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And the Birds Whistled Bob-white

Quail hunting in the South has always been as common as sunburn. Due to the fertile soil, flat and rolling coastal plains that are cut by long rivers and dotted with lakes and ponds, made for a perfect farming. Mild winters with hot, humid .. more ..

By: gundogcentral
Posted: September 18, 2022

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Amazing Facts about a dogs sense of smell

With regarding to sense of smell, our hunting dogs reign supreme. Scientists speculate that their olfactory senses can be 10,000 to 100,000 better than ours. For every single human scent receptor, our amazing canine companions boast 50. The.. more ..

By: gundogcentral
Posted: August 27, 2022

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Causes, Symptoms and Treatment - Parvo

Parvo in dogs refers to the Canine parvovirus, a highly contagious disease found among dogs that causes gastrointestinal illnesses in puppies and older animals. It is a febrile disease of the canines which is highly contagious, especially t.. more ..

By: gundogcentral
Posted: August 24, 2022

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Understanding Bird Scent - Part 1 The Birds

In his book Best Way To Train Your Gun Dog, Hall of Fame Trainer Delmar Smith said: "No one's ever understood one thing about scent." Add this: Odor chemistry is complex and still poorly understood. (The Science of Smell, Iowa State Univ.. more ..

By: gundogcentral
Posted: July 11, 2022

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Last Hunt

John Cole had been hunt master on Old Pine Plantation thirty years. Before that he had worked on other plantations in the quail belt, that land between Albany and Tallahassee where quail still thrived, thanks to Yankee old money, fire, and .. more ..

By: gundogcentral
Posted: May 15, 2022

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SportDOG® Brand UplandHunter® 1875

Technology has taken over the world these past few decades. It's impact on dog training has caused many handlers and trainers to gravitate towards GPS tracking collars. But for anyone running dogs inside of bell range, the SportDOG® 1875 f.. more ..

By: gundogcentral
Posted: April 8, 2022

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End of a Friendship - by Tom Word

Ben and Sam were sharing an end-of-week dram of The Macallan in Ben's library-conference room when the subject, end of friendships, came up. It was a too-frequent subject on their minds these days, with COVID-19, the fast-approaching presid.. more ..

By: gundogcentral
Posted: February 19, 2022

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Money Order Scams - Tip #2

If you place a Classified ad on Gundog Central, as sure as the sun rises, you'll eventually be contacted by a scammer trying to get you to bite on a money order scam. It might sound frightening, but you have nothing to worry about if you k.. more ..

By: gundogcentral
Posted: January 31, 2022

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Out of the Blues

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By: gundogcentral
Posted: January 17, 2022

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The Master Thief

Fred Freeze was a genius at training pointing dogs, of a certain sort. Very smart ones, the ones who understood what field trials were all about. Not necessarily the most athletic or naturally talented, but those that could be taught to lev.. more ..

By: gundogcentral
Posted: December 5, 2021

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SportDOG: Gear the way youd design it

My dentist, Doc Biehn, was a waterfowler and I always got to check it out when I got my teeth cleaned as a kid. I remember one visit when he handed me a new, Marlin Super Goose he extracted from his closet. I'd never seen anything like the.. more ..

By: gundogcentral
Posted: April 27, 2021

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Midseason corrections

Next year's quail opener was set before the season ended. This year's was good, check that, it was really good, the best in recent history. There seemed to be birds everywhere we went, all of the dogs worked great, and that combination ca.. more ..

By: gundogcentral
Posted: December 16, 2020

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The Great Debate: Pointing or Flushing Dogs for Quail

My wife said I winced when we pulled up to the only game in town. It was an old motel of a vintage that reminded me of the Golden Era of travel by car. Over the years families probably over-nighted here while on their way to any one of a .. more ..

By: gundogcentral
Posted: November 3, 2020

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Shadow Oak Bo Remembered by Tom Word

I treasure many memories of Shadow Oak Bo, the first and clearest (I can watch it like a movie in mind's eye today) at Coney Lake in the Lee County All-Age when Bo was a first year. I was riding with Luke Weaver in his pickup, following in .. more ..

By: gundogcentral
Posted: January 1, 2020

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The Joy of Cover Dogs - By Tom Keer

Places in snow country are reported to have lots of words to describe the white, powdery flakes gracing their winter countryside. Maybe that's true, but at home in New England we have the same with stone walls. Scratch farmers in our coun.. more ..

By: gundogcentral
Posted: December 17, 2019