So Earl and I headed to a secret location that we KNOW had quail,,,,walked for 3 hours and found none,,,,but still got a lot of great training in
one of the skills these dogs need to learn is to remain calm (laying down or sitting) during a "driven hunt",,,as soon as we parked and got going I hear some hounds,,,,so I recalled Earl and told him to sit,,,snapped the lead on "just in case",,,well them two hounds jumped a deer 75 yards from us,,Earl and I watched it cross the old road followed shortly by the hounds,,,Earl did well, only had to 'remind' him twice to stay calm/down. Once they were out of hearing I released him and he was all over investigating what went on,,,
then we did some "duck search" work in the edge of a lake,,,he didn't find anything but had fun looking,,,
got birdy a few times,,,but knowing Earl it could have been sparrows,,,
back to the truck,,,found some good deer sign (fresh scrapes,,,community scrape, etc),,,,but no birds, no squirrels, no killing,,,
gonna have to be satisfied with deer meat for dinner,,,
on the way out I learned something,,,this bridge used to be a wood trestle bridge,,,,and now,,,,1st in the world (well back in 2009),,,,
shows how long it's been since I traveled that road,,,
one of the skills these dogs need to learn is to remain calm (laying down or sitting) during a "driven hunt",,,as soon as we parked and got going I hear some hounds,,,,so I recalled Earl and told him to sit,,,snapped the lead on "just in case",,,well them two hounds jumped a deer 75 yards from us,,Earl and I watched it cross the old road followed shortly by the hounds,,,Earl did well, only had to 'remind' him twice to stay calm/down. Once they were out of hearing I released him and he was all over investigating what went on,,,
then we did some "duck search" work in the edge of a lake,,,he didn't find anything but had fun looking,,,
got birdy a few times,,,but knowing Earl it could have been sparrows,,,
back to the truck,,,found some good deer sign (fresh scrapes,,,community scrape, etc),,,,but no birds, no squirrels, no killing,,,
gonna have to be satisfied with deer meat for dinner,,,
on the way out I learned something,,,this bridge used to be a wood trestle bridge,,,,and now,,,,1st in the world (well back in 2009),,,,
shows how long it's been since I traveled that road,,,