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DIY gundog trainers and enthusiasts discussing all topics pertaining to hunting and living with dogs.
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GDIY Profile | Lucas Felling
GDIY Profiles are bonus episodes that feature your average DIY dog trainer and hunter. All dog owners have a story of what got them involved and the main lessons learned along the way. Hearing numerous people’s stories along with their mistakes, helps promote the idea that WE ALL STARTED AT THE SAME PLACE!
NAME: Lucas Felling
BREED: Llewellin Setter
LOCATION: Spooner, WI
TARGETS: Pheasant, Ruffed Grouse, Woodcock
FAVORITE EPISODES: Ep. 231. Getting To Know Nick | The Force Fetch Series
MISTAKE: Not focusing on the basic obedience and manners early enough
MEMORABLE STORY: Lucas' dog wasn't in as rough a shape as his buddy thought!
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Presented By:
Standing Stone Supply | Check out their Online Courses and Use Code GDIY to save 15%
onX Hunt Maps | Use Code: GDIY20 to save 20%
Upland Gun Company | Midwest Double Gun Classic
Marsh Wear Clothing | Use Code GDIY15 to save 15% (Patreon Patrons save even more)
Trulock Choke Tubes | Use Code: GDIY10 to save 10%
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Other Partners:
BPro Kennels
Eukanuba [What I Feed My Dogs: Premium Performance 30/20]
Bird Dog Society
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267. The Benefits of Training Clubs
Sometimes a bit help and extra hands go a long ways in helping you meet your goals with your dog. Chris Girard of the Green Valley Hunting & Retriever Club joins me to talk about the benefits as well as some of the challenges training groups can offer DIY trainers.
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The history of GVHRC
Accessing new potential hunters
Group dynamics within the club
Mixing flushers and pointers
Training pointers to sit and having a healthy competition for fun
Pointers/Upland and Retrievers/flushing helping each other
Access to fresh grounds and equipment
Socialization
Reading dogs
Training etiquette and bringing in the new folks
Meet people at the level they are at
Oregon hunting opportunities
Preference for pointers or flushers?
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Presented By:
Standing Stone Supply | Check out their Online Courses and Use Code GDIY to save 15%
onX Hunt Maps | Use Code: GDIY20 to save 20%
Upland Gun Company | Midwest Double Gun Classic
Marsh Wear Clothing | Use Code GDIY15 to save 15% (Patreon Patrons save even more)
Trulock Choke Tubes | Use Code: GDIY10 to save 10%
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Other Partners:
BPro Kennels
Eukanuba [What I Feed My Dogs: Premium Performance 30/20]
Bird Dog Society
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GDIY Links:
Patreon | Instagram | Facebook | Website
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GDIY Profile | Ron Hunt
GDIY Profiles are bonus episodes that feature your average DIY dog trainer and hunter. All dog owners have a story of what got them involved and the main lessons learned along the way. Hearing numerous people’s stories along with their mistakes, helps promote the idea that WE ALL STARTED AT THE SAME PLACE!
NAME: Ron Hunt
BREED: Brittany
LOCATION: Brookings, SD
TARGETS: Pheasant
FAVORITE EPISODES: Ep. 194 Rick Smith | Ep. 195. Try to Pay it Forward | Ep. 199 Cover Dog Trials | Ep. 226 A Guide's Perspective
MISTAKE: Not using something to help track the dog in the field
MEMORABLE STORY: The desire to capture a special retrieve on video costs them the bird!
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Presented By:
Standing Stone Supply | Check out their Online Courses and Use Code GDIY to save 15%
onX Hunt Maps | Use Code: GDIY20 to save 20%
Upland Gun Company | Midwest Double Gun Classic
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Other Partners:
BPro Kennels
Eukanuba [What I Feed My Dogs: Premium Performance 30/20]
Bird Dog Society
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GDIY Links:
Patreon | Instagram | Facebook | Website
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266. The Real Ryman Setter w/ Walt Lesser
You should always jump at the opportunity when you get the chance to talk to someone in the upland space who has been chasing these birds for as long as Walt Lesser has! After all, he literally wrote the book on the Real Ryman Setter.
It was a privilege to sit down with Walt in his home and hear his stores and what it was exactly that spoke to him about the Ryman Setters.
Watch The Full Interview Here
Starting out bird hunting with beagles?!?
Getting the first setters from George Bird Evans & George Ryman
Tryin to fix a blinking Setter back in the day
Not much interest in trials and testing. It was all about the birds and habitat.
Continuing the Ryman lines
Bringing Turkeys back to Dodrige County, WV
The Appalachian Ryman breedes
How Rymans range and hunt
Hunting the legendary Canaan Valley
Thinking of Grouse or WC when planning future dogs?
The WV grouse habitat though out the decades
The process of developing dogs back then
The first beeper collars
Maintaining the Ryman type Setters today
Presented By:
Standing Stone Supply | Check out their Online Courses and Use Code GDIY to save 15%
onX Hunt Maps | Use Code: GDIY20 to save 20%
Upland Gun Company | Midwest Double Gun Classic
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Other Partners:
BPro Kennels
Eukanuba [What I Feed My Dogs: Premium Performance 30/20]
Bird Dog Society
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GDIY Links:
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265. BDS & OH Recap
Robb and Jim make their return to the podcast to recap and share their thoughts on our recent experience at Old Hemlock and the "Trouble with Bird Dogs" event put on by the Bird Dog Society.
The purpose of the Troubles with Bird Dogs event
The downward trend of bird numbers over decades
Learning from history
The experience of the historical property
Jim connecting the dots to his personal connection with G.B.E.
A bowl of wishbones?
Dont let your boxes of shotgun shells go unused
Theres a spirit to Old Hemlock
G.B.E. and Kay, the original upland content creators?
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Presented By:
Standing Stone Supply | Check out their Online Courses and Use Code GDIY to save 15%
onX Hunt Maps | Use Code: GDIY20 to save 20%
Upland Gun Company | Midwest Double Gun Classic
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Other Partners:
BPro Kennels
Eukanuba [What I Feed My Dogs: Premium Performance 30/20]
Bird Dog Society
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GDIY Links:
Patreon | Instagram | Facebook | Website
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264. Old Hemlock
You've at least heard George Bird Evans referenced at some point even if you've just barely dipped a toe in the upland hunting space. His words continue to inspire and motivate upland hunters even decades removed from his passing. Come and take a step back in time to catch a glimpse of what it was like for George, and his wife Kaye, living at the old 1815 cabin nestled amongst the inspiring forests in the small Northeastern corner of West Virginia. This property is best known as 'Old Hemlock.'
Watch the Full Episode Here!
How did LeJay find himself at Old Hemlock?
The privacy of Old Hemlock
George and Kay's life timeline
Artist, Musician, Author, Hunter.....Perfectionist
When George decides to focus primarily on hunting literature and lifestyle
George's writing style
Developing a Setter line
Kaye's role in everything
George's outlook on dog training and development
Their day to day routine
Property development and conservation
George's hunting preferences and finding focus in the uplands
The status of Old Hemlock and the foundation's philanthropy
The art and treasures around the cabin
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Presented By:
Standing Stone Supply | Check out their Online Courses and Use Code GDIY to save 15%
onX Hunt Maps | Use Code: GDIY20 to save 20%
Upland Gun Company | Midwest Double Gun Classic
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Other Partners:
BPro Kennels
Eukanuba [What I Feed My Dogs: Premium Performance 30/20]
Bird Dog Society
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GDIY Links:
Patreon | Instagram | Facebook | Website
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices