Thread: Winter Window

Originally Posted by Tahr

@ akaroa1 thanks for that. I've tossed up about a pack for her over the years and can certainly see the merit. Now she is 8 I'm trying to preserve her so I probably won't now. Maybe I'm a softy, or mad, but I have always felt that it should be me carrying the load.

Josie looks nice - tell me something about her & where did you get her from?

I also like the texture on those spikes.

Josie is from a breeder in Ohoka Canterbury.
I didn't start using the pack on her until she was 6 years old and I wouldn't worry about the effect on the dog.
She copes very well and its only used for the carry out usually and she has to walk at my speed anyway.
And shes a very lean GWP.

We hunt a lot so she has had a lot of practice and has found a lot of animals for me.
She has absolute blind faith in me and thinks that every time I fire a shot that there is a dead deer out there to be found.
Because she is my constant companion we can both tell when the other is on to an animal.
Even despite hunting alone mainly she can tell when I have seen something despite not talking to anyone !!! I don't know what it is !
I can tell from her body language if shes on to a hare or a deer and she only points when she can actually see the deer.
She sits when she can see a hare .... a great side effect from being under total control and sitting before I would shoot hares when I was training her.

The spiker was a wap cross from 2 years ago and was one of the few kill images where she was sitting still.
One antler had a little snag like a guard tine.
Usually she is very busy once we find the animal but by the time its broken down like this one was, she is waiting for her share to carry out internally.

Here is another wap cross spiker.
This one was absolutely massive for his age and the only deer I have ever seen with such muscle definition like a body builder.
Three massive loads of venison on my own to get it all out to the truck

Great work Tahr! I love the story, it was well written

Good stuff there mate good ol barnes got to love em keep it up