to sight-see and then took her to a FT. However, I was already contemplating I-65 on the way back to meet up with a fellow grouse hunter...

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tn red wrote:Greg it the nail on the head.Just head down to music row lots there also might check out the wid horse always something big going on there .If you have time be glad to take you hunting while your in town just send a pm

Appreciate the offer and I will keep it in mind if we can fit it in!

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Born & raised in Nashville. Would only add Vanderbilt's campus to your list. There is a British shooting store called Game Fair Ltd. that a lot of guys here would think is really cool. Judging by your sig, my bet is that you will stop at the armor school at Ft. Knox, and blow your schedule after sp...

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I am heading down to a quail hunt in Georgia mid February and to keep the colonel happy, we are planning to spend two days in Nashville on the way back.

Anybody have any recommendations for "must do" things while in Nashville?

We will be there - Thursday morning through Saturday morning.

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I also find that my males are more laid back and biddable than my females.

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Nice!

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From my experiences... the people that want a female generally believe that they would be better with children, more attentive to the owner, quicker at producing birds for the gun, and not as prone to roaming. Very few buy female puppies with breeding in mind. I believe it's not the gender of the d...

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Outdoor kennel is excellent advice...there are probably plenty posts on here about set-ups...some very elaborate.

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I decided on the 10 x 10 Outback Lodge...with my points, a gift card, and a promo, I'm getting the tent and a pair of dry plus chaps for under $200. I'll let you guys know how the tent pans out. OBTW...if you are looking for chaps, the dry plus are only $29 right now. I like my Filson chaps but coul...

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I pretty much hunt grouse 90% of the time 100% of the season up here and have found that any moisture, save a downpour, brings good scenting conditions. Grouse do not have a faint scent but they have a jittery disposition and will not tolerate a dog getting too close without running to a point 60 ya...

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Even though I live in the heart of grouse country, I do spend 4 days in a tent every year in Wisconsin...the other place where there are no birds. I have been camping a an old Coleman dome tent for 10 years and it has finally given up the ghost this year so I am looking to replace it. I have a gift ...

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If you have gotten your dog into birds and they know what the bird field/woods mean...you should not have a problem. Some hand the beeper outside near the kennel when feeding so the dog get used to it over time but what I do is notice when they know what the woods/fields and the gun all mean. Then, ...

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Thanks folks...same to you!

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What type of dog do you need it for? By your handle I assume you have a Lab which leads me to believe you may not need anything more than 1/2 mile range. With that being said, I think Tri-tronics makes a new basic yard trainer than could serve you well and would be brand spanking new for under $200....

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...those who are in uniform fighting for our freedom. I came across this story and reminded of the extrodinary sacrifices that people put themselves through in belief of something that most people do not understand: http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local_news/Howard_highly_decorated_Vietnam_veteran_...

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Michigan = 21 Days, 90.5 Hours, 231Grouse, and 94 Woodcock

Wisconsin = 7 Days, 35 Hours, 74 Grouse, and 64 Woodcock

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That top 10 list sure changes when you dump that first pointed wild bird over em though!!!

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U.P. of Michigan. My season starts July 15th when dogs are allowed to run in the woods. I use it as training time on wild birds until the ruffed grouse season opens on September 15th until deer season opens on November 15th. Woodcock are mixed in from the third weekend in September to the first week...

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If you have dogs long enough sooner or later you will have a dog fight You betcha it is going to happen. I don't care what kind of lines you have, if the conditions are right...it is going to happen. Please be careful sticking your hands in there. You have no idea what you are getting into when you...

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Keep the hair on her feet and between the toes cut short to reduce the snowballs that will build up there. Don't know of any problems will snow other than that. Ezzy Ditto...also, if the snow gets pretty deep and you are hunting grouse, be careful of what the snow hides such as blow downs and slash...

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Atheist wrote:Where are you at up here? One of my very good friends has a shorthair named gunner who looks a lot like that! Glad to here you're putting birds up! We just cooked up some grouse tonight

Marquette area.

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It was cold and blustery up here today but the birds were out and sitting tight. A good day to get into the woods and let the chill sooth the soul. Moved 15 birds in 3 hours of hunting...one of my better days this year. Grey and Red Tailfans: http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2008-8/1318327/Late%20Seas...

