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Originally Posted by Chris Pope
The SD guys know the best and they're a rugged lot!! Here are my suggestions:
1. Mushers Wax and/or boots for the pups. I've done well with Mushers Wax;
2. Something that covers your head/ears and secures under your chin because the wind will remove your hat if not secured.
3. Extra food for the dogs;
4. Handwarmer in the pocket on the side of your trigger hand;
5. Birds love to bunch up in cover, don't pass any burning bushes on the section roads without checking closely for roosters:
6. Keep the hunts short;
7. Late season is the best- send photos!! I'm jealous.
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I second Chris' suggestions, and can vouch for Musher's Secret to protect your pup's feet. Boots are handy if there are some foot issues needing protection.
I would add one more suggestion. If everything is frozen, don't forget to carry water afield for your pup. Dehydration can happen in freezing weather, too.
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"Doubtless the good Lord could have made a better game bird than bobwhite, and better country to hunt him in...but equally doubtless, he never did." -- Guy de la Valdene (from A Handful of Feathers )
"'I promise you,' he said, 'on my word of honor, I won't die on the opening of the bird season.'" -- Robert Ruark (from The Old Man and the Boy)
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