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stevoman

Im just interested to know how you get your pups retrieving and what techniques you guys like to use. Im currently getting a pair of 10 week old springer spaniels going at the moment, out of my own bitch. One is quite different from the other. I started with a little golf ball and one pups took pick...

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i Know the feeling of being let down like that. i bought bantam eggs online from a dealer in the UK. a fair price paid too, but none of them hatched they were all duds. Also bought pheasant eggs from another man, same thing and he was only down the road.

I gave up on my hatching days after that!

stevoman

I had them years ago. I spent a lot of time walking then in different covers. Doesn't matter what shape the pup or dog is in, if they won't hiut cover they probably won't find birds. I didn't have training birds back then but I think I'd carry around a few quail with me. Just throw one on the groun...

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Hi Folks. Im just wondering how much running and excercise do you give your pups. I have two springer spaniel bitches that are almost 9 weeks old from my own 3 year old bitch and i will be starting one on one training on monday with them. Im just wondering how much excercise do you give your pups. A...

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Well folks its friday evening and im just getting ready to head home from work now. i have all next week off so i can enjoy the start of our upland bird season. Il be heading out early on Tuesday morning and i hope to bag a few pheasent by the end of the day. All the training and running my springer...

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Heres a picture of a woodcock i got stuffed. its a eurasian woodcock mounted on irish bog oak. its the first woodcock i shot over my black and white springer layla.

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heres a pic of my two ladies

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stevoman

How do you keep attention focused on two flusher's at the same time? Good question. this can be a nightmare at times. The only answer i have is to be quick with the gun and know how to read the dog when they are on a bird. It is hard though and frustrating at times! They older bitch i have i would ...

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This tike of year time is the problem isnt it! The mornig and evenings have closed in only leaving me with an hour or so on a sunday to get the dogs ran out on pheasents ( i dont want to over do missing too much time at home as the season begins in a few weeks and i will be gone for a few hours on e...

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well done, id nearly take on off you myself!!!

stevoman

Well folks. i work a pair of spaniels and i run them together. one is 3 and the other is about 18 months. i sometimes find that the yonger dog follows the older one a lot rather than hunting independently. im on a weeks holidays for the first week in Novemember for the start of the upland bird seaso...

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looks like a cindy to me!

stevoman

This is the first time i have ever heard that this particular breed exists. im shocked.

stevoman

well, maybe this is better....a boy and his best friend with some pheasants! it don't get any better!!! great pics and great hunting. bring me back to when my grandfather used to always bring me huntingas a child and takes me back to the cold winter mornings whn i learnt the trade of pheasent shoot...

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your lucky. we are not starting for another 4 and a half weeks. best of luck and i hope your pointer does the business for you! I'm lucky???? You live in Ireland!!! Want to trade hunts? Grouse, Quail, Hungarian Partridge, Pheasant, and Chukar all within an hour and a half of my house. How many plac...

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i got a 30 year old AYA yeoman. got it second hand for €100 and its the best money i ever spent. look after it like a baby. it has a few scratches and bumps, but thats just charachter!¬

stevoman

fantastic picture. great looking dog. keep them coming!

stevoman

your lucky. we are not starting for another 4 and a half weeks. best of luck and i hope your pointer does the business for you!

stevoman

I cant beleive there is such a small window in some states to hunt them and that their migratory path oly has a fal of them for a short period. Its a pity as they are such a great game bird to hunt.

stevoman

I love it when we have the flights come through. Can be a blast especially in with the young dogs, but even better is two old pro's working together. They are one of my favorite H'uoredurves (sp not in my spell check either). Fillet the breast off the bone pound the piece's evenly flat. Spice with ...

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Your season will just be getting finshed when mine will be just getting started. stay in touch and send me pics of the hunts as they go if you dont mind. id love to see pictures from woodcock hunting in the states!

stevoman

Thank you! Yes he is an Epagneul Breton (French Britt). I use the gps so i don’t have to worry about noise in the woods. I have noticed that the woodcock run more then other years, season opens in mid Sep. here. I can’t wait. He really is a fine looking dog. So how long does your woodcock season la...

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Stevoman, Do they still have Irish Setters that are hunting stock over there? I always thought hunting behind one in the Irish countryside,with a classic side by side, wearing tall rubber boots(I believe you call them Wellingtons) and wearing wool clothing and caps would be a something out of the d...

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Great picture. I love the dog!!! Is that the britanny that you have mentioned in your profile? If so its the first time i have ever seen one in black. Do you hunt with the gps or the collar bell? Over here in Ireland i usually beat cover in birch forest's and heavy ditches for woodcock. They are by ...

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Yes they are very hard to shoot. What dog do you use to hunt them and what groung do you usually find them laying on? have you eaten them, they taste fantastic!

stevoman

Hi folks im just wondering do any of you hunt woodcock as your main quarry? I have read up and watched a few online videos of woodcock hunting in the states and it looks like you guys really have great sport. woodcock woul dbe my main quarry here in Ireland and it poses some real hard exciting hunti...

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Everything looks great and ready to go. best of luck with the new litter. the parents look like fantastic dogs!

stevoman

Thats great thanks folks. I will have instant updates on all trips i make aswell as pictures from the landscape hunting area and birds i manage to bag. Your parents are from a fantastic part of the country. Im a laois man myself, right in the heart of the midlands.

stevoman

Hi folks, Sorry i havnt had the account active this while, but iv been super busy working and getting the spanials ready for the upcoming season. Well the wildfowl season kicks off in Ireland on September 1st followed by the opening of the pheasant, woodcock and partridge season on November 1st whci...

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Beautiful land out there! I wish all of our land was like it was way back when. Now there's land being developed everywhere, less to hunt on. We have lost a lot her in Ireland aswell after the building boom of the last decade. Fortunatly its all grounded to a halt now and the countryside is safe fo...

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Hi Ruth i just read you post and firslty let me say how sorry i feel for you. Firstly Ray had an excellent idea of putting her in with a trainer for the year. Secondly have you tried the bark collar at all? This could actually work as i have seen them work to effect before. It would be such a pity t...

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Isnt that the truth. Just watching them hunting and quatering close with such enthusiasm is hard to beat. I honsestly wouldnt mind if i missed evey bird they put up as just watching them work is joy enough for me!

stevoman

Hi Roostersmom. You should look into Irish or British lines if you are looking into a springer spaniel as we generally have them bred with short coats. On response to your question, yes there is ample oppurtunites to hunt in Ireland. As far as im aware we are very lucky the ways thing are set up her...

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Thanks fishvik. The coats on springer here tend to be very tight. They are bar far the most popular working dog in Ireland due to their never say die attitude in places like heavy thorny brambles and ditches. You dont very many long coated springers here due to the show dog fraternity not really tak...

stevoman

Thanks! Thats a nice Britanny you've got there too!

stevoman

Heres are a few pictures of my two springer spaniel bitches Layla and Molly. Layla (black and white) is nearly three years old and has a season under her. Molly (liver and white) is 13 months old and fully trained and ready to go for November. I use them for hunting heavy cover for Woodcock and Phea...

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Personally i would go with a springer spaniel, but thats just me, although i would love to hunt over a cocker sometime. Here in Ireland the Springer is king and most hunting homes work this breed. Cockers are not as popular here as they are in America, but i have heard that they can keep up with the...

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Hi! My name is Stephen and i just joined. Im 29 years old, an avid hunter and i work a pair of Springer Spaniel bitches (pictures will follow in the next few days). Woodcock hunting is my passion, along with snipe and pheasant and some duck also. I hunt a wide variety of cover with spanials varying ...

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