Evolution of a duck dog (Page 3 of 8)
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Originally Posted By JCoop:
Cool! Thanks for the field report. Going out in the morning with a buddy. Send em this way! A little chilly I would say, it was 3* at start shoot this morning 
All done for the morning 
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Duck season ends tomorrow, but today was Addi's last day (her buddy Sage the Chessie is going in the morning) her last 2 retrieves of the season were both banded drake mallards! Nice end to 2016. 
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Originally Posted By newton73:
What state do you hunt? That's a ton of bands. We don't get near that many in Texas. My holy grail from last season, even though Addi did not retrieve it (Sage the Chessie did) a $100 reward band that was put on 8 years ago 200 miles north of Quebec City. Attached File |
Thank alot Photofuckit for messing 6 years worth of stuff up. I have all the pictures saved in different places, but is going to take a pile of time to get things changed out and fixed. Nice to be able to post straight from my phone and they will stay, like the last few.   
Well I got the first post back up and running 
Finally finished  I think I only lost 2 pictures in the whole thread and now I feel like this.........
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And on the eve of season 7, she has to bring her corn man toy outside
packing the truck for the morning, she knows what is happening Attached File |
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25 birds in the boat/blind over the long weekend, watching the one that landed long and got a free pass
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I finally decided that I'd been without a duck dog for too long and pulled the trigger, as it were. Meet Cutter, just shy of 4 months old in this pic.
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For a people who are free, and who mean to remain so, a well-organized and armed militia is their best security.
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson
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Originally Posted By JCoop:
I finally decided that I'd been without a duck dog for too long and pulled the trigger, as it were. Meet Cutter, just shy of 4 months old in this pic. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/143025/cuttercamp1-301484.jpg |
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Originally Posted By VTDuckGuy:
Nice! Enjoy, you have a lot of work in front of you |
For a people who are free, and who mean to remain so, a well-organized and armed militia is their best security.
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson
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Duck/goose season is on, not real happy about a little down time. Off to Saskatchewan in the morning !!!
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| Sweet! I was there for the first 2 weeks of October and now I am ruined for life. So many birds and all of them dumb as rocks! We were in the Livelong/Turtle Lake area. Where did you go? |
For a people who are free, and who mean to remain so, a well-organized and armed militia is their best security.
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson
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Originally Posted By JCoop:
Sweet! I was there for the first 2 weeks of October and now I am ruined for life. So many birds and all of them dumb as rocks! We were in the Livelong/Turtle Lake area. Where did you go? 
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A little bit of work on the lake this morning, the drive is unreal!
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Being able to own a duck dog is one of the coolest things! It's a lot of work but it's so awesome to watch a dog do what they were breed to do. I have a 4.5 year old black lab that if it was up to him he would never quite retrieving. If anyone is considering getting a duck dog take a look at this article. The articlegoes over some great points of having a duck dog and the training required to make a great dog.
Article: https://thewaterfowlhunter.com/waterfowl-hunting-dogs/ |
A little chilly this morning, instant ice coming out of the water and we still have 45 days left in the season 
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| We're in our split closed season which doesn't open back up until the 22nd. And Murphy's Law holds true - tons of birds in the area. |
For a people who are free, and who mean to remain so, a well-organized and armed militia is their best security.
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson
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Working our way to a mallard limit this morning and the last picture was the only 2 birds in the boat yesterday Attached File Attached File Attached File |
A couple of weeks left in the season and getting cold, put the boat in at -5* yesterday. Funny picture from this morning, sun was on her right side and melted the ice, left side still there.....look at her eyelashes   And I finally got a mallard that we have been hunting since close to the end of last season, we had not seen it until Thursday and got him today. Snow white drake mallard, curl feathers included, no toe clips or markers indicating a tame bird.  
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Ho hum Dad, just another banded mallard, stop taking my picture Attached File |
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Just trying out the new camera my wife got me for Christmas. A lot more advanced than the simple point and shoot/IPhone I am used to. Merry Christmas everyone!
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Finally venturing outside as it has really not been above zero for the last week, -25 when we woke up this morning, 15* now and I think I am going to put on a pair of shorts  She lost her tennis ball in the front yard and kept rooting around for it like a pig.
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Seven is right in the prime time, pro bowl phase. That is quite an awesome puppy you have there. Glad you are enjoying her the way you are.
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What kind of camera are you using for those shot's? My current lab is yellow but my previous lab was black. Every shot I ever took of her she just came out like a big black blob. I couldn't get the highlights and details like you have in a lot of your shots. Granted it was 8 years ago that I lost her so the point and shoot camera's of that era are probably eclipsed by a high end camera phone of today. |
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Originally Posted By Auto5guy:
What kind of camera are you using for those shot's? My current lab is yellow but my previous lab was black. Every shot I ever took of her she just came out like a big black blob. I couldn't get the highlights and details like you have in a lot of your shots. Granted it was 8 years ago that I lost her so the point and shoot camera's of that era are probably eclipsed by a high end camera phone of today. |
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Originally Posted By JCoop:
Nice beard on that bird!  with an 11" beard but only 3/4" spurs, they were both standing together and I shot the "biggest" one from watching them both for 3 months.
Here they are in better times, mine is in back, heavy 6 is closer 
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So I got to take my 1 yr old lab to a couple of HRC training days here in NH and he did great! First time he'd ever even seen a duck and he had about a millisecond pause like "What the heck is that!", fetched it up and came charging back. He's a little rough around the edges but I think he could do "Started" without a problem.
Working daily on heel, sit, stay, here, holding til released for a retrieve and casting. Started whistle sit and he's got that (except he sorta thinks it means heel and sit). About to start working on force fetch, which I've never taught before so I'm a little nervous. Going to have a hunting buddy this fall for the first time in a couple years. |
For a people who are free, and who mean to remain so, a well-organized and armed militia is their best security.
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson