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Opening weekend was amazing for me on so many levels. I got back into the field with my old man who we thought wouldn't hunt anymore after a two year fight with cancer. Last year would have been my pointers first hunting season at 1 yrs old but she contracted valley fever and was sick for 5...

Where I live my house backs up to a whole bunch of acres of open land with lots of quail in it. Its like a private wild quail training area for me as I've never seen another person working hunting dogs there. I run my pup there daily. She is now 8 months old. Today we came across one of the...

I'm trying to find a graphic artist to create the design for a T-Shirt for my business. I've been told by two different artists they are not confident they can produce the design so I'm out of ideas. We are not looking for anything out of this world and I'm frankly surprised that two different...

On Friday I ran my 8 month old pup Cazi in the San Diego NAVHDA chapter's natural ability test. There were 10 pups that ran and if I heard the results properly every single one of them scored well enough to prize. Over hearing a couple people talking I got the impression that Friday's group of...

A while back I had a half dozen chickens but my entire flock got whipped out by a raccoon one night because I forgot to close the door. So a few weeks ago I re-purposed it into a pigeon house and made up this little trap door for them out of crap I had laying around. It's kind of ghetto but...

My 8 year old some just passed hunter safety and got his license. I couldn't be prouder.

I found a box of old reloads my dad worked up years ago before getting rid of the rifle. There is about 50 or more loaded rounds and a little bit more brass. I'll give them to someone if they can use them. PM me if you like.

I didn't get drawn for a tag there this year but I thought I'd encourage someone who did. I just got back from a jeep ride with my sons and saw two legal bucks. First one was a nice 4x4 down by the river that I almost ran over bombing down a sand wash. He must have been laying under a tree and...

A month or so in a thread here i was reading someone suggested the book Mule Deer by Norman and Carpenter. Awesome book and I highly recommend it. Thanks to whom ever made that reply.

So mid July this year I adopted a GSP and posted a thread about it. In a tragic accident this dog died the opening weekend of Dove season. It was a freak accident and it tore me up. My wife surprised me with a bundle of cash she had been stashing away for something special and last Saturday...

I hunted all but two days from opener until this past Monday and it was an emotional roller coaster to say the least. The good was I limited each day except opener where I got skunked. Opening day I was invited to hunt someones private land south of Blythe behind Palo Verde. It sounded like...

I am the new owner if this fine 3 year old dog. A friend hasn't had time to work or hunt him in a year or more due to work and wanted him to go to someone who will get him out there. He is bird crazy, steady to point and flush but breaks on the shot and pulls up short on the retrieve. I'm a...

Based on last year this is probably enough to get me my limit opening day.

Last quail season I found a spot that has lots of quail and zero pressure on SoCal public land. So far this year it appears there are certainly more birds than last however I'm worried about over hunting it. Between last year and so far this year my old man and I have not seen a single other...

I hunted a friends property yesterday off the 138 close to the 5 frwy. Holy smokes the wind was crazy and we didn't see many birds but I managed to get a couple. Half the time yesterday it felt like the birds were smarter then my old man and I. They were hunkered down somewhere out of the...

130 gr 270 win puts a big hole in a small animal. Found this guy out in the D12 area while I was poking around looking for deer. He stood there looking at me long enough to dig my rifle out of the truck, load it and get the job done. I was surprised by how long it stayed put.

Holy cow is dove hunting fun! For some reason I've always shy'd away from dove hunting because the mental picture of it wasn't appealing. Based on what friends described I envisioned mass quantities of people, alcohol, getting peppered with shot and not a lot of fun. For whatever reason I...

Just wanted to give some positive vibes to folks who might be having a hard time finding the birds. In the last week and a half I've hit three new to me places and found lots of quail. All three are legal CA public lands and are located no more than three hours from Blythe or Hermosa Beach. I...

Looking for a matching 20 gauge to my Ithaca/SKB SxS. In all honesty I'm not sure of the value of my A5 or what a Model 100 in 20 gauge would actually sell for. Looking on line the pricing is all over the place and I'm having trouble determining what they actually sell for vs asking price...

Howdy all. I'm no expert so hopefully there is something to be learned from my hunt yesterday. For the past couple years I've been fortunate enough to have access to a 1400+ acre private holding that is loaded with quail. Hunting this land has been very successful for me except yesterday...