Bird Dogs

[Scot Cardillo]

Oh that look when pup does it all in spades and you miss the shot - let's see some good bird dog photos!

[Harold Lee Pickens]

Betty, on recent South Carolina quail hunt, backed by the plantation dogs, and young Fancy pointing pheasants during recent hunt with SXS Ohio, Kenny Graft

[Chad Hefflinger]

Milo had a Merry Christmas

[Scot Cardillo]

Here's a shot of pup riding shotgun earlier in the year

We never could figure out why..

[Rick Losey]

Why?

Why did the chicken cross the road?

To show the possum it could be done

[charlie cleveland]

really neat shots....love theveiws....charlie

[Stephen Hodges]

Star on a cold New Hampshire winter day:corn:

[Alan Phillips]

My reading glasses are also chewed up in the mess.

[John Dallas]

Here's what Labs do best - retrieve stuff (3 at a time)

[Rick Losey]

My reading glasses are also chewed up in the mess.

well, you aren't going to need them now anyway

Macallan did his first damage today (he has chewed and shredded before but nothing that mattered) he got bored with his chew toy and went to work on the wood stretchers of a upholstered chair -

[Gary Laudermilch]

My boys, Jake and Willie on a training run late last summer. They are uncle and nephew.

[Dean Romig]

Teaching Grace the finer points of bird dog training.



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[Scot Cardillo]

Here's a shot of pups first legit point over a live bird at 10-1/2 weeks

Took him back about 40 yds and took the shot b/c this pup was just so natural & bold..his ears perked at the shot and he was on that bird within seconds..he was one proud pup!!

[Jim Wescott]

GSP Gunny, the turkey dog, after a successful bust. "Man, turkeys are fun!"
And "help, I'm sideways!"

[Jack Cronkhite]

CHARLIE "dead bird, dead bird"

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CHARLIE "I like my wings"

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CHARLIE " just chillin' "

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[Stephen Hodges]

Teaching Grace the finer points of bird dog training.



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Dean, that's a GREAT picture:bowdown:

[Rich Anderson]

My little buddy Gunner

[Rich Anderson]

Daisy is no slouch either. It's hard to believe she is 11 this month

[Bruce Day]

Jan 31, 2016, last day of the Kansas season. Nothing but wild birds.

These big plains, flyover country to many, stretch from the Texas Panhandle to the Canadian prairie provinces. You'll walk 8 to 10 miles a day following the bird dogs.

In the 1880's and 90's, trains from the east came out here and sportsmen left the club cars and Pullman sleepers and went on buckboard wagons with local farmers in search of sharptail grouse and prairie chickens.

[Dennis E. Jones]

25 years ago. Penny was the best dog I ever hunted over, period.

[Jack Cronkhite]

Another good dog, sorely missed. TAZ

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[John Taddeo]

Ari..

[Dean Romig]

This is Danny Suponski with his first ever ruffed grouse that was pointed at about 25 yards. There were three grouse together in a cover of old apple trees and heavy ground cover. we walked in over Grace and the birds went up. One peeled to the right, one went straight ahead and the third peeled high and left out beyond Danny. Shots were fired in all directions but Danny was the only one who connected. His bird was hit hard and went down hard but it wasn't dead. Danny and I went down the slope to where the bird went down. Suddenly a grouse flushed from about that spot and we stood there slack-jawed that his bird had taken wing after being knocked down. Oh well... that's the way it goes sometimes. We turned to walk back and join Dave and Jamie but Grace was not with us. We looked back downslope and there she was pointing where the bird had just flushed from. I called her, thinking she was picking up the scent from the departed bird but she wouldn't budge. Hmmm... we started back down to her but then she pounced on the spot and came up with Danny's first grouse... Well Done! - to both of you!!



The second picture is after she cut her rear pad on ice in the woods in January on an exercise and training mission.




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[John Taddeo]

Of all the game birds I think we all remember and cherish our first Ruff, and always will... Congrats to Danny.. (and Grace)

[Scot Cardillo]

Some great pics coming out of the woodwork - keep ‘em coming - shameless brags welcome

Homage to dogs past is nice

Speaking of cherished firsts..here’s a shot of my very first bird dog on a wild Washington covey about twenty-six years ago - just as well have been yesterday

My girlfriend took the picture

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Second picture is that same gal requesting delivery to hand from his great great nephew just a couple years ago

[John Taddeo]

One more....Ziva at Grouse camp on the mend last season..

[Rich Anderson]

Dean didn't anyone tell you that exercise is a bad idea for both man and dog???

