My Nebraska hunting partner has a pair (actually a trio just recently), of grifs. They get spurs pretty bad, but not any better or worse than my goldens. Once they got into a bizarre "burr" that was like masking tape, only 20 times more difficult to remove. They looked like mummies when I caught up with them. We ended up driving 60 miles to a town where we could find better grooming tools and some "Cowboy Magic". After an hour on each one on the tailgate, we got them cleaned up enough that they could hunt again. We have gotten better about carrying gear like that, esp. first aid stuff, but we don't carry boots and I wonder why not.

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BrentD, (Professor - just for Stan)
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