[HarryWilliams]

I did not think anyone used their dogs for hunting on this fourm. Congrats!

Do you or don't you? That is the question. HPW

 

[RailRoadRetrievers]

I did when I had a dog. Isn't bird hunting what got most people into retrievers and the competition side of it? Isn't that how it all began?

 

[Matt McKenzie]

Actually, I never really waterfowl hunted until I had a trained retriever. I guess I kinda got the cart before the horse.

 

[MAJohnson]

Why else would you have a retriever? I wouldn't go hunting without my dog and if all else fails I would take a fabulous hunting dog that is a poor trial/tester than the other way around any day. Tests are just tune ups in the off season for both of us, me as a handler and her as a proficient retriever so we'll be even more prepared when the real thing comes.

 

[achiro]

Which one?

 

[Buzz]

Which one?

That's what I was thinking...

 

[FOM]

Yeah......I'm in the same boat as Hookset - had my dog first, trained him, ran a few HTs, got a few ribbons and then went hunting! Can't imagine not hunting with my dog(s). Heck I bring them along to elk camp and you can't use dogs here, but it sure is nice to have them at camp wagging their tails as happy as can be when I get back for dinner!

What fun would it be to hunt without your dog(s)??

It must be a trick poll??

FOM

 

[taggbro]

And it always bugs me to watch a bird hunting program and they don't have a dog. Heck, I'd rather have a camera than a gun!!

It's all about the dogs stoopid

 

[EdA]

Which one?

all of them 8)

 

[Ricky Elston]

If my dog can't go, I don't go.

 

[GregorMac]

Actually, I never really waterfowl hunted until I had a trained retriever. I guess I kinda got the cart before the horse.

Ditto. Fell into a great deal on retriever (CBR) and then decided, "hey, I DO want to start bird hunting!"

 

[AmiableLabs]

Which one?

We have six Labs, and they all get to hunt to every year.

 

[2Blackdogs!]

Hunt- that all we do- No FT stuff- Just hunt.

 

[Terry Thomas]

I have four labs and hunt them every chance I get usually two at a time.

 

[badbullgator]

Which one?

We have six Labs, and they all get to hunt to every year.

Same here but not as much as I would like too. Gators put the begining of duck season out of the picture so we hunt a lot of dove and sometimes quail. We get are share of ducks too though.
Going to Mississippi in December just so I can take one of my dogs on his first timber hunt. I have turned down many a dove shoot because they would not allow dogs.

 

[Kyle Garris]

I agree with 20gauge. I train in the off-season to be ready for the season. Why get ready for something then not do it? My dog doesn't go...I don't go.

 

[Good Dogs]

I don't use my dog to hunt. I hunt to use my dog.

 

[GregorMac]

Going to Mississippi in December just so I can take one of my dogs on his first timber hunt. I have turned down many a dove shoot because they would not allow dogs.

Dumb question #1: What is a "timber" hunt?

Dumb question #2: Why wouldn't they allow dogs on a dove shoot?

Thank you for allowing newbie to post...

G'Mac

 

[Steve Bean]

I only use my dog to hunt snipe, doves, geese, ducks, pheasants, a few pararie chickens, and occasionally squirrels.

 

[Chase & Bax]

your not askin me but a timber hunt is when you hunt ducks in flooded timber. and i don't know why they won't let him use dogs in a dove hunt prolly a safety precaution.