Gun Dog Forum

ckirsch

You are a gifted writer. Your words paint pictures and convey emotions that likely resonate with most on this forum.

Sorry about your dog. My guess is that he felt the same way about you.

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My back yard is on a fairly steep slope, so I put a drain in the middle of my 10 x 10 pad and ran 2" pvc about fifty yards farther down the hill. I'm able to rinse out the kennels each day and they stay smelling much better, which is important since they are near my deck. It was a lot of work diggin...

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I'll second the recommendation that Ray write a book. I learn something each time I read one of his posts.

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That's a beautiful site for a test. In the shadow of Devil's Tower. We have a new Black Hills NAVHDA Chapter that tests there as well.

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Can't go wrong with Bob Konz at Hackberry. Typically offers Elhew and Blackawk lines. Very knowledgeable guy. Spotless kennels. Lots of satisfied customers. I picked up a pup from him last fall and am very happy with it thus far.

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Followed Shag's advice and checked out abebooks. Picked up the Hochwalt's "Modern Pointer" and another Horace Lytle book, "Breaking A Bird Dog". Both are interesting. Hochwalt provides a thorough history of the breed, and Lytle provides training tips that remain relevant almost a hundred years later...

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Ruark's "Old Man and The Boy" and "The Old Man's Boy Grows Older" both contain some stories about his experiences hunting quail behind his setters and pointers, as well as tales about fishing, waterfowling, and big game hunting. He's probably my favorite writer as well. I've given copies of that boo...

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Lytle was a very good writer - "How To...' is very entertaining and you'll pick up an old school training tip or two as well. His book about his Irish Setter "Smada Bird" is titled "Gun Dogs Afield" and another great read. I found a copy a year or so ago. The book was written in 1942, and inside the...

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AG; Check the number of pointers entered in NAVHDA tests over the past number of years, then calculate the percentage of those dogs passing the tests. You'll find that pointers, while entered far less frequently, typically score pretty close to what the established "versatile" breeds do. That's what...

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Average Guy; Thank you for sharing your experience and qualifications. For the record, I'll be sixty this fall, which puts my years of bird hunting roughly equal to yours. Like you, I've hunted behind more than a few dogs during that time, in a state highly regarded for it's excellent upland hunting...

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"Dare I add, EPs are alot more dog than most can handle" I'd add that to the myth list. My first EP scored a 198 Pz 1 UT at eighteen months, and earned his VC a year later. I was a first-time handler for both those tests. Before the UT, I used a frozen road-killed coot for training water work becaus...

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I got started in pointers fifteen years ago, after having some versatiles that I enjoyed, and I haven't looked back. My biggest surprise has been the retrieving, including in water - all four of those I've had thus far have been pretty solid in that regard, good enough for a VC and two other UT's. I...

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Sorry, Sharon. Hang in there....

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I should have said American Field rather than FDSB....

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FDSB emailed me today with all the info I needed. Very helpful people. Grateful for their help. It was nice to learn that three of the missing dogs were CH's.

Science project completed!

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Thanks, Shags. I emailed them a week ago but never received a response. We may have to get by with a few slots on the chart left open. It's been interesting to trace back the dog's heritage that far. There are around 260 dogs on the chart. 170 of them were field trial champions, and of those, over e...

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I have an unusual request for help from pointer enthusiasts or breeders. One of my daughters is doing a school science project involving the pedigree of one of our pointers. She needs to go back seven generations, which has turned out to be a bit of a challenge. We've been able to collect almost all...

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I'm skeptical of the canine DNA tests as well. My brother picked up a pound dog and was curious as to it's heritage, so he paid for a test. It came back showing the 80 pound, thick-coated dog as being 1/4 Mexican Hairless. I struggle with that, as I'm not sure there is a Mexican Hairless within 500 ...

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I found the ad in the back of Pointing Dog Journal. Sammy's Shiny Coat from Stengel Oils in Milbank, SD 605-432-4900. I tried the 16 oz bottle, which lasts for a couple of weeks. Reordered the gallon size as I'm convinced now it's worth using. I feed Diamond and just put a tablespoon or so on the ki...

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It's not all that often that I run across a product that actually delivers on it's promises, so I thought this was worth sharing. I have two pointers. One has a beautiful seal-like coat, the other a much harsher and dryer coat that he constantly sheds, to the point that I can't have him in the cab o...

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It wasn't broke, so the attempt to fix it was a mistake.

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I've always appreciated Ezzy's wisdom, and thought he was a good moderator. I'm most grateful for his service during the Korean War.

Please get well, sir. Praying for you....

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Did Jon ever get a solid answer on where he should pee during hunts? I worry about him wandering around in a field somewhere, under considerable duress and without a clear strategy.

Can't make some of this stuff up. And it just keeps coming....

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I used Dr. Tim's for four or five months for my EP's. They did fine on it but when I compared it to Diamond Extreme Athlete, the Diamond looked like a better value. Switched over to that and haven't had any problems.

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I've been running AA-bred pointers in NAVHDA for the past eight or nine years. Have run in four UT tests and scored a Pz 1, pair of 2's, and a 3. One of the dogs picked up his VC at the age of two. I'm five hours from the closest chapter so my dogs never get the benefit of training on the test groun...

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"bleep", I might try some of that myself. Wait a minute -- what's it called again?

