Pesky Porcupines

Ditchmaster

Ditchmaster

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In the case of my dog vs. porcupine, a jury of your peers have unanimously found you guilty of attempted homicide on a Labrador. You will be charged restitution of 161 U.S. dollars for medical expenses and emotional suffering, Furthermore because of your malicious actions you and your immediate family members will be systematically dispatched by lethal shotgun blast for the rest of the 2014 season in NE MT, or either of the Dakotas. Although you appear like a harmless sloth-like creature you have obviously overpopulated and inflicted gross bodily harm to many dogs this year and it is obvious that you have a personal vendetta against upland hunting dogs. No other punishment deters porcupines so effectually from committing crimes as the punishment of death. This is one of those propositions which is difficult to prove simply because they are in themselves more obvious than any proof can make them. In any secondary punishment, however terrible, there is hope, but death is death, its terrors cannot be described more forcibly.

My dog is going to be ok but got one pretty close to the eye. I will actually handle future encounters on a case by case basis, for a heads up of those coming to MT there has been a high incident of encounters this year. We are taking the day off and going fishing tomorrow.
 
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never learn

over the years I have had a few run-ins with them, one dog more than some of the others. I think what was going through her head was that the last porky made her so miserable that she was going to kill the next one, kinda way dogs think

cheers
 
We were lucky this year in that the only one we saw was dead on the road.

I would probably give them a pass if they were in a tree in northern WI, but in pheasant country, I will blast every one I see.

The skunks were thick in ND this year. Had to dispatch a few of them.

Jerry
 
My Britt pup got into two porkies this year. He is curious, apparently wanted a sniff. Each time had about a dozen or so in the nose and lips. Pulled them out by hand didn't slow him down.
So far my dogs seem to learn, I tell them NO! NO! NO! they know what "NO" means.
A third time porky, Woody stopped in his tracks several feet away and back tracked. :thumbsup:
Star my 5 year old Lab will stay clear of porcupines, skunks, coons, deer.
Woody has had a couple minor events with skunks, seem to be onto them now, stays clear.

Whatever you do, you don't want your dog thinking that you are hunting porcupines, so careful with shooting them with the hunting dogs close by.
 
We found another one, I was able to call the dog off, put her on my side, and I had my lightest shotgun with a super lite feather, I was able to blast that sucker one handed, I swear my dog was laughing like Scooby doo all the way back to the truck. Revenge is ours for this day.
 
Louie the GSP is famous for pointing them but will not bust a porcupine!:thumbsup:
He has pointed 9 so far , and only got a few last year when he honour Justices' point / which turned out to be a bush pig!!
The overly aggressive Justice could not stand the thought of Louie being so close however , and went in hot - Louie got smacked when porcupine ran past him!:cool:
Louie and Tramp ended up hunting the rest of the afternoon without poor Justice, who got an expensive trip to the vet!':thumbsup:

This year we rsn into two different porcupines and Justice was more careful, but Moxxii the lab decided to " have a go" - it never goes good, but she was fortunate enough that I was able to get the 30 or do out without too much fuss.
Pliers and cable cutters for snares are formost in my mind when gearing up every morning!:cool:
DHT
 
I have run into porkies the last two times in the field. When my lab gets a point, and nothing runs away or goes airborne, I get real nervous...The last time I was looking for a bird in some tall/heavy cover, and the dog and I ended up in the same spot, just inches from those deadly quills.....
 
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