Recent content by progundog

The pic attached is of my hunting buddy of 13 years, "Thumper". We took these roosters this morning in a little over an hour. It was a great hunt, but at the same time sad, knowing that at 13 the deck is stacked against us sharing another hunt together. The old dog was simply amazing, he always...

I have two litters on the ground right now. Sire, "Bud", is a son of National Champion "Chisholm Creeks Cuttin Loose". Bud is a first rate pheasant dog and has two AKC "Master Hunter" passes. Scored three perfect 10's on his Sunday run at the test. The dam, "Eve", is a great little gun dog with...

My apologies, I certainly didn't intend to insult your tactics or hunting abilities. In fact I didn't even read your original post until now. I'm quite sure that you are very adept at discerning ditch parrot behavior. Once again, my last post was not aimed at you....I was simply giving a...

Case in point. I was on my way to to town today and saw a group of hunters getting ready to hunt a large milo field. Only problem was it was 12:30 and I'm quite sure that most if not all the birds in that area were resting comfortably in the week choked draw only 300 yards away! Conversely, I...

We are 40 mi NE of Dodge City. I hunted less than two hours this afternoon and killed two roosters. Only catch is I saw 70-80 birds and only had shots at these two. Both were 40+ yards. Pretty spooky even with the cold weather. Birds were concentrated in heavy cover. I was hunting private land...

My vote is for the Fiochi "Golden Pheasant" loads. I kill over 100 wild pheasants every year and have been using this load exclusively for the last 7-8 years. 2 ¾�, #5 nickel plated shot. IC in the bottom barrel M in the top. I get good clean kills even at very long distances with even with...

Proper choke It is great to see that many of you are shooting O/U guns. I shoot IC in the bottom barrel and Mod in the top. Several years ago I kept a detailed log of my hunting, which is mostly for pheasants. I killed over 80% of my birds with the first shot, meaning that most were killed with...

Jack for bourbon or "The Famous Grouse" for Scotch. Either is acceptable........ only ice please. Never during the hunt and never around the kids. Be a gentleman please. Best regards, and have a great season.

Springer vs Britt In my humble opinion, a flushing dog will always be more effective at producing a limit of roosters. With that being said, I will hunt all day to shoot just a couple birds over good solid points. The effectiveness of a pointing dog will be affected by the weather and how...

GSP Dogs The GSP is a great candidate for a family/hunting dog. However, as many others have already stated, be sure to research the sire and dam. I would prefer to see them in person if possible. Most GSP's have excellent attitudes, however I have trained and owned some that were excellent in...

Pheasant population The breeding crop in our area was up 35% from last year. This is according to an area wildlife biologist. We are about 40 miles NE of Dodge City. We also had a wet spring, very little hail in the area, tons of bugs, and a delayed whet harvest. Check with the farmers in the...

I have never responded to a post before, but given that it is raining here and we can't train, I feel obliged to lend my opinion. First of all, some other posts (no doubt well meaning) have indicated that your dog should not be allowed to give chase, or should be introduced to gunfire away...