Recent content by rugardave

Hunted LaMars last week for 2 days and had one shot and saw only 10 birds, 2 roosters and 8 hens. Not good although niceto see some birds. Excelent cover and along waterways the whole time. Mabe next year. Dave

Hi everyone, Does anyone know anything about LeMars, Ia.? what's the land like and are there any birds out that way? A friends coworker has an uncle out there that farms. He may give us permission. What can we expect. For las 5 or 6 years we have been around...

Hi Trainers, I've posted before and have gotten good results and advice and now I have a new problem. When he was young we got seperated and he flipped out. Someone else found him after I lost him at a public hunting area, they were nice enough to tie him to a bumper in the lot where I...

slow learning lab he runs, ranges and explores just the way you would want your flusher to act EXCEPT!!!!! during the hunting procedure. I live very close to Lake Michigan and there are forest preserves and beaches to run the dog on, plently of room. I have taken blank pistols numerous...

I have a 4 yr.old lab that was frightened back when he was 1 because he and I got seperated while hunting. At that time he was not introduced to birds, guns or the fields. Some one found him and tied him to my bumper and he was shell shocked. He was never the same. I've shot 500 rds. of...

Opener My friend hunted all day Sat. and only saw 3 roosters and 4 hens. Nothing on Sun. this all took place NE of Nevada on private. Decent cover from what he said. All crops out. The stream that usually has 2 ft. of water was bone dry.. I may get out there later in the yr.

Hunting Buddy I kind of know how you feel. If your a bird hunter and have a dog, most of us will have to go through this. Mine was 15, a chocolate lab.

Good thinkin Nate, I had the same thing happen to GSP that ran big and always full blast. He was cut by a wounded bird inside his mouth. Big cut and blood was pouring out. By the time he got back to us with the bird his front legs chest and lower part of his mouth were covered. It was...

I only did this once and it was when I was alot younger. From where we lived in Ill. it was a 5 hr ride to the place we hunted in Iowa. Lets put it this way, When you leave at 3:00 to get there at 8:00 then hunt til 4:30 and then drive home and get home about 10:00 you're fried!!!

Bancroft Nice, KBell, that's exactly what I wanted to hear. From what I've heard from the locals in Bancroft there are birds in the county and surrounding area.

Anything happening around the Bancroft area? Are there numbers or just normal levels in the slews and cattails? How bout the crops? We may head out in late Nov. or Dec. Let us know if it's worth going. Thanks again for the help.

Hi, Cackle, We hunted down in Srory county for the last 15 years but it dried up. my brother-inlaw's family is in Bancroft. He doesn't hunt but do you know the county? Is there public land around and are there usually good numbers? He said he may be able to point us in the right direction...

Dogs and birds Hi everyone, As I said last time I did buy the quail and fortuntely the bird died. Once that happened and I found out I threw the thing a number of times and he fetched it each and every time. Even though it was wet and soggy it was no problem and and fetched other things...

Hi Guys, I'm still working with the same dog which is a 2.5 year old yellow lab. He does all the fetching I could want with pistol and S. gun used with blanks or poppers. He is very skittish around a live bird (quail), can scent it and see it but won't go near it the way my other dogs...

I'm in the prosess of training the lab. Does anyone have a launcher that they're not using anymore? This may be my last dog so I'll probably past the item along when I'm done with it. Thanks.