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Post by feathers on Sept 26, 2014 6:19:15 GMT -5
What is your favorite bird of choice for working your dog ....pigeons ...quail ....chukar ....pheasant?
Love to use pheasant .....the hen is a great ground runner for leaving scent and only flys when she has no choice, but then have a roo who would run and wait for you to catch up with my pup and then fly a short distance and run again for the stone wall for final flight till next day and do the same thing over (still have him)
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Post by rober on Sept 26, 2014 20:35:43 GMT -5
Quail or Chukars is my preferred choice. But pigeons will do when you start to break a dog and you need repetitive use form the birds
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Post by tcaddis on Sept 29, 2014 8:02:26 GMT -5
Grouse and woodcock. The bird work stops at the end of March in the spring and starts back up after the fourth of July in the summer.
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Post by gobblerhunter on Sept 29, 2014 12:37:22 GMT -5
Grouse and woodcock. The bird work stops at the end of March in the spring and starts back up after the fourth of July in the summer. i agree |
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Post by feathers on Sept 29, 2014 19:44:59 GMT -5
the wild variety is the best when it is around ...sometimes you got to substitute
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Post by tcaddis on Sept 30, 2014 10:20:53 GMT -5
sometimes.........you just got to make it happen. I don't live in a wild bird mecca. I work hard to get my dogs on the wild birds.
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Post by tcaddis on Sept 30, 2014 10:34:59 GMT -5
I am more concerned with how the dog hunts. Does it seek and work likely cover. Does it spent little time in unproductive cover.
My pups are in the woods as soon they can get around on puppy walks. Cover is light, I don't say a word and the dogs learn to stay in contact with me. At 13 or 14 weeks I'll plant a pigeon and check cord a dog down wind of the scent cone. Sometimes you get a pointed bird, sometimes not. Once the dog has pointed body scent there really isn't any need for me to continue with the planted birds. The dog can point. Over using planted birds at this time will usually lead to creeping, pouncing, or some other behavior I'd like to avoid.
When finishing a dog I will again use pigeons for the breaking process.
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Post by feathers on Sept 30, 2014 13:05:32 GMT -5
there you go ....pigeons thumbsup
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Post by rober on Sept 30, 2014 19:24:52 GMT -5
I will have mine on the wild variety the next 5 days. Bird numbers seem to be up this year. All my covers will be checked this week for bird numbers. We ran most of them in August and they all held birds then so we will see if any dispersed yet.
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Post by tcaddis on Oct 1, 2014 9:50:03 GMT -5
there you go ....pigeons thumbsup If 1 or 2 pigeons counts, I am guilty. |
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Post by feathers on Oct 1, 2014 13:05:34 GMT -5
there you go ....pigeons thumbsup If 1 or 2 pigeons counts, I am guilty. guilty as charged ....the lowly pigeon ....nothing is better than seeing how the dog performs out in the field ...a lot of fellows use planted birds, whether before the season or during the season for their dogs. As long as it is a fine feathered friend that the dog owner can consume at the end of the hunt. |
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Post by tcaddis on Oct 2, 2014 7:44:59 GMT -5
Well, I don't eat my homers. I've actually really grown to like them. They are and interesting bird. I like watching how they interact with each other. I like watching the babies grow and leave the coop for the first time.
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Post by gobblerhunter on Oct 2, 2014 10:14:56 GMT -5
tcaddis did that all white one ever make it back?....
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Post by Dutch on Oct 2, 2014 12:28:25 GMT -5
Well, I don't eat my homers. I've actually really grown to like them. They are and interesting bird. I like watching how they interact with each other. I like watching the babies grow and leave the coop for the first time. Gosh yer such a softy.  |
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Post by feathers on Oct 2, 2014 13:39:28 GMT -5
Well, I don't eat my homers. I've actually really grown to like them. They are and interesting bird. I like watching how they interact with each other. I like watching the babies grow and leave the coop for the first time. I agree with you (I don't eat mine either) ....homers have a personality ....my males will coo when you enter their pen like your bothering them and then follow you around for food and the little squeakers are funny. |
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Post by tcaddis on Oct 21, 2014 12:55:45 GMT -5
Well, I don't eat my homers. I've actually really grown to like them. They are and interesting bird. I like watching how they interact with each other. I like watching the babies grow and leave the coop for the first time. Gosh yer such a softy. I am not a total killer. I have a feeling. |
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