Uhhhhhhhhhh.
Man, you gotta come over this way and go scout/shoot. I'm Jonesin to get out after a much too long winter!!!!
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Uhhhhhhhhhh.
I would love to. I think I might later in the spring. Especially after Turk seasonMan, you gotta come over this way and go scout/shoot. I'm Jonesin to get out after a much too long winter!!!!
I would love to. I think I might later in the spring. Especially after Turk season
I have no interest in shooting anything that I wont then eat.When I drove to Weiser there were a lot of sage rats out... too bad I don't have permission to hunt... oh, it's Idaho....
I have no interest in shooting anything that I wont then eat.
I mean that's not out of the question, j/k I'm married.Dang, I was going to introduce you to my ex!!!
Glad to answer...
1. Dog gets on rabbit scent, goes looking for rabbit, wastes my time, flushes birds I don't want flushed because they are out of range.
2. Dog chases rabbit, runs off while we are trying to hunt birds.
3. Dog scents rabbit, follows rabbit trail, rabbit starts running, dog continues to follow... This is what causes pointing breeds to start breaking point, flushing birds before the gunner is present/ready, and breaking point also causes birds to run, then dog chases bird, bird flushes out of range.
4. A pointing dog will range up to 1/4 mile (or more... field trials are often on horseback), although many hunters keep their pointers in closer, the whole idea of a pointing dog is for them to indicate a bird, hold the bird at point (dog makes bird afraid to move), wait there for the hunter to arrive and command the dog to flush the bird... thereby giving the hunter a close in shot on the bird.
5. A pointer and his hunter are a partnership that is a refined activity (with many many hours of training put into it). A pointing dog that chases rabbits is not much use to a bird hunter. If I wanted a rabbit dog, I would have bought a Beagle. In fact, several of my Heinz dogs could do the job very well! If I wanted a flushing dog, I would get a Springer Spaniel and work him in close like flushing dogs are intended to do (many of them will stay close naturally, it's in the genes, just like pointing and ranging out is in the pointer's genes).
Is having a dog that does both not practical? Or is it too much for certain breeds?
Im certainly not qualified to say, but know that just training my dog to sit, stay and recall on command takes many hours of training. I cant imagine training a dual purpose hunting dog to keep track of both disciplines. I suppose somewhere someone has done it, but my guess is its not practical. I have a friend training his bird dog and hes a year into training it and still counting sessions including professional help ($).
You could always come to the valley. There are some decent places to hunt here.Man, you gotta come over this way and go scout/shoot. I'm Jonesin to get out after a much too long winter!!!!
What's a good book or resource for choosing the right breed and training?
Fantastic info btw
I had been thinking of a Norbottenspetts or Finnish Spitz but they have distances out to 3/4 of a mile, a bit far for my liking
Hmmmm, interesting dogs. The "bark" pointing might work for you... could catch up to the dog. But I hope you are in good shape for all that walking.
Other than that, I could not honestly recommend a pointing breed for you. Sounds like some research into flushing breeds might be best. I'm sorry that I don't have much to offer in the way of info on flushing breeds.
No worries, you've given me a lot of useful stuff to think about. Thanks
It's very rare to have worms in the meat. Some will get under the skin, but not in the meat. Even a rabbit full of bot fly larvae is safe to eat once you remove the larva amd cook.Thanks. Bot Flies don't get through the hide, on the norm. From the way the guy I spoke with explained, when he dressed out several rabbits, there were worms everywhere within the meaty flesh. Given that, I never hunted rabbit for food. Based on responses here, I'm thinking the guy was blowing smoke.