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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.

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

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

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.

Best, SRH

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.

Great Dog photo!

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

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.

Mike

We got a couple today. The snow really helped. Gus likes blind retrieves.

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.

Mike