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You asked. We answered. The final episode of the Ask a Vet Series, Ep. 12 "Should I Give My Dog The Rattlesnake Vaccine?" is available now. Read the full blog and watch the full film featuring Purina Pro Plan veterinary experts Dr. RuthAnn Lobos and Dr. Seth Bynum at the link below. https://quailforever.org/BlogLanding/Blogs/Quail-Forever/Ask-A-Vet-Ep-12-Should-I-Give-My-Dog-the-Rattlesnake-Vaccine.aspx For hunting dog owners, few moments are more gut-wrenching than those following a snakebite. Encounters with rattlesnakes are fraught with fear and chaos as hunters rush to triage their dog and face the prospect of a life-threatening reaction. Does the rattlesnake vaccine offer protection to hunting dogs, or is it more snake oil than medicine? the Ask a Vet series is proudly presented in partnership with Purina Pro Plan

A collaborative episode of the On The Wing Podcast EP. 278: Joining Forces with The Flush and Birdshot podcasts to talk Ruffed Grouse, is live. Listen now at the link below, or wherever you get your On The Wing Podcast’s, The Flush Podcast’s, or Birdshot Podcast’s from. https://bit.ly/4cuwYAW We’ve assembled a special upland bird hunter’s super show episode with Travis Frank of The Flush and Nick Larson of Birdshot Podcast for a conversation focused on the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources’ new Bird Hunter Diary app and ruffed grouse drumming counts. Joining the conversation from the Minnesota DNR are Assistant Area Wildlife Manager for northeast Minnesota Bailey Petersen and Resident Game Bird Consultant Nathan Huck. Episode Highlights: - On the Wing host Bob St.Pierre kicks off the show with a recap of his recent visit to Washington, D.C. to moderate a panel focused on the idea of a North American Grasslands Conservation Act and to talk with elected officials about a new federal farm bill. - The conversation then jumps into Minnesota’s eye-popping ruffed grouse drumming counts indicating the highest adult carryover of birds since 1972. Peterson, a wildlife biologist, explains what those counts do AND don’t indicate for the upcoming hunting season. - Huck provides an overview of Minnesota’s new Bird Hunter Diary, what the state is looking to measure through the app, and how all upland hunters can help provide better data through citizen science. The Flush Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

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Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever are excited to introduce a new dual Women on the Wing Chapter in California. The Women on the Wing Wine Country Chapter will aim to educate and engage new hunters, as well as build a community of wildlife habitat conservationists across Sonoma and Napa Counties. Based in the San Francisco Bay area, this group will have opportunities to expose a new demographic to outdoor sports. The members plan to host educational learn-to-hunt events, as well as field-to-table gatherings where women can learn how to prepare and cook birds after a hunt. To learn more about this exciting new chapter, head to the link below.

If you read the Pheasants Forever Journal back-to-front — today is your day. August 13 is National Left-Handers Day in the US, and no one feels the scourge of the right-handed masses more than hunters and shooters. Our options for everything are limited, and shotguns are at the top of that list. Learning to awkwardly push trigger safeties with your thumb is a real bummer, but the pain of being a left-handed shooter is often shared by right-handed fathers trying to find a first shotgun for their backwards kid. And for 47 years, one gun rose to that challenge more successfully and reliably than any other — the Browning BPS. To celebrate National Left-Handers Day, read the blog below by PF & QF Senior Public Relations Specialist Casey Sill, outlining his left-handed journey with the Browning BPS. https://quailforever.org/BlogLanding/Blogs/Quail-Forever/An-Ode-to-One-of-the-Best-Lefty-Shotguns-of-All-Time.aspx

National Hunting & Fishing Day