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Post by: follow maggie on February 12, 2022, 04:57:26 AM
Quick, hide the slippers! :chuckle:
No doubt, I was surprised to find out she can carry my winter boots
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Post by: follow maggie on May 07, 2022, 06:15:05 PM
Post by: huntnfmly on May 07, 2022, 07:56:16 PM
Going pretty well. She’s a fetching machine & is extremely fast. A couple weeks ago went turkey hunting in Nebraska & stopped at big bend dam in South Dakota to let her out for a break. She’d never seen water before. She saw some ducks on the water, ran down the rip rap shore & hit the water full speed going after the ducks like navy seals after osama.
Very cool
Thank you for the update
Post by: follow maggie on May 07, 2022, 08:08:40 PM
Post by: huntnfmly on May 07, 2022, 08:49:55 PM
She seems to have a lot of natural drive. I can’t wait to buy some pheasants & chuckars for her this summer.
👍
It’s cool to see that
My new Brittany is like that seeing him just naturally point
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Post by: WapitiTalk1 on June 28, 2022, 12:20:29 PM
Introduced her to the boat today & she’s taking to it well.
Wow! That's awesome..
Post by: follow maggie on June 28, 2022, 12:27:32 PM
Post by: huntnfmly on June 28, 2022, 02:28:04 PM
Very cool she looks like she’s doing great
Keep up the good work 👍
Thanks for sharing
Post by: follow maggie on July 03, 2022, 05:39:38 PM
Post by: huntnfmly on July 03, 2022, 05:52:45 PM
How long did it take for her to jump right in like that?
Was it right away or did you have to ease into it?
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Post by: huntnfmly on July 21, 2022, 06:30:37 PM
I’m going to be doing that with my Britt soon
Post by: rainshadow1 on July 21, 2022, 08:01:21 PM
Had Haley out fir her first session of being broken in to gunfire today. We walked around tossing her training dummy with her on a 30’ check cord. When I tossed the dummy I’d shoot the training pistol. Did the first couple shots inside the bird pocket of my hunting vest to muffle it & got pretty quickly to shooting it almost right over her. She never seemed to even notice the shots, so I think the session went well. I felt kind of bad though, because I forgot her biscuits for the reward,
:tup:
Post by: follow maggie on July 21, 2022, 08:04:23 PM
Post by: huntnfmly on July 22, 2022, 09:32:23 AM
I’d forgotten how loud primers are by themselves. I’ll bring ear muffs next time,
👍
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Thank you again for posting her progress
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Post by: follow maggie on January 04, 2023, 07:15:29 PM
Duck season was poor this year, so we didn’t get to work much in that this year, but next year we’ll get better at it. All in all, I’m pleased with her & think she’ll be a good hunting companion!
Post by: huntnfmly on January 07, 2023, 08:57:01 PM
Well Haley’s first year is a wrap & id call it a success. We hit the field 41 times including the trios out to release chukars from the launchers & stake out pheasants for her. She found birds every time out. She retrieved ducks both from shore and the boat. One morning she even brought back the decoys we were tossing out of the boat! Last week she flushed up 8 hens from 30” of snow during an ice storm. Once my buddy’s dog flushed a rooster. It learned it was a mistake to fly by Haley because she jumped up, snatched it out of the air & brought it to me. She was 10 months old for that one. She’ll sit steady & watch me ride away on the back if a pickup for over 1/4 mile & not move until she hears the whistle.
Duck season was poor this year, so we didn’t get to work much in that this year, but next year we’ll get better at it. All in all, I’m pleased with her & think she’ll be a good hunting companion!
Sounds like a great year
Thank you for bringing us along with her progress