peterpointinglab
New member
A job would be nice since my pheasant season is coming to an end next week.
Christmas Wish List
- Thread starter Dakotazeb
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birdshooter
Well-known member
I actually have 2 reds now. I just haven't figured out how to change my signature. I hunt quite a bit, considering I have to young kids at home. My springers are very productive as far as birds in the bag but I think I have more fun with the setters. The reds are extremely slow to develop but we are just about there now.
These are not the show Irish Setters. To learn more about the red setters, check here: http://nrsftc.com/?page_id=350 My male is a big runner. He likes to be 250+ yards out on the Astro. I usually try and keep him in a little. He is bird crazy but was a little bird of a struggle to steady on wild birds.
my male
I have been around a few ES and 1 Gordon. This particular Gordon believe it or not used a fair amount of ground scent and was a fantastic Pheasant dog. The ES that I have been around carried their heads high in typical ES style and were very adept at winding birds from a long distance.
my female
Stunning looking reds you have Jeff. Any similarities in their field work to their cousins the Gordon or English?
I hunted with someone with a Gordon a ways back that had a real knack for Pheasants and mainly ground scented. Most ES that I have been around carried their head fairly high but this Gordon was different.
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NOPLCLKNEB
Banned
I want "UplandHntr" to have the 1st enjoyable day of his life.
mustistuff
Banned
gordon setter
fairly rare dog out in the field, yet to meet one. mostly it is improper for a pointing dog to hunt with a low head, means they are missing birds and taking too long to even do that, a decent bird dog should be able to trail but they are made to hunt wind currents and body scent and not footprints. even you should keep your head up
cheers
fairly rare dog out in the field, yet to meet one. mostly it is improper for a pointing dog to hunt with a low head, means they are missing birds and taking too long to even do that, a decent bird dog should be able to trail but they are made to hunt wind currents and body scent and not footprints. even you should keep your head up
cheers
BleuBijou
Active member
Double,Triple Ditto on that!!!!! Merry Christmas!!!:cheers:
jeffstally
Member
Couldn't say how they compare to a gordon, I have never seen one in the field. These reds run with their head high as well. The have some legs on them and are similar to field ES. I think the reds are slower to develop though. I have had some tough times with them but we are finally starting to get to where I want to be. They are 22 and 31 months old.
Dakotazeb
Well-known member
jeff, wonderful looking dogs. Glad to see people are still breeding this breed to hunt. For many years people bought them solely as pets because they were such beautiful dogs. Almost bred the hunt out of them.
I'd love to see you try running them in a couple of our NSTRA trials. We are scheduled to have 4 trials this spring in Minnesota. Two by Granite Falls and two by Morris.
BTW, what kennel(s) did these dogs come from?
jeffstally
Member
My male is from Celtic and the female was a started dog from Bearcat.
Dakotazeb
Well-known member
Where are those kennels located?
jeffstally
Member
Both are in Pennsylvania.
Cobblestone
New member
I want my Ruby to come in heat soon so I can finally have my Ranger pup.
dustin mudd
Well-known member
christmas wish
So back to the thread, wishing we could get some relief on world wide commodity pricing, so we might have a chance to see something like CRP returning or Soil Bank for habitat for all wildlife, for the benefit of roosters, all wildlife and us crazy bird chasers!
So back to the thread, wishing we could get some relief on world wide commodity pricing, so we might have a chance to see something like CRP returning or Soil Bank for habitat for all wildlife, for the benefit of roosters, all wildlife and us crazy bird chasers!