Scott you have some very nice GSP's....my favorite breed. I'd like to find a started dog to give Daisy some help. I will end up in the dog house when that happens:banghead:

[Gary Laudermilch]

Unfortunately I lost many pictures due to a computer problem. Here is one I salvaged of my oldest setter Trapper. He was one heck of a grouse dog with many hundreds of points to his credit. I shot birds over him in 7 states and one Canadian Provence. Sadly I lost him 2 weeks ago after 15 years of loyal friendship.

[Rich Anderson]

Gary I'm sorry to hear of Trapper's passing. It's the one truly downside of being owned by a dog. We have all been there at least once and some of us multiple times and we would all do it again for the love of a dog.

[Rick Losey]

Dean- saw novelty napkins in a store yesterday- with a picture like your last one

the caption read "it's all fun and games until someone ends up in a cone"

:rotf: :rotf: :rotf:

[David Hendrey]

Second best day in my life with Dexter!

[David Hendrey]

Second best day in my life with Dexter!

[charlie cleveland]

good looking pup and gun..i know the pup sure made your day..charlie

[Kenny Graft]

We did not have grouse in my part of Ohio. We had rabbits and roosters. This was my first grouse...a big guard bird that led the dogs away from the others. A group of 8 birds only a couple yards from us. No one new they were there, when they flushed from their hid it scared us so bad no one could get a good shot off. One of my recent woodcocks from potter county PA and a Kansas wild rooster from 2011....SXS Ohio

[charlie cleveland]

great pictures gota be some good memories in them...charlie

[Angel Cruz]

This was two weeks ago. I can't believe he's going to be 8. I hunted him for two hours and it was enough for him. No whole day hunting for him.

[Kirk Potter]

My 3 year old English Setter Willow.

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[Scot Cardillo]

Willow is one handsome dog!!

[Gary Laudermilch]

Nice looking setter. You should have ordered at least a few black or brown spots though. All white dogs are a bugger to find in the snow even with a gps.

[Dean Romig]

I think Burt Spiller was inspired by Willow long before Willow's time.



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[Dave Noreen]

My tiny English Setter, Skitso --

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For over a decade she did the high tail, but this season at thirteen and a half she has decided she doesn't have to --

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Unseen in this picture, there is a large coulee between us and those trees in the background which is where Cock John fell and she made a hell of a retrieve getting down in there and coming back with the bird.

[Harold Lee Pickens]

Dave, same thing happened to my setters once they got older, pointed with much lower tail.

[Scot Cardillo]

If I may be so bold as to make such a proclamation on her behalf, I would say that after nearly thirteen years of service..Skitso has well earned every right to stand with her tail at half mast along with every other bird dog who has blessed their owners with the gift of their loyalty and good times in the field!

Here's to Skitso :cheers:

[MARK KIRCHER]

3 Devils Dilemma - we call her Emma - I too... just just feel so lucky to have this dog.

[Daryl Corona]

My boy Parker with his hard earned ribbon at a trial last month.

[Dean Romig]

Congrats Daryl!

Nice gun too....:shock::bowdown::cool::clap::envy:






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[Daryl Corona]

Thanks Dean. I entered him in the pointing dog class and he bested 20 or so other setters and pointers. He is the second pointing lab I've had the pleasure to hunt with and in these trials, as it is in the field, his labrador retrieving abilities makes all the difference in the final bag and the final score.
The gun is my VHE 20, the first 20 I bought in 1971. I traded a friend of mine a 12ga. Superposed even up which I paid $400 for. I got my monies worth out of that deal.

[tom tutwiler]

Taken this past Sunday. My 14 month old Lew Sophie and my 7 year old Golden. Sophie finds them and Gracie bats cleanup. The gun is a restocked Fox Sterly 20 gauge ejector:



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[Jeff Davis]

Here's one of my hounds, Fina, with the day's take in Maine last season.

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[Dean Romig]

I'd like to hear your thoughts on shooting snowshoes while hunting with a bird dog.

How does your dog act?

How does shooting rabbits in his presence affect his bird hunting?

If there are no ill effects I would say you have one exceptional bird dog.






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[John Taddeo]

I think the European versatile's were bred for feather and fur Dean...

[Scot Cardillo]

I think the European versatile's were bred for feather and fur Dean...

That's exactly right.

Good breeding & tons of exposure is key - emphasis on exposure IMO

Exceptional intelligence sure doesn't hurt either.

