PA. Resident checking in.

padave

padave

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Hi all,
Just checking in from south central PA. I just took my 1 y.o. lab out for our first hunt at a local game farm. ( mainly for him to get the feel of it ) we got 1 out of the 3 birds we paid for. But he did ( I think ) find the other 2 pheasant hens. He was acting " birdie" but I didn't see anything and got impatient and moved him on, I'm pretty sure it was 100% my fault. Live and learn I guess. But the rooster he jumped up was perfect but the problem came after I shot it down the dog ran in the opposite direction of the bird, not that he was gun shy he's been to a shooting range and I have a dummy launcher that uses .22 cal. blanks. He ran in the other direction because he followed the noise from the gun shot that echoed in a hollow. Has anyone had this problem or have a tip on correcting this. My guess is that if it were flat land where there is nothing to echo off of he would have paid more attention to the bird. Let me know what you think.

Thanks, Dave.
 
welcome to the uph Dave! You come from a great state:thumbsup:! I always enjoy reading what's going on in Penn., a great group of guys.

You might move this over to the training section. I think your lab probably needs more exposure to birds and he'll pick it right up. There are guys over there more qualified than I, who can tell you the best way to go about it.
 
Hey Dave,

Welcome to the site! You have certainly picked a great time to own,train, and hunt with a bird dog in Pa.. We are very lucky to have a Game Commission that "gets it",many of these guys own and train bird dogs them selves.

As far as your Lab is concerned, it is probably just a matter of you two guys spending more time together hunting. You will learn all the little signs he gives you about what his nose is telling him. After a while it is almost eerie how the two of you will work together. If your Lab is staying within gun range and obeying all the basic commands you are WAY ahead of the game.The more time you two spend together in the uplands the better it will get. I am not sure where you are at as far as training goes, but you will want your Lab to "hup" when the bird flushes, this way he can "mark" it when hopefully you shoot it and it falls. His focus should be on where the bird is when you shoot, not where the sound came from.

Take your shoes off, kick back and enjoy the site!
 
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Thanks guys, looking toward to years in the field and here on the site. The main purpose for my post was a little introduction and question. I'll copy and past it in the training section as well, lol that will be the third time I posted this on the site.
 
Sounds great what part of south central PA are you from we have a training group. Allot of the training days are in the Williamsport to State Collage areas. If below Harrisburg the Keystone Retriever club could help you out working with distractions and marking.
 
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25ott6 said:
Sounds great what part of south central PA are you from we have a training group. Allot of the training days are in the Williamsport to State Collage areas. If below Harrisburg the Keystone Retriever club could help you out working with distractions and marking.
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Now that's what I'm talking about! :thumbsup::thumbsup:
 
25ott6 said:
Sounds great what part of south central PA are you from we have a training group. Allot of the training days are in the Williamsport to State Collage areas. If below Harrisburg the Keystone Retriever club could help you out working with distractions and marking.
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I live just north of the MD PA line on I83
 
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