What is that thing on the side of your truck? Stretcher? Do you do search and rescue?
Recovery board, everybody's do it .What is that thing on the side of your truck? Stretcher? Do you do search and rescue?
I'm so far behind I have been skimming... This post struck a cord for me. Sorry to hear of your dog's ills. My English Setter, Mose, is also about 13. He was a superb upland dog... the regional director of Ruffed Grouse Society trained him. Due to a move driven by a job change by his wife he had to thin out his kennel. He gave me Mose... steady on the point, steady to the gun, and he set me up for many successful shots on pheasant, grouse, quail and woodcock.This will be a bittersweet post. My dog Ellie who is 13 years 9 months is suffering from Congestive Heart Failure. The last month has been a pretty rapid decline and the medication isn't working and she's starting to struggle. She's losing control of her bodily functions. I thought she was going to pass last night with how hard she was struggling. I decided I'm going to have to call the vet tomorrow. It's hard watching a dog who used to be so tough and determined lose her strength.
She's my first dog and we've spent lots of time in the field together. We've hunted in 8 states together and had lots of great times. My only wish is that I would've hunted more with her the last 5 years. Here's a few of my favorite pics.
Her first pheasant...
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Her last grouse...View attachment 1204965Her last South Dakota pheasant...
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Lots of tears being shed today for the old girl.
Guys put them under there tires to get un stuckWhat is that thing on the side of your truck? Stretcher? Do you do search and rescue?
It's hard to watch... I had a lot of memorable hunts with Mose. He liked attention and loved to hunt... In the field he responded to whistle, verbal and hand commands. He generally stayed within shotgun range in heavy cover and would hold a point indefinitely in wide open spaces. It was a pleasure watching him hunt.From the second I held him, I knew he was the one for me. Love this dog and he loves me and my girls back
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Tractor recovery to ,Recovery board, everybody's do it .
They do look like they work well.
You might have to go back to pages 1-8 or so to find comments about wood scrounging, but yes, plenty of free wood to be had here. Tree service and homeowner postings on Craigslist/Facebook every day. Often not the best firewood (but sometimes it is). Neighbors, friends, work colleagues, and just asking others about downed trees and cleanup will get more than you can use. Probably an opportunity thing compared to Wyoming, with more trees and/or more people in other locations.You guys are getting free fire wood? How the heck do you pull that off?
Friends,family, wastebook, Craigslist, word of mouth, logging buddy. It's out there, just need the time and equipment to go and get it.You guys are getting free fire wood? How the heck do you pull that off?
You guys are getting free fire wood? How the heck do you pull that off?
Have the skidding winch for that .Tractor recovery to ,
I have a dumping area, with a landing on my property, the end gets real soft and and well got a little to close to end and buried the front end up to belly lol , the recovery boards to the rescue,Have the skidding winch for that .
It's been used a few time for it as well...
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