I'm headed to your CO tomorrow to look for ptarmigan first, then NE for grouse on the 20th. How long are you out there? I've never hunted NE, but in my MT sharpie experience your young dog should be able to handle them this early.
Also, for any first timers that find this thread- lots of people boot their dogs out there. I don't, mine can handle it with a full day on and a full day off but I would boot if I only had one pup. They learn to avoid the thorns quickly, but the volcanic rock is tough on pads.
My drahts love it there. The heat is real but worth it. We wait until Jan when its a bit cooler. The mearns are just in specific places, but AZ game and fish publishes maps of the distribution and they recently have hired Newberg and the Flush to make some videos for youtube- they aren't...
I also like roll top bags. They do a great job at stopping the bugs and if you are worried about coons or similar seeking them out, hang them like you would in bear country. I actually individually bag each meal in a sandwich ziploc and stack those in a roll top.
This is all great advice.
If you want an excuse to buy a spotter this hung is a good one, but if you want to save $ adding a cheap tripod and adapter will add lots of "range" to your 10x binos because the reduce shaking.
I have not tried to eat the dry stuff, but totally agree with the first part. If you like something a certain viscosity, you can match water exactly but I find that a little extra water speeds up the rehydrate and leaves you less large chunks of whichever poorly chopped vegi staying dry in the...
e collar works best by far. If you wont go that way, consider walking your dog past deer trails, feeders, decoys, etc on a leash with whatever correction is enough for that dog.
Very cool. Here is a resource from the state thats long but well done. https://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHandler.ashx?DocumentID=23230&inline
You are correct about chaining gunshots to positive for him. I usually start my mine far away from a cap gun or 22 and do something with them that they enjoy...
I've never heard of this exact method but there is no reason it can't work. I personally enjoy the process of hunting them with a dog that points, but there are plenty of people that hunt with just flushing dogs. I will spit out my thoughts below, but please please keep in mind that I am just...
In my experience it can vary based on the type of food and how thoroughly you dehydrate it. But, since you are dehydrating it yourself you can work backwards into this. You just need to keep track of how much water you take out and add the same amount back. You can track how much you remove...