Search results

  1. IMG_20250818_175833.jpg

    IMG_20250818_175833.jpg

  2. IMG_20250818_175748.jpg

    IMG_20250818_175748.jpg

  3. IMG_20250818_174605.jpg

    IMG_20250818_174605.jpg

  4. H

    Rail Skiff Build

    Yep. We're on Pawley's Island with friends this week, and while the waves aren't big now I'd say they are bigger than normal. Expect to see some more increase tomorrow and Wednesday the peak - but nowhere near what they'll see at OBX.
  5. H

    Rail Skiff Build

    Sitting on a dock in the SC marsh right now, with the clappers cackling all around me.
  6. H

    Duck dog

    Yes, there is a connection. Milner sold that kennel in Oxford MS to Mike Stewart, a retired police officer from that area. Mike developed and marketed it into a pretty well-known name in US British Lab circles. Mike took a lot of British methods, some American, some Milner, and created his...
  7. H

    Rail Skiff Build

    Big day!
  8. H

    Duck dog

    Agree on civil, but I think knowing how you plan to use and train a dog is critical to deciding where to get a pup. If I knew for certain I wanted to train without an e-collar I'd eliminate a lot of kennels from my potential list, and the inverse is true, too.
  9. H

    Duck dog

    Let's avoid the vitriol that can come with the e-collar debate. I used e-collars to train my first couple dogs, but not my current dog. They definitely are of value, particularly if training speed is an issue - or if a dog is independent enough to require it and hard enough to handle it ...
  10. H

    Duck dog

    Agree completely on health testing, and I'd add meeting the parent dogs and seeing them work as the ideal. Good lab pups have gotten too expensive not to do so, in my opinion. And selecting a breeder that will take a pup back if it has such health issues or just isnt the right fit. Good ones...
  11. H

    Duck dog

    Not in the NE so would be a drive for pick-up, but I got my lab at Wildrose Carolinas. Smaller British labs (50-60 lb range), which I wanted. I went and trained with them and their other dogs a lot for about 7 months, and still go up with my dog (2 yo) every 4-6 weeks. Have been very...
  12. images.jpeg

    images.jpeg

  13. H

    Swan Hunting in South Dakota

    Have shot several in NC over the years (great eating) while duck hunting. My observation in the Outer Banks was that they responded extremely well to calling. The blinds I hunted rarely put out swan decoys, but if anyone could make a sound remotely like a swan they'd come into any spread...
  14. H

    August workbench

    Those are fantastic. I'm need to figure out how to get in line.
  15. H

    2025 Devlin Snow Goose Thread

    The flip was pretty simple with 4, the hardest part was the weight distribution in flipping. But quite light to lift and hold.
  16. IMG_20250814_190840.jpg

    IMG_20250814_190840.jpg

Back
Top