Backing
John, My hunting partner and I just get the old launchers and pidgeons out along with a good dog. Just start in a open field and let the one dog point bring the your dog from out of site and bring the dog up till it can see the other dog and if it keeps moving closer let it get a wiff...
North woods
On the loosing dogs subject in the north woods, it is not hard to do at all alot of people from ky like to have there dogs run far, just the way we adapted to hunt. I have an english pointer that will come in a heart beat with the dogtra locate button. Handled him in MI just fine...
coon hounds
I have had my fair share of coon hounds and if you try to teach it to run rabbits you might have a very disapointing nights, when your dog is running a rabbit into the next county and your chasing after it. Also i have blue tic left and i would vouch to say she would catch the...
North woods
O boy, Only day and half to be on the road. Then it is crisp cool air, thunder chickens and woddies. My short hair is ready my pointer he's good but not backing but O well so excited.
North woods
Ready, Ready, Ready, I could leave today if work would allow me. I get goose bumps just thinking and reading about it. Weather looks rough this week but looks good next week.
That time
Hate to see some one not take a dog just because of that certain time. I always found when coon hunting a can of vicks vapor rub tends to do the trick with the male problem. Always kept a jar in the dogs box. Has to vicks but they seem to not like the smell.
50 birds / 10 days
I don't think 50 birds in 10 days is too high. Just make sure to watch out for the antenna :D. 11 more days and I will be in W.I. Really excited, been working the dogs on quail think starting to see little light bulbs click on every time.
Mi
We hunted the Huron National forest. Good time was pretty close to the house only about 8 hr drive good weekend trip to get the young dogs into some birds before we go to Wisconson at the end of october. Took a while to figure out the cover the birds where in since it was to early for them...
Mi
Got back early this morning from hunting middle of MI. Got up a decent amount Grouse for what we got to hunt. We were new to the area and drove around alot looking for places to hunt, alot of jack pines and a bunch of wood cock. Did not relize there would be that much sand but it was real...
My GSP
Mine stayed white for a while but now that she is about a year she has some dark spots but you could see them with in a week under all the white fur. But she is not heavily ticked.
White Birds
I would like to know how far east i would haft to go to get some pidgeons would'nt mind driving 2 to 3 hrs to get about dozen. So if any one would like to sell me some.
GSP size
I got my first gsp this year when I bought my farm never bird hunted duck hunted and dove would be it. Far as the size on the gsp it all depends who you are getting them from mine is about full grown about 40lbs alot smaller looking then the neighbors setters, her mom weighed 38 lbs...
it's all personal
I like my GSP Guy i hunt with likes his setters but both pointing breeds. We like to grouse hunt. I do think it would be rather hard to keep up with a flushing dog in grouse territory. But when you go to Wisconsin or up north where the birds are plentiful they like to run...
Hawks
I think the hawks are more than over populated. I have caught them trying to catch my wifes 4 lbs rat she calls a dog in my front pasture and usaully see about three a day on my way home from work.
Hunt sunday
We hunted sunday hard. On the ground for about six hours got up three birds. Two of the birds were together but on hillside so steep need rapeling gear to get to them. Got tail feathers on the last one flushed about 30 yards infront of me. Birds flushing really wild. Best part...