I'd like to hear what Jeff has to say too :corn:

[Jeff Davis]

If I shoot a snowshoe while bird hunting they retrieve it for me. Then we continue hunting birds. It's that simple. Often late in the season in ct when we go cottontail hunting I'll bring my shorthair (not pictured here) for retrieving duties out of the thick brush because my dads beagle won't do it.

I will say rabbits are usually targets of opportunity and I don't encourage them tracking fur if I know that's what they are on. Once in a while I'll shoot one because I want a rabbit in the pot, but more often I call them off and don't take it.

[Scot Cardillo]

Kansas turned four today..best dog I have ever had :)

[tom tutwiler]

I'd like to hear your thoughts on shooting snowshoes while hunting with a bird dog.

How does your dog act?

How does shooting rabbits in his presence affect his bird hunting?

If there are no ill effects I would say you have one exceptional bird dog.






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Good question Dean. My Lew last year at 9 months old pointed three Porky's in Maine. I didn't know whether to kill them in front of her or not because I didn't want her to think we were hunting Porky's.

[Dean Romig]

Maybe Legh Higgins will chime in and tell us how he keeps his dogs away from Porkys.

They are to be avoided at all costs... Vet bills after a run-in with a Porky are pretty expensive.






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[Dean Romig]

Good question Dean. My Lew last year at 9 months old pointed three Porky's in Maine. I didn't know whether to kill them in front of her or not because I didn't want her to think we were hunting Porky's.


I would call her off immediately. If you shoot one in front of her she might try to retrieve it or mouth it at least. or maybe the next dog through the area will try to worry the carcass or roll in it... Bad, bad medicine those porcupines!!






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[Eric Eis]

Maybe Legh Higgins will chime in and tell us how he keeps his dogs away from Porkys.

They are to be avoided at all costs... Vet bills after a run-in with a Porky are pretty expensive.



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Not only the expense but a Porky can put a dog down for the season (that's what happened to my Magic when he got a couple of hundred quills in his hind quarter) or it can kill a dog. In my book there is only one kind of Porky, that's a dead one....

[Gary Laudermilch]

I've never had a quill in any of my setters. They have pointed quite a few. I simply pull them off with a stern warning and tell them to move on.

I know several guys that porky proof their dogs in a similar fashion to snake or deer proofing. Set the dog up to investigate a fresh road killed porky and when the dog shows interest burn them with the collar hard. If the dog has any brains at all it should only take once, maybe two times.

Of my bird dog owning acquaintances those with continental breeds are most plagued with porky problems and vet bills. Some on numerous occasions. The propensity to grab and kill is bad news. I always discourage it, be it mice, chipmunks, skunks, or anything else.

[Rich Anderson]

Daisy has a vendetta against porkys and will go after every one she finds. Once she got into one but not to badly and I was able to pull out the quills. Twenty minuets later she was ripping one to shreds. That resulted to a trip to the vet and just to be a pain in the ass we were hunting up north so it was an ER visit to the local vet.

Here she is relaxing after a days hunt.....no porky's:) She's a big fan of the heated seats after the hunt:)

[Scot Cardillo]

Not only that..but shoot any sort of critter for your dog..especially one that they interacted with and they'll see it as a good thing to take the gun to it the next time they come across whatever it is.

Exposure

I snake-proofed Kansas at about 5/6 mos - he's a smart dog - it stuck.

[tom tutwiler]

I didn't kill the Porkys in front of her. I told her to leave it alone and let her hunt again. After she was well out of sight I shot two different Porky's. I've paid the vet bills twice with my Golden's. I don't like Porky's at all.

[Stephen Hodges]

The very first day that I hunted Star in Pittsburg I found him face to face with a large Porky. I jacked up the juice on his e-collar and gave him a jolt. He let out a yip, backed off and I have never had a problem with them since. I know for a fact that last summer he an my buddies lab found one together, and the lab had quills and my dog did not.

[tom tutwiler]

The very first day that I hunted Star in Pittsburg I found him face to face with a large Porky. I jacked up the juice on his e-collar and gave him a jolt. He let out a yip, backed off and I have never had a problem with them since. I know for a fact that last summer he an my buddies lab found one together, and the lab had quills and my dog did not.


I've come to the conclusion that Lews figure them out pretty darn quick. :)

[chris dawe]

I'd like to hear your thoughts on shooting snowshoes while hunting with a bird dog.

How does your dog act?

How does shooting rabbits in his presence affect his bird hunting?

If there are no ill effects I would say you have one exceptional bird dog.






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I can shoot hares while bird hunting my DD, it's either let him go with it or call him off when he starts one ....but it's not something I encourage in the setter,he's much softer than the Heiko and if by chance it became an issue it may be hard to correct