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Originally Posted by el borracho
or run spannersQuote:
Originally Posted by Pointer
Yup, there is definately a time and a place for dressing appropriately because of traditions.....but also need to dress for the weather. At a Spaniel trial in Taupo last year the weather was complete shite, so wet-weather gear was a order of the day (Kawhia will recall the day, as his Cocker eye-wiped mine on a retrieve).....by the time I left that afternoon, my boots were full of water.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pointer
Haha, I turn up with a low-brow dog, so people's expectations are never too high! :)Quote:
Originally Posted by el borracho
Each unto his own...Quote:
Originally Posted by kawhia
Oh, and welcome Hoon :)
What are you running -a poodle ?Quote:
Originally Posted by gqhoon
Yeah, a german working poodle.....GWP.Quote:
Originally Posted by el borracho
Cheers dude :thumbsup:Quote:
Originally Posted by Pointer
GWP no low brow dog gqhoon - not my pick but they do a great job !!
I'm happy with mine, but I consider them a meat dog.
Would love to run a Pointer or Setter one day. Am always impressed by the bird-work of the Pointers of the Connors and Setters of Gaskin and Sheeley.
get some tweed and a pointer and go kick some arse !!
i love the tweed, but nice pants and a clean jacket and boots will have to do for me, would love to run a setter one day and will, but it would be hard to get one going with the lack of game around here ..... public land hunting is hard going .....
I know - i haven't run my dog over the last several seasons as I just got dismayed with the shitty grounds I had to run instead of wide open moors , forest cut over my god what crap that is to navigate through .Upland Northlander got me onto some of his home grounds which have been a pleasure to run and I have enjoyed running my dog there even with low bird numbers --maybe we should all run flushing dogs .
what a great idea
got a cocker coming on well but some of the public land is better suited to a pointer , the draw card with a spaniel is the rabbit hunting when the birds are not in session ,, but you can always brake tradition and shoot rabbits over "proper pointers"Quote:
Originally Posted by el borracho
Agree totally Danny, or the ultimate in small game.......Hares!Quote:
Originally Posted by Kaimaicockher
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you got good pointer land to hunt on?I would never shoot fur over any dog i want to shoot upland game over especially if trialingQuote:
Originally Posted by Kaimaicockher
just read this whole thread before realising Hoon was on here, welcome bro..Brian, you struggle to walk the dunes in tramping boots, shorts n T shirt, how the fuck are you going to cope in tweed.
Exactly, it's a dog, do what you like with it. No-one in NZ can say they use a pointer like the poms do. Which in my personal opinion is a good thing - keeping a team of dogs for 6 weeks grouse shooting per year seems ridiculousQuote:
Originally Posted by Kaimaicockher
Each to their own. In my neck of the woods, while they are reasonably common, they certainly don't come easy. But watching the dog hit scent of a Hare and work it until he locks up and then produces it for the gun is as satisfying as any Pheasant or Quail!Quote:
Originally Posted by Tussock
cheers dude. Someone left the front door open, so I just wandered in :)Quote:
Originally Posted by upnorth uplander
don't forget the trialling and grouse counting.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pointer
also the cost to shoot the grouse would keep a few packs in mighty mix for a few years.
im not allowed to shoot the hairs around here, but love seeing the dog working themQuote:
Originally Posted by gqhoon
the only pointer land i got is rotoehu forest , but parts of that would be spaniel country also, hammered by alot of hunters but a day out is a day outQuote:
Originally Posted by el borracho
thats why hunting spaniels is good some trails are on rabbits..... is i ever get to a trail that is ..........the young dog been chasing to many runners :pacman:
Suffer for style Tussock -sufferQuote:
Originally Posted by Tussock
How is it you overheat in the south in winter months--bird shooting shouldn't be one that fast
when I was hunting years ago the local Iwi took control of the forest and no one could shoot the forest for some time -is it open to all comers now ? I remember a few trialers used to hunt it with some success -an American guy that is a scientist with Robyn GaskinQuote:
Originally Posted by Kaimaicockher
Z I never struggled,I was a killing machine like no other :ninj:not like nowQuote:
Originally Posted by upnorth uplander
I would welcom an invite o bring a dog down and hunt it with you next seasonQuote:
Originally Posted by Tussock
yes the forest is open to bird shooting threw out the session , you need a permit $50 but thats just a phone call , nice big area to huntQuote:
Originally Posted by el borracho
Tussock making offers like that will have every upland hunter on the forum being your best mate. Now if you had Chukar ground also...
that will be a trip worth planning -Pointer is quite correct lolQuote:
Originally Posted by Tussock
I'd come down for that type of shooting, would even bring some pointersQuote:
Originally Posted by Tussock
Told you they would come out of the woodwork Tussock!
Did I hear someone boasting quail
Keep away all Tussocks my new mate :ninj:
Tussock, be aware of those who ask to be invited, from past experience they usually return year after year and dont bother telling you,
That's one way to stop people from asking :D
Haha!
I doubt that to be true Z, most people respect private property and wouldn't return to a property any other member of the public didn't have free access to -that's poachingQuote:
Originally Posted by upnorth uplander
showing respect is more than not entering private property, its also about repecting someone who shows you a puplic area that you wouldnt otherwise know about