Brassicas For Bird Dogs

The brassica plot is a valuable food and cover source for wild and holdover
birds, and when planted lightly alone or mixed lightly in a strip with other
cover crops, such as sorghum, as a hunting plot for flushing and pointing dogs.

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Turkey In The Driver’s Seat

July 1, 2009 — Sometimes the stories here at The Outdoor News Hound just seem to write
themselves. Take the tale of the New York state truck driver hauling a load of
manure who found himself in deep you-know-what when a wild turkey flew into his
open tractor/trailer window last week. You’ll also read about how the social-networking website Facebook helped locate a missing angler, and more!

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Of Turkeys And Dogs

Oscar is a do-all bird dog, equally at home retrieving ducks or flushing pheasants, but his favorite trick is scattering turkeys. The dog’s job when it comes to fall turkey hunting is to scatter the flock in every direction and then return to his master — rather a neat trick. Finding a flock of turkeys in the fall is the easy part. Scattering them is another thing entirely.

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