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I found 2 boxes of signs that were never used at a printers shop several years ago. I was able to get a couple of mallard-sized silhouettes from each sign. I spray painted them. I only did this with 1 box. The other box was donated to a friend when I moved 2 years ago. They seem to work...

Dave, Thanks for providing the off-season entertainment! Although that boat might be kind of difficult to hide back here in MO! RE: flotation ideas. I can't remember if it was here or some other site where someone suggested using plastic soda bottles as flotation. I thought that was a...

Congratulations Cole!!! That's awesome! We look forward to stories about many more duck adventures with you and your dad in the coming years!

With Bailey passing away last August, our house seemed pretty quiet last fall. Although she hadn't been hunting the past 3 years, Bailey always followed me to the door and whined when I snuck out in the morning to go hunting, and was there to go crazy when we got home. Our other dog, Kayla, is...

hehe, Have had a few of those as well...I distinctly remember having to thaw my waders in the truck in order to get out of them on one of those "of course I'm going hunting" days! The adventure is more than half the fun.

Retriever Training Forum has a fantastic classifieds page just for labs: here This is mostly for Field Trial/Hunt Test folks who are looking for top notch pedigrees. I have only looked in the central plains (MO, KS, IA), and haven't been specific on color, but there are some great pedigreed...

I'll second Hank's recommendations of: 10 Minute Retriever for basic obedience and retrieving Evan Graham's program for more advanced stuff.

Congrats Tim! It's awesome watching things "click" into place for your dog! Here's to those great moments and many more to come.

Sorry to hear about your loss...yeah, they are always there in our memories. That was a great tribute.

I'm there for "fooling" the ducks, so I'm OK being one of the middle shooters. When we hunt 3 or 4, I'm typically one of the last to shoot my birds (OK, that might have something to do with my shooting skills :) One of my best hunting buddies is the same way, so there have been times when...

It's been a couple of weeks now, so the sting isn't quite as intense, but I still hear her bark when I pull into the driveway and expect to stumble over her in the early morning darkness. She was way more talented as a retriever than I was as a trainer, but somehow we managed to make that work...

Pete, you may already know how to close apps on your phone completely, but I've run into 2 folkd in theast couple weeks that were complaining of battery discharge and that was the culprit. Once I showed them how to close all the apps they didn't currently need battery drainage seemed to drop...

John, Check the diagram below to make sure I understand your question. The red triangle shows the 'wedge' that you're asking about. What it comes down to is the top thickness of that wedge, and it is based on the height of the wedge. It's a trigonometry problem where height x...

Mike, Many have already said it, but you and your family deserve it. Congratulations on a wonderful family and a couple of young adults you should be incredibly proud of. We've all watched them grow up through your stories on this site. It's amazing to think back trough the stories you've...

I spend a lot of time in the off season chasing severe weather (when I can). For the Android, the pykl3radar app does a great job of providing radar data and will superimpose your location to help you navigate around problems (or be aware that they are coming and how bad they might be).

Jim, We don't have a huge selection, but they are pretty decent. In Maryville, Carson's is excellent. It can get crowded with students on the weekends. Pagliai's Pizza is really good as well. They do a pretty good lunch buffet. A&G is a bit more upscale but has a great menu. If you are...

I was out scouting for ducks several years back, back in some public land where the river had flooded a huge span of timber. I'd probably driven a mile along this road with water on both sides and I noticed movement out of the corner of my eye. I stopped and backed up. Nothing...odd. I...

Enjoy the adventure Todd, we look forward to hearing about it (especially those of us living in the icebox at the moment!). I let the dogs out this morning and commented that it seemed quite warm...looked at the thermometer and it was 15 F, which IS warm compared to the last week :).

Welcome back Gary. Thanks for sharing the pictures, they are fantastic. Scott

The one thing that I dislike about wearing plugs is trying to call. I can't tell if I'm hitting the tones well as...well, everything is muffled :) . Chuck, do your ear plugs allow you to hear your calling very well?