Recent content by Huntsprig

The very first dog I trained on my own years ago was a springer and due to a mistake on my part she was gun shy. I did as others here suggested on getting her used to loud noises and it got to the point where she would tolerate noise but the shooting would kill her hunting drive. The key for me...

Some more food for thought. I'm sure this also applies to pheasants. Some more food for thought. Clean farming, pesticide spraying on crops and spraying for West Nile Virus are a big part of the problem.

Here is something I stumbled across from the CA DFG that some of you might find interesting. I did. Google the title "A NEW PERSPECTIVE AND METHODS FOR PHEASANT MANAGEMENT" to download the PDF for rest of the study.

Look at Section 551 on page 31. https://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHandler.ashx?DocumentID=54748&inline=1 (5) At Grizzly Island Wildlife Area and on all national wildlife refuges listed in Section 552, only steel or other nontoxic shot approved by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service may be used or...

I haven't been on a preserve in over 20 years, and have never been to any of the ones in the area you want to go, so I can't help you with any personal experience. Here is a list from CADFG of the licensed game bird clubs in California. Try giving some of them a call in the area you want to hunt...

Howdy to everyone here. Another newbie here. I have been lurking here for a while now and finally signed up. Now here is my dog and hunting resume. I'll start with the dogs, from my first to my current one. Springer, Brittany, Golden Retriever, Britttany, Springer and now an English Setter...

calamari. Look carefully at the fish and game code. To put it in a nut shell, if the land is not under cultivation, enclosed by a fence or posted, it is perfectly OK to hunt on. So Sooty Grouse is OK to hunt the land he is on by the fish and game code. Now the for Placer County code. The Placer...