Cross-wind, tight set-up, hen pheasants in thick bermuda after a duck go-bird....a recipe for trouble. Hunts, handles & switching can result with some p/u's.
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Cross-wind, tight set-up, hen pheasants in thick bermuda after a duck go-bird....a recipe for trouble. Hunts, handles & switching can result with some p/u's.
88 did it....
Thank you and understood! It is the same configuration as what we did, but I don't remember if we ever did this exact order. I can see how the flier would wipe out that short retired! I will say our success ratio was low as well. But what a great training set up, and good to see a real life example of what the "ultimate" execution of the set up is!:cool:Quote:
Originally Posted by jeff evans
89 did it...
I let the dog gets the old dead birds. I like to eat the fresh ones first. Never gonna break me of that habit and I've done it a thousand times not just a hundred...lol..Quote:
Originally Posted by jeff evans
92 handle...
...a triple in a hay field.....
......Go pick up 3 birds....
....looks like our training set up....
ah, ha....not quite so simple apparently...easier said than done....
93 handle....
So we are going into Friday afternoon and they have done 1 (0ne) watermark. And most of the dogs ran around the water to that.
What makes this common and already difficult set-up especially difficult is thick bermuda cover using hen pheasants after a duck retrieve. That combo causes hunts and results in dogs losing prospective & confidence in their hunt. And with a cross-wind, the later dogs have an even more difficult time with the flyer with features blowing. Tough & will get tougher still unless handlers find a way to put odds in their favor.