I agree with @BrentD, they work surprisingly well in the field. Things are slightly muffled at normal sound levels, but it definitely knocks down the sound of a gun quite a lot. I can't recall for sure, but I think they advertise something like 3db noise reduction for ambient sounds and 33db for...
Took little Franklin out and managed one lonely quail. I didn't put any thought into it, but tossed my vest in the back of the van where Franklin was riding. When I got home he was just hanging out, casually chewing on the thing. By the time I got it from him, he had chewed off and swallowed the...
Franklin's still running around all willynilly out there, having fun and bumping birds. It's his first season, he's allowed. Ruby is doing awesome going into her second season. It's like a switch flipped and she's doing amazing pointing and tracking wild birds. We had a couple chances to get a...
We took Franklin out looking for quail the other night. I've done some gun intro work with him, but had not yet shot a bird over him, and really haven't done any sort of formal retrieve training either. At the end of our hunt we took a detour past a pond thinking there might be some birds in the...
Welp, I put in 4 days of hunting hiking last week, I managed to not see a single antlered deer, much less a legal buck. Pretty sure I am the worst deer hunter on the planet. Maybe next year I guess. I saw some cool stuff out there, explored some new areas and it sure beat sitting in front of a...