Thread: Birds are coming Back

Rather have a dog that backs myself, not a nice day hunting with a greedy guts pointer that steals other dogs birds.

Originally Posted by kawhia

Rather have a dog that backs myself, not a nice day hunting with a greedy guts pointer that steals other dogs birds.

ok you got me there you obviously operate in a plane far above mine.
im just happy the dog pointed held till i released him to flush and the finer points never really came in cos i hunted mostly alone.
but that the beauty of our sport each to his own and i should have said ''backing up each other''
still it was fuckin pretty to watch technicle perfection or not.

not a nice day hunting with a greedy guts pointer that steals other dogs birds.

as oposed to a sooner back than hunt??

Originally Posted by gsp follower

ok you got me there you obviously operate in a plane far above mine.
im just happy the dog pointed held till i released him to flush and the finer points never really came in cos i hunted mostly alone.
but that the beauty of our sport each to his own and i should have said ''backing up each other''
still it was fuckin pretty to watch technicle perfection or not.

as oposed to a sooner back than hunt??

It was pretty to watch, but a dog finding and holding a point should be a given if it's worth feeding, the little extras like a natural or trained "back" and steady to flush and shot just shows an element of accepted good dog work and manners.
Hunting alone with the one dog is great but hunting with a mate and seeing dogs work together or in turns is awesome too.
Hunting two dogs together alone will mean they often end up working different lines or beats, when the two cross over due to one who has found a bird and is on point the ability to back really comes into it's own.