Dogs at camp

I would like to bring my dawgs to camp, but our cabin is small and my dawg are azz holes. Im honest...... The rest of the group ask me to bring them but I won't.

They are a great tool. Maybe when we get a bigger cabin......or go off BG season just for birds.
 
.22LRGUY said:
^agreed. I hope this isn't a shocking statement, but allot of people can't stand dogs. I'm indifferent, leaning towards "I have no time for them". lol If other guys in the camp have/bring them and the OPs are exceedingly well behaved, ask the other guys anyway. Anyone who doesn't HAVE a dog or bring one, assume that's where they stand on the issue of dogs at camp. Like Grock-I can't stand it when I make hunting/fishing plans and one or more buddies bring a dog unannounced. I don't enjoy their company when perfectly behaved, and I sure resent them when they're not.

Granted, I've never hunted grouse behind a dog...so who knows. Maybe my opinion would do a total 180. lol Having just spent most of the holiday weekend at the family cottage (2 family dogs + someone else's puppy I didn't know would be there)...I believe I like dogs even less than I did Friday. lol
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IMO if you have never hunted with a good dog especially upland you have never really experienced true grouse hunting
I got into french britts 20 years ago now and never looked back. Went from a few birds to limits almost every outing
LOL my new 6 month old female would own your heart in a week max :) and my 4 year old will fill your freezer

Cheers
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Bow hunting, nowwwway..
Rifle season.. your call.. better play the wind.. and shoot outside 300 yards.. white tail have an amazingly great tuned senses...
I love having my dog with me. At camp... but .. need to be prepared to handle the extra odour. ......

Canines have been hunting our game longer than we have,
There smell isn't a bonus
 
3macs1 said:
IMO if you have never hunted with a good dog especially upland you have never really experienced true grouse hunting
I got into french britts 20 years ago now and never looked back. Went from a few birds to limits almost every outing
LOL my new 6 month old female would own your heart in a week max :) and my 4 year old will fill your freezer

Cheers
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She's a cutie 3macs1, almost warms my obviously cold heart. lol I've heard the same countless times about a good dog greatly increasing the odds. It's the other 355 days of the year I concern myself with. As much as I'm not a fan, I find myself around them all the time...and even running around to feed/water other people's dogs (family) while they're out of town, on vacations, etc. So for a person with no interest in them, and no desire to own one...I find them woven into my life every week or two. None of those experiences have swayed me, and they're actually pretty well-behaved dogs.
 
Grizzly Adams said:
Why do people have a need to take their mutt everywhere ? I look at it as a mental illness, kind of like Linus blanket. :confused:

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I agree. My buds and me had a neighbour in the next campsite over one moose season and he had two dogs in camp. Okay, he never worried about pilferage; but he was a bow hunter and wounded a moose. Four of us were on our hands and knees following a substantial blood trail when I asked about the dogs.

"Oh, they don't track," he said.

WTF?????
 
My dog came hunting with me for his whole life. He could and would smell and point deer. He knew the program, and if it was really ####ty out and he stayed in the truck...i never worried about someone breaking in.
 
Longboat said:
I have 4 dogs and deer are in my yard almost daily. Deer dont give a F.
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Exactly. As many as 13 deer some times but at least four here or around my yard all the time and I have two dogs. In fact I have seen a few go over and challenge the dogs when they are out fenced in the kennel pounding their feet and blowing at them
I also see way more deer when I am out hunting and one of the dogs are with me than I ever would alone
The dog makes me stop and look when I know they smell something. Plus mine are great for finding sheds for me :)
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Grizzly Adams said:
Why do people have a need to take their mutt everywhere ? I look at it as a mental illness, kind of like Linus blanket. :confused:

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Simple for me. They are the best and most sincere friends I will ever have
Don't remember any of my best buds or family laying next to me in bed for 9 months 24/7 while I battled pancreas cancer but my dogs never moved only to go out to do their business and then right back in by my side. In fact many so called good friends never even came over once to visit
Times like that are never forgotten
Get real sick and then see how many real friends you have vs what you think you have it will be an eye opener believe me
Like my grandmother used to say no one likes sick or old people except dogs :)
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we have a doe that practically lives in our yard.
She sleeps in the shaded area inside the fenced portion of my acre. She could sleep in the wooded portion that isn't fenced but she chooses to sleep in the yard. I have rottwiellers and they are taught to give the deer their space. I'll get some pictures next time.
Even had a doe birth her fawn in my yard between the house and boat which is also inside the dogs fenced portion of the property. The deer must not see my dogs as a threat and rather see them as security from other critters that the dogs "will" bark at.... like the bears and cougars.
These deer are accustomed to travelling through the yards of rural properties and being close to human activity so I'm sure they figure out what yards are safe to hang out in.

My dogs see the deer as just another part of the yard they live in and like the chickens and children, the dogs are taught to leave them be. When I would take my male rotti hunting, seeing moose and deer just put him on alert and he would remain silent. Bears were a bit of a problem , he would stay still and grounded but he would make these almost silent huffing sounds that would give us away. Not a problem as I don't really hunt bears that passionately and one sight of the 160pound rotti and bears were hightailing pretty quick LOL
Now Horses and cattle..... that damn dog would lose his sh*t every single time. You even say the word horses to that dog and he would be up , at attention, whining and looking ever which way for that fuggen horse LOL was a fun trick to play on him sometimes when I was bored.
damn good deer hunting partner though..... I miss him bad.
 
Dogs and kids. The people that have well behaved ones, seem to so seldom feel the need to inflict them upon others, while those that seem to think all 'the rest' of folks ought be willing to take care of theirs, seem to be blessedly free of any ideas towards training and discipline.
 
The thing is, a hunting group is a community. If you're part of that group, you're part of that community, and abide by the rules. If you don't like the rules, try to get them changed. If you can't get the rules changed, and don't want to abide by them, find another community that shares your love of dogs. Some camps don't allow booze, others pot, some have BYO food, others share the food budget.
 
I have two pretty well behaved dogs that go with me to a few selected places where they’re welcomed. But for the most part they stay home. I’ve got friends that bring their dogs everywhere and think they’re great. But for the most part they’re a pain in the ass.
 
I like dogs better than I like most people, so that should give you an idea where I stand, but the dog owner must be cognizant of the feeling of others in his hunting camp, particularly if he's a guest, when he considers bringing his pup along. As Bland points out, a quiet, well behaved dog is a pleasure to have around, but a noisy, undisciplined mutt is a PIA.
 
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