Recent content by John Robinson

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By auto-focus are you guys talking about an autofocus system like cameras use, an electro-mechanical devise that automatically twist the lens, or a medium-low powered binocular, with such a large depth of field that everything from 30 feet to infinity is already in focus? I know Canon has an...

Over the years I've owned a lot of nice binoculars, my first good bino was a 7x35 Leitz Trinovid, since then I have owned, most I still have; 7x50 Fujinon MTRC, 8x42 Pentax DCF, 8x32 Nikon SE and 10x42 Nikon SE's, Leica 8x32 Trinovid BN, Leica 8x42 Ultravid HD, Leupold 6x30 Yosemite's and...

Got another respectable whitetail this year while out duck hunting. This time out of my buddy's Snow Goose. I had my deer down right at 8:00, my buddy set up the decoys while I dressed the deer out. We let him lie while we hunted waterfowl. Limited out on ducks and shot that goose as we were...

I'm a huge optics geek. I have or have owned Leica, Leitz, Swarovsky, Zeiss, Nikon, Leupold, Pentax, B&L and Fujinon. Right now I own seven pair of binos from $90.00 Leupold Yosemites to $2,000 Leica Ultravids. Most of my binos are shockproof-waterproof, but things get beat around too much in a...

That's pretty much my schedule. I would hate worrying that my dog didn't have enough fuel to keep him warm and powered up to hunt. He also gets part of my sandwich while we sit in the blind, it's just our thing. My dogs also train for field trials at least five days a week since they were six...

Thanks for picking up on the duck-boat aspect of the picture. I used to frequent this forum a lot back when I built my boat. I remember Andrew, Eric and Sutton were particularly helpful back in the day. The story of that hunt is my buddy and I have permission to hunt a backwater slough near...

They do go hand in hand, sometimes I do both at the same time...

Cool, good start! Building a Devlin boat is very fun and rewarding.

Or how can you tell an ugly Chessie from a handsome one? You can't, so once you get an FC or AFC title just show the dog and receive your Ch. Just kidding, the point is to give credit to the Chessie powers to be for holding to the standard, where the Lab and Golden show folks have wandered way...

Good point, but the field/show split in Chessies is no where near the huge divide between field and show Golden's or Labs. As a matter of fact Linda Harger is running a dual champion right now. The last dual champion Golden was in the mid 70s with Labs almost as far back. Here's a cool...

Linda Harger in Idaho has the best Chessies I have seen and I've seen a lot. I got to judge the Chesapeake National Specialty a few years back. Her pups are expensive though. Here's a link http://www.fireweedchesapeakes.com/

I'm a good trainer, but not that good, LOL.