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Forum: Sporting Dogs
11-26-2007, 07:48 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 2,032
Posted By Flairball

RE: ENGLISH SETTERS

I've got a smaller orange belton. He's a hard working, classy gundog. He's 7yrs old, and one hell of a grouse and woodcock dog. He loves people too. At camp he is happy to snuggle with whoever is on...
Forum: Waterfowl Hunting
11-19-2007, 03:43 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 1,329
Posted By Flairball

RE: question about hunting from a duck blind

Time in the outdoors is too short as it is to worry about being hurt, or even having your experience ruined by inconsideration. Don't hunt with anyone you have any questions about. You'll have as...
Forum: Northeast
11-19-2007, 03:30 PM
Replies: 29
Views: 3,045
Posted By Flairball

RE: I love deer hunting in Ct.

Mike, sorry I forgot; Congrats on a successful weekend. Didn't mean to take anything away.
Forum: Northeast
11-19-2007, 03:27 PM
Replies: 29
Views: 3,045
Posted By Flairball

RE: I love deer hunting in Ct.

That is a respectable 6pt, but I'm a bit confussed. Three deer? Last time I hunted Ct each hunter only got two tags. Are they giving out replacement tags in some counties?

FishFry is onto...
Forum: Sporting Dogs
11-19-2007, 08:10 AM
Replies: 31
Views: 2,652
Posted By Flairball

RE: Training Questions

The advice given is all good. All I'd like to ad is to remember that dogs are place sensitive when it comes to training. What I mean by that is a dog if trained to "come" in the yard, and is 100%...
Forum: Upland Bird Hunting
11-19-2007, 07:56 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 2,041
Posted By Flairball

RE: Dog/Ruffed Grouse question.

ZR 900, Your notion that one must shoot grouse over a pointing dog or you haven't a chance is just silly. How should I account for the many, many grouse I shot, on the wing, over my late Springer...
Forum: Upland Bird Hunting
11-15-2007, 03:52 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 2,041
Posted By Flairball

Dog/Ruffed Grouse question.

Okay. I've not posted here in a while, but I've begun researching my next gundog so I thought I'd get some opinions here. Thought I'd be better posting under Upland bird hunting rather than sporting...
Forum: Sporting Dogs
11-15-2007, 03:27 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 2,563
Posted By Flairball

RE: ASPIRIN -- We've been Wrong !

I don't believe this to be new. I was told by my vet 5-6 years ago not to give my dogs aspirin. Can't remember the reasoning now, so it might have been for other reasonsbut heeded the advice,...
Forum: Northeast
12-06-2006, 02:10 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 3,776
Posted By Flairball

RE: NY Baiting legal, or illegal?

What kind of a question is that? :eek:Hmmm,....What's the point of putting out corn? If you're planning to hunt over it, it's bait. If you need to think of waysto justify what you're doing, and ways...
Forum: Sporting Dogs
12-03-2006, 07:03 AM
Replies: 14
Views: 1,730
Posted By Flairball

RE: Sick pup

My Springer Had the exact same symtoms several times. I took her to the vet, and after a lenghty exam was told that she probably ate something that upset her stomach ( obviously really badly), and...
Forum: Sporting Dogs
12-02-2006, 08:42 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 842
Posted By Flairball

RE: Get a Springer pup

Just remember to keep it a name that's easy, and not too embarassing to shout across a field filled with other hunters.
Forum: Northeast
12-01-2006, 01:13 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 1,580
Posted By Flairball

RE: :-)Mass hunters

Mike Hill,
As another hunter that frequently hunts Ct,....Shhhhh!
Forum: Sporting Dogs
12-01-2006, 12:04 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 2,258
Posted By Flairball

RE: Opinions on Spaniels

To follow up; I just looked at the Labrador Retriever Club of America's Web site, and they have a statement basically saying that Labs are not pointing dogs, and the club does not recognize Pointing...
Forum: Sporting Dogs
12-01-2006, 11:58 AM
Replies: 22
Views: 2,258
Posted By Flairball

RE: Opinions on Spaniels

I feel the need to clarify something in this post again. I know many of you don't/won't believe it, but the Brittany has been removed fromthe Spaniel family. The reasoning is because Spaniels are not...
Forum: Bowhunting
11-29-2006, 05:38 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 1,235
Posted By Flairball

RE: is hunting a ranch really hunting?

Shooting an animal behind a high fence, in my opinion isn't hunting. I haven't done it, so I can't spoak first hand of how difficult it is or isn't.

Hunting on a ranch which practices QDM is...
Forum: Northeast
11-29-2006, 03:43 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 833
Posted By Flairball

RE: I'm now a Property Owner!

That's a dream come true. I'm happy for you. I'm looking for land, but land in Mass is really expensive. Probably gonna buy up in Maine somewhere. I don't know much about land management, but I'd...
Forum: Whitetail Deer Hunting
11-29-2006, 10:38 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 817
Posted By Flairball

fawn call ???

