Recent content by Amos

I hate to see Iowa DNR putting money into stocking birds... As has already been mentioned, the money should be put towards habitat. It's best done right the first time, rather than playing with releasing pen-raised birds. Predators can only be considered the culprit if there isn't sufficient...

At the present state of the pup he is not perfect at anything. He does show understanding of many things so far, but just does not always hold true. I haven't shot a shotgun around him yet, but he heard his fair share of fireworks already with Fourth of July recently over, and he does seem...

I do find the whole situation weird, but I also believe he's just being a puppy. He seems to be a real happy and healthy dog. My practice at walking him with a leash has been useless, let alone teaching him to heel. I'm going to look into choke collars or halters to be able to correct his...

Seems like north central and north west is certainly the way to go. I figured the further west the better it gets. Seems like there is quite a few WMAs in north central, all of which offer the opportunity for pheasants. I kinda thought maybe Thanksgiving brings out more hunters, but it also...

He does not growl and rarely ever barks. When I'm petting him and he turns his head and tries to bite, it's a soft bite. He doesn't appear aggressive until I negatively reinforce him not to. Most of the time he'll just snap at the air at that point when he's not happy but usually doesn't get...

I am entirely new to dog training and I have a 11 1/2 week old GSP male pup that I've been tryin to work with. Every time I pet him he'll want to bite my hand which to him he is probably just playing. I've been telling him "no" and slappin his snout, but then he'll just get even more...

Thanks fellas for the kind words and warm welcomes.

I'm looking for advice on scouting for places to hunt. I assume the most probable way is to put on miles driving up and down the roads looking for farms that have a reasonable amount of CRP in their fields and relatively open surroundings. It seems kind of tricky to pick out areas of CRP on...

Hey all, I'm from central Wisconsin and I shot my first and only rooster down in northeast Iowa last fall. So needless to say I'm new to pheasant hunting. My top priority for hunting has always been bowhunting for white-tails, but I hunt for most of everything the area has to offer, except...