@@brettschultz5150 hey thanks for the support. There are a few stretches that you could do fine with a outboard and a lot of places you can't. I wouldn't try it anywhere in the dark. That river fluctuates a ton on a day to day basis
Thanks for the video and awareness of a potential problem. I carry Gu packets for myself but I never considered them for my dog. I’ll throw some extras in my vest next season. I had the same emergency sling but I quit carrying it when I got my Final Rise vest. They have a G hook system that allows you to take apart the game bag pocket and use it to carry a dog. You’re definitely right, everyone should be prepared to carry out your dog; could be a season or could be a bad gash from barbed wire. Thanks!
My dog Gordon setter female was doing the same thing. I had to get on her hard ... keep her tight and correct her. Now she holds point and hunts like a pro
We are definitely going to hit it hard this summer. Hopefully it will pay off. He's getting to the end of his hunting career. It'd be nice to end real strong. Thanks for the support
Northeast Montanna was terrible,ALL the cover was baled!!!! They are getting $110 dollars a ton for hay because of the draught!!!! Ive been hunting there for 18 years,last year was the worst!!!! You cant bale all the nesting cover during hatching season!!!!!!! It will be no better this year!!! On top of that there was an 85% increase in the no of hunters,it was CRAZY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
From OnX North Dakota looks no better. I was thinking it must have been due to the hay shortages too. That said, I did eventually have luck hunting an uncut field and hedge row adjacent to a baled field in 22'. So change your strategy. The birds went somewhere. I'm still going to head out.
Awesome video thanks for sharing! What size shot were you using in that CZ? And was it lead or steel? I’m assuming it was lead because you live in a free state
I'm still playing around with it. I got it fitting me really well, but I still adjusting the drop shims. My wife has the exact same model. It baffles me that I shoot that one so we'll and this one so poorly. Makes me curious if the barrel is slightly defective
Epilepsy is what my guess is. I had a Labrador that had it. He had to go on pills for the rest of his life. I had to stop hunting him. I sure hope your puppy is ok.
Sooo the first 2 hunts I was using my new weatherby element. Clearly I struggled to make good shots with it. The last hunt I had a different weatherby element, same gun, same chokes, same ammo. Does anyone have any ideas on why they shoot so different?
Get a mid bead put on by a gunsmith. Makes it easier to see if your not looking straight down the barrel. There is a plate inside the stock that changes the pitch from left to right
Dixie did an outstanding job marking, handling and retrieving the ducks! I agree with you about handling a boat without neutral or reverse in River current: it sucks.
As much as we struggle with good dog work in the field, I've never had a complaint with her and ducks. She never gets bored and she's always so cooperative with taking direction.
That's only the second time he's ever had 1. I think he's been close a dozen more times but I was able to catch the early warning signs. Now he gets a twinkie or sweedish fish every couple hours when we are out
I wonder of cbd oil will help. I think i used to see them at local pet stores but they were low grade. As long as you use a squirt injector it may be safe during an episode so you dont get bit. I never had a dog do this but a cat that was 19 did and my brothers and I felt helpless as he had an episode after another. We watched a movie while it was happening so we were petting him here and there. He finally passed on with his last twitch but I just wished there were more ways to comfort them
My dog has had seizures before and the one thing that helps her is when I pick her up and put her in my lap while talking to her at the same time even tho she is pretty big.
My dog has Non-convulsive seizure so he gets real stiff and shakes a little but he still there, he'll walk over to us for comfort when it happens. If he ever started doing what this pup is it would be alot more scary
Probably not. He likely didn't have the ability to see or hear during the event which is why you need to be extremely careful you don't get bitten. They are scared, confused, disoriented, and are probably in and out of consciousness. Still I had to do something while we waited it out.
Is common enough in hunting dogs that you should always have a treatment on you. I don't know the prevalence data, but it seems like at most people at least know someone this has happened to
Ya, he's still tries to crowd them but he's at least taking direction better with birds in front of him. It's been a good learning experience for both of us. Thanks for always showing support.
I'm in the market for a 12 gauge semi auto shotgun, and I'm seeing a lot of videos on RU-vid where hunters are having jamming problems with their semi auto shotguns. Is this a common problem pretty much across the board with semi auto shotguns? I'm retired and cant afford a $2000 or even a $1500 shotgun! I'd like to keep it under $1000 if possible. My current shotgun is a CZ Redhead O/U 20 gauge. Obviously, I've never had an issue with this shotgun jamming!🤪 But i like the idea of having a third shot readily available.
