airedale

"Gun Dog encompasses all forms of dog used for all forms of hunting. Semantics I know." The term "Gun Dog" does not encompass all forms of hunting with dogs! Gun dogs are dogs used for bird hunting, Pointers, Setters, Spaniels and Retrievers. I suppose a Hound or Terrier may on rare occasions be used for some type of bird hunting but for the most part they fall under a completely different category of hunting dog and are used and hunted much differently, Animals such as Varmints, Rabbits, Squirrels, Coon, Possums, Fox and Coyotes. Al

How do you know that? My pet peeve when it comes to hunting is the people who hunt deer think it trumps all other types of hunting and the heck with everyone else. Small game hunting and small game hunting with dogs should be promoted instead of shoving it under the rug. It is the very best way to get new hunters into the sport because of the action it can provide. Small game hunting in the last 30 years has gone right down the toilet as far as participation goes and a big part of the problem is small game hunters especially those that hunt with dogs are being crowded out of the woods by deer seasons from September to January. Last time I looked the name of this board is Hunting NY and to my way of thinking that mean all types of hunting including hunting with dogs and not only gun dogs. Hounds and Terriers can make for a lot of fun in the game fields. I have and do participate in all types of hunting but personally hunting with dogs my is my favorite kind of hunting and would welcome a section for those who hunt with dogs. Al

Copper fouling is the main drawback of solid copper bullets it affects accuracy in a big way once the barrel gets plated, there is no getting around the fact that it can be very difficult to remove. When it gets bad it will take a lot of scrubbing with dedicated solvents to remove it. If you do a lot of shooting with copper bullets be prepared for a good workout. Barnes, Sweets and Bore Tech make solvents especially for copper fouling removal. Al

Hey don't forget the free stuff! Al

The science of killing with bullets was figured out long ago, there are two schools of thought and both work well with correct bullets. High velocity with an expanding bullet that develop so called shock and the big bore large diameter bullets producing a big hole. The big bore handgun hunters found out that shooting any big game with round nose or semi pointed bullets constructed with lead or a solid jacketed alloy at handgun velocities slipped through the flesh causing much less damage than an expanding bullet and while they will certainly kill their performance is pretty much described in the posts above. With lead two things can be done to help, a large hollow point or a semi wadcutter design as in the Keith cast bullets that instead of slipping through flesh the sharp edges cut and cause a wound channel with much more damage and bleeding. With solid copper it is all about high velocity, at shotgun velocities there is little that can be done to get any expansion at shotgun speed. Most I have seen are fired with a sabot making their actual diameter even smaller than the gauge. The best bet for improving performance with copper slugs is some kind of semi wadcutter configuration that will shoot accurately. Al

Barnes bullets are good ones, if they shoot well out of your rifle you are all set. Al

The 7mm family of hunting cartridges is versatile and well suited for a wide variety of big game including Deer. The 7 mags are at the top of the heap when it comes to power and trajectory. I think the 7 mag is a good choice when hunting an area with the possibility of long range shots that may occur such as hunting stands over looking large fields where shots may be several hundred yards. Also if a hunter has it in his head to some day take a trip out west or hunt Canada for Moose or Caribou a 7 mag would have you covered. My personal experience with the 7 mag is only one Moose but I have been a long time user of a 280 Remington that I handload for and for all intents and purpose I can pretty much duplicate factory 7 mag ballistics. With that cartridge I have taken a bunch of Deer and several Moose with total satisfaction. I do not like explosive bullets for big game, I like and stick with the proven performance of Nosler partitions that combine reliable expansion and penetration for good clean kills. Al

Can't wait for Sharknado 4, 1 through 3 corny as Hell and piss your pants funny. Al

I have eaten them a couple of times and have to admit they were pretty good. They don't last too long around my place, this one tried to move into the "Storm and Strife's" flower garden and quickly found out it was not a very good idea. Al

Perceived problem would be easily resolved with better and more explicit instructions on the dos and don't of preparing all game meats for consumption in both the big and small game hunting syllabus and also touching on the same in depth for new hunters taking the hunters training course. Of course anyone with a half a brain knows what the real agenda of all this baloney is. Al

Huntscreek I did catch the show and thought it was decent but like you say too many commercials. That seems the norm these days 55% show 45% commercials. diplomat019 asked airedale- do you hunt yours? I've watched youtube vids of airedales in the field. they seem like great dogs for fur and feathers ================================================= Yes I do hunt my Airedales and have been a big supporter of the breed since the late sixties, as you have already noted they are a versatile breed and will hunt just about anything that walks crawls or flies. I have a hunting with airedales blog and also run the Traditional Working Airedale message board since 2004 so one can say I am somewhat obsessed. The Blog has quite a bit of hunting Airedale info and many hunting photos for any that may be interested Al http://huntingwithairedales.blogspot.com/2010/07/hunting-with-airedales.html

