Gratuitous Bird and Dog Photos
- Thread starter MTLabrador
- Start date
TheJason
Well-known member
- Joined
- Oct 21, 2024
- Messages
- 18,586
BirdManMike
Well-known member
Why aren’t I flying a falcon this year? 
A friend came over a few days ago and flew his falcon over my dog, the amazing Greta Grouse. I borrowed the her - the bird - for the rest of the day to do my annual bird education for the local second graders then took her back over the hill. He offered to let me borrow the bird for a few days to fly but I declined.
I made a video of the flush. Greta had been in point a good 5 min + while we waited for the falcon to get serious before I started. Didn’t put one in the bag this flight.
I think I am going to trap a prairie falcon in the next few weeks to see what I can get going for a few months. I’m still getting skunked running the dog 3 or 4 days per week about half the time — despite so many people in other parts of the state saying this is the best game year they’ve had in a long time. Its not case in my little valley this season. — last year was incredible but recruitment was crap this year and there isn’t much. But I think I can put a few in the bag and have some fun if I can trap a prairie that wants to participate.
A friend came over a few days ago and flew his falcon over my dog, the amazing Greta Grouse. I borrowed the her - the bird - for the rest of the day to do my annual bird education for the local second graders then took her back over the hill. He offered to let me borrow the bird for a few days to fly but I declined.
I made a video of the flush. Greta had been in point a good 5 min + while we waited for the falcon to get serious before I started. Didn’t put one in the bag this flight.
I think I am going to trap a prairie falcon in the next few weeks to see what I can get going for a few months. I’m still getting skunked running the dog 3 or 4 days per week about half the time — despite so many people in other parts of the state saying this is the best game year they’ve had in a long time. Its not case in my little valley this season. — last year was incredible but recruitment was crap this year and there isn’t much. But I think I can put a few in the bag and have some fun if I can trap a prairie that wants to participate.
BrentD
Well-known member
But don't deprive us of your dog! Gratuitous bird AND dog pics. Not or. That bottom rooster looks big! Hopefully I can add a pic here later today...
TheJason
Well-known member
- Joined
- Oct 21, 2024
- Messages
- 18,586
Cade on point today. The birds were moving down the draw. She crooks her tail when the situation changes. Birds close gets a very straight tail. Son killed a grey partridge on the flush. I was positioned wrong for a shot.
First group of the day we watched her snap point 400 yards away, uphill. We hiked to her, ridged straight tail, we walked in and my son almost stepped on the greys. We missed. Sigh.
TheJason
Well-known member
- Joined
- Oct 21, 2024
- Messages
- 18,586
It happens.
Hoping I can train him to be the bird dog he’s destined to be. Top photo is at 10 weeks bottom is at 14 weeks. About 15 weeks now and I’ve got him doing some retrieving and introduced him to dead birds. He seems to wanna please and pick things up quick. He needs exercise and mental stimulation tho or he becomes crabby and bitey, but that’s par for the course with a springer.
BrentD
Well-known member
If he is good with a gun, then he is of the perfect age to get out there chasing some birds right now!
I havn't introduced him to gunfire yet. He's a little timid of new noises, for example if I start the truck he seems scared for a few seconds, so I'm gonna take it slow. I have had him out in the tall grass, and my wife and I have worked on quartering in areas where we could run into some wild birds. I'm really looking forward to the 2025 season!
Salmonchaser
Well-known member
- Joined
- Nov 12, 2019
- Messages
- 2,479
BackofBeyond
Well-known member
They’ve earned it.
Similar threads