Most autos work flawlessly. Especially with high brass hunting loads. The autos that will shoot 3.5 inch shells struggle the most to shoot real light trap loads. Everything I touch breaks, so my experience is typically worse than just about everyone else's. I just settled on a weatherby element. My wifes had 1 for the last few years. She probably has 1-2 thousand rounds through it. Not a single issue. So far I have a couple hundred rounds through mine and I really like it. I picked mine up on sale for under $400. Thanks for watching
@@strugglinoutdoorsI have a new SX4 from Winchester as my upland shotgun and still takes 3.5s, only advice I give is run a bore snake down it each time your done hunting and clean the action if needed and then toss some oil in it and it should be good to go, I’ve ran light target loads for dove up to 3s so far just target shooting and sighting my choke in
regarding guns...you will not have issues with a Benelli Inertia semi-auto. I use the Montefeltro but IMHO, the best buy out there is the Benelli owned Franchi Affinity 3. My hunting partner has the 20ga "Select" model and it is one fine chukar gun! Regarding hawks...we've had a 'big' year for hawks in my neck of the woods. Mostly Northern Harriers that will follow the dogs and swoop down on their pointed birds.The Harriers will also cruise a few feet over terrain that has a bunch of birds and in the least will get the Huns and/or Chukar on edge! Regarding Garmin...bet you need to recalibrate the handheld unit. That will fix the situation 99.9% of the time
Hey thanks for watching. I have a benelli sbe 3 and it's my favorite gun I've ever used. Perfectly reliable and fits me real well. I just can't bring myself to take it in the chukar hills. I just settled on a weatherby element... So far so good. At under $400 I don't feel so bad beating the crap out of it. For the garmin, it's bad enough now that I have to calibrate the compass every hour or so for it to even be close. This is the same thing that happend to my last one. Garmin customer service has been a little better this time around. Last time they were terrible. Thanks for the support.
Another option in my humble opinion... Ditch the autloader and go with a side by side or over under. You wont have to worry about ammo cycling and way safer hiking around steep country. it's also way easier to put your spent shells in your vest so you don't let other hunters know where you were and to keep the mountains clean. I appreciate you being great about picking up your hulls, there's a few youtubers that people seem to be in love with that suck at that and a lot more. Hope you have better and better hunts ahead of you with your dog.
Super cool you saw and video recorded a hawk stooping on a chukar! I’ve seen that with golden eagles but did not have any way to record. Birds on open slopes with thin cover are hard for dogs to handle. I’m sure Chester and the chukars are looking at each other; that generally results in a wild flush.
It was really cool to watch. He came out of nowhere and snatched that chukar. Chester has been getting better and better all season. He's starting to handle about 80% of the birds we come across pretty well now. It's been really fun to see him put it together. You are right though thin cover and a dozen birds staring back out you is definitely intense to handle. That's foe the support Ron
My girl is so visually stimulated. She’ll point on scent from 20 yards away but once she sees the bird, it’s game over. This offseason will be A LOT of positive reinforced on- leash Woah Training then transitioning to off leash at greater and greater distance. I feel your pain brotha. As far as gun problems I run an Ethos that’s been awesome and I have friends that use the Beretta A400, both great guns. Or you can always go the O/U route. Thanks for the content. 👍🏼
Thanks. We work every day in the off season. He a pro at whoaing until there are birds around. If he had a handler that would keep it together and work with him in the field with real birds I'm sure this would go a lot better. Lol. I run a super black eagle 3 and it's my favorite gun ever. I can't say enough good things about it. I just can't bring myself to take it on the chukar hills. I picked up a new weatherby and so far so good. No more gas or long recoil systems for me. Thanks for the support
Thanks for posting, Not sure if calling your channel "struggling outdoors" is appropriate or bad karma? Other video I watched you had a bad shell, now the guns not cycling!. New gun or maybe get that one looked at????? Shouldn't be doing that obviously. Have you ever wondered why chukars hold? Why dont they fly immediately when they see us? Yes sometimes they do, but why not every time?? Has nothing to do with pointing. Ive hunted chukars for decades with Rets. If we required a chukar to be pointed to hold, I would never kill a bird with a ret. That hawk taking that chukar out of the air is why they hold. It's just survival strategy. Flying isn't a safe option. Look at the speed that hawk or Falcon hit that bird with. You know that chukar was hauling!. I used to keep pigeons for training. Have seen hawks take them out of the air multiple times. I believe pigeons are much more maneuverable than a chukar. This doesnt really change anything, pointers need to hold their point and not pressure to much, I need my ret to stop when told. Good luck, keep the videos coming.
I sold the cz and my browning maxus, both were giving me problems, and picked up a new weatherby. No more gas or long recoil systems for me. Most of Chesters time hunting has been in SD chasing roosters through cattails. I never worked on pointing or held him to any standard. Mostly because we bagged a ton of birds with track and flush. Changing the game on him at age 9 is no easy task,but he's been getting better and better each time. Thanks for the support
I got this one off Amazon and it's a lot more sturdy than other metal crates I've seen. I can stand and jump on the top of this. I think if I roll the atv they will be mostly okay. The tighter fitting the kennel the safer the dogs are in it. I've about tipped over backwards twice when I've had both dogs in the back from all the weight. Now if I'm going over something really sketchy I just stop and let them out. The run along side me until the trail improves. It's usually only a few hundred feet at most before I can load them up and continue on. So far I really like it. I have heavy duty plastic kennels that keep breaking from rocks on the highway when it travels on the trailer. Not the case with this. Thanks for watching
