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    Training to retrieve fur?

    I have a three-going-on-four year old GSP who has no trouble returning a downed bird to hand but will not touch a shot rabbit. She will track them, point them, and I certainly don't mind shooting them but after the shot she just walks over to it and sniffs it. If i put it in her mouth she will...
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    Help out a great dog...

    Located in Iowa. We will travel if it's right. Unfortunately, I need to find a new home for our boy, Champ. The ideal family would be an older family wanting a mild mannered companion pet (live indoors). We never wanted to do this but we believe it's what's best for everyone. We are praying...
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    Building points in non hunt years

    I have kind of a broad question and I'm expecting some broad answers but at least it will be a starting point....I am trying to change careers and between training cost and low entry level pay for the new job, i'm expecting money to be tight and I won't be able to do any out of state hunts for...
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    WTB beretta or browning O/U shotgun

    WTB Browning or Beretta or other good O/U, 12ga.
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    WTB beretta or browning O/U shotgun

    WTB Browning or Beretta or other good O/U, 12ga.
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    budget Over/under shotgun.

    I am looking for an over/under for upland hunting for $1k. Just hunting, no trap/skeet. Obviously, if I find a used Citori or Beretta that fits my needs, I will buy that. However, for new guns, I am looking at the CZ redhead and redhead All terrain model vs the Mossberg International Silver...
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    Redneck truck bed trailer

    I have a Silverado with 297k miles, ugly rust, missing tailgate, and has been sitting unused for almost a year. Not worth much, maybe $1-1,200 I dunno. It has a topper on it though and the bed is in okay-ish shape. I'm kicking around the idea of removing the cab, gutting equipment underneath the...
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    Pheasant taxidermy ideas

    I've spent a lot of time training my shorthair pup. Her first season we just couldn't pin down any wild birds here in Eastern Iowa but this year we went to South Dakota and she killed it. We left there and arrived home just in time for Iowa's opener. Yesterday she got me my first Iowa rooster...
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    WTB Orvis PRO LT strap vest or similar strap vest.

    I really like the Orvis PRO LT strap vest. I wish it had a pouch for a water bladder, though, as I would like to have bottles for my dogs and a hydration bladder for myself. The Orvis is the best I can find for the price but I may also be interested in other strap vests.
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    Pheasant ammo doesn't exist

    This is so annoying. All I can find is #8,7 1/2 shot for skeet or #2 steel 3inch for ducks. NOTHING geared towards upland. I found two boxes of lead #5 and bought immediately. I haven't seen anything like that since. I have four boxes (2-7 1/2 and 2-#5),and that doesn't even get me through the...
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    Need help to "true" my chart...or should I bother?

    Hello all, I have set my maximum hunting distance as 600 yards based on my group size but I need help with a drop chart. I don't have a chronograph so I guessed a velocity for the sterlok app, shot at 300 and 600 with the suggested drop, and was intending to adjust velocity from there to get...
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    WTB remote bird launcher

    Hey guys, I'm looking for a remote bird launcher. Does any one have a used one they would sell? I would be interested in any size so long as a pigeon will fit safely.
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    German LONGhaired pointer/Large Munsterlander

    Hello, I own two GSPs and was thinking of adding another bird dog in the next year or two as my oldest dog insists on getting older no matter how much I try to stop him lol. I was curious about German Longhaired pointers/Large munsterlanders. I am not able to find a lot of info online and was...
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    South Dakota pheasant success pics please

    I had a bland and uneventful pheasant season here in Eastern Iowa. My puppy has done great on preserves but nothing on public land but a few track-point-track-points of running birds that I never actually saw. I really wanted to kill a wild bird over her but just couldn't get it done with the...
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    night mode?

    The bright screen on this forum kills my eyes at night. I swear there used to be a night mode that would make the screen background black with light colored graphics. I can't find this feature any more. Am I imagining this? Where can I find it?
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    Xterra, Grand Cherokee, Other?

    I've looked at a 2010 Nissan Xterra, checking out a 2010 Jeep Grand Cherokee tomorrow, roughly the same price but the jeep has 120k miles vs 150k on the Nissan. I will mostly be driving around town, gravel, snowy midwestern roads with one or two big hunting trips to the mountains per year. I...
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    270, 25-06 black bear bullet combo

    Hey guys. I'm planning a spot and stalk spring black bear hunt and looking at a few options. A have a 270 win and thanks to another very generous member here, I have the following bullets to load; Barnes 140 gr TSX, Berger 140 gr VLD hunting, and Nosler 150 gr ABLR. I'm sure they all will work...
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    Range finder struggling

    I have a Cabela's Intesity 1600 rangefinder that seemed to be good quality and has a pretty long range for the money but it gave me some issues in Wyoming this year. I was trying to range a group of antelope bedded on a slope. I couldn't get a range to save my life. I was able to get a range on...
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    .277 150gr Accubond Long Range in a 1:10?

    Nosler has a 1:10 as the minimum and recommends 1:9. I'm just starting to reload and wanting to load these bullets. I'm looking for anyone who has had issues with these in a 1:10 and those who have had good results. I'm shooting a 270 Win, 1:10, 24" if it makes a difference. Thanks in advance.
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    Shooting bumped birds, GSPs

    Today was the first hunt of my dog's first season and my first season with a dog. She is 13 month old GSP. We had two solid points but never could get a bird in the air, I think they must have ran when they heard us coming and she was smelling where they had been but I'm not sure, she was locked...
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