If a doe, and her fawn are still hanging around together, and the fawn gets shot, do you think the doe will come in to a fawn call/bawl? Last night another hunter shot the fawn. I'm going again...
Forum: Northeast
11-29-2006, 09:45 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 1,301
Posted By Flairball

RE: Cut off at the pass

Spec1,
Yesterday I was in zone 10, so I shouldnn't be too surprised by what happened. I also hunt spots in 11, but not much, and in 2, and 4N. I'll be back in the same spot tonight, but might move...
Forum: Northeast
11-29-2006, 08:20 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 1,301
Posted By Flairball

RE: Cut off at the pass

Let me clarify something here. I did not, nordo I have any intention of stealing this guys trail cameras. I haven't even seen them out there. However, should the cameras vanish, this is the karma...
Forum: Northeast
11-28-2006, 05:41 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 1,301
Posted By Flairball

Cut off at the pass

I got completely cut off by another hunter tonight. While sitting in my blind along a funnel between two fields another hunter approaches walking down the deer trail from the top field. We exchange...
Forum: Black Powder
11-28-2006, 04:55 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 1,877
Posted By Flairball

Leaving load in overnight??

I hunted today, and will be going out again in the morning. Should I pull the bullet, and remove the shot charge, or can I leave the gun as is tonight? My father always says to leave the gun in the...
Forum: Upland Bird Hunting
11-21-2006, 05:19 PM
Replies: 68
Views: 8,349
Posted By Flairball

RE: which breed of dog?

I have an English Setter, and an English Springer Spaniel. My Springer is old and retired, and if my Setter wasn't still quite young I'd get another Springer. My style of hunting, I prefer a flushing...
Forum: Sporting Dogs
11-21-2006, 12:22 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 5,372
Posted By Flairball

RE: I can't think of a witty AKC name for my chocolate lab!!

You say he's a choclate? Don't worry. He'll name himself soon enough. Don't know if it'll be a witty name, or even one you'll want to repeat in public though.:D
Forum: Northeast
11-21-2006, 06:48 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 5,302
Posted By Flairball

RE: Timber Wolves in Southern VT

I wonder if wolves making a come back in Vt, and Mass is a good thing? I'm sure that there are a lot of people who would think it is, but can the habitat support it? Also, this could open up some...
Forum: Upland Bird Hunting
11-20-2006, 03:13 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 11,557
Posted By Flairball

RE: please help----shot a hen!!!!!!!

I made a similar mistake grouse hunting once. A grouse flushed with the ussual vigor and commotion common with a Ruffie coming out of thick cover. As it came into an opening I shot and dropped it...
Forum: Upland Bird Hunting
11-20-2006, 03:02 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 2,922
Posted By Flairball

RE: How many pheasants?

I killed my first Pheasant of the season today. Season closes on Saturday, but no problem. I've been spending most of my time either Grouse hunting or Deer hunting. I've been out 3 times to a small...
Forum: Sporting Dogs
11-20-2006, 12:09 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 765
Posted By Flairball

RE: new hunters

There are a lot of good books about training available. I'd suggest reading them all. Your dog is definately not too old to learn. You're in for a good time. Enjoy the training, and try to learn as...
Forum: Sporting Dogs
11-20-2006, 12:02 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 2,258
Posted By Flairball

RE: Opinions on Spaniels

Is it fair for a hunter to only get three or four weekends a year free? Should the hunter with limited time be forced to endure the pains of a less well bred dog? Does a hunting dog that is well bred...
Forum: Sporting Dogs
11-20-2006, 08:13 AM
Replies: 22
Views: 2,258
Posted By Flairball

RE: Opinions on Spaniels

I like the English Springer Spaniel. Great hunting dogs, and great family dogs. I'll be getting another. As for the English Cocker, there are not many breeders breeding them for the field. and as for...
Forum: Sporting Dogs
11-20-2006, 08:02 AM
Replies: 28
Views: 9,458
Posted By Flairball

RE: If you had to choose between an ES or GSP for Grouse what would it be?

This is a trick question, isn't it? Am I to choose between the breeds, or two specific dogs of each breed?

Currently I hunt over a Setter. He's good and I'm having a good time with him. I don't...
Forum: Bowhunting
11-16-2006, 05:54 PM
Replies: 83
Views: 6,366
Posted By Flairball

RE: LAND LEASES BAD FOR HUNTERS?

Amen to that. While he's trying to swallow that pill he can stop trying to tell others how to hunt. Today he's lambasting anyone who want to shoot a big buck, but come the day he shoots a big one...
Forum: Northeast
11-16-2006, 12:46 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 3,913
Posted By Flairball

RE: Massachusetts Rut

It's the weather guys. Warm weather is a classic rut supressor. All this rain and humididty probably has an effect too. There's hope; weather man said to expect a cooling off on Sunday. Let's hope.
Forum: Bowhunting
11-16-2006, 10:49 AM
Replies: 83
Views: 6,366
Posted By Flairball

RE: LAND LEASES BAD FOR HUNTERS?

