Thread: Calibre for over a Deer Dog

Originally Posted by Marty Henry

Let @Tahr and Tilly be your guide 100 on the clock and counting

Hah. I know nothing.

My dog doesn't seem to mind the noise, but I have never fired an un-supressed rifle with her. I use up to short magnums with her but always suppressed. I've never noticed her retreat when I've been about to shoot, but I am always conscious of where she is and call her in if she's going to be in the muzzle blast. She comes in close to my legs if I quietly click my tongue.

Interestingly though she has taken a dislike to being in photos with deer. I have to kid or drag her into the pic and make her sit. I think that its the flash on the camera that she doesn't like.
They are complex gadgets, dogs.

I used to have a huntaway that would walk backwards to me when she winded a deer. It became my way of knowing there was something close, but it was her way of protecting her ears.