Recent content by Gatzby

I hunted "near" Huron 12/14 - 12/16 it was just the dogs and I. It was fantastic! Hoodie and vest, lots of birds flushed and enough were in range;). Tuesday I told myself I was going to only hunt "new to me" public land, we rode the struggle bus all day. Around 4:30 one rooster kept me from...

Joe Mix in Grand Rapids MN 1-218-327-1521. He is the real deal

Stawskis fowl dog is good stuff. Train her like a retriever and join a retriever club. Do lots of obedience, solid obedience is the foundation for everything. As for the pointing side I cannot help there. Undoubtedly someone is going to say take her to the trap range for gunfire exposure. DO...

seems like you are the governor of MN:):)

Bob Allen shooting gloves with a hot hand pack on the zero and below days. Not super durable, but you can shoot with them on :)

It's not

I was out there for the rain, the snow isn't that deep except at the cattail edges as the wind swept the fields pretty clean, and it was only 2-4 inches. The rain melted the fields clean and was absorbed pretty quickly as there is very little to no frost in the ground and the forecast for next...

I have never had an issue with dogs not understanding the difference. I am sure a lot of this can be attributed to hunting out of blinds, or off stands for waterfowl, and freewheelin for upland. But I do require with zero tolerance for non compliance a solid whistle sit no matter what we are...

No Kidding. Give me zero degrees and dry...I don't think I will ever get dry again.

For competition purposes all my dogs are steady to shot and flush. When we are hunting with people I know and trust I let them roll. If we are guiding a bunch of strangers I will whistle sit them on the first couple flushes and they will be steady, or at least mostly steady :) the rest of the...

Minnesota is a fantastic state burdened with Minneapolis and to a slightly less degree St. Paul. If 1/2 of Hennepin county, and 1/2 of Ramsey county disappeared we would be a mecca 9 months of the year. I am not going to get political but it does feel like we hit rock bottom recently and...

Rue the red lab is pretty special. I handled her for her AKC Senior Title at only 8 months old!! PS No one should ever do this :)! It really isn't a good idea but her temperament made it possible.

Quite a few years ago I had a AWD Astro van WT (no windows or back seats) 4.3 liter v6 with tow package. This thing was a machine! I added 2# lift blocks to the rear axle and after market torsion bars to allow bigger tires. Throw a couple dirt bikes in and head to OK for an enduro, toss some...

Or my cousin dumped mud on a pet turkey

Last fall I got lost in SK. It was foggy when we started hunting and continued to get worse, by the time we quit you couldn't see jack. As the guys started picking decoys I went to get the truck. When I started out I could see tire tracks so I knew I was going the right way. After about 20...