Message #200255

[catchrcall]

pretty much what everybody else said, except that i don't believe that you should stop now just because you have questions.  Everybody had to start somewhere.  When I started out, which wasn't that long ago so take this for what it's worth, the last thing I bought was dogs.  I had kennels built, tracking system and collars bought, cut kit put together, pretty much everything bought right down to the buckets and food bowls in the kennels.  The only thing I remember buying after I got dogs was cut gear because I didn't know what size dogs I'd end up with.  The only other thing i'd say to consider is to get at least one older, experienced dog to hunt with instead of buying puppies.  I would rather have one older "finished" dog and one or two started at least dogs and hunt the crap out of those than trying to hunt a gaggle of pups enough to decide which to keep.  Hunting a pack of pups can be a circus.