Bird Hunting

[bkgsps]

Hi, all.

 

This is my first try attempt to post on this forum. (Please be kind)

 

How many of you hunt (birds) with dogs?

 

[stanley]

Welcome to the forum!!!!!

 

I'm a novice 'dog' bird hunter!! I have a female Vizsla that LOVES to hunt!!! We get out a few times per year, but we're a LONG way from being a 'well oiled' hunting pair!!

 

Look for Redrabbit and Scottyboy (after he gets back from Africa), and others to chime in....

 

S.

 

 

[1denogean]

me too got a GSP named birddog and have had a GSP all my life.

[scoutm]

This will be my first year hunting birds behind dogs. I've taken my dogs to AZBownunter22(Simon) for some formal training so I really looking forward to this years hunting.

[bkgsps]

Gsp are what I started with, now I hunt over all breads. Have fun on your hunt. I hope to get out Friday.

[izquik72]

We geta outa few times each season.

[bkgsps]

This time of the year I try to get out two or three days a week.

[deserthntr]

i do. i have a female gsp and just picked up a male gsp pup. shot a few quail today

[1denogean]

This will be my first year hunting birds behind dogs. I've taken my dogs to AZBownunter22(Simon) for some formal training so I really looking forward to this years hunting.

 

 

how much does he charge you? and for what period of time.

[Arizona Griz]

I got a Setter pup coming in the Spring.

 

Hopefully next fall I can take her out and see how birdy she is. If anything we will have fun no matter what.

[ac guy]

Bird hunting is fun with or without a dog. That being said, I won't evr leave the house without my french brit. By far the best breed out there

[SilentButDeadly]

I've got a bird dog (Vizsla) - but I don't bird hunt.

 

Being a bird dog though means high energy - and he needs exercise every day.

 

He is my constant companion while hiking. In the last 5 years he's turned up 4 lion killed deer (2 fresh ones, one old one was a Coues buck ~90 and >16 inches wide!), and two dead elk - none of which i'd have found without him. Also, however, he's found a horde of nasty things (dead skunks, javelina, coyotes, foxes, if its stinks he'll find it - and roll in it).

 

 

He's tracked us into a shot buck in under 5 minutes - would have taken us hours to find in the tall grass of a palo verde flat.

 

He's found a couple of elk sheds, one muley, and two coues sheds on his own - although most of the time I have to tell him to look for them before he'll pick them up.

 

As much as I cuss him for being a little whiner in the truck on the way out to the field - he is always excited to be there, pulls out his own cactus spines and burrs, and if I'd pay more attention to his body language would see twice as much!

[Schmitty]

I usually don't start hitting it hard until Nov. I try and get out at least once a week from then on. My pointer just hit 11 and this will be the Fr. Britt pups first season, so it should be interesting.

 

Good luck,

 

Schmitty

[bkgsps]

Good luck on your hunting!

 

If any of you every want to get together and train dogs, let me know.

[bkgsps]

 

Good luck on your hunting!

 

If any of you every want to get together and train dogs, let me know.