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Diary of a bird dog; Kellie, 1987

The Checkcord; Archived Articles

Checkcord Reader Hunts!

Hunt #1 - Reader Scott Casper joins Steve and Freck for a pheasant hunt in South Dakota in December of 1999
Hunt #2 - Reader Bob & Scott Quintilliano from Michigan travel to Missouri to hunt quail with us in December of 2000!
Hunt #3 Pheasant Hunting in Colome, SD with Itaru Tanaka and Hisashi Nakano of Japan in October of 2002

Other Stuff!! I didn't do any pheasant hunting in 2003, but I did take a nice Fishing Trip to Minnesota!

Bird Dog Training

The Complete training program from puppy to started bird dog!

Specific Bird Dog Training Lessons

Introducing your dog to the gun

Introducing your dog to Birds

Teaching the "come" command

Teaching the "whoa" command

Teaching the "heel" command

"Playing the Pigeon Wild card" - pigeons as substitutes for wild birds in your training program - June 2001

Backing for Dummies! (1997)

Hunting Dead and Tracking (1997)

The Trained Retrieve (1997)

The ROAD to success-Conditioning your dog for the hunting season

A Training Overview

NEW!-from the "lost and found file!!
From Top Gun to Top Dog it's bird dog training advice from a video rental junky...!! (1997?)

Shotguns and Shooting

Gun Safety Rules (1996)

A Shotgun Primer-basic shotgun stuff!(2001)

Scattered thoughts on Scattergunning - Field Gunning - (2001)

Other Stuff

Why Field Trials and Tests? (2001)

The Other Woman - a bird dog meets the new wife!! - By Stephanie Weidner

AKC Hunting Tests for Pointing Dogs;
"The Point of the Junior Test"-by Steve Wagle - (2000)

You might be a bird-dogger if...(2000)

Tips on Picking a Puppy by Diane Carter- (1997)

How to Dress a Pheasant by A Duhl Blade - (1999)

Mr. Itraru Tanaka-Visitor to The Checkcord from Japan (May 99)

Training Birds for Pointing Dogs
by Steve Horton (March 2000)

How to get your dog out of a Conibear Trap (1996)

and Back by popular demand!! Steve's deer hunting stories:

My Daughter, the deer hunter (1995)

Why I Hunt

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