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One man's opinion, I know, but anything that might save a kid from doing something stupid and dangerous is worthwhile. You're never going to keep 100% of them from doing that stuff, but if it saves one kid from burning brain cells, turning to harder drugs, and then getting other kids hooked, then I'm happy to take the literally 2 seconds it takes to recite my birthday. I don't know about you, but that doesn't "ruin" anything for me. I don't think there's anything "liberal" about it, just trying to keep minors who lack fully developed brains, from making life-altering decisions. Just to add, all parents swear "that will never be my kid" until it is their kid....

True story, my father-in-law, back in Illinois had a terrible cold during harvest one year. He was sick as a dog, had been in the field all day, rolling in the mud to fix equipment. He went to CVS to buy some Sudafed, and they refused to sell it to him. Now granted, Southern Illinois has a huge meth problem (you wouldn't believe the anhydrous theft that goes on), but he refuses to go back to that store to this day.

We would always take them to the shop, and they'd either end up in a backhoe bucket and get buried, or tied up in a trash bag in the dumpster.

I guess I'll build off this question, how many field dress in the field? I don't think I have ever field dressed in the field, but I've only hunted areas that allow for a short drag to a spot that can be accessed by a truck or ATV. My preference is to dress them hanging (if possible) or on a truck tailgate. Either way, I always get somewhere that I have access to water and a place to dispose of waste.

I don't cut the pelvis and usually only cut as far up the chest as long as my knife will allow and then reach the rest of the way up to cut the trachea and esophagus. It's usually a bloody mess, so I may have to try a small saw blade to get a little higher. For the other end, I just cut around the "orfices" and pull them through. That's the way I learned to do it, and I've never thought to try anything different.

Labs are notorious for doing stuff like that. I wouldn't wait on it. Once those intestines start bunching up around something, that's a bad deal. I would get her in, if anything, just for your peace of mind.

Yeah, I would take her to the vet. Having her appetite is a good thing, but that salivation can be a sign of a foreign body, which is no bueno, and the longer you wait, the worse it gets. My wife is a vet, and I can't tell you the number of animals she has lost because people waited too long to bring them in. It's much better to pay the exam fee and play it safe.

That's a bruiser. I hope you get a closer look next season!

Some of the old Tree Brand knives (German made) were really good, I have a couple. However, most of what I've heard is that most Boker knives today are crap. I think they've moved some production to China and South America (which it looks like is what this knife is). I will say, I'm a sucker for a stag handle, but if the blade is junk...

I think the real marketing is "Do you want to hunt during the muzzleloader only season, but hate the idea of having to use a muzzleloader? Well, look no further!"

The future of firearms is here! Soon, they will make a cartridge with the bullet included, and that will be a game changer. Just imagine if someone were to develop a technology that would allow these combined primer/powder/bullet cartridges to be fired one right after another, either through a manual slide or bolt, or even through an automatic process using inertia or expelled gases. To think what the future holds!

That is great, congratulations! I'm glad you didn't make it painful.

Too true my friend, too true.

She can hunt up dog biscuits like nobody's business.

Is that a freaking cattle path?

Can you imagine flinging $40-$50 (broadhead and arrow) through the air every time you shoot at a deer? People are crazy. I'm sure there is some "sponsored by" hunter out there that swears you need them though...

That wood is gorgeous! I'll take that over one of those ugly black things any day!

I grew up field trialing UKC beagles. Some of my favorite childhood memories are of handling dogs for the old guys in the clubs. If I was lucky, they'd pay me with a soda I'll always have a soft spot in my heart for beagles, but dad never let the hunting dogs in the house, he said it would make them lazy. I know several people who have beagles as pets, and outside of barking (they are a hound) they are great house dogs. I grew up with terriers in the house, Miniature Schnauzers first, then Wire Haired Fox Terriers, which my parents still breed and sell. I know that I'll always have a terrier in my life, they are such smart, tenacious, and all around, good dogs. We also have a pug and an English Bulldog. Their smushed faces aren't built for hunting, but they are good family members

Fantastic photos! There's a lot to be excited about on that set.

And ScentLock, and Ozonics, and every other "invaluable" piece of equipment that (Insert Celebrity Hunter Name) said I had to purchase to be successful...

Agree with @mowin, looks very easy to sharpen and re-use. Cool design!

Nice finds!

Fantastic photos!

Good on you, hopefully he'll be a blessing to your family!

I got to visit his childhood home in Oak Park, IL near Chicago. Very interesting. What a life, and the main thing that I remember learning is that guy could weave a lie. They talked about the evolution of his story about being wounded WWI. It essentially changed from him delivering candy bars to the front line and being hit, to him charging the trenches and being taken down by machine gun fire while carrying out wounded soldiers