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Happy Thanksgiving!

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Sorry you guys didn't run into that many birds, but your post makes me feel better that I pulled the plug on my trip out there this week. I got a call from my buddy who has been out there for 2 weeks and he told me to stay home because the 20 grouse I have been moving a day are twice what he was mov...

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Headed out with Gunner and his brother (Panzer) today. Panzer pointed a woodcock and I couldn't shoot because he was down hill from me when the bird flushed and the shot string would have given him a nasty haircut. Took Gunner to a new spot and we limited out on woodcock. It was tough as the last bi...

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Heading to North Dakota next week and taking my 20 gauge.

I was going to pick up a few boxes of the Fiocchi Golden Pheasant 1 oz #5's but then I saw the Kent Ultimate Fast Lead for about $4.00 cheaper per box.

Anyone have any experience using the Kent Ultimate Fast Lead?

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My dad and I moved 56 birds, mostly grouse, during 4 days of hunting northeast WI. I managed to scratch down a grouse and woodcock each over the boys (Baron and Gunner) and my dad scratched down a woody over Gretchen. Panzer (5 month old pup) pointed a few grouse and a few woodies but I wasn't able ...

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Took out the local news channel for an opening day hunt this morning and it actually didn't turn out to be a disaster. Temps were warm but better than the past couple of weeks, and there was a tad bit of dew on the vegetation. I ran Gunner first and he started making game 20 minutes into the hunt. A...

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Gunner, my 7.5 year old GSP, has developed a couple of fatty tumors over the past couple of months. Nothing serious at this point, just Lipomas but they seem to grow quickly. I attribute that to him bouncing off from popple slashings, etc...and irritating them. My vet does not seem to be concerned, ...

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Welcome.

There should be plenty of posts about finding a dog to fit your needs. I would recommend that you contact a few breeders of different dogs and hunt over them or go out with someone who would let you hunt with them over their dogs to narrow your search a bit.

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For a book to be in print for nearly 40 years, and that is the only thing you found to critique says something, doesn't it? Neil You got that right. I have a friend who is a professional trainer who once told me he would spend a day cleaning Rick and Ronnie's kennels just to hang out with them...th...

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A gun dog and a trial dog are two different things when it comes to the thought of "letting a pup be a pup for the first year". I see nothing wrong with breaking a dog before a year if you are only looking for a gun dog. However if you are wanting a true field trial prospect, which Delmar was, then...

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Welcome and ignore the knuckledraggers...a dog that hunts is a gundog IMO.

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She may have meant "the beginning" as her first cycle. Typically, I see the swelling in mine peak around 3/4 of the way through the cycle and then it hangs.

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How high do your DT's launch?

I had one that I sold to purchase a couple of the LCS ones which I returned because they were innotek junk. My previous one seemed to launch pigeons 7 feet in the air.

I bought a new DT and am only getting 3-5 feet with pigeons?

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reba wrote:M1Tanker

First of all thank you for your Service.

RA All the Way 1965-1969

Your welcome...and back to you.

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I ended up buying one from Amazon for $498 and some change with free shipping. I called Garmin was told they would honor the warranty on a purchase from Amazon but they do not honor them from Ebay.

Can't wait til August 3rd!

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I would recommend that you do not run that pup with an older dog too much...they need to learn how to hunt on their own.

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I have noticed that Ebay and other web sellers are selling the Astro units for around $500 rather than the $599 at retailer sites. Has anyone bought one of the lower priced versions and had any problems? I am thinking that if it is new in the box and not refurbished, Garmin should cover the warranty?

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13 weeks old

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I took Panzer for a walk through the Iron Pin cover after supper tonight and he pointed 10 feet from the truck...after pointing for a few seconds he searched and came up empty. After our walk we ended back at the truck and decided to search across the road...that is when it happened. He caught scent...

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Happy Birthday!

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I try to use the wild grouse as much as possible up here as I find it gets them more "excited" than the pigeons. I do this after they have been introduced to pen raised quail and pigeons a la the method used in the Puppy videos by the Rick and Ronnie Smith. Once they know what birds are and are cond...

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