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10-22-2018, 02:44 PM
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Anyone have experience with Chesapeakes? I find them very impressive, though I’ve heard they can be hard headed and sometimes aggressive.
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10-22-2018, 06:24 PM
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Another bad year for pheasants. Overall still very dry down south and not much water and absolutely no cover due to the need to open up more grazing areas due to no rain. Still a great time though.
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10-22-2018, 06:28 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by 510-Gem
Anyone have experience with Chesapeakes? I find them very impressive, though I’ve heard they can be hard headed and sometimes aggressive.
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I’ve hunted with them for almost 20 years. Great dogs and yes hard headed.thats a 2 year old in the pic above.
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10-22-2018, 06:33 PM
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If you think cover is light this year you should have seen last year. Its like a jungle out there now compared to a year ago.
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10-22-2018, 06:36 PM
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I noticed no real difference in my areas. Locals said the smoke this summer really made everything worse. I’ve been going to the Patricia hotel for 20 years and no new hunters have come along since. It used to be jammed in there back in the day, now it’s 1/5 of what it used to be. Kinda sad....
Here’s hoping to better weather and cover next year
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10-22-2018, 06:41 PM
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I noticed a big change in scenting conditions with the smoke and yes it was still very dry down here. Near the end of august we got a few days of good rain, the smoke cleared, and suddenly we were finding birds; or what was left of them.
Bird counts show populations are down 50-60 percent in southern alberta.
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10-22-2018, 08:32 PM
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Well Cassie and I wanted one more Hunt to call it a season
we did it up in fine style with a limit of honkers and beautiful weather and evening
Until next spring when snow geese return the big geese can say it's safe in this area,
It was a fine evening with a great companion and friend,
as we sat on the tail gate of the old jelloppy long after our hunt had ended and looking back on a very special and spectacular season watching the moon rise in the east and the setting sun in the west and watching the sky's moving with hundreds of thousands of geese
I couldn't help to think that at times like this
that god was a waterfowler at heart
and really appreciating that we all live in a very spectacular part of the world ,
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10-22-2018, 08:41 PM
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"This Brittany is my most cherished possession — the darndest bird-finder I have ever seen, a tough and wiry little dog with a choke-bored nose and the ability to read birds’ minds." -Jack O'Connor
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10-22-2018, 08:45 PM
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Me and rya she's a 7 year old GSP
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10-23-2018, 09:12 AM
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We haven't made it out out much this season hopefully the weather holds and we get a few trips in yet
Check out Canadian Upland Hunting
if you'er into birds and gundogs
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10-23-2018, 03:42 PM
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Wire Haired Pointing Griff's. Absolutely fantastic partners. Getting to have a bit of a house full!! Hoping to get down to Alberta next fall to play with some pheasants!
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10-23-2018, 04:19 PM
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Gorgeous Griffs! Where you from?
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10-23-2018, 04:37 PM
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We are up in the Yukon. Have been raising and breeding Griffs for a few years now. Take a look
Kluane Point kennel
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10-23-2018, 04:59 PM
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Here is Ruger.
He’s 11 weeks old from Prairiestorm.
This is the day he came home
This was 2 weeks ago
This was earlier this week
This was today when I was loading some 7mm Rem Mag
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10-23-2018, 05:44 PM
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Nice pictures of nice dogs. Since this is a hunting dog thread...
I've always wondered if anyone uses Besenji dogs for hunting birds or bunnies? They are a natural hunting dog originating from Africa. They will naturally work back and forth to flush. They don't bark either.
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10-23-2018, 06:38 PM
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First hunt for him ever
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10-25-2018, 08:02 AM
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My big guy gets bored after one bird or less. Handy to have around if someone falls in the water though!
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10-25-2018, 09:20 PM
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Quote:
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Anyone have experience with Chesapeakes? I find them very impressive, though I’ve heard they can be hard headed and sometimes aggressive.
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I've got a Chesapeake , pm me with any questions you might have I'll do my best to answer them for you, if I cant I'll find someone that can
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10-25-2018, 10:25 PM
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Oldgutpile's Lexi making a most excellent long distance water retrieve on a duck
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10-25-2018, 10:27 PM
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WaitsonTim having a bit of a pep talk with Rooster !
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10-25-2018, 10:39 PM
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sdvc getting Justice and keanan rigged up to go
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10-25-2018, 10:41 PM
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Louie taking a break after picking up some roosters
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10-25-2018, 11:10 PM
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After seeing Oldgutpile, shoot a smoke pole .probably a 70-80 yard retrieve!!! For that pup,
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10-26-2018, 06:36 AM
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My girl Willow
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10-26-2018, 07:18 AM
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After seeing Oldgutpile, shoot a smoke pole .probably a 70-80 yard retrieve!!! For that pup,
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HAHA no doubt!
This one was shot by my son however and not a short range shot as well, but it had also drifted it quiteca eay before Lexi got over to where he was and got the line!
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10-26-2018, 09:08 AM
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All pictures are great. These pictures are the ones that we should post and be proud about. Hard for all the non-hunters to rain down it is all about trophy hunting with these pictures.
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10-26-2018, 09:19 AM
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love the colors on your britt. know of any similar pups coming up? had to put mine down last week. lee
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10-26-2018, 09:36 AM
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10-26-2018, 09:43 AM
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Thanks, Jager! Awesome pics of a beautiful pup. The one with the goggles is priceless!
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10-26-2018, 10:26 AM
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Thanks, Jager! Awesome pics of a beautiful pup. The one with the goggles is priceless!
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Those goggles are Rex Specs and my company sells them, all about getting the pups used to them early on! She's a great pup for sure!
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