Sorry for that dumb question, just looked at petros avatar :)Quote:
Originally Posted by el borracho
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Sorry for that dumb question, just looked at petros avatar :)Quote:
Originally Posted by el borracho
Not a dumb question at all Gibo
Sometimes the dog can go on point with a real 'snap'...I have found my bitch who moved up to the bird on point and was standing with one rear leg at half mast...some will have either front leg lifted in the point mode but usually this part of the pointing process is done with after they have moved in; it is more an indicator. If the dog scents the bird from a distance, they will initiate or you will the couler in French or roading in...have had the odd bird scented in considerable distances so the couler can be a prolonged exercise...which to me is very exciting and to yourself you are hoping and praying the bird isn't a runner so that the dog after all his work and the intensity can get the retrieve. The one thing that really gets me is that often the dog can go through all of this, then on to the flush, bird breaks cover and it is a blinking hen (pheasant)...the look on the dog's face is enough to curdle your blood!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Gibo
Boy on point...indicating a cock Cali we had called in...
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some dogs will have their tails vibrating when hard on point!!
Thanks EeeBees. Pointer doesnt know it yet but next bird season i'm tagging along for a day or two. Never shot a game bird but boy do I like eating them :DQuote:
Originally Posted by EeeBees
it really is a raw test to show the dog can hunt and point.Quote:
Originally Posted by Petros_mk
in times of high entries it would be a given that only QC attained dogs get a run in a CH trial.
the main thing I can see is it gives new handlers a taste of walking and running a dog with judges etc.
I see the spaniel crowd have indicated a working test could be on the cards to provide the same.
Before guns a net was used to capture birds , a dog would point or set the birds and a net dragged over dog and bird. A dog on set was usually flat on the ground indicating the bird in front of them.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gibo
:thumbsup: yes, they certainly are delicious!!! You will have a ball, Gibo...for me it is not just the deliciousness of the delicious ones but the dog work is so exciting...just how that nose can no what it nose!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Gibo
Yeah cant wait and it looks like Pointer is onto me now so may have to dust off the shoty ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by EeeBees
Very clever EeeBeesQuote:
Originally Posted by EeeBees
One happiness filled shotgun!!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Gibo
Well maybe not for the birds ;) dont plan on using flower shot :DQuote:
Originally Posted by EeeBees
No, only the finest will do for the finest!! Be warned though, Gibo, this bird lark is highly addictive, incurable, will use up every bit of money you thought you should be saving for a trip, but it gets you among some of the finest people I know and have known, who like yourself, can dribble on and on and on about one bird for hours and that doesnt even include what the dogs have been doing:D
This lady has your number Gibo.Quote:
Originally Posted by EeeBees
Summed me up in 8 words!Quote:
Originally Posted by Rushy
Gibo, you will be joining the Y bangers and shooting over a pointer if Jim gets his way
Mate I am very put out that Gibo is higher up the invite list than I am.Quote:
Originally Posted by upnorth uplander
its ok Rushy, we havnt forgotten you bro.
No way, can't let the secret out, more birds for me!Quote:
Originally Posted by upnorth uplander
Public announcement: Fezzin' shooting is boring, take up golf
Whats a y banger? Im not wearing those undies for no bugger!
big difference between a g-banger and a y-banger... It's a type of cheap and nasty shotgun, everyone seems to own one for a season or so
Ok should i buy one then ;)
Buy one after playing with mine. That way I get someone into it then it will be your job to get someone else onto oneQuote:
Originally Posted by Gibo
You got a shot gun Gibo?Quote:
Originally Posted by Gibo
No but have my brother in laws pump in my safe :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Rushy
Do you work for them in the marketing team?Quote:
Originally Posted by Toby
Nope. Jim got me into mine and iirc jim got his after another guys so by going with logic it is my duty to get someone onto one
I have an U/O you could borrow if you were only shooting lead.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gibo
That's how it goes, its like herpes. Tony King, a top shot from the Hawkes Bay let me handle a few of his, as well as Ryen Carlsons one (RCGSP on here) I went out and got one, showed it to Toby, he went and got one, showed it to Uzbeki but hes a half-Jew half-Scottish Uzbeki and hasn't got one yet but is going to, and they will infect others too... Then after a season they all cash them up and buy a low-grade BerettaQuote:
Originally Posted by Toby
Thanks for the offer Rushy but id rather one that shoots birdsQuote:
Originally Posted by Rushy
Il wait till after the season then and get one for a steal:thumbsup:Quote:
Originally Posted by Pointer
Borrow mine haha
The offer is there.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gibo
lol... u still expect me to be happy???Quote:
Originally Posted by Pointer
Gibo, get it... abuse it... don't feel sorry for it... you'll have fun with it...
? Im already married thoughQuote:
Originally Posted by Petros_mk
So ask permission first. Just like the rest of us with a thumb print on the foreheadQuote:
Originally Posted by Gibo
Ive heard that the trial scene in NZ are desperate for judges.
cant be that desperate as nobodys has asked me .... maybe theyre just smart :cave:
Wrong breed of dog bro, at least you know something bout running dogs
A few new faces on the judging panel hardly justifies the club is desperate. In fact its good to see folk are stepping up to take some responsibility for the sport into the future.
Judges need to be experienced dog handlers