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by Rik
Sun Sep 28, 2014 6:38 pm
Forum: Hunting
Topic: Talk me out of a Filson vest
Replies: 28
Views: 16551

Re: Talk me out of a Filson vest

Vest, rain coat, water, first aid, 10 shells, multitool, phone, sunglasses, transmitter, gps, energy bars, a couple of birds, gloves, leash, small binoculars, adds up to 20 pounds. Any vest that carries all of that weight on the shoulders and not on the hips will produce neck and shoulder pain and s...
by Rik
Tue Apr 17, 2012 10:19 am
Forum: General Chat
Topic: how do you guys transport your dog?
Replies: 13
Views: 4547

Re: how do you guys transport your dog?

Alaska Air Animal Express, temperature controlled, flies from Phoenix to Sioux Falls as cargo. Cost is wieght and distance based. http://www.alaskaair.com/content/cargo/our-services.aspx Used them several time to get my setters to Alaska for Ptarmigan and to Tennessee for field trials,dogs were in e...
by Rik
Fri Apr 13, 2012 12:58 am
Forum: Please Welcome New Members - Introduce Yourself Here!
Topic: Newbie from Seattle
Replies: 0
Views: 452

Newbie from Seattle

Old man (67), after hunting over other people's dogs for 40 years, I started up with young setters 10 years ago. Four Setters ( 1, 4, 6, & 9 years old and one Chessie, four years old in the kennels now. Trained them myself, ran trials with all the setters, have a dozen placements and few firsts in a...