Hand signals

With 1-3 dogs, returning to the vehicle on some gravel roads requires aggressive hand gestures to oncoming traffic alerting them to slow down….some grain trucks are in a hurry! Same with misc pickups, etc…scary at times! 🤬 Had coffee this am with a hunting buddy, he had the door of his Tahoe taken off about 3 weeks ago while exiting his truck on Superior st in Duluth, as he got out to have pizza with his wife. The pickup that hit him didn’t stop…6 pm on a Friday nite…$6200 damage. He feels very lucky he wasn’t hurt…
 
Buddy had a dog get killed by neighbor driving on the road. I actually had warned my buddy that his dog was not used to being around roads loose and it was dangerous. A while later we couldn't find dog, went searching and found him dead in the ditch. That was a bad trip! The guy who hit him never stopped. He was a long time friend of the guy who dog got killed. Driver never knew he hit it, as he said later. Drives a big farm P/U.
 
birddude said:
I use this while wiggling back and forth my dog is tracking one.
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My buddy has always used the two fingers wiggling to signal that his dog is on one and the rooster is running. Sometimes he does it at the end of a chase to show the bird has run off.

I hear you about dogs on gravel roads bb. My first thing is if I hear or see a vehicle I always call the dogs in. If it's moving really fast I get off the road a ways and put the dogs at heel, grab collars if need be. Basically I don't put my trust in the driver to slow down and avoid a dog, even though they should.
 
Bob Peters said:
My buddy has always used the two fingers wiggling to signal that his dog is on one and the rooster is running. Sometimes he does it at the end of a chase to show the bird has run off.

I hear you about dogs on gravel roads bb. My first thing is if I hear or see a vehicle I always call the dogs in. If it's moving really fast I get off the road a ways and put the dogs at heel, grab collars if need be. Basically I don't put my trust in the driver to slow down and avoid a dog, even though they should.
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That's being smart...why roll the dice?
 
Dog is the last out when traffic is clear and first in to their crate when I get back to the car. Also looking and listening for traffic when near a road. It’s also not worth hunting near a busy road for me.
 
Haretrigger said:
That's being smart...why roll the dice?
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I grab collars, but I’ll still alert a vehicle to slow down…I do it in my neighborhood all the time…common courtesy…I like the 15” leashes…usually have one or 2 with me…at times I’ll use when approaching a small chunk of cover and want to be silent…work well for the traffic issue we’re discussing…would never trust the trucks that are roaring down the gravel at 55-65…even at 35…I slow way down when driving by hunters, many times I stop to say hi…or at least check out their plates to see where they’re from…they’re usually holding dogs’ collars…there are times where I get to the road but one or more dogs hasn’t exited the cover yet and a vehicle’s coming…I’ll alert them to slow down…not often, but it happens…there are certain county roads (vs township roads) that tend to get more traffic…most of my hunting is off of 2 tracks, or we’re in the section or 1/4 section we’re hunting, not parked on gravel…but we do park on gravel enough that it becomes part of the deal to be alert for vehicles, especially grain trucks. I’ve never had a close call, want to keep it that way.
 

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Bob Peters said:
My buddy has always used the two fingers wiggling to signal that his dog is on one and the rooster is running. Sometimes he does it at the end of a chase to show the bird has run off.

I hear you about dogs on gravel roads bb. My first thing is if I hear or see a vehicle I always call the dogs in. If it's moving really fast I get off the road a ways and put the dogs at heel, grab collars if need be. Basically I don't put my trust in the driver to slow down and avoid a dog, even though they should.
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I forgot, I use the "finger" signal every time some idiot drives past me and my dogs without slowing down. Most every time it is some type of farm truck. The semi trucks never slow down and those working the oil fields are inconsiderate. I did have a truck around the first of January slow down to about 10 mph about a quarter mile before he got to us and continued to drive very slow until a quarter mile past us. When he got up to me and my dog, I was surprised to see it was a young high school kid. He could teach the adult drivers on dirt roads in Kansas a thing or two about courtesy.
 
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westksbowhunter said:
I forgot, I use the "finger" signal every time some idiot drives past me and my dogs without slowing down. Most every time it is some type of farm truck. The semi trucks never slow down and those working the oil fields are inconsiderate. I did have a truck around the first of January slow down to about 10 mph about a quarter mile before he got to us and continued to drive very slow until a quarter mile past us. When he got up to me and my dog, I was surprised to see it was a young high school kid. He could teach the adult drivers on dirt roads in Kansas a thing or two about courtesy.
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The oil field trucks scare the hell out of me. Bazine to Hanston road wow!
 
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