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"The excitement of seeing a bird explode out of the underbrush... the thrill of watching a well-executed retrieve... these things never change for the true hunting enthusiast." Guess what American adult beverage company celebrated 100 years with this advertisement depicting a turkey dog hunt in the October 1955 issue of Outdoor Life? Hint: Brewed in Milwaukee. Click on picture to find out.
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"Here's my dog 'Gia' as a pup, a little older, and
with my first fall bird. She's a John Byrnes Appalachian Turkey Dog.
I use a Garmin Astro 220 GPS |
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some pictures of our new
turkey dog. The name is Remington Hazelwood Jake, born 17 April 06. My
grandaughter who is 5 years old and I got brainwashed with the wild
turkey and hunting, she came up with the name of Jake since she said
boy baby turkey's are jakes. Comes from a great line of Brittany's.
Right now for only 3 months old the dog has mastered sit, lay, stay,
fetch, and is showing signs of barking at a turkey wing I saved from
the spring season. Showing a little sign of blind trailing after I drag
it in the yard and then let him out. I have had him out back in the
pastures were he sees deer and has not showed much interest in them,
seems more scared of them right now. Earl
Sechrist - Midland, Virginia. August 6,
2006 The dog is doing well, but he is getting a little hardheaded, my wife says like his master. Started shooting the grandaughters BB gun off by him. Thanks again for the tips. Earl |
![]() "I did get lucky and was drawn to hunt on the Caswell Game Lands this year. This is a limited permit hunt on NC state game lands. Due to the fact that it was open only Thursday, Friday and Saturday, I got to hunt only one day and did not get a bird. But I did get to get my turkey dogs out for a good day in the woods. Talked to a biologist that day and he said I was the only one using turkey dogs. I also hunt near Appomattox, VA, along the Blue Ridge Mountains. This year my buddy and I each killed one each using our turkey dogs, so all was well. My dogs are german shorthair pointers that I use strictly for turkeys. Just got 2 new pups from a friend 1/2 german shorthair, 1/2 brittany spaniel." E. Jones - NC. January 2006 |
“Over
the years I've had a lot of hounds. I had one redtick hound about 7 or
8 years ago that would strike turkeys from the pickup box. If I let her
loose, she’d take the track and run it baying just like she was on a
fox, a coyote, or a bear, up until the birds took off. Then she’d bay
yet for a while, until I’d go get her. She’s deceased now, but I have
one of her pups. That hound sure liked turkeys. I’ve often bred two
dogs that love the same game, and of all the puppies, one prefers fox,
one likes bear, one likes cat, and one likes turkey, etc. Just because
the parents like one game, doesn’t guarantee the pups will. Each dog
turns out to be an individual, and will prefer their own game." R.B.
Sturgeon Bay, WI
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"I
went grouse hunting on the public hunting grounds in Green County, WI
where it backs up to Dane County with my english setter, Rebel. There
was a wide field between the woods, and his first point was on a big
ol' tom turkey. Reb was up on his tip-toes, and leaning ahead as if to
try and see what that bird was.
At first I wondered what he had. Reb never acted like that on a pheasant or a chukar, so I knew it wasn’t that. When the bird took off and its' wings made that whoosh whoosh whoosh sound, Reb's eyes got big as saucers. After that first one I could always tell when Reb had a turkey, because he acted so different, up on his tip-toes and leaning ahead, he liked turkeys so much. It was tempting to shoot, since I had a turkey permit in my pocket. But at that time you couldn’t be in possession of a turkey and a dog. The fourth or fifth turkey Reb pointed that day was an adult hen. When it took off she flew right into a hunter (who was not with our party) that had been standing nearby. He broke several ribs, either from the hen, when he hit the ground, or both. Another time Reb pointed two turkeys on a field trial grounds. I think Reb wanted to point turkeys better than anything else. He liked the helicopter-like sound of them flushing, and then he’d stand there watching them until they were out of site. Reb was one dog in ten thousand. Reb proved that pointing dogs can point a turkey just as well as a flushing dog can flush them. I buried Reb five years ago, right where we hunt turkey every spring and fall." James Gleash - Madison. VP - WI Association of Field Trial Clubs 2006 |
| "I
had never seen a wild turkey till I moved here, now I look for them
everywhere. Sometimes
I feel like the |
| The bloodhound is the only
animal in the world whose evidence is admissable in court. |
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