Thread: Our Birds Out Here In Nevada

Some dogs have such good noses they point a bit far back from the birds. As a young boy I had a dog like that, Rip was his name. My name is Bruce, and he was Bruce's Rip-Snorter. He and his sister Lady (Chuckar Lady Reeva) were a great team. Rip would go 200 yards to birds sometimes, nose held high, and Lady would point in closer than Rip, holding the birds better.

My dogs aren't steady to wing and shot on purpose. They're 90% chuckar dogs, and I want them right there where the birds fall. Our country has a lot of volcanic rock fields on steep mountains, and a crippled chuckar will dart down into holes in these rocks or run off and find some kind of hole...badger, groundhog, etc.

This is a bit of a problem when I miss ( too d@mned often now) or miss a pheasant...of go the dogs.

It's customary for our dogs to hold points and the hunter kick the bird out on ahead of the dog, just the way we do it.

Originally Posted by luv2safari

Some dogs have such good noses they point a bit far back from the birds. As a young boy I had a dog like that, Rip was his name. My name is Bruce, and he was Bruce's Rip-Snorter. He and his sister Lady (Chuckar Lady Reeva) were a great team. Rip would go 200 yards to birds sometimes, nose held high, and Lady would point in closer than Rip, holding the birds better.

My dogs aren't steady to wing and shot on purpose. They're 90% chuckar dogs, and I want them right there where the birds fall. Our country has a lot of volcanic rock fields on steep mountains, and a crippled chuckar will dart down into holes in these rocks or run off and find some kind of hole...badger, groundhog, etc.

This is a bit of a problem when I miss ( too d@mned often now) or miss a pheasant...of go the dogs.

It's customary for our dogs to hold points and the hunter kick the bird out on ahead of the dog, just the way we do it.

i get all of that luv2safari my old duck dog was allowed to be unsteady [like i had a choice with the old bastard] basicly for the reasons of fast water in some of the locations we hunted.
as stated i had a gsp so considered it part of his job to flush but i see our pointer and setter trials the dog must flush and be steady to it to gain top prize.