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Went for a little walk today. I was surprised when a Dove flushed from thick grass right at the water's edge.
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Hey all, my son Will and I went out today, it was a nice, but cool sunny day (this will end soon, supposed to get another winter storm this weekend!). Anyway, Will got one and I didn't connect, should have had one, but oh well! Addie did well today, her quartering is much better and she's starting to air scent more. In time, I think she'll do very well. Will used his 16ga Sauer Royal Will and Addie Will see what tomorrow brings! Best, Greg
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Note shirt under guns and birds. We decided to try to penetrate an old clear cut riddled with walls of briers. That's a Dan's Brier Shirt; stiff, hot, but wearing it and Dan's Brier Gloves is better than bleeding. It helped get to one bird; Floyd stayed on the firebreak. I got behind Sadie with Abby backing and when the bird got up, I shouldered my gun and raised it upwards. My hat snagged briers and covered my eyes. I'd being lying if I said this was the first time this has happened. Unfortunately, it didn't cover my mouth as I lit up the woods. Floyd thought it entertaining judging from his laughter. We found 5 birds and couldn't get to 3 of them because it would have taken a bangalore torpedo to penetrate the briers and we didn't have one. SC birds; Ithaca SKB 20's
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Dan's products are "hell for stout". My pair of Dan's snake proof briar chaps look just like they did 7-8 years ago when new. Stiff.......... but tough.
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Just got the pup to the hunting property over Christmas where he was introduced to gunfire, his training collar, water (ran into a shallow pond and then stopped dead in his tracks, looked at dad, and said "what do I do now?!), and birds in the mouth. He is a natural, and will get professional training - he deserves it.
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_________ BrentD, (Professor - just for Stan)
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Good pics. Pups do not naturally like to retrieve doves because they tend to lose a lot of feathers into the dog's mouth, more so than many other game birds. Actually, he doesn't look too happy about it, either. Best, SRH
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Stan, for him it's actually a look of nonchalance. He, like Cocoa before him, is patient while dad takes his photo. He was off running around when I shot the bird (it was his first time at the hunting property, hunting, etc., so I was cutting him some slack). I called him over when I shot the bird, and let him find it. I then made him sit, made him stay while I tossed the bird, and in two tosses had it down pretty well. Froze the bird overnight, and then tossed it a few more times to get him starting to learn to have a soft mouth, the frozen bird keeping the dog from biting down. He's a fast study, all legs and energy/enthusiasm. Even pointed his first pheasant- there is/was a game preserve to our south, and he came across the remains of a pen raised rooster that a coyote had dispatched. He locked up and from a distance I could see a wing. He's got great genetics.
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We got a couple today. The snow really helped. Gus likes blind retrieves.
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Brent, those colors are spectacular against the snowy background. Cocoa had a few of those blind retrieves, where you just knew there had to be a dog somewhere under all that bird.
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