I have been an avid waterfowl hunter for 48 years. This year, I had the scariest experience in my life. Ninety nine percent of the time I have my dog with me. He had a sore back so he wasn’t with me. I don’t know how it would have played out if he was with me. This was kind of a scouting mission...
In the 70s my mom was a yard seller and I had a hodgepodge set of decoys. They were plastic, rubber, cork, you name it. My mom had a rule never spend over a quarter on a decoy. They killed ducks.
That said I have a lot of money in goose decoys but not that much in duck decoys. I have...
I don’t understand why nobody talks fit. On a budget get a 3 inch pump ( 3.5 inch is over rated and too much recoil) Go to a place like Scheels that has several brands and shoulder them all, and you decide. Shoulder them with your eyes closed and open your eyes are you looking straight down the...
I am a little confused, do you live in ND or are you traveling there to hunt? If it’s your second year and you’re tackling a new state, wow good for you. I started hunting waterfowl 50 years ago and my grandpa was my mentor. He never took me but just told me what to do. That was a problem...
I was curious about canidae and went to the web site. I found it so curious that nowhere do they tell you the %protein and %f fat.
That's the first thing that should be mentioned. All life stages, WTF?? is that for a hard working dog, or a couch potato? What do you feed and does the bag say %...
My lab went from PPP to Victor and it firmed up his stools. I use chewys and it’s great. As for auto ship if you run low or have too much food you can change the order quickly. If you live in really warm climate you don’t want a high fat dog food on your porch for along time. It can go bad.
Grouse season starts 9-1 Pheasant starts 10-9, and I bet waterfowl will start 10-1. It’s sounds very fun. I remember a Flush episode where the were around Fort Benton and floated island to island and hunted pheasants.
Early season waterfowl might be iffy but would be a fun thing to try if you...
Wow how cool is that. I wish I could do that where I hunt. It is a pasture with a creek running through it. The corrals, a great hide are 45 yards from the creek. Last year the farmer left a cow back scratcher deal about 25 yards from the creek. After cows left I draped it in burlap and...
Do you see anything else different about your dog? I saw a lab with low thyroid lose interested in retreiving. Had a buddy with a Chesapeake lose interest in retrieving, where I knew something physical was wrong. Even though he swallowed his food whole he had a cracked molar that impeded his...
How old is this dog? If it’s young, like 6 months it sounds like teething to me. Older dogs that are good retrievers that stop retrieving, it’s usually is a physical problem.
I have always owned labs. They are like a 30-06. They can do everything but aren’t fancy enough for some people. Somebody suggested a golden, make sure it is a field golden breeding. I always get a AFC/FC stud and a MH QAA female and your odds go way up to have a great gun dog. And if anybody...
If your a newer shooter the Sustained lead can tough and many guys shoot behind because they slow down right before the shot. Pull through can be easier to teach shooters to not stop or slow down.
Wild birds are different than clays in that clays slow down as they leave the trap and birds...
I totally agree don’t buy into the hype about shotgun shells. Find what you like and your gun likes and shoot birds. Scout, get a good hide, decoy them in close and any shell will work.
I am just opposite of you, I wished I would have done more archery hunting.😀😀
Good buddy of mine (old game...
I am old enough to have shot a lot of lead. It was good obviously, my old pump gun only shot 2.75 inch shells also. I have shot all the hevi shot stuff and I am just not impressed at all. I shot a lot of 3 inch boss bismuth #5 this year. Kind of weird loved it early but then had more cripples...