Currently I hunt a mixture of public and no-pay private land. I plan to buy land in a couple of years, but before I doI will probably lease some property. Why? Control. I like to hunt how I want,...
Forum: Northeast
11-14-2006, 09:06 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 551
Posted By Flairball

RE: Western Mass ???

ccr,
Sounds like a nice bear. Say, if neither of you two have a bear tag I'd be happy to come out and help make sure that bear doesn't ruin any of your deer hunts. BTW, I hunt zone 2, Plainfield,...
Forum: Northeast
11-13-2006, 06:02 PM
Replies: 40
Views: 3,967
Posted By Flairball

RE: POACHING IN PA.

GR8,
I agree with you 100%. Wrong is wrong. As ethical hunters we don't subscribe to the "ethic" so we won't get fined by the WCO, but because it's the right thing to do out of respect for the...
Forum: Northeast
11-12-2006, 07:17 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 551
Posted By Flairball

Western Mass ???

I was wondering if anyone hunting western Ma has been seeing any bears? My area ussually has a lot of bear sign right up until it snows, but this year I'm not seeing any sign. It's been so warn that...
Forum: Bowhunting
10-24-2006, 11:38 AM
Replies: 55
Views: 5,737
Posted By Flairball

RE: Trouble with tresspasser

Don't let this jerk ruin you hunting experience there. I'd either remove the stand, and then hunt the area from a ground blind if I thought the area was going to be productive. Chances are he hunts...
Forum: Upland Bird Hunting
09-17-2006, 12:37 PM
Replies: 29
Views: 3,124
Posted By Flairball

RE: Best calliber for grouse

Guns, chokes, loads, and guage questions are quite subjective, and everyone has their own opinion. He's mine. Hopefully it helps.

If your going to get a new gun, get one that fits you properly....
Forum: Northeast
09-14-2006, 12:56 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 1,477
Posted By Flairball

RE: Northern NH/Western Maine Question

I've done a lot of bird hunting up that way. It seems that the main logging roads were open, but the smaller ones were gated. I think you could find a way through, but I couldn't suggest a route.
...
Forum: Northeast
08-22-2006, 04:44 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 2,274
Posted By Flairball

RE: Help me with an annoying neighbor

Salty,
You need to get all the facts about land useage straight before your neighbors do. Check to see if there is indeed a deeded right of way. If there is another way for them to access their...
Forum: Upland Bird Hunting
06-15-2006, 08:41 AM
Replies: 58
Views: 28,438
Posted By Flairball

RE: Preferred Gun, Shot, and Gauge for Pheasant???

What gun? What shot size? What a loaded question? If we can all agree on this one we'll have to start working on world peace next.

I'd say carry the gun you shoot the best. 90% of wing shooting...
Forum: Sporting Dogs
03-26-2006, 07:16 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 706
Posted By Flairball

RE: Not returning with dummy or bird

She's 4 1/2 months. Relaxthe steadyness (sit/stay) to make the retrieves more fun. Get the pup really jazzed up before each retrieve.Tease her with thebumper, and lether break when you through it....
Forum: Sporting Dogs
03-26-2006, 07:11 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 621
Posted By Flairball

RE: Lab training

1 1/2 is still young. You can train the dog. There are several books out there that outling training procedures. I'd recommend taking a look at a few and see if any look good to you. In the mean time...
Forum: Sporting Dogs
03-22-2006, 04:19 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 865
Posted By Flairball

RE: CCR or NSDT ?

Neither of the dogs you mentioned are popular breeds. There is probably a reason for this, but I don't have any idea what it is.

If you really want one of those breeds I would recommend...
Forum: Sporting Dogs
03-22-2006, 04:08 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 1,373
Posted By Flairball

RE: Lab scared to swim

You've gotten a lot of good advise here. There is another option too. Forget about the water for a while. Keep working on his land retrieves, and his yard work. Keep the training fun so the dog is...
Forum: Northeast
03-21-2006, 03:54 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 2,292
Posted By Flairball

RE: TRASH IN WOODS

I'm with you 100% on this. My truck ends up full of other peoples trash by the end of the season. What really makes me mad is watching some hunting show where the host keeps ejecting shells without...
Forum: Northeast
03-16-2006, 03:05 PM
Replies: 58
Views: 4,872
Posted By Flairball

RE: undercover wardens: when should they sting?

Though this incident may make these guys stop and think I doubt they will ever catch on. As you have said, they may think about how foolish it is to eat seal meat. They might even begin to realize...
Forum: Sporting Dogs
03-15-2006, 01:39 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 2,351
Posted By Flairball

RE: am i doing the right thing

I gotta agree with MTD on this. I believe a dog needs those hormones to develope properly. You deny him those hormones and his body will develope differently. The way I see it the hormones act on a...
Forum: Northeast
03-11-2006, 09:07 PM
Replies: 58
Views: 4,872
Posted By Flairball

RE: undercover wardens: when should they sting?

I'm not looking for an arguement, I've just got a really low tolerance forB.S. and I call it like I see it. So, again I'll answer your question. The CO's should wait as long as they need to issure...
Forum: Northeast
03-11-2006, 09:42 AM
Replies: 58
Views: 4,872
Posted By Flairball

RE: undercover wardens: when should they sting?

What doesn't make sense is your story. What were these guys arrested for? You never really say. What species is in Question? Your story is vague, and I doubt many people here understand what really...
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