I wrote this after losing one of my dogs, she got to hunt the last day of her life...
Puppies come and grow so fast but chew so much. There is potty, obedience, and retrieving training. Then there are introductions to birds and guns and putting it all together . For a short window they are in...
My two cents worth: on hitting chukars, huns, and quail. IF you can catch chukars on the flats or against a terrain feature that doesn't allow them to fly downhill, they are the easiest thing to hit. However, that doesn't happen very often, in which case once they are going downhill they are...
Thanks for sharing this story. I have seen some issues like most upland birds hunters with dogs in 40+ years but never this. I did have 90 pound lab bloat 2 miles from the truck dusky grouse hunting (story for another thread), and have had dogs cliff out chasing chukars, always worried about...
Thanks for sharing, great write up and photos!
Somewhere this morning, a hunter has a 140 pound white-tail down, a quarter mile from the truck and is trying to figure out how to get it to the truck. Never thinking, just load it on your back! Unbelievable that you packed that load out!