Tough day on pheaants

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It was very windy so the birds ran and ran. This one went two farmer fields before flushing like a teal. Scotch and yours truly had our tongues hanging! The old Cleaborough & Johnson SxS did well.
Scotch coming with the bird:
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A nice bird:
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Thursday on the driven pheasant shoot, we retreived 53 birds out of 195 and over 400 released. Bank people are poor shots and some of the backups are not that good on high (50 yards+) birds!

Best regards,
Henry;)
It is a slow hunting season, 193 birds.:redface:
 
:p I am in that Distinct Society of Kebek. Scotch will be 11 this January. He is a great dog. He even holds points! Since it woulld be difficult to get another similar dog and unfair to compare, I ordered a Dratthar. Oban was born Oct 6. I should have him the second week of Dec.

Best regards,
Henry;)
 
hnachaj said:
Thursday on the driven pheasant shoot, we retreived 53 birds out of 195 and over 400 released. Bank people are poor shots and some of the backups are not that good on high (50 yards+) birds!
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This is somewhat confusing. Are you saying that 400 birds were put out, 195 downed, 53 retrieved, leaving 142 dead birds unrecovered and more than half of your released birds untouched? :confused:

Less than 50 per cent hit rate? Less than 30 per cent retrieval rate of the birds that were downed?
 
:rolleyes:195 bird were recovered from 400 released. The bankers and accountants(not naming the outfits) sucked as shooters. Only 8 out of the gang could shoot a shotgun. Scotch retreived 53 out of the 195. Mohammed and I, shot another 20 or so that were retreived by other backups.

We have two pheasant shoots this weekend. The results should be between 75 and 80%. As, many are club members and guests.

The dog was bred at Willow Rock in Newfoundland. Both mother and father eem tobe of excellent stock and good height. The male is 1 inch taller thn Scotch.
Litter Announcements - L Litter vom Willow Rock L Litter vom Willow Rock
Dam: Utta Bavaria
ZB-Nr. 192807, Brsch, 55662
ZR 260/04, sg (11) / sg (10), 63 cm / 65 cm
VJP 76; HZP 190, VGP I/329 ÜF

Sire: Lump vom Fließtal
ZB-Nr. 193437, Schwsch, 56349
ZR 113/04, sg (10), sg (11), 66 cm / 67 cm
VJP 81; HZP 206; VGP II/331 TF, Totverweissen
AH; Btr

Breeder: Ken Dinn, Goulds, Newfoundland
Phone: (709) 368-7178 [Newfoundland Time]
Website: http://www.vomwillowrock.netkennel.com/

Best regards,
Henry;)
 
Do the released and lucky birds return to the roost for feed, are they lost to nature, or do they take up residence on the hunting property?
 
:) A few make it back to the pens but most fly-the-coup! A good number get eaten by cayotees and Hawks (the Hawks eat only the breasts!). Very few survive the winter. We breed around 6K per year. We use nearly exclusively, Bluebacks and not Ringnecks. The Bluebacks fly much better and the females are the most challenging. A Ringneck hen weighs about 1 Lb more than a Blueback ####!

Best regards,
Henry;)
 
Just curious, driven pheasant shoot - how is that done here......

I am assuming that you employ a number of "beaters" (perhaps accompanied by dogs on leashes) to drive out the birds? In turn, the downed birds are retrieved each time by your own dog(s)?

A sad thing if those (inexperienced) guys caused a lot of those birds to escape crippled.
 
Thank you for the info.
I met Ken Dinn at the spring breed club test,VJP,in Ontario in May.
I have a Drahthaar myself and whenever I see them mentioned I'm interested to know from where they came.
Do you plan on testing your dog?
 
It is a modified driven/tower hunt. We have a large forest with a hill. The birds are released on top of the hill. There are 17 blinds around the forest. The closest blind are over 100 yards away. Blind 6-7-8 are some 200 yards out but have a short window. I backup there with Momo(sometimes). The birds today flew betwen 45 to 60 yards up! I had to switch to IM to get clean kills!
The front field with blinds 1 to 5.
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The forest where the bird are released.
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The gunners heading out
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Scotch waiting
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Blind 6
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Blind 7
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Blind 8 with Momo (backup) in the background
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Part of the torns and forest of the bird release area
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This is what I face cleanning up in the bird relase forest:
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Scotch coming back with a hen
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And the last rooster of the day
http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e82/hnachaj/Hunting 07/IMG_0888.jpg

I will try to get some better shots with the pro camera at our last shoot this Friday.

Best regard,
Henry;)
 
:rolleyes:They call him the buldozer. 96 Lbs/4feet!:p
You figure it out! No other dog will go through the torns or the crap. I let them try. They go a few yards and the dog stops or ends up between the owners legs with a ripped up belly and bloody nose!
Henry;)
 
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