Thread: Ponsonby Gundogs in Hawke's Bay

What if the dogs available now and you want it. Get it and start spending time with it then when you re ready hunt it then ?
You can start hiding stuff from it plus getting your command lines sorted before you go bush Dunno just a thought if the dogs not too old who cares if you own it for a year before hunting it ??

Funny thing is Phil, when and where we have been its bush hunting. Half ( more than half) the time the buggers are there looking at us walk past. So its not like your in the wrong spot or theres no deer. They are just wily and its hard to get one in the thick shit without spooking it or it gapping it before you know its there.
Every time I have been with Two-shot (every time) we have either seen them or put them up and they run off.
So as I said they are where you have been.
Not saying get or not but they can be bloody handy.

If it's free get it . . .
So long as your Mum is happy to look after while you chase Keas.

If he was to hunt with this dog with other hunters who already have hunting dogs will it pick up the skills faster?
Just curious as every time we get a new dog it learns off the older ones much quicker so I'm assuming its the same in the bush?

Originally Posted by Gibo

Funny thing is Phil, when and where we have been its bush hunting. Half ( more than half) the time the buggers are there looking at us walk past. So its not like your in the wrong spot or theres no deer. They are just wily and its hard to get one in the thick shit without spooking it or it gapping it before you know its there.
Every time I have been with Two-shot (every time) we have either seen them or put them up and they run off.
So as I said they are where you have been.
Not saying get or not but they can be bloody handy.

Yeah that's true. I smell deer when I'm out pretty frequently. They are there for sure

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Do it mate especially if its from good lines and as long as you get out hunting enough to justify having the dog and are prepared to put in the time and effort to train it then you should get a good result, like brads said though if you can't reliably put deer in front of it then maybe not... But you will know yourself if your upto it I'd say? I went through the same thoughts and waited for ages before I got my pup but am really enjoying the training part and seeing him progress
Heaps of knowledgeable people on here if you get stuck to mate, just my 2 cents

Mates mother got Weimaraner re home . Prob show lines but am checking up as they are well bred but which way ?

Hunting ! If there is such a thing anymore ? I'm not qualified to judge weis

Originally Posted by Happy

What if the dogs available now and you want it. Get it and start spending time with it then when you re ready hunt it then ?
You can start hiding stuff from it plus getting your command lines sorted before you go bush Dunno just a thought if the dogs not too old who cares if you own it for a year before hunting it ??

Happy makes a fair point. I mean, if I get a solid heel on it and all the work you put in before taking a dog bush will it be a problem if it's a bit slower learning what it's all about? What do you guys think?

Honestly though i'm keen I would prefer to wait and start one later just thinking this opportunity isn't open forever and with the summer break coming up it'll be six months old and I'll have lots of time to work with him.

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If you want one ....Get one....... Only you can make the decision on weather you are ready and have the time.
Within reason it wont matter which of the breeds you go with, your time in will predict the outcome of a successful hunting dog

Strange to tell I know a bit about these folks. They have the litter sister to a dog I used to own. A black pointer bitch. They took her with them when they moved to NZ.

Nice

Originally Posted by des oneile

Strange to tell I know a bit about these folks. They have the litter sister to a dog I used to own. A black pointer bitch. They took her with them when they moved to NZ.

Tis a small country Des... As you know a forum member and myself tried very hard to get pups put of her with two respective dogs, sadly she was too old and cycled irregularly. The other forum member mentioned also ran on one of her daughters for a while

It's a very small world

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Originally Posted by phillipgr

It's a very small world

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Bloody hell Phillip, now I have that Disney theme song on auto repeat in my head.