Same thing.
Lainee, it's Lou Magee.
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Nor do I. But when I train for duck hunting I do use white stick men or throwers in white.
Hahahaha, I had the last name right!
Thanks.
You also don't shoot birds at 400yds either.
No, but sometimes a crippled will fall at 400 yds and there is no white stickmen there to help mark the fall.
I don't understand much either. I got a good lesson on Saturday at FT club event, though. I could not get my dog to look past the white sign 100 yds out to pick out the gunner 300 yards out.
There are likely many reasons. The most basic reason is that you want young dogs learning to mark to see the bird. With a gunner in white, you get the pups attention for the throw. They are helpful when teaching early multiples as the dog will see the gunner and it may help the dog remember the bird. They are helpful when running marks with very strong factors in that you can be comfortable in knowing that the dog is giving in to the factor and hasn't simply forgotten the mark. They are useful in making a gun attractive to the dog like when teaching two down the shore. The suction of the white may influence the dog to get out early.
That is exactly what I thought. ;-)Your dog(s) must handle well.
