Recent content by dcollum

Tipping I've been guiding on both the water and in the field for over twenty years and have come to learn that there are many out there who have this question. I like to reference your waitress at a restaraunt -15% is generally the standard for quality service -for at most an hour or so of that...

Mitchell Fireman Hey Dan -I have no problem with River an Hank retrieving all of the birds the shorthairs find!!!!!! Saves them the work. Seriously, love running the labs with the shorthairs, I tell everyone what machines they are. Look forward to seeing everyone in a few weeks. DC

I started out with one group of four, I now have 16 hunters( more who want to go but I can't take more time from work) who travel to hunt with me on these properties. To a man, they all comment on how wonderful the people are whose properties they get to hunt. Yes, we get to see many, many birds...

Haymaker, As someone who doesn't mind paying to hunt I appreciate your efforts on your land and wish more folks could see it your way. I drive 2800 miles roundtrip each year and spend two weeks in SD chasing pheasants and prairie grouse. We stay away from the "high dollar" operations since...

It's been a tough summer for us in NC also -not much time for conditioning with the temps in the 90's -thank god for the pool but it's going to make for a tough task getting enough work in before we leave for SD.

Actually, he prefers to lay underneath the ceiling fan or over the air conditioning ducts -never seen a dog like him -he runs constantly with the kids from the neighborhood, "practices" by pointing squirrels a the bird feeder (they'll actually stand 3 feet from each other for an hour) and then...

My GSP, Kramer, after a hard day of running and swimming with the kids -tough life in the offseason

Shorthairs forever Hope the attachmetns work!!! I wouldn't own anything but a shorthair!!! I've had them for thirty years and as long as you get the the exercise they need, they're the best family companion you could have. My two girls were raised with shorthairs, they've dressed them up...

Hats off to Dakotazeb Couldn't agree with you more!!!!!!! I drive 23 hours, spend 10 days in motels, eat at local diners, buy gas and have a blast hunting birds in SD every year. If the farms I hunt put birds out before I get there, I could care less, I've shot wild birds who've held for a dog...

Here in the east, there isn't any other choice. Without the preserve, I'd never have a place to run my GSP. I'm fortunate since I guide on this preserve and get to run my dog a lot, I couldn't afford to hunt every wekend like I do when guiding. Yes, the birds are different -I come out to SD for...

Preserve Numbers From the SD Wildlife website PRIVATE SHOOTING PRESERVE PHEASANT HARVEST AND RELEASE RECORDS 2009 -10 220 preserves 375,373 pheasants released -227,138 harvested 177,638 (78%) pen raised harvested 50,180 (22%) wild harvested The figures for the last ten years are...

Thank you Dakota ZEB :cheers:

Amazing I find it amazing that we so easily debate the basic issue of right and wrong. Society today quite simply attempts to protect the minority of those who choose to break the law. Yes, everyone is innocent until proven guilty -perhaps publishing these CO reports after conviction would make...

"Vacuum Bags" Try using those bags you see advertised on TV where you can use a vacuum to get all of the air out. We get them at Walmart, the bags shrink down to a third of the original size leaving space for other things -like money

I love em I love each and every one of the filson/hummer/franchi/moneybags guys. Why, cause without them, I couldn't afford to hunt my dog and wouldn't get to take trips anywhere. I work a real job 5 days a week, from Oct. thru March, those "one-timers" come to a preserve every Saturday (I...