Recent content by DI_Dan

Hi mstand, How did the church hunt go Saturday? Still have all your dogs I hope? I still haven't gotten out to chase birds, spent the weekend getting the basement ready for flooring this weekend. Starting to look nice again, we flooded this spring and ended up loosing the flooring and bottom...

mstand, Never made it to Union Hill today. Wasn't feeling a 100% and with the weather report of 25-30 mph winds I wasn't too excited to drive out there either. Decided to hunt Aldo Leupold before the winds picked up and then drive over to Big Marsh near Parkersburg. On the west end of Big...

mstand, Just notice we traded a pm or two in January of this year and you live in La Port City. I had been looking at the Black Hawk county hunting grounds there and also some in Buchanan county. Do you hunt locally too and find birds? I live in the hudson area and we are not seeing any...

mstand, Thanks for the reply. Will give it a try tomorrow. Probably get there between 10-11 am and hunt the mid-day. My 11 daughter is coming with and that means two things, won't get an early start and lots of talking! Daughter is excited and I hope to get the dog on a bird or two. If not...

Hi All, Looking to head over to Cerro Gordo county form Waterloo area to hunt Union Hills (north of Thornton) and other public land in that general area. Just looking to limit my one way driving time to about 2 hrs. Anyone hunting those public areas yet and have suggestions? Also am I...

Hi All, Tried Union Hills on Saturday with little success. Almost stepped on one hen, but that was it for birds. Just lots of walking! Worked the west, and south west areas, as well as the north east fields . Attached a 50 ft, 1/8" nylon cord to the pups harness and that really helped a lot...

Lucygoosey, I am going to add the e-collar, but wanted to make sure the commands were solid before doing so but seems to be almost the right time. Belle is a pretty sensitive pup and don't want to make her shy or timid. So I bite my lip after the second command and just keep working with her...

Thanks all for the reply's. I did try the Aldo Leupold area east of Waverly and found a few birds. The 9 month old puppy needs more training though. I thought she was doing okay on whoa, come, etc in the yard, and also in the field behind the house but................ Add a few birds and...

Thanks Addict, I have researched the hunting grounds available near Waterloo, and will work myself through some of the closer areas. Seems that the greater number of birds are to the north of Hwy 20 and west of I-35, and I won't be getting that way yet this season. Hopefully I can find a few...

Hello All, Relatively new to Iowa, brand new to this forum, and just getting back into bird hunting after more than a 20 yr "vacation". Have new 9 month old pup (Wired Haired Pointing Griffon) and trying to get her on a few birds. Live in the Waterloo area and tried the Big Marsh area north...