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Posted: 7/23/2018 9:44:35 PM EDT
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Posted: 7/23/2018 9:48:49 PM EDT
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Nice to see her in and out each season. How many birds so far in her career would you guess?
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Posted: 7/24/2018 5:21:08 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By KingRat:
Nice to see her in and out each season. How many birds so far in her career would you guess? |
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Posted: 7/31/2018 9:18:20 PM EDT
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Posted: 7/31/2018 9:57:16 PM EDT
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I love the focused look you get on a well trained retriever.
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Posted: 9/1/2018 1:20:24 PM EDT
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Year 8 kicked off with a great goose............er I mean crow hunt
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Posted: 9/1/2018 6:41:11 PM EDT
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Nice warm up.
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Posted: 9/8/2018 6:28:05 PM EDT
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It is is amazing how the same dog looks so different from the field to sitting next to the hot tub, she looks huge in the second picture, even though she has topped out at 55#
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Posted: 9/23/2018 8:14:57 PM EDT
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Posted: 9/24/2018 6:49:07 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By VTDuckGuy:
It is is amazing how the same dog looks so different from the field to sitting next to the hot tub, she looks huge in the second picture, even though she has topped out at 55# https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/164162/8C440A31-B452-4F48-B5C3-6086548F00DD-665578.JPG https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/164162/0490E219-F48E-41F3-99B5-B8DC37088295-665579.JPG |
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Posted: 10/11/2018 8:32:36 PM EDT
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Posted: 10/17/2018 10:28:48 AM EDT
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That's awesome! I went last year and it was incredible. Never before had I seen so, so many very stupid birds. It's likely that most of them had never seen a human or a decoy. Must post pics upon return!
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Posted: 10/20/2018 8:10:22 PM EDT
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Posted: 10/21/2018 4:57:19 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By JCoop:
That's awesome! I went last year and it was incredible. Never before had I seen so, so many very stupid birds. It's likely that most of them had never seen a human or a decoy. Must post pics upon return! But we still has some good shoots mostly on big local Canadas and some ducks. Addi is tired and had a great week, and nice to be home.     Honker bale      Smallest Canada was 11 pounds, biggest was 13.27   Mucking a big honker back to the blind 
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Posted: 10/21/2018 5:07:01 PM EDT
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That is a mound of birds. (I would be a bit freaked out putting my dog in an aeroplane.)
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Posted: 10/21/2018 5:13:00 PM EDT
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Well that was last year, and this year was 2/3rds less birds. We have never had such a slow season out there, the snows and specks had 0 production and the juvies are 95% of what you shoot, I am assuming the lesser canadas were in the same boat. We also got out there after an extended cold weather event, most of the small sloughs froze up and some of the ducks moved to big water or moved out, we only saw 50 pintails where we normally see 10,000. |
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Posted: 11/4/2018 5:45:42 PM EDT
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Posted: 12/7/2018 6:02:32 PM EDT
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Coming to a close in a few weeks, seasons been pretty crappy despite great weather. Had a great shoot today with birds decoying thru the timber, 6 bird limit with the first band for me this season.
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Posted: 12/8/2018 9:17:47 AM EDT
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Nice pics! I don't think I've ever seen a band that's been hit.
My new(1.5 year old) pup is coming along nicely but we haven't really had the duck migration of previous years so that he can build on his experience much. Hunting is a little harder here in the CT River Valley than it is there in the ducking meca that is Champlain. 
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Posted: 12/10/2018 5:44:20 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By JCoop:
Nice pics! I don't think I've ever seen a band that's been hit. My new(1.5 year old) pup is coming along nicely but we haven't really had the duck migration of previous years so that he can build on his experience much. Hunting is a little harder here in the CT River Valley than it is there in the ducking meca that is Champlain. Some days work out great but the weather has been against us when it should be a perfect year. Take Sunday, the spot we set up at this time of the year, puddlers trade up and down the shore all day, we saw 7 do that, same conditions/weather as all the years we have hunted it. We killed a pile of drake whistlers, a token greenhead and a pair of snow geese  saw plenty of puddlers in the middle, but would not fly the flight line.
I was thinking of you a couple of weeks ago, my wife was visiting her stores in the Claremont, Newport, Keene area and texted me she had never seen so many honkers along the CT in the 10+ years as she has been going over there. |
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Posted: 12/12/2018 12:26:10 PM EDT
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Yeah, there are still a ton of geese on the river, but they are mostly in areas that are almost impossible to hunt. And the cover-crop/shit spreading techniques that the State of VT had farmers implement a few years ago have almost eliminated field hunting here.
The river is iced over now, but I'm going out this afternoon with my trash pump - going to chop a hole in the ice to access water so I can flood an area of field. Hope something flys by and likes the "open water". 
