Recent content by keepinthetradition

Got my best Christmas present ever, Griffin went out for training last month , after 4 and half weeks of torture for me it is now time to let him get out there and get his game on!!!! We are officially leaving good ol' suburbia this evening...can't wait to hear the wind whistling in my ears...

I had a kinda special case, 4 yr. old ES, we didn't get back into hunting until he was that old (long story), so I decided to see what I could do. Did a lot of research, met up with a couple that I narrowed it down to and these are the lessons learned. 1) All of these trainers have something...

Women can be sooooo evil...grins! Okay guys this is how it's going to go....I'm calling all of your wives, supervisors, kids, and I'm going to give them list of things that just have to be done this weekend, then I'm going to go out on Friday and herd those ditch chicken's into a very private...

Bumpin' this up to say thank you. Thanks for all of the info guys, I really appreciate it. Ended up attending an open house for one of the gun dog associations a couple of weeks ago, and I do believe I've got a bird dog:):):). They had a trainer there out of the Springs (don't know how much...

Grouchyolddude....I'm still LMAO!!! Aside from all of the controversy in this thread.......your post was one of the funniest posts that I have ever read on this here forum! You should sell that stuff to a stand-up. I laughed so hard my sides hurt and tears were streamin!!!! I'm keepin' it...

Hello all, This is the post that I throw up all over you all. I hope the server has enough space! Long, story long...we adopted an English Setter puppy that was dumped in Santa Fe on I25 back in February of 2007. Skinny, flea and tick infested, but full of feistiness and attached to me like...

Merry Christmas Joe, Glad to hear that the doc says your 60%. I'll be hoping that he gives you the go ahead to get a little ditch chicken hunting in this season. I wish I had better news for you as far as our pheasant hunt, but we came up with nothin' once again. First day in Yuma and we...

That's a really bum deal, I'm so sorry that you had to go through all of that, and I hope your recovery is speedy. Keep walkin' and active, from personal experience it really helps the recovery process! The good news is that the husband and I aren't very far from you...we live in Highlands...

I apologize for not getting back to you all sooner, but THANK YOU for all of your advice. We decided to take him out, and he had a blast. Came when called, sniffed out some pheasant piles (didn't dine on any of it, yuck!), and worked pretty good in front of three hunters, but yet again, we...

P.S. Okay, showed the ol' man the post, and he let me know that it was way too sappy for a hunting forum. Hmmmmmm, maybe I should just say...s*&t we didn't flush one d!@mn bird, never shot our guns, and the dang dog doesn't know a real pheasant scent from a cow pile. Where the heck are all...

Just needed to share some thoughts after another day out there hoofin' it in Phillips County. Yeah, the ultimate goal is to be able to bring that rooster, or for some of you pros roosters home with you. For us there will not be a pheasant on the Thanksgiving table this year, HOWEVER... I took...

More info....realized I was about to sound really stupid A couple of side notes on my post: He is not gun shy. Have shot around him and he never flinches Yay! I will not be carrying a gun if I have him on the check cord. I drive my husband crazy with safety....it's part of being a wife and...

Hello everyone, I'm new to this forum (my intro is under the Introductions section), and for the record, I think it is an awesome source of info. I lurked for awhile, but I have way to many questions and I'm as big a rookie as they come, so I thought I would start scraping your brains as soon...

Hello all, Well, I've lurked and spied on y'all enough, so I thought I'd introduce myself and "come out of the closet" ... Long story, short. Husband has been hunting since he was 12, every generation before him were hunters. Life kind of put him in on a temporary hiatus. He made babies...