Oddest Animal Pointed Ever
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BritChaser
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Badger
Springer22
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That’s a fun one
Labradinger
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I dont know whats been the oddest because non seem crazy to me but in my time behind shorthairs ive had deer, turkey, coyote, coon, skunk (i kicked it), mouse, rabbit, grasshopper, butterfly, and just tonight a house fly.
dustin mudd
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Emu!
That1uncle1776
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My grandma
Honey and I were hunting ruffed grouse last year on a severely overgrown trail. It was opening up ahead of us, but really tall slough grasses. I started hearing the flush and knew it was multiple birds, but by the volume, I thought she hit the mother load. I started raising my gun, dreaming of how many I might connect with. Then the 747s started appearing above the tall grasses.
Honey and I were hunting in East Central South Dakota last year. She went on point on the left end of a downed tree limb, elevated a few feet off the ground by the branches, with everything covered in a few inches of snow. I saw some snow fall off a couple twigs several feet to the right, and assumed the bird moved to that side. Honey repositioned to that end. She then proceeded to go in under the limb, moving right to left. I could tell by the periodic branches shaking as something bumped into them, ahead of her, that something was off.
Out the other end popped.....I didn't know what it was at first. It was partly covered with snow. My mind was telling me a dwarf coyote, humping along through the snow covered undergrowth. But it seemed *so* wide.
She was right on its tail, but seemed more curious than in attack mode. I managed to call her off. I then realized that it was a badger. Really glad it didn't want to defend its hideaway.
Besides the turkey and badger I mentioned above, Honey loves getting into it with raccoons. I used to say my springer could find a raccoon in a candy shop, but Honey might be giving him a run for his money. However, on the 3rd fight this year, 2nd weekend of the MN season, I noticed her tail was out straight behind her instead of at 12:00. Sure enough, when she dove in, a fight ensued rather than a flush. Since then, I think she has found 2 more, and I have negotiated a cease fire with her each time, based on her tail position.
Last day of hunting in South Dakota last season, on January 29th, we were in some chest high field grasses between some standing corn and a shelter belt on a GPA. I was doing something with my equipment for a minute and then got a beep that she was on point near me. I found her pointing at a clump of the grasses. But rather than being her usual staunch self, she dove in, as I approached. There was squealing, as she pulled out something, which turned out to be a rabbit. That flea infested thing was the last harvest of last season, and the only animal we got that day.
3rd weekend of Minnesota season this year, she went on point about 10 yards into a drier, clumpy, cattail slough. She dove in and pulled out something gray. I thought it was a rabbit, but it turned out to be a really scrawny opossum.
I often find her pointing chipmunks in our yard. I've seen her hold point, waiting for them to come out, for over half an hour, and maybe even over an hour sometimes. She's managed to catch some here and there. Same with moles and rabbits. When let outside, she stalks out through the door, pointing and repositioning as she moves outside, due to the chipmunks and rabbits.
She went on point briefly on MN opener this year, and then started trying to get something on the ground. By the time I got up there, I saw a tail slip into a hole in the ground, and let her go for it. She dug out and had a brief, one sided fight with a plains pocket gopher.
She was getting birdy on opening weekend of Minnesota this year, and out popped a small feral cat. She chased it down and knocked it end over end, but I managed to grab her before anything more happened.
I found her barking at a painted turtle in our yard this summer. She got a couple groundhogs the previous summer, in our yard. She got completely doused in her mouth and head by a skunk at the edge of our property in February of this year. Not sure if there was any pointing first in any of these cases.
This past February, she had been often barking at the corner of our chain linked fence. Behind this, we have some woods on our property. When I would go to get her, she would be looking up in the trees, at a squirrel nest, just opposite the fence. Because of the skunk incident, I set up a keep alive trap 10 yards down the hill from the fence. I didn't catch the skunk, but I did catch a blonde/caramel raccoon, regular raccoon, and a fisher.
I had read about how fisher will catch and eat squirrels, but not the tails -- that you can find squirrel tails at the base of trees that have squirrel nests. Sure enough, I found a fox squirrel tail at the base of a tree, with a squirrel nest, about 30 yards from where I caught the fisher. I am guessing Honey saw it up in a tree, near a squirrel nest, and that is why she was barking at the nest.
I'll save the wolf interactions for another time.
Last day of hunting in South Dakota last season, on January 29th, we were in some chest high field grasses between some standing corn and a shelter belt on a GPA. I was doing something with my equipment for a minute and then got a beep that she was on point near me. I found her pointing at a clump of the grasses. But rather than being her usual staunch self, she dove in, as I approached. There was squealing, as she pulled out something, which turned out to be a rabbit. That flea infested thing was the last harvest of last season, and the only animal we got that day.
3rd weekend of Minnesota season this year, she went on point about 10 yards into a drier, clumpy, cattail slough. She dove in and pulled out something gray. I thought it was a rabbit, but it turned out to be a really scrawny opossum.
I often find her pointing chipmunks in our yard. I've seen her hold point, waiting for them to come out, for over half an hour, and maybe even over an hour sometimes. She's managed to catch some here and there. Same with moles and rabbits. When let outside, she stalks out through the door, pointing and repositioning as she moves outside, due to the chipmunks and rabbits.
She went on point briefly on MN opener this year, and then started trying to get something on the ground. By the time I got up there, I saw a tail slip into a hole in the ground, and let her go for it. She dug out and had a brief, one sided fight with a plains pocket gopher.
She was getting birdy on opening weekend of Minnesota this year, and out popped a small feral cat. She chased it down and knocked it end over end, but I managed to grab her before anything more happened.
I found her barking at a painted turtle in our yard this summer. She got a couple groundhogs the previous summer, in our yard. She got completely doused in her mouth and head by a skunk at the edge of our property in February of this year. Not sure if there was any pointing first in any of these cases.
This past February, she had been often barking at the corner of our chain linked fence. Behind this, we have some woods on our property. When I would go to get her, she would be looking up in the trees, at a squirrel nest, just opposite the fence. Because of the skunk incident, I set up a keep alive trap 10 yards down the hill from the fence. I didn't catch the skunk, but I did catch a blonde/caramel raccoon, regular raccoon, and a fisher.
I had read about how fisher will catch and eat squirrels, but not the tails -- that you can find squirrel tails at the base of trees that have squirrel nests. Sure enough, I found a fox squirrel tail at the base of a tree, with a squirrel nest, about 30 yards from where I caught the fisher. I am guessing Honey saw it up in a tree, near a squirrel nest, and that is why she was barking at the nest.
I'll save the wolf interactions for another time.
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GetTothePoint
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Twice with my male shorthair I had in college, and the fight was on. I've seen some bad dogfights in my life but the dog v. badger both times topped them all.
Weimdogman
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Late 80s pointed a possum when there weren't any around here. Theory is they came in when hay from Kansas was coming here due to the drought.