Cant hit em
WKR
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Some 12 gauge and bigger bird work. Im gona use 3” bumpers more this week
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Like hunting with kids.
- Quit before they stop having fun.
- It is about their experience, not your success
- good experience at the early stage pays off in enthusiasm later
My first Drahthaar and I were hunting a draw that I knew held roosters. I tried to send her in and she made a funny gesture. I wasn't having any backtalk, so I booted her into the draw. A sudden chaos erupted and a yote came flying out with 30 pounds of fearless Drahthaar in hot pursuit. My only option was to feed the yote a pair of #6 16ga low pressure doses from my 1898 side by side.I hunted my Chessie all season this year to due an aging dog. All these dogs are soooo smart. They just need to know what the "Game" is. My Chessie was going APE SCHITT once he knew we could shoot ditch chickens and Huns. Never smelled them before.
They need to learn the Real Game isn't tennis balls and dummies/bumpers. The end game is BIRDS!!!!
Get these dogs on as many birds as possible. My dogs lose their shit to get the e collars PUT ON! It means we are doing cool schitt. They can't wait! Gun and camo come out....THIS IS NOT A DRILL.
The dogs quickly give zero Fs about gunfire and other BS. Which when reigned in and structed....is way better then trying to "push them out".
I didnt have any interest either then i ran one and met all the great people and fun dogs. Now i plan my summer by where the tests are haha. Made alot of new friends and people to hunt with in new areasSo I ended up hunting her. Started with Quail in the afternoons between deer hunts , never focused on upland but this was super fun and she was jacked. We will do more of this next season
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Then we moved to Waterfowl. Her first waterfowl hunt ended up having nothing but geese come in. I think she picked up right around 20 geese that day. I was worried she would have issues due to her being small framed , not an issue. Retrieved them to hand.
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We then hunted local refuge for ducks every Saturday in December and January.
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She ended up with about 70 retrieves for the season for my daughter and I. I never hunted her with anyone else but us 2 so I could keep control. All in all I’m very happy in the decision to hunt her even at her young age.
We are doing Mini T now and she is doing awesome. Even during hunt season we trained during the week and hunted Saturdays. Ive been working with a group of guys now on Fridays we do simulated hunt tests. She could easily pass them at a JR level now but i have no interest in doing them. This has been an amazing journey I never thought I could train a dog to do what shes doing. Anyone interested there is a ton of material/programs to choose from , pick one and enjoy the process.
I didnt have any interest either then i ran one and met all the great people and fun dogs. Now i plan my summer by where the tests are haha. Made alot of new friends and people to hunt with in new areas