Thrasher
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On Saturday I took Molly out to a game farm to put her on a few birds. With the numbers we found last year (her second season) being so low, I wanted to see how she did and get her some preseason training work.
I planted a bird for her and hunted her towards that area. We had drug a bird around to make a trail and she did worked it just fine. I picked up the bird instead of flushing it, took Molly back to the truck, and planted it again, without leaving a bird scent trail. She worked the wind and went on point 20 feet from where I had planted the bird. I went to where I had planted it with plans to flush and shoot it for her to retrieve. No bird. I walked up to Molly and she had the bird pinned about 5 feet in front of her. Flushed and shoot with a good retrieve.
My dad was with us, and he planted one more bird. She quickly found and pointed it. It flushed as I walked up and she retrieved that one as well. My dad then drove a few hundred yards up the trail to plant another bird for her. As he pulled a bird from the box, another bird escaped. I saw if fly and marked the general area of where it landed. I hunted Molly over that way and in 15 minutes she found and pointed it as well. We then hunted over towards the planted bird and she scented it. As she went on point, the bird flushed. Another great retrieve.
The last four birds we just tossed up in the air and let Molly find them. The birds would fly a few hundred yards and run. Molly did well. She crept up on one bird that she could see after pointing, and flushed it. I need to figure out how to stop her from doing that. The last bird was pointed, flushed, and re-found three times before I decided that it was time to head home.
I think we had something like 11 points and 1 flush. If we can't find birds this year I will take her back to the farm every few weeks for the experience.
I planted a bird for her and hunted her towards that area. We had drug a bird around to make a trail and she did worked it just fine. I picked up the bird instead of flushing it, took Molly back to the truck, and planted it again, without leaving a bird scent trail. She worked the wind and went on point 20 feet from where I had planted the bird. I went to where I had planted it with plans to flush and shoot it for her to retrieve. No bird. I walked up to Molly and she had the bird pinned about 5 feet in front of her. Flushed and shoot with a good retrieve.
My dad was with us, and he planted one more bird. She quickly found and pointed it. It flushed as I walked up and she retrieved that one as well. My dad then drove a few hundred yards up the trail to plant another bird for her. As he pulled a bird from the box, another bird escaped. I saw if fly and marked the general area of where it landed. I hunted Molly over that way and in 15 minutes she found and pointed it as well. We then hunted over towards the planted bird and she scented it. As she went on point, the bird flushed. Another great retrieve.
The last four birds we just tossed up in the air and let Molly find them. The birds would fly a few hundred yards and run. Molly did well. She crept up on one bird that she could see after pointing, and flushed it. I need to figure out how to stop her from doing that. The last bird was pointed, flushed, and re-found three times before I decided that it was time to head home.
I think we had something like 11 points and 1 flush. If we can't find birds this year I will take her back to the farm every few weeks for the experience.
