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Good Luck Jim and hope you all have a good turn out!

Releasing pen raised birds doesn't work as a sole plan. It really doesn't matter if they are pheasant, quail, chuckars etc. You have to have the cover and feed to coincide with the release, If it worked as well as people would hope then I should have THOUSANDS of birds around my place with hundreds ...

Shoot Him........... lol Seriously I have had dogs for years and only medicated them with Ivermectrin for heartworms. This has kept the fleas and ticks off at a good rate. Remember that nothing works 100%. Also get rid of any bedding that may harbor the pest. (I mean the fleas, not the dogs :wink: )

True Rinker, I dabble in HB, and AA but mostly run walking stakes. This is because that is the dogs I have, and they are best suited for that venue. Weekend stakes can be expensive but are still the least expensive stakes to participate in.

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Easy way around this is to not put the dog down when dad is hunting. Then he can shoot whatever he wants.

$5-700 a month for training. Entry fees, travel fees, handling fees, etc. You can spend 2,000 a month easy depending on what trials you want your dog to attend.

Why would you FF before steadying the dog on birds?

I can ship you some if you cant find any or check mynaga.org to find something closer to you.

Seriously? A dogs digestive system is much more capable of handling much more than our systems. :roll: Organic shamic!

Good feed, I switch to it in the summer months after feeding Extreme Athlete through the fall and winter. Listen to Ezzy though cause you can get the rankest gas ever by feeding to much. Sure makes it easy to ration the portions though, if you dog stinks then tone it down.

Same here, I thought it was something to do with my machine. Glad to hear its not!

When we aren't feeding cantaloupe and watermelon rinds to the do quail and hogs we usually send them out to the dogs. Doesn't hurt them a bit, they love them, and keeps them from rotting in the trash cans.

Try the King Pigeon, they fly as well as a chicken yet smaller, but larger than a regular pigeon.

Welcome!

Take a look around here and you will find all the info you want on raising birds and dogs. Look at mynaga.org to find a source close to you.

Get yourself some pen raised birds, pigeons etc. Do some looking around here on how to introduce you dog to birds. There is TONS of info on this site and is pretty darn easy to find. Thank you for your service.

If you ever make it south to Falls city area i will have birds ready to go in about 6 weeks.

Fly your young birds for a week and leave the bobs down with the house you want them out of. Keep them open in the other You are going to have to restrict the older birds for awhile.

square ft per bird for healthy birds at the minimum.

Nice pics and even better looking dogs Setternut!

I raise birds and half a half dozen of these sitting around the pens. When you raise birds you will always have some that get loose. They work awesome for me and for the price of the wire, since I make them myself, they are a great investment.

Keeping a loft in a tree line can cause problems, i.e. predator access (especially makes a great roost for hawks to hunt your birds when released) and will cause problems for your birds upon return to the loft. Like Ezzy said keeping the birds close to the kennels wont make a difference. Mine flight...

Why dont you all keep it to PM at this point? Sure doesnt seem to bettering the conversation on here with your measuring contest. Thats a formal warning if you cant read between the lines.

I was lucky enough to have a buddies wife along training this weekend and she had a camera. I thought I would share a couple.

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I had one stolen years ago. The dog was making a great cast down the line about a half mile or so and got to the end of the line. About that time I saw a guy pull up in a pickup and VIOLA I couldnt hear the beeper anymore. My buddy and I ran back to our pickups and caught up with the guy. I cut him ...

Glad to hear she made it through her tussle with the fences in Ks!

I wasnt criticizing only making an observation.

They are just pigeons............The time, effort and money you spend trying to keep them alive you would be better off catching a couple of adults under a bridge.

Sling, and I still get it shouldered faster than all my buddies that dont use one.

Really doesnt matter much though since we only shoot birds that are pointed so the sling is in use "between" birds.

Ok there is a difference between bumped birds for the entire season and shooting a few for a young dog. Shooting a few at the correct times for a young dog can be of great benefit. On the other hand when you take the whole season and lose all discipline in yourself and your pup then that is what cre...

If you are only wanting to go out and shoot some birds it would be easier to plant your own birds every time you go out, otherwise you will end up shooting all your JH birds. JH's are designed mostly to provide good quality birds for training purposes, not necessarily for sustainable huntable popula...

gun dog supply does a wonderful job. Great prices, Great products, but the two things that separate them from the other suppliers is their service and dedication to the field trial sport!

Never had a problem only vaccinating as puppies. When they get to be older I worm monthly.

You wanted an honest opinion of what we were able to see from that video, save your money, I wouldnt feed that "animal" anything other than vitamins. Surely he needs more than a trainer.

I never said shoot him........ Just to give him vitamins.

Lead vitamins do dogs like that a lot of good. It helps tremendously with whoa, stay, sit, and lay down.

Great news Chip, Congrats!

It seems that Rowdy is wanting some better flushing birds. Maybe he has had trouble getting them up, but I would recommend finding better birds, not different breed if that's the case. Again theres no need to re-invent the wheel that has gotten us so far.

Please call or email for more information concerning your quail needs for the upcoming spring/summer/and fall seasons of 2013. I specialize in Field Trial supplying but do sell birds to many different folks that want birds. I would be happy to serve you this year and for many to come. 785-288-0461, ...

Not embarrassed, but blushing from the public recognition. :roll:

Thanks for the public embarrassment Rob!

You remind me of a friend of mine that works in Aerospace on the left coast. He asked for me to make up the same thing for his Golden. I will tell you the same thing that I told him, dont overthink it and keep it simple. His golden is a great dog and he has done a wonderful job by following this met...

soak in water first.

Very nice work, jealous!

I raise thousands of quail a year and have about 50-75 pigeons in the same building all the time. Never had a problem.

You dont have to come to my trial, I am sure some of the other clubs would let you run. Try ANY weekend in Feb-May in the spring. Your bluff has been called so dont hide behind a schedule full of hunting.

October or November, let me know what weekend works best for you and I will put in a request for those dates.

Its a one hour continuous course trial with a good number of wild birds supplemented by pen raised. Not to mention a classic and counts more for dog of the year points.

--Doc- I still havent heard from you concerning your entry in my trial this fall. Maybe I should have included my number, 785-288-0461. The details arent all ironed out as of yet and the ad hasnt appeared in the field so I understand that you may have been waiting to see the ad to enter. I will give...

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