Nice 90 minute hunt this afternoon. Just me and 2 dogs. Hunted a friend's crp that has been pressured. Had quite a few hens and a couple rooster bust way wild. Had a hen bust at my feet. Dogs were busy circling and going thru a 40 foot piece of cattails rooster busted out and I dropped him. He...
I have posted on this before. I want dogs steady to flush and shot. I am fortunate enought to hunt good ground with lots of birds and dogs not steady are busting birds out of range.
I wouldn't add too many to your trip. Just you and the boys means more shared memories. Now if you could add a friend with a Weimaraner that would be a great addition. 😉
I did whoa training walking and having someone throw pigeons to reinforce the birds flying you stop. Also random shots that mean whoa. Then the 2 together. Few times going thru this and my dogs are steady.
I will confess my dogs aren't great at backing. That is a outcome from running the 3...
Went on a hunt with people from navhda group. 3 Vizslas my buddies 2 vdd and my female weim. 25° and just a slight breeze. Half section of crp with some cattails and pheragmites.
All dogs got multiple points on hens and my dog pointed 2 of the 4 roosters we got. I let a visitor from Wisconsin...
If you do hunt tests that means someone is putting them on and someone will have pigeons. Quail probably aren't anymore expensive and waaay better eating.
So he also tells of driving a mile out of town in the 50s and having a limit of maybe 7 birds which could include 2 hens? That would be shooting not hunting is what I always told him.
My folks got married in 59 and went pheasant hunting on their honeymoon. Mom got 2 birds with 1 shot and loved...
My dad was born in 1933. He tells about harvesting his first pheasant from their garden. He was running around with a net and the hired man asked what he was doing? Trying to catch a pheasant they are always in the garden.
The hired man told him no you need corn on a fish hook. Well dad put 3...
I have found 2 things out about vests....
1. Most are made for anything but hunting wild pheasants.
2. Try them on as a player maybe a xl in Taiwan but it doesn't work here with a thin sweatshirt underneath.
3. Shell loops are promoted by the shell industry as they are the best way to lose...