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I’d like to hear from those with a new A5. I have a sweet 16 and I’m trying to decide on shims/cast. I know I need to fit it to me and shoot it to decide but i’m interested to hear what others are doing.

It comes with a neutral cast shim. Are you shooting yours just like it came out of the box or are you changing the shims?

My 13 yr old Vizsla has been diagnosed with oral melanoma. The spot we had removed from her cheek and tested is already growing back and we think it's in at least 1 lymph node. I've learned this is pretty aggressive and not many great options. Taking her to an oncologist on Wednesday for a consult and possible surgery. Some tough choices ahead.

I've traditionally been a huge fan of leaving ours food plots go fallow in year 2 (especially corn), as you get a great flush of annual weeds for brood rearing, etc.

However, with weed pressure as tough as it is here in Eastern Iowa, it's become an uphill battle in most of our plots to keep the weeds out when we go to plant.
Letting herbicide resistant weeds like wa...

I believe we lost our long time poster with in depth knowledge from ND. GWG. He will be missed.

Everyone talks about using springers for pheasants. But what if I want to go for some prairie birds with her. How would yall escout or scout in general to maximize success with a flushing dog on birds that aren’t ideal for her style of hunting?