who hunts with a non hunting dog?

As a kid, I'd go hunting a lot at my grandparents farm. They had a couple cattle dogs - one was a fairly useless purebred collie, the other was an experienced border collie named Teddy. He'd always like to tag along when I went hunting. He did a good job flushing out rabbits, and often flushed partridge into the trees where I could shoot them easily. He wasn't a born retriever but could be coaxed into it. Once I dropped a duck in the middle of the creek - well out of reach for me & my rubber boots. I convinced Teddy to swim out and get it - which he did. But upon reaching shore, instead of delivering it to my hand, he took off across the field with his new prize! I eventually got it back, headless. Fair trade. Once I was walking the edge of some pasture, hunting snipe. Teddy was far up ahead and started barking... more & more, louder & louder. I yelled up to him to hold on, I'd be there soon. Then the barking stopped. When I caught up to him, Teddy had dispatched a large woodchuck and was sitting there, looking very pleased with himself. My grandparents had a great laugh when I came home with one tiny snipe, but the dog brought in a 8 pound woodchuck!
 
Friend of mine had a Welsh Terrier who used to go nuts during duck hunts. I convinced my friend to let him off the leash to see what would happen...he is a natural retriever. He saved us a lot of trips into the marsh and would even try to bring back geese.

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My pitbull Trigger is too short haired for cold or rainy hunts, but he comes out for early season. He's not clear on the difference between deer and elk though, so if there are elk in the road he starts grunting and whining and getting excited, then looks wistfully out the back window as we drive past them like "What is wrong with this idiot? There was a bunch of them RIGHT THERE!"

Only problem is that he has a taste for fresh deer treats. You know, those little treats that fall out the back of a freshly shot deer?
 
I bought a labrador retriever specifically to train for retrieving...However my daughters got a hold of her when she was still a puppy and turned her into a house pet...She's an awesome dog but a lousy retriever and an even worse hunter than I am. She loves coming out to the woods but usually she scares everything away so its more like a walk in the woods with a shotgun over my shoulder than an actual hunt.
 
My pitbull loves to go hunting, as long as it is not too cold and we don't sit for too long. Here she guards her latest kill from my now deceased rotti-labX who was a great hunting dog as was the wolf-labX who preceded him.
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park.city said:
in that case my golden is the hunting champion of stuffed animals. she's so stealthy and fast they don't even move when she runs up on them. not to brag but she boasts a 100% kill percentage
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I have also had dogs that were great at hunting down snacks and warm places to nap.
 
I always take my Border Collie/Boxer cross when I go chicken hunting, started doing it ever since she was around 8-9 weeks old.
One time we were walking through my pasture when she startled a Sharp Tail but somehow Tikka (my dog) managed to smack it down since it was right beside her.
Never ended up getting it as I was laughing to hard but will always remember that day lol!
 
DVXDUDE said:
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It's a weee Jack Russel used for retrieving ducks. He will go after geese too. I got to witness a pair of wired jack Russels hubt in Africa last fall. They are fearless and will go at herd of Cape buffalo if given the chance, I kind of want one now
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jagdterrier, russel and fox terrier have one thing in common if they have a target acquired they will not give up unless unfortunately dead. i ve seen more than one being wounded by wild boar still attacking.
 
I tried to take my mutt Chesapeake Bay Retriever deer hunting once. It was terrible. He just chased the deer. I later left him in the truck and he just whined so loud the dear took off. He's the best dog in the world but a ####ty hunter. :) I'd take him duck hunting like he's supposed to be good at but he doesn't retrieve at all.
 
Rabidus said:
I tried to take my mutt Chesapeake Bay Retriever deer hunting once. It was terrible. He just chased the deer. I later left him in the truck and he just whined so loud the dear took off. He's the best dog in the world but a ####ty hunter. :) I'd take him duck hunting like he's supposed to be good at but he doesn't retrieve at all.
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When it comes to retrieving, some training is usually required.
 
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