Gun Dog Magazine is the best magazine for hunting enthusiasts who are owners of retrieving breeds. Each issue is guaranteed to be filled with useful information devoted to you, your dog and the sport of upland bird and waterfowl hunters.
I’M GOING to age myself. I grew up without a cell phone—my parents couldn’t reach me unless they called the house of the friend I was probably hanging out with. My twin brother and I knew it was time to come home when the streetlights came on—not when our mother texted us. When my mom did finally get me a cell phone, it wasn’t anything special and was strictly used to keep in touch while traveling for sports. I had 120 free text messages (.10 each after that), and if I accidently clicked on “internet,” I frantically pushed the “end” button before it charged me (my mom) an astronomical fee for data usage. And social media? What was that? You could count AIM messenger as one of the first forms…
FAREWELL TO A DOG MAN I had e-mailed Ed Bailey on the 27th of October to update him on my dog and possible hunting conditions in Kansas. His wife replied to me that Ed had passed the night before. This was a heartfelt blow as I had known Ed and had hunted with him at my farm in Kansas for around 20 plus years. The last time he came down, he was 85 years old and drove 1,500 miles from his home in Eden Mills, Ontario. At a rest stop he had tripped over his dog Pepe and cracked a rib. I had to wrap him with athletic elastic bandage when he arrived. Other times, he had a kidney removed a couple months before, and another time bladder surgery a…
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K9 PITSTOP PREHYDRATE & REFUEL Your gun dog is an athlete, and all athletes need the right nutrition and supplements to help them reach peak performance. K9 Pitstop PreHYDRATE and ReFUEL were designed to work in conjunction with a high-protein/ high-fat diet to keep your dog properly hydrated before and after activity. Proper hydration is key to reduce heat stress and keep your dog’s cognitive function at its best. PreHYDRATE the night before a hunt or field trial increases your dog’s total body water by up to 5 percent for optimal hydration. ReFUEL provides your dog with carb supplements that give it additional energy and endurance to help your dog hunt longer and recover more quickly. PreHYDRATE: $30, ReFUEL: $30; k9pitstop.com FINAL RISE SIDEKICK VEST SYSTEM The new Sidekick from…
BIRD LAUNCHERS are a great tool for the DIY trainer who needs an extra training hand to ensure steadiness and progressive training for their prized gun dog. Here are the top picks for your summer full of bird work. DT SYSTEMS BL 509 BIRD LAUNCHER This launcher from DT Systems is designed for quail and pigeons with an easy to load trap door that also makes it simple to take out valuable unused training birds without them flying off. The quiet release springs are great for both young and more seasoned dogs and can be activated with the included remote from up to 700 yards. For more advanced training setups, DT also has designed optional add on units (BL 505) so you can maximize your dog’s bird exposure. $360; dtsystems.com…
SPASTA CARBONARA is a famous dish that originates from Rome and can be found in many of your higher-end Italian restaurants worldwide. It’s typically made with cured porkguanciale, pancetta, or bacon—but here we are using cured quail (made possible with Insta Cure #1). You can use any upland game for this recipe, and you can use more than the eight ounces I call for in this recipe. Chopping the upland game into small bits—approximately 1/4 inch by 1/4 inch—also facilitates picking out shot, making this wild game dish ideal for both kids and any dinner guests who have yet to learn to “chew slowly.” Likely the biggest error folks make here is over- or under-cooking the eggs. I have what I consider a foolproof method for avoiding this: Heat a…