All it takes is a little diligence and extra care when preparing any game meat for consumption. Personally I do not want any kind of metal in my meat including lead, jacket gilding metal, copper, bronze, steel shot, hevi shot or bismuth shot. It is not that hard to remove the vast majority of these projectile metals from your meat with a little work and I believe most hunters do this. Any meat that I suspect having metal in it that I can not remove is discarded. I think the big culprit in those lead contaminated findings is the meat having been ground up. There are apparently some with a waste not want not attitude that will try to utilize every scrap of meat they can from their animals and this is where the problems most likely come from. That unappetizing meat from around the wound channel that should be discarded run through a grinder along with other tough cuts comes out looking great and I am sure even tastes great. Now if there is any metal in that meat from around wound channel guess what, having been run through a grinder contaminates the whole batch. Anyone that has made sausage knows how all the spices are distributed throughout the batch after having been run through a grinder a couple of times. Bottom line is that any meat suspected to contain any metal that can not be removed must be tossed and I do think it is done by the majority of hunters, if those simple guidelines are followed then any metal contamination if any in the meat that happens to be consumed will be so small that it would insignificant health wise. Al

Nice pose, he is a beauty for sure, congratulations. Al

Perfect example of Doc's quote "cheapening a legitimate argument by trying to expand it into the ridiculous"

I have had many similar experiences growalot, wildlife habits do change when they do not feel threatened. Sometimes this behavior even can be beneficial as in the case of this young English Coonhound Lulu who attended and completed a course at the university of "TriTronics" and learned it is not a good idea to be chasing Deer.

Good looking dogs guys, look forward to catching that show this evening. Al

My family home where I grew up was a farming community and Woodcocks were a common sight. Many times I witnessed the Woodcock's flight display and the distinct sound their wings made as they circled high in the sky. This fellow's video brought back some memories.

Take care of your game meat properly and the lead consumption issue is insignificant! Al

I think I caught part of one show while channel surfing and what I saw I liked. The problem I have is the two outdoor channels I get have are what to me is unorganized programing, seems like the lineups change on a weekly basis. The old OLN network had a pretty good set schedule and it was easy to stay up on favorite shows because they were always broadcast the same day and time slot. Hunting With Hank and the later Dash in the Uplands was easy find and view, Al

Love watching hunting dogs work so I will check it out. My favorite bird hunting show was "Hunting With Hank" it was produced right and I sure would like to see something along those lines come back. on the air. Al

I have seen and heard of plenty of powerball winners but have never seen or heard anything with 100% certainty where a person who ate game meat shot with a lead based bullet in the hundreds of years they have been used that got sick from doing so and neither has anyone else. Pretty good odds in my book! Refined sugar is probably one of the most destructive substances Humans consume, it causes more maladys to our bodies than just about anything over the short and long run. If you health crusaders are serious wanting to take up a cause finding a solution to a health concern this would be a good one and it is actually real. Just saying!! Al

"This boils down to an anti-hunting initiative," says Jess Brooks at Barnes Bullets, one of the leading manufacturers of non-toxic bullets. "It's as simple as that. We're not looking at this as a bullet-sales tool at all. We're looking at it as an issue to divide hunters and thin our ranks."

To say the current administration we have in this country has nothing to do with this subject is laughable, for me it is the biggest most obvious single indicator of all that this lead bullet crusade does not have much of a foot to stand on when it comes to human health problems. Because he can not get any gun control legislation passed our president on national TV in an address to this nation said he will on his own pursue anything and everything by any means find a way to get something positive done for his anti gun agenda. Like I posted earlier a ban or restriction on lead based ammo would be the holy grail. The problem is that this line of attack will go down in smoke because anyone who has been involved in hunting and the consumption of game meat shot with conventional lead bullets knows of no case of anyone getting sick!!! Al Mike Rossi Says "Be Serious" I am dead serious Mr Rossi, I take this president for his word when it comes to gun control, this administration just a few years ago tried to ban the sale of green tip 223 ammo, There is no question in my mind if they not only look at firearms to control they are also looking at any possibilities with ammo. and if they can find something to use they will. Al

can you just dismiss all that is in red above from the CDC? The answer to your question is absolutely for the simple reason I butcher and properly take care to remove and discard any questionable meat that I suspect may have lead in it. If by chance any got by me the amount would be insignificant. I have a better chance of hitting the Powerball Lottery than getting lead sickness from venison I have eaten. Al

I hunted a setup similar to that some years ago. I tried hunting the edges but in my particular case while there was still light all I was seeing were does.The bucks always stayed inside the tree line until it got dark and then they would come out. Well back before the game cams of today I had my my best luck when hunting a place like that looking for any well used game trails from the woods into the corn or hay fields and set up a stand in a place set back in the woods fifty yards or so where I had a good view of the trail. I ended up getting three bucks from that area all staying inside the tree line waiting to hit the field when it got dark. Al