A guy I know that trained scent dogs for MS Highway Patrol gave me so advice, and it makes a ton of sense. When you're training a dog make the training a game that your dog can always win. Do scent drags with deer feet and blood. Don't get too complicated with it until you have confidence that...
I love these threads. There is always something listed that I hadn’t thought about. Very helpful!
Montana K9 Safety puts on trap release clinics and first aid classes around the state if anyone in MT is looking for some training.
Ended up building my kit as I like to do things the hard way! It...
Great discussion. Appreciate the different perspectives. I’ve always said it’s a really good thing birds don’t have antlers. Bird hunters are so cordial. Not that I don’t kill antlered stuff!
I’m not a dog trainer, but I do run 7 dogs. I just like hunting dogs. I started going to MT from KS...
Crazy world, so sad.
About a month ago my wife and I went to a retired football field with my black lab for training. I left my wife and dog in the truck while I set up some bumpers for retrieving drills. I was about 150 yards from my truck when a man across the road about 150 yards the other...
If you read my post, I said for the most part. I do use public land also. Earlier law changes put limits on when training on public land could occur. I don't have a big problem with the start date, but the ending date is unnecessarily early.
So, I don't train in the spring on public land, as...
There are goldens in our training group that retrieve domestic mallards all summer long.
There are retriever clubs in Billings, Helena, Missoula, and Ronan if your close to any of those areas?
It is too icy at our place to train outdoors. So I train 1-year old pup inside in our carpeted living room.
We run hunt tests and field trials in the summer, so train for these events:
1) Multiple marking mechanics where I teach pup to return with perfect spinal alignment in relation to my foot...
I'm similar to you hunting multiple states for birds every year. I just don't like NR camping in states and pounding the piss out of everything. I would like to see a 7 day upland license ONLY in MT, personally, on top of the other limits in this bill.
I don’t think NR are villains but I live in a destination bird hunting area and the NR pressure has gotten so bad that I don’t even hunt birds around here unless I get an invite from my friend with private access. Maybe I’m just not serious enough but getting to the public spots well before...
I don’t play with dogs. One guy got lucky one day his turned around it was about 2 steps from me shooting it. Another one changed it’s mind really quick when my boot made contact with it face
I'm sure they'll make their way east. I'd assume many of them come from released birds for dog training that survive. I bump into Bobwhite's fairly often that this is the case for at least.
So I took my 11 year old son this morning to do some dog training with me. His job was to throw birds/bumpers for our black lab retriever in training. So he can't resist and decides to just go ahead and get in the mud puddle.
Made him get in bed of truck for ride home. I dropped him off at home...
Banks is doing great. He's a great retriever, brings birds to the hand. His pointing is coming along, still some work to do if you're into style, but he has zero issues finding birds and holding.
He has no concerns with gun fire, he's way more interested in the birds than the shots. As of this...
Dogs can be pets and hunters. It really helps if you can be its person, tho. First nine months I just let them be puppies and learn all the basics at an easy pace. The only thing critical is don't scare them. You stand a chance of making a dog, that would not have been, gun shy if you catch it...
Well after much deliberation, I decided I needed to add more on my plate and buy a bird dog pup. Between the grouse and pheasant here in Wyo, being super close to Nebraska and within reasonable drive time to SD and KS, I went for it. Need to learn how to chase geese now.
We ended up with a...