Nice work Nos! Way too hot is right, Environment Canada has issued a Heat Warning for Southern Ontario - crazy weather for Sept 24th. We were out yesterday for grouse, and Roxy spent time swimming in every beaver pond we passed near. With no wind, and the dog panting so much, it's gotta be hard for them to scent birds in this weather. As nice as this weather is after the cool wet summer we had, I'm hoping for some cooler fall temps soon.
Hunting Dogs!!! Post your pics & stories!!!
- Thread starter Jay
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The boy's and I went out today and had a fun run , we got a couple of sharp tails and three huns. Bug was the luckiest with several good points and mediocre shooting by me and Chip the old veteran found a bird I thought I'd missed with my 1926 Parker and brought it to me. I took a few crappy phone pics cause I forgot my camera again, getting old sucks.
Took the boy's out yesterday for pheasant in the mud and wet grass but a good time was had by all. Bug got 15 points ( there were a LOT of hens) and Chip got 7 and made a stellar find on a runner. There were no action pics as my hunting partner came up lame and birds were scarce enough not to risk wasting a point for a [picture.
This is the pic that matters! The dogs would never have forgiven you anyways! I got out Monday and Tuesday for quick hunts in Nova Scotia. My buddy got one on Monday and we passed one one too far shot and enjoyed 10 hens flushes too. One grouse flush that was too hard to tell from hen until out of range. But the corn is still green and not much cutting going on yet, so hard to hunt just now. Soon. Keep up the nice work!
Cheers,
Dave
Cheers,
Dave
I went out today with a friend who also has a Britt and had a ball. It was super windy (60k gusts) so the dogs had to work carefully to find the birds. We did well and had 3 by noon despite my atrocious shooting. Bug got tickled by a porcupine for the first and I hope only time with half a dozen quills in his nose and upper lip, I suspect he was trying to smell its butt.
From left to right Riley (8 years old) Bug (3 years old) and Chip ( 9 years old)
From left to right Riley (8 years old) Bug (3 years old) and Chip ( 9 years old)
Londonshooter
CGN frequent flyer
- Location
- SW Ontario
My GSP, Jackson, was basically poisoned by Chinese melamine in Canadian dog food then had a long hard old age. Apparently the nitrogen in melamine tricked the protein claims, got rid of industrial waste, saved money (and small side-effect was toxic to kidneys.). Not as bad as when they did it in baby formula I guess.
Anyway, earlier in life he was a hunting machine. He would sense when a hunt was winding down and get all birdie again like "we just gotta hit this little spot over here, pretty sure I got a line on one" Then flash a point and move upwind and do it again and I would usually play along. So one time we're about 300 yds from home coming back from a hunt cutting across a long grass meadow and he goes on point. No way there's a grouse in there, you bs'er! But he's rock solid and giving me the eye like "what's wrong with you?". And I walk up and doesn't one bust out of that tall grass over the open meadow for the most unlikely and easiest shot on a grouse I ever made.
We sure shot a lot of birds together. Kind of like fishing - you remember the take of a nice trout and sort of forget the flies you snagged in the treetops behind you. The grouse ,unlike woodcock, would often get bumped and flush wild but the solid points with the trembling stubby tail made it all worthwhile.
Anyway, earlier in life he was a hunting machine. He would sense when a hunt was winding down and get all birdie again like "we just gotta hit this little spot over here, pretty sure I got a line on one" Then flash a point and move upwind and do it again and I would usually play along. So one time we're about 300 yds from home coming back from a hunt cutting across a long grass meadow and he goes on point. No way there's a grouse in there, you bs'er! But he's rock solid and giving me the eye like "what's wrong with you?". And I walk up and doesn't one bust out of that tall grass over the open meadow for the most unlikely and easiest shot on a grouse I ever made.
We sure shot a lot of birds together. Kind of like fishing - you remember the take of a nice trout and sort of forget the flies you snagged in the treetops behind you. The grouse ,unlike woodcock, would often get bumped and flush wild but the solid points with the trembling stubby tail made it all worthwhile.
cant_rope_the_wind01
CGN Regular
- Location
- West central Alberta
how do you post pics to this sight????
I use Imgur and these are the steps:
Set up a free account with Imgur
Upload your pictures from the computer
Use Imgur to edit pictures to size ( I keep the largest dimension to 900 )
Copy the picture by clicking BBcode ( shows up when you open your picture)
Paste to your post and your done.
Set up a free account with Imgur
Upload your pictures from the computer
Use Imgur to edit pictures to size ( I keep the largest dimension to 900 )
Copy the picture by clicking BBcode ( shows up when you open your picture)
Paste to your post and your done.
cant_rope_the_wind01
CGN Regular
- Location
- West central Alberta
pls delete this post
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Hunter 2 Pheasant 1 . Got out today in a pretty stiff wind and tried a new area. The birds were a bit scarce but the country is beautiful. I should have had 3 birds but on the last one the gun went click click ???????. When I opened the action there were no shells!!!!. As I'm well into my Geezerhood forgetting things is common but I've never done this before, oh well got to leave some for seed. The boy's did well and had a great time.
Despite freakishly warm temps and long (ongoing!) delays in cutting corn Pearl and I have been having a fantastic pheasant season. Her nose and drive really came around last year (2 years old) and this year her skills and experience marking and retrieving downed birds and handling cripples are really starting to come together. She's a pleasure to hunt over (but I'm biased as hell).
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Definitely not hot here -22 with the wind chill. Bird numbers are down but its still fun taking the boys out for a go. I hunt mostly by myself these days so I go at my own pace which is quite intense compared to when \I hunt with others. We got 2 roosters today and a hun as bonus.
Bug did a nice track on his rooster and I dropped the camera shortly after the picture to make the shot.
Bug did a nice track on his rooster and I dropped the camera shortly after the picture to make the shot.
