I have an English Pointer and a Pudelpointer (google it). Both very good. We mostly hunt chukars and Huns with quail and pheasant hunts whenever we can fit them in. Been hunting chukars for 35 years and they're my favorite bird to hunt and eat. I live in a NW state where we also have very good grouse hunting and I usually hunt them early in the season before chukars open. Our grouse are Ruffed, Blues, Spruce and Sage. Sharptail hunting is pretty good about 200 miles from where I live but the limit is 2 a day so I don't often go after them. Maybe take a 3 or 4 day trip for them every few years. I try to get the dogs out hunting at least 50 days a year. I'm starting to research a bobwhite quail hunt for next Fall. Maybe CO or Kansas.
Ostrich is on my bucket list. Tss #6!
Quote from: Gooserbat on February 05, 2018, 02:57:16 AM
Ostrich is on my bucket list. Tss #6!
I'd stick with the #9s :z-guntootsmiley:
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Quote from: Gooserbat on February 05, 2018, 02:57:16 AM
Ostrich is on my bucket list. Tss #6!
I'd stick with the #9s :z-guntootsmiley:
I want to shoot one with 410 using 9.5 Tss
May want to rethink that Greg. I watched an old boy take on an emu in hand to hand combat. It didn't turn out well for him. Alcohol may have been a factor.
I enjoy bat hunting in the summer over the swimming pool with my red Ryder B.B. gun.
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I've always wingshot. Where I live most of the stuff is propagated. Pheasant, quail, chukar, have shot huns, over my shorthairs and waterfowl of varying sorts but that's been a couple years. One time I was way into it though.
Wish we had some ruffed grouse in the state anymore. Haven't seen one or heard one in years. As a kid they were everywhere. Loved hunting them. Greatest upland bird there is!!
Quote from: Happy on February 05, 2018, 09:05:10 AM
May want to rethink that Greg. I watched an old boy take on an emu in hand to hand combat. It didn't turn out well for him. Alcohol may have been a factor.
No Happy, everyone has said if you shoot it with Tss , it don't even flop ...It's like hitting a bird with a 50 caliber round...
I hunt a lot of wood ducks on the home farm.snd Canada geese at times. Small creeks with irrigation ponds make great jump shooting for ducks
Quote from: Greg Massey on February 05, 2018, 10:35:43 AM
Quote from: Happy on February 05, 2018, 09:05:10 AM
May want to rethink that Greg. I watched an old boy take on an emu in hand to hand combat. It didn't turn out well for him. Alcohol may have been a factor.
No Happy, everyone has said if you shoot it with Tss , it don't even flop ...It's like hitting a bird with a 50 caliber round...
Maybe so but that poor, unfortunate fellow that tied into one was wishing it didn't flop. I for the record was completely sober but found it extremely amusing. That bird opened a semi truckload worth of butt woopin on him.
Quote from: Bowguy on February 05, 2018, 10:28:47 AM
I've always wingshot. Where I live most of the stuff is propagated. Pheasant, quail, chukar, have shot huns, over my shorthairs and waterfowl of varying sorts but that's been a couple years. One time I was way into it though.
Wish we had some ruffed grouse in the state anymore. Haven't seen one or heard one in years. As a kid they were everywhere. Loved hunting them. Greatest upland bird there is!!
One of my greatest pleasures is hearing Ruffs drumming while on my Spring turkey hunts. I've even watched a few drumming and was thrilled one day to have one walk by me, jump up on a log and start drumming. I moved a little, he noticed, stopped drumming for a minute then started again. I hear them almost every day in a few places I hunt. I grew up in VT and loved hunting them there. I'm surprised how many there are in the NW.
I'm getting myself a pointing pup this year come hell or high water. Final candidates are a Brittany, GSP, or a English Pointer. Leaning one of the latter two. Couldn't be more excited.
Quote from: idgobble on February 05, 2018, 01:00:31 PM
Quote from: Bowguy on February 05, 2018, 10:28:47 AM
I've always wingshot. Where I live most of the stuff is propagated. Pheasant, quail, chukar, have shot huns, over my shorthairs and waterfowl of varying sorts but that's been a couple years. One time I was way into it though.
