Gun Dog Forum

I live in central Alabama. Deer hunted a new area this season and I have seen and heard more woodcock this year than ever before. I am seeing and hearing them right before dark. I took my Boykin a few times and never flushed them (where I see and hear them late afternoon). We did find one in a flat ...

You have to love a pup with attitude! He looks like a dandy!

So if I am searching for a dog that will do it all and do it early I should ( in your opinion) look to a spaniel / retriever???? Just narrowing my breeds to choice from...

Thanks for the advice..

Ezzy So if a person was searching for the best breed for his purposes and one of the main purposes is retrieving doves you would not recommend a pointing breed? I know there are those who use their versatile pointers retrieve dove and duck, but you think it detrimental to do so with a young dog?? In...

Guys' I have been a "lurker" on this sight for about a year now and I have learned a great deal about dogs. I have only been privileged enough to be the "owner", "master", "facilitator" or "the dude that drives the truck to to where the dog gets to do his thing" guy of one very good dog. He was a Mo...

I opened up the pool for the kids this week. First spring break I can remember that the water was warm enough to swim in. I usually open the pool in mid May....go figure.

I got shot on a dove field three years ago. Spent the whole evening in the ER having shot pulled out of my shoulder and the side of my head/face. We were on a youth hunt, and an 11 year old cut down on a low bird and blasted me. I got up and went straight for him and his Dad when another hunter step...

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Thanks guys for all the info. Looks like I have been wasting my time looking into the flushing breeds. Being a Carolina boy I was hoping that the Boykin would be mentioned (I went to school less than 10 miles from Boykin, S.C.... GO GAMECOCKS!!!!!!). Oh well, I am about efficiency and it seems the "...

Does anyone have experience with a dog that does it all. By that I mean you can start hunting the minute you get out of the truck. For instance, if the dog comes across a rabbit he flushes it. If the dog cuts a squirrel track he trees it. If he gets the scent of a woodcock or quail he puts them in t...