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Things must be particularly bleak in Scotland.

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polmaise wrote:Yea, so why would any one want to compare .

Perhaps because they are not familiar with either and are trying to decide which organization is a better fit for them?

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I understand that NSTRA requires steady to flush, but figured that went without saying. The steadiness required for a UT or VC NAVHDA dog is far more advanced. Same with retrieving. I think I went to four NSTRA trials and can't remember seeing any dogs steady through wing/shot/fall. It's actually so...

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A few years back I got a young pointer through the NAVHDA Invitational, and the next spring ran him in a NSTRA trial that was the first one he or I had ever entered. He placed fourth of thirty-two that day, so there are dogs that can succeed in both venues. In general, NAVHDA places more focus on ha...

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I wouldn't panic at this point given your dog's young age. I hunt with AA-bred pointers that range out to 500 yards on the prairie when we're after sharptails. The same dogs hunt pheasants in heavy cattails and stay within 40-50 yards. Takes a season or two for them to figure it out, but they will. ...

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I hunt some ground near Winner and have had consistent success this year. Numbers definitely off but we're still either limiting or having opportunities to do so (if our shooting was better). Took a thirteen-year-old out on Saturday and got him on six solidly pointed roosters - unfortunately he wasn...

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Three of us limited in two hours on private ground near WInner. Saw more birds than expected given the dismal state forecast. Quite a few young birds - seven of our nine roosters were this year's hatch. Reports from around the area were that numbers are indeed off from previous years, but even in an...

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Might be best to wait for the facts to come out before pointing any fingers. There will be plenty of time for that later.

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Ruark is pretty tough to beat - "The Old Man and The Boy" is about as good as it gets. Anything from Gene Hill, Corey Ford, Charley Waterman, or Babcock is definitely worth reading as well. Horace Lytle is good, too. His "Gun Dogs Afield", written in 1942, is one of my favorites. I find a lot of old...

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My experience is that a good dog can adapt it's range to the game and conditions. I run AA-bred pointers, and after a season or two they figure out that five hundred yards is just fine for sharptails on the prairie, but the next weekend they happily stay within thirty yards in heavy cattails while s...

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I shoot a Red Label that has never let me down. Only complaint is the less-than-stellar wood.

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After not being able to locate any chukar locally, I picked up thirty quail about six weeks ago and have only lost one so far. I keep them in a small pen, but they've all been strong flyers out of the launchers. Probably not as durable as chukar but they've served my purpose very well. For what it's...

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BLM is not some group meant to encourage cops die, but rather a group who has finally said "Enough!!" For some odd reason, you've elected not to address the fact that the "Hands Up - Don't Shoot" slogan adopted after the Ferguson incident has been proven to be based on a lie. It never happened. You...

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"Would you believe that anybody would try to use crime stats to not only justify implicit racism in the judicial system but seemingly advocate for explicit and instutional racism in sentencing?" I would never have believed it until your post so thank you for opening my eyes. Typical liberal respons...

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There have been plenty of peer reviewed published articles focusing on various aspects of how, because of implicit racism, African Americans, who.commit the exact same infractions as their white counterparts, are subject to harsher discipline at every level from being suspended and expelled in scho...

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Racism can only be experienced by a minority group, not a majority group. Ah, the arrogance of liberals. You're so full of yourself that you're convinced you can dictate the definition of a word. When I pull up the term "racism", I find it defined as "Prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism direct...

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So you're telling us that in the recent Milwaukee incident, the career criminal who had run from police, then pointed a stolen firearm at the officer, and was subsequently shot and killed by the officer, who happened to be black, would not have been shot had he a lighter complexion? How about the Fe...

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I guess since Ezzy was forced to pay into those programs for most of his life, there'd be no shame in his benefiting from them. He also put his life on the line for the country in Korea, so in my book he's entitled to everything he has coming, and then some. I'll accept my social security payments w...

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1) I'll ignore the fact that you have to group people (the "political ilk" comment) to comprehend views different than yours. It's not the stances, necessarily, that are deemed races... It's usually the tactics involved, such as racial profiling. You're proving to be very adept at ignoring facts. 2...

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1) I didn't say anything about illegal immigration. 2) I don't give a "bleep" what bathroom you use, but you're angered if I use the wrong one. 3) You're anti-abortion.....again, a right you wish to take from others. 4) Please tell me what Christians are being blocked from worship. Christians are s...

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]You're incorrigible. You can continue whatever you're doing and just keep your focus on how unfair life is for you and yours. I won't lose faith that there are enough good people out there who are educated and empathetic and will make sure we take care of the tired, the poor, the huddled mass, yea...

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Just look at the statistics from programs that forced drug testing to be on welfare. Everyone complained that they didn't want to feed people who were using, and we found out we weren't . You claim that we aren't subsidizing people who are using, which just isn't true. Starting to wonder how often ...

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This afternoon, I stood in a supermarket line behind a young woman with two kids. She appeared very healthy, and sported an impressive array of tattoos and piercings. When her Mountain Dew, Cheetos, and other junk food was rung up, she pulled out the food stamps. This woman evidently was able to cov...

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I believe the number for those not paying income taxes is significantly higher than 35%. If they're not paying income tax, and benefit from the services those taxes subsidize, they're effectively on the dole. Ezzy is correct in that history has proven that when the number of people pulling the wagon...

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