And yeah, I'm really pleased with the pup. He's come along miles this year. We're going to work on discipline and casting, blinds and multiples this winter/summer. He'll be my second Dog Of A Lifetime next year... |
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Posted: 12/12/2018 6:47:46 PM EDT
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First thanks for sharing. I had not seen this before today. It brings back some fond memories to me, and you have a great looking family by the way. What a nice looking pup.
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Posted: 1/11/2019 3:39:01 PM EDT
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Took the hound for a walk in the back yard after the new snow 13* Taking the daughter to the airport in the morning to go back to Oklahoma for the spring semester
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Posted: 1/14/2019 5:41:33 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 6731HBAR:
First thanks for sharing. I had not seen this before today. It brings back some fond memories to me, and you have a great looking family by the way. What a nice looking pup. 
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Posted: 1/14/2019 6:54:58 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By VTDuckGuy:
Took the hound for a walk in the back yard after the new snow 13* Taking the daughter to the airport in the morning to go back to Oklahoma for the spring semester https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/164162/A5A63529-80A7-43CD-B058-E15743EBE53F_jpeg-804106.JPGhttps://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/164162/673A497A-4071-4351-B59E-2ABADF1F630D_jpeg-804107.JPG |
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Posted: 1/14/2019 8:29:04 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By KingRat:
Look at that snow. I think winter forgot about us this year. |
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Posted: 1/14/2019 9:45:33 PM EDT
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Only 3 months if we're lucky!
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Posted: 2/2/2019 9:23:29 AM EDT
[Last Edit: VTDuckGuy]
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Wife with the hound last weekend in the shit storm.......She looks like Randy from "A Christmas Story" with all the clothes she has on, it was really cold
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Posted: 2/2/2019 10:48:21 AM EDT
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Loved following this thread, and even more excited now that we’re anticipating getting our own retriever in a couple years. Y’all look like you have so much fun together.
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Posted: 2/2/2019 1:10:53 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Naamah:
Loved following this thread, and even more excited now that we're anticipating getting our own retriever in a couple years. Y'all look like you have so much fun together. |
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Posted: 2/2/2019 1:36:44 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By VTDuckGuy:
As of right now we just got on the list to get a little yellow female in early July from Addis breeder, lots of things need to come together, but we will wait and see! Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By VTDuckGuy:
Originally Posted By Naamah:
Loved following this thread, and even more excited now that we're anticipating getting our own retriever in a couple years. Y'all look like you have so much fun together. |
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Posted: 2/11/2019 10:24:33 PM EDT
[Last Edit: VTDuckGuy]
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I can't believe how time flies, happy 8th girl!! She is so happy as we just flew home today from visiting our daughter at school in Oklahoma for the last 4 days. Snuggling in bed with my wife right now
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Posted: 2/12/2019 10:19:29 AM EDT
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Good timing coming home. Get ready to snuggle up to another 6 to 12 inches of shoveling fun!
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Posted: 2/12/2019 11:11:30 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By JCoop:
Good timing coming home. Get ready to snuggle up to another 6 to 12 inches of shoveling fun!
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Posted: 4/4/2019 10:52:11 AM EDT
[Last Edit: VTDuckGuy]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By KingRat:
Nice shot. She has quite a bandanna collection. Go Pokes!
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Posted: 4/4/2019 8:45:02 PM EDT
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OSU bandana for a Vermonter?!
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Posted: 4/4/2019 8:49:30 PM EDT
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Best dogs in the world.
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Posted: 4/5/2019 6:16:03 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By JCoop:
OSU bandana for a Vermonter?! 
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Posted: 4/12/2019 3:05:02 PM EDT
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A little water work while we we were watching the ducks and geese on the flooded creek
  
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Posted: 4/14/2019 5:12:53 PM EDT
[Last Edit: VTDuckGuy]
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Sleeping on the pizza box during a lazy Sunday afternoon, yes the drop next to the forks is drool
 we will survive!
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Posted: 4/29/2019 7:07:35 PM EDT
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Posted: 4/30/2019 9:21:59 AM EDT
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Good plan! I made the mistake last dog by not having another pup waiting in the wings when the old one passed away. I struggled to find the ambition to get out and hunt for 2 years until I smartened up and got another dog.
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Posted: 4/30/2019 9:28:10 AM EDT
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Looks like you have a great dog, and a great hunting partner in your daughter. Well done sir!
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Posted: 5/2/2019 8:01:10 AM EDT
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It's happening
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Posted: 5/2/2019 9:53:01 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By VTDuckGuy:
It's happening 
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Posted: 5/7/2019 3:38:52 PM EDT
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Posted: 5/15/2019 5:01:55 PM EDT
[Last Edit: VTDuckGuy]
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I think I would like to get in the hot tub dad....
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Posted: 5/25/2019 10:31:07 AM EDT
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Posted: 5/26/2019 3:42:09 PM EDT
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Good looking pup!
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Posted: 6/13/2019 6:29:47 PM EDT
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