Wish we had some ruffed grouse in the state anymore. Haven't seen one or heard one in years. As a kid they were everywhere. Loved hunting them. Greatest upland bird there is!!
One of my greatest pleasures is hearing Ruffs drumming while on my Spring turkey hunts. I've even watched a few drumming and was thrilled one day to have one walk by me, jump up on a log and start drumming. I moved a little, he noticed, stopped drumming for a minute then started again. I hear them almost every day in a few places I hunt. I grew up in VT and loved hunting them there. I'm surprised how many there are in the NW.
God bless ya! Wish they were here
Dusky grouse (blue grouse) in September, scaled and Gambel's quail November into January, ducks in January. KS pheasants once or twice a season. Grew up in western Massachusetts hunting ruffed grouse (partridge there) and woodcock. Miss that.
Quote from: compton30 on February 05, 2018, 01:27:42 PM
I'm getting myself a pointing pup this year come hell or high water. Final candidates are a Brittany, GSP, or a English Pointer. Leaning one of the latter two. Couldn't be more excited.
My EP ranges out 1000 yards sometimes. Not many GSPs range that far. I have a Garmin Astro tracking collar on both dogs. Only problem with an EP is I'm often saying to myself, "Darn! I hope she doesn't find any birds way up there!" I've had her stay on point 50 minutes 'til I got up to her. Real good dog!
Grew up hunting Ruff Grouse, an occasion woodcock and ducks here in MN. Had lots of ducks but very few geese here in the 70's. Now the grouse numbers are way down, the ducks have shifted their flight patterns mostly into the Dakotas, but the geese numbers are way up. Pheasants are the most fun for me to hunt now, other then turkeys of course! Still chase after ducks and geese with my son and grandson some and go out on an occasional grouse hunt. I've got 2 labs that love their bird hunting.
Waterfowl is my passion... Primarily ducks, but a few geese get brought back by the dog as well.
I shoot a lot of dove and pigeons...
I really enjoy hunting valley quail, and usually chase mountain quail at least once a year.
I generally shoot a handful of pheasants each season.
I hunted and shot a few snipe this past season when the duck hunting was slow (one of my favorite birds to eat).
And of course... Turkeys.
Sorry.................couldn't resist.
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I have two WPG's and one GWP. We mostly hunt pheasants in the fall/winter, but throw in the occasional sharpie/hun in early fall. Mountain grouse are occasionally killed with a bow while elk hunting. I plan to do a little waterfowl hunting with the youngest WPG (middle photo) this year.
Kassie
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Finn
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Cash
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Mathews
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Quote from: idgobble on February 05, 2018, 08:18:47 PM
Quote from: compton30 on February 05, 2018, 01:27:42 PM
I'm getting myself a pointing pup this year come hell or high water. Final candidates are a Brittany, GSP, or a English Pointer. Leaning one of the latter two. Couldn't be more excited.
My EP ranges out 1000 yards sometimes. Not many GSPs range that far. I have a Garmin Astro tracking collar on both dogs. Only problem with an EP is I'm often saying to myself, "Darn! I hope she doesn't find any birds way up there!" I've had her stay on point 50 minutes 'til I got up to her. Real good dog!
That is impressive! If you hunted a dog out to a 1000 yards in Central PA, it'd be a panicky situation! The more I look into EPs the more impressed I become. I have breeders lined up for the GSPs and EPs, and the reason the Brittany is included is because I may be able to get a pup or two for free from my old man's best buddy. I've hunted with those Brittany's since I was legally able to hunt. He's not a breeder by any means, but I don't need a piece of paper to tell me a dog is talented. These dogs have actually probably become awesome hunters despite their owner haha. With some improved obedience and training I think they could become excellent hunting companions. Regardless of breed, I'm just excited because I love dogs and it'll give me another excuse for the Mrs. to get back out hunting!
Some chukars and Pudelpointers.