Hunting Washington Forum

Hello,

Thought I posted this previously, apologies if its a double post.

Just wanted to share some pics of my dog Moose as we get ready for our first real/full season hunting.

Moose is a 2.5 year old Yellow Labrador Retriever.

He currently has his HRC Started Title and his NAHRA Hunters Title.

We train or hunt daily.  We hope to get our NAHRA Intermediate and HRC Seasoned Titles this next year.  We may also go after his HRC Upland title.

All training has been done by myself.

This is his first full year hunting.  I did a few very controlled hunts last year, mostly leaving him in the blind and worked on blinds manners and let him do a few controlled retrieves.  Did a pheasant trip or two as well, but think we only put up 2 birds all year.

Grouse is my favorite game bird.  I have always road hunted them but have always dreamed of shooting them over a dog.

We decided to kick of his 2025 season with some Grouse hunting.

All birds were shot on the flush.  No road hunting. 

Thanks for looking!

I already offered my strong Back And weak Mind to help him. But he didn’t fall for that old trick.😂

Wow! If you need any help looking for that bull, let me know! 

Blackberries...  One thing I do not miss after moving to ID.

I do however miss the honey the bees made from the BB nectar flow and the few weeks of berry production.  But I do NOT miss the 8 foot tall fields of blackberries with canes 2 inches across!

I found them 120 yards apart as the crow flies!! If the other side were identical on the 5 point, with a 40” spread credit he would be a 306” bull as a 5! The 6 point would be around 324” by our measurements! The main beam in the 5 is 50” and the 6 is 52”, each horn weighs 12 pounds and some change, true public land giants!