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Retriever Training CenterWhere to Find Training/Hunting Places and Partners to Train With
by: Michelle Linnane
Whether you are an avid hunter, a seasoned field trialer or a hunt test enthusiast, finding good land to pursue your passion on is often a difficult undertaking. The task of finding people to work with to bring along your hunting dog, tune him up for the fall hunting season, or to simply throw marks for your hunt test/field trial dog is always a problem. (Read...) |
SpanielsOnline.com Training CenterThe Balanced Spaniel
by: David Krassler
W ell folks, out here on the East Coast it’s getting close to be that time of year! Time for us to head out afield for opening day of bird season. Many enthusiasts are looking forward to making this season a memorable one. Every new season brings new folks to the sport of small game hunting and the world of Spanieling. As with any new sport, there also come many pitfalls and obstacles for the newcomer to endure. Newcomers with spaniels should be very cautious as to how they handle themselves and their spaniel during the first season of upland game hunting. (Read...) |
Waterfowl HuntingGearing Up For Goose Hunting
by: John Dean, Jr.
Even though the warm weather and the green grass of September makes hunting season seem months away, the colder nights and morning dew reminds us that early goose season is here and migratory season is fast approaching. As the days get shorter and the nights longer now is a perfect time to start thinking about gearing up for goose season. (Read...) |
Wing Shooting USAWingshooting Wisdom 101: Shot Size Selection
by: Bill Hanus
You can forget shot size recommendations found on ammunition boxes. Shot size is a function of distance, not game. Twenty-yard targets require #9 hard shot. Number 9 shot puts 43% more pellets in your pattern than #8’s, increasing your opportunities for multiple hits and/or lethal head/neck shots accordingly. On small targets, the number of hits isn’t the significant factor -- any kind you can get is what counts. You can go to school free on the experience of thousands of skeet shooters, whose 21-yard target is about four square inches (the edge view of a clay pigeon) going 60 miles an hour! Small, quick targets require large, dense patterns; that’s what No. 9’s are all about! And the necessity for their use becomes more obvious as the gauges get smaller.(Read...) |
Innotek Training CenterPreparing a Retriever for Duck Hunting
by: John Riggle
It’s never good when someone takes a young retriever duck hunting for the first time and then doesn’t understand why their pride and joy is picking up sticks in the water and grabbing the decoys and bringing them back instead of retrieving ducks. If that dog has never been in a duck blind before, it’s understandable to me, but hunters are always asking themselves, "Why isn’t my brand new well-bred, super expensive retriever sitting there like he’s supposed to, and retrieving like he’s supposed to; heck, he does it perfectly in the backyard."(Read...) |
Fish RecipesWhere to Find Training/Hunting Places and Partners to Train With
by: Michelle Linnane
Whether you are an avid hunter, a seasoned field trialer or a hunt test enthusiast, finding good land to pursue your passion on is often a difficult undertaking. The task of finding people to work with to bring along your hunting dog, tune him up for the fall hunting season, or to simply throw marks for your hunt test/field trial dog is always a problem. (Read...) |
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Saltwater Fish Species GuideGetting Your Pointer Ready for Quail Season
by: Mark Roberts
Forty seven days, seven hours, twelve minutes. Quail season in Texas opens on the last Saturday of October. A giant red circle around October 26 serves to keep the calendar and I focused on the most important day of the year. In precisely forty-seven days, seven hours, and twelve minutes (not that anyone is counting) I will be quail hunting. Like every other true bird dog man, I am more than ready to start this season’s pursuit of Mr. and Mrs. Bob. I can’t wait. Last year’s disappointing season, in which Texas experienced a virtual quail famine, makes me more ready than ever.(Read...) |
Pointing Dog Training CenterGetting Your Pointer Ready for Quail Season
by: Mark Roberts
Forty seven days, seven hours, twelve minutes. Quail season in Texas opens on the last Saturday of October. A giant red circle around October 26 serves to keep the calendar and I focused on the most important day of the year. In precisely forty-seven days, seven hours, and twelve minutes (not that anyone is counting) I will be quail hunting. Like every other true bird dog man, I am more than ready to start this season’s pursuit of Mr. and Mrs. Bob. I can’t wait. Last year’s disappointing season, in which Texas experienced a virtual quail famine, makes me more ready than ever.(Read...) |
Conservation USAThe Who’s Who of Conservation Organizations
by: R. Michael DiLullo
Every week I receive several solicitations in the mail and via email to join or contribute to conservation, wildlife, special interest groups and political organizations. And I am not alone, I am sure many of you are on some of the same mailing list as I am. Wildlife and conservation has become a business and raising funds, be it through contributions or memberships, has become very competitive among the countless number of special interest groups out there. Many of these groups spend millions each year on lobbying efforts to help promote their particular cause or goals. However, many of these groups are not always clear on their agendas or stances concerning hunting. Also, local affiliates sometimes differ drastically from their national’s policies concerning hunting, firearm ownership and the shooting sports. (Read...) |
The Breeders' CornerWhelping a Litter -- It’s time!
by: Geoffrey A. English
Well, it’s that time… and if you are like me, it is the time you have been waiting anxiously for and a time that is sure to change your life… at least for the next 8 weeks.
If this is the first litter you have whelped it’s a good idea to consult your vet a week or two before the expected litter. This will do two things, first, it will ease your mind knowing that you have discussed and understand how you should handle an emergency, if one should present itself. Second, visiting with your vet gives you an opportunity to discuss with him/her any areas of the whelping process you are uncertain about before the big day. (Read...) |
Food and Nutrition CenterCare of and Feeding the Bitch with Pups - Part I
by: Martin Coffman DVM
For eons, mother’s milk has been proven to be the best food for newborns. Studies in several species have documented the mechanisms that keep milk high in nutritional value regardless of the condition of the dam.1 These studies verify that a lactating bitch will produce a sufficient quantity of nutritious milk to support her puppies even if her condition deteriorates. For conscientious dog breeders, the challenge is to provide nutrition for the dam that will allow her to not only feed her puppies but also to maintain her own condition. (Read...) |
Quail Unlimited News2002 Quail Unlimited Purina National Championship Dog of the Year Trial
by: Kellie Rae Rangue
When the staff exodus began from Quail Unlimited National Headquarters in Edgefield, South Carolina, to Bronwood, Georgia, for the national dog trial, the weather was a real concern. The steady and sometimes hard rainfall was a clear reminder of last year’s trial. But as we began to set up for the 15th Annual Quail Unlimited/Purina National Championship Dog of the Year Trial, sponsored by Purina Pet Care, the sun broke through the gloomy clouds and set a beautiful stage for the weekend of March 14-17, 2002.(Read...) |
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EMTTM Gel, The Scientific Breakthrough in Wound Care Technology
Every gundog enthusiast understands the demands that he places on his dogs while in the field. Inevitably, each trip afield is one trip closer to performing some form of field-side first aid.
Now, PBI/Gordon Corporation offers a revolutionary first-aid product, EMT™ Gel, which has become a must in the gundog enthusiast’s first-aid kit. EMT™ Gel offers a true breakthrough in wound care technology and is designed to aid in the management of chronic and acute wounds, traumatic wounds, cuts, abrasions, burns, other skin lesions and dermatological conditions.
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