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Quail rides and rigs #1042759 11/17/09 05:35 PM
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How do you get your dogs there, and how do you hunt them once you're there? Mine is pretty simple. I can load my three dogs and hunt anywhere in Texas. Some people would rather walk. I did for years, but now I ride while hunting. You'll find more birds, but shoot a whole lot less. I prefer this over a Jeep:





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Re: Quail rides and rigs [Re: bill oxner] #1042881 11/17/09 06:19 PM
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I had almost the same set up except a trailor and a mule.


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I am sure glad I am not driving the truck with that much wait that far back.



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Re: Quail rides and rigs [Re: tigger] #1043291 11/17/09 08:42 PM
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I actually like the Mule better. I went with the gator cause I could it onto my pickup. It does not drive all that bad. I use my friends trailor when we take more than three dogs. Here you go:





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Re: Quail rides and rigs [Re: bill oxner] #1045446 11/18/09 03:58 PM
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I walk, I need the exercize and enjoy the quite (but only a few years from wanting a ride). The dogs travel as comfortable as I can make it.





Re: Quail rides and rigs [Re: Chet] #1045766 11/18/09 06:07 PM
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We try to do a nice combo of both. Ride unt we get a point and then walk until we are satisfied with our results. Just being out there is awlays the best part.


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Re: Quail rides and rigs [Re: Chet] #1046017 11/18/09 07:36 PM
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Heres one I built several years ago.





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Mike....................so why the hell we walking our arses off??? confused2 bolt



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Re: Quail rides and rigs [Re: 7mag] #1046297 11/18/09 08:58 PM
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Gaw dawg, that's cheatin! LOL. Heck of a machine you got HWY_MAN


Re: Quail rides and rigs [Re: TBK] #1046342 11/18/09 09:13 PM
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Here's a cheap way to set up a UTV. The double plastic works better. I used this rig while waiting to get my diamond plate box built.




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Re: Quail rides and rigs [Re: 7mag] #1046494 11/18/09 10:07 PM
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Mike....................so why the hell we walking our arses off??? confused2 bolt


I built that for Cy Wagner.



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Re: Quail rides and rigs [Re: Chet] #1047723 11/19/09 12:19 PM
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Originally Posted By: Chet

I walk, I need the exercize and enjoy the quite (but only a few years from wanting a ride). The dogs travel as comfortable as I can make it.




Chet - where did you get your dog box? Looks like one that D-Lux used to make. They no longer have a website active.


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It is a D-LUX box. Just tried to find their site and no luck. Guess they are a thing of the past. Disapointing, I love the box............


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Thanks Chet. I was afraid of that. I prefer the material they used vs. diamond plated aluminum. Wish I had a way to track them down to build a box for me.

Thanks again!


Re: Quail rides and rigs [Re: gspbrad] #1049028 11/19/09 09:41 PM
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Here's a homemade rig I helped a friend put together. It features a double plastic dog box.






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Very nice rigs guys. Bill, I sure like that shinnery country in the picture above. Were is it?

I am on my third mule and have had great luck with all of them. My current mule is equiped with a 6 dog diamond plate box with a bench seat on top. Storage rack on front for water, water pans etc., a winch, top, essex lift kit and tires. It rides on a 12ft tandem trailer, and is pulled by a F350 Crew Cap, with a 10 hole diamond plate topper. I cannot afford a camera to take pictures. My only complaint with the current rig is the dog box on the mule and the lift kit makes the mule top heavy and when roading it can start to sway and feed on itself. Oh well if I live long enough I will get it perfect.



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Mines not real fancy. but it gets the job done.



Re: Quail rides and rigs [Re: CoolHandGSPs] #1051108 11/20/09 05:32 PM
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Originally Posted By: CoolHandGSPs
Mines not real fancy. but it gets the job done.


Wow!!!!!!! I killed more birds when I had one dog and houled her in the trunk of my company car, and then the company mini van.



Quail hunting is like walking into, and out of a beautiful painting all day long. Gene Hill


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Originally Posted By: CoolHandGSPs
Mines not real fancy. but it gets the job done.


That's what I'm talking about!


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I walk with my dogs. Haul them in my homemade box shown here. 4x4 with 2 compartments. Expanded metal doors and I have shileds I can screw on the air holes if it gets cold. Not often here, but when we travel North. Bed it deep in hay and they stay cozy.





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Re: Quail rides and rigs [Re: Bobby B] #1052289 11/20/09 11:44 PM
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Originally Posted By: Bobby B
I walk with my dogs. Haul them in my homemade box shown here. 4x4 with 2 compartments. Expanded metal doors and I have shileds I can screw on the air holes if it gets cold. Not often here, but when we travel North. Bed it deep in hay and they stay cozy.



I see every breed from pointers on down sticking their noses out of there.



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Re: Quail rides and rigs [Re: TBK] #1052685 11/21/09 02:49 AM
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BS. Buy some decent rigs. The mule, rhino or big red is a good start, with a trailer. Put some Pointers in there. Pull it with a heavy Pick-up truck.



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Re: Quail rides and rigs [Re: reeltexan] #1056177 11/23/09 02:29 AM
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My mule is attached. I had Essex in Blue Mound customize it and it has been the best money on a toy I have spent.

Speaking of toys, my buddy that comes down and hunts with me a couple of times a year has the nicest quail hunting rig I have ever seen. Diamond plated back half of a motor home with a hydraulic lift to load his Ranger into.







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