Have a DD pup going on her second season. Gonna start with grouse in sept......wyo/ut.......then to quail and chuks in CA, hopefully MT/ND/SD for pheasants and move on to AZ once it cools down for Gambels and scalies (if they had a hatch).......
Best of luck to all of you.
Have your cardio training dialed all the way up! Your lungs need to work in order for your legs to....be prepared for any temps- T-Shirt to snow-----its the rockies after all.
You'll generally need to get away from roads to get into the elk and the country can be nasty steep. Often climbing is...
Its great watching Finn got thru the process. I have only gone up to the fall test....I live in the city and way to tough to get to the hills enough to do what you are doing. I will though, on one of my future dogs and when I leave the city for good.
Good work!
Good drill and nice work.
(might be a good idea to put a disclaimer that this is pretty advanced training....I can just see a young trainer trying this without knowing what you did to get to this point....haha)
Looking forward to more training days this summer.....:)
I've seen a few in the deserts---NV, UT, WYO....most in Wyo.
Best was when my 13 yo son was with me antelope hunting. On the drive back at night, spotted one in the headlights, just off the road. Hit the brakes and watched him go from hole to hole trying to get baby cottontails as they bounced...