Planned hunts for this year?

[B Cart]

Nice shooting. Are those your dogs?

Thanks, it was a fun hunt. We shot a ton of quail, a couple chukkar, and some pheasants. Unfortunately they weren't my dogs, but they were fun to watch. I have a lab that is a great duck dog, but I don't have a good pointer yet. Someday

[nineteenkilo]

I'll probably spend all of this season working on two new pups. I just got a Mountain Cur/Bench Feist mix that I'll work to squirrels and a Bluetick Gyp to chase the coons. Other than that - typical Alabama season.

My Theory:
1. Shoot doves and listen to football on the radio.
2. Archery for deer. (still hot with mosquitos)
3. Gun for deer. (planting fields, getting cold, checking cams, feeders, etc)

Actual Practice:
1.FOOTBALL!
2. Sit around camp fire and drink beer while talking about hunting.
3. Shoot deer out kitchen window.

[J-Dub]

[QUOTE=M4Fundi;1337374]I know Ben. VERY knowledgeable on birds and bird habitat. The thing you have to take into account about his method of running dogs is he runs MANY dogs at once.
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Do you know if Mr. Williams ever breeds/sells pups from his dogs?

[M4Fundi]

Yes, he does.... but I think the wait list is so long that I wouldn't hold my breath.

If you want a Brittany I would get one from these breeders that have some of the top Brits I have ever seen and are all prestigious enough to command good fees from your dog if it performs well. If I was a Brit guy I would do backflips if I got a dog out of these breeders.

http://www.beelinebrittanys.com/

http://www.huntsmith.com/

http://www.truegritbrits.com/

If you want to go French
http://www.topperlyngundogs.com/

There is a 3rd American Brit Breeder that I would also HIGHLY recommend out of Bozeman and his Brit is the leading NSTRA dog and an even better wild bird dog. I can get his info also if you want it, but it eludes me right now.

The Smith Brits come from national champ lines and were originally based out of TX and now are in OK.

Ben is a very polite, but very to the point old curmudgeon He invited me to his place once so he could watch my dog work, but we could never match our schedules. My loss. He is on the road from beginning of US bird season to the end. His research on birds and bird habitat should belong to Nat Geo or The Smithsonian some day it is so comprehensive and covers so many decades and states.

I'm not a fan of some of his training methods, but I do think they work well with Brits, and maybe Setters, but not with the German Breeds or Pointers, just my opinion.

I listen to everything Ben says about birds and their habitat, but listen to Rick Smith on dog training. These are their best areas of expertise respectfully.

Here is shot I took of a Beeline dog that is now at High Plains Drifter Kennels in Lewistown, MT

[J-Dub]

Yes, he does.... but I think the wait list is so long that I wouldn't hold my breath.

If you want a Brittany I would get one from these breeders that have some of the top Brits I have ever seen and are all prestigious enough to command good fees from your dog if it performs well. If I was a Brit guy I would do backflips if I got a dog out of these breeders.

http://www.beelinebrittanys.com/

http://www.huntsmith.com/

http://www.truegritbrits.com/

If you want to go French
http://www.topperlyngundogs.com/

There is a 3rd American Brit Breeder that I would also HIGHLY recommend out of Bozeman and his Brit is the leading NSTRA dog and an even better wild bird dog. I can get his info also if you want it, but it eludes me right now.

The Smith Brits come from national champ lines and were originally based out of TX and now are in OK.

Ben is a very polite, but very to the point old curmudgeon He invited me to his place once so he could watch my dog work, but we could never match our schedules. My loss. He is on the road from beginning of US bird season to the end. His research on birds and bird habitat should belong to Nat Geo or The Smithsonian some day it is so comprehensive and covers so many decades and states.

I'm not a fan of some of his training methods, but I do think they work well with Brits, and maybe Setters, but not with the German Breeds or Pointers, just my opinion.

I listen to everything Ben says about birds and their habitat, but listen to Rick Smith on dog training. These are their best areas of expertise respectfully.

thanks for the info.

My pup actually has some Nolan's Last Bullet and Tejas Iron Mike blood in him. Not direct or anything. He's def. got FT breeding in him....he's a big runner lol..

Are you located in MT?

[M4Fundi]

I was in Livingston, now in Austin

[J-Dub]

bummer. Well if you head up this way to hunt drop me a pm if you'd like, who knows i might have some honey holes by then.

[M4Fundi]

If you plan on hunting MT there is an art to hitting the Block Management areas. You should do research on all the areas you want to hunt NOW and then send off ASAP-NOW for the BM maps of those areas as they are mostly gone by the beginning of season and they are invaluable. They also for some reason often have really good maps they send out first and then crappier maps later on and few if none by season. If you can find the state biologists (usually young kids fresh out of college) that are doing the BM research they have the BEST maps of of the BMs and know where the birds are It is also a lovely gesture to give a small gift to the land owners. I might buy a stack of chocolate gift boxes (like for Valentines Day) and drop one off at the owners house... cheap cost to hunt on someone's land as you well know being from TX it costs an arm and a leg if you don't own land.

I can assure you Ben has already sent for the maps and is studying them and then google earthing them and reading the topo vs habitat and distance from water or roads and designing a Dive Plan for each area

[J-Dub]

I'm a Texan, so the usual white tail trips in the hill country from October through January. I usually shoot two a year, and my wife shoots one. This year suppressors are legal.

We have an Alaska moose trip planned in September for the whole month. My Dad has a cabin on the Salcha River 30 miles upstream from where it pours into the Tannana. In 2007 I tagged a 48" bull, and have not had a chance to go back due to work schedule. This year finally lined up, I'm turning 30 and hoping to either put my wife on her first moose, or shoot a caribou myself.

That sounds like bucket list material! Good luck!