Gun Dog Forum

I don’t really have an interest in Missouri, but I am planning to hunt Kansas thanksgiving week. I’ve been eyeing WIHA as that opens up an additional million acres to public access. I am wanting to try and get a prairie chicken while I’m down there.

I plan a grouse hunt in October and a prairie chicken hunt in late November. I did not plan on running them together as that seems to take a level of training that will not exist in the first season. Thank you for the hunt/training advice. I will keep that in mind when the time comes. I did pick up ...

I see prey drive. I also prey drive in my barn cat, which doesn’t mean it’ll make a good hunting companion haha All jokes aside. She will chase just about anything and I’ve seen her sight pointing all kinds of things, but the other day at training she was literally running over the top of the quail ...

Seems like the consensus is to relax and try to have some fun. I tend to be anxious and always think the worst first.

Thanks everyone for getting back to me. I’ll keep y’all updated. I’ll have more questions and look forward to hearing from some of y’all again in the future. Thanks again folks.

Basically the title. I have a 17 week old PP that hasn’t really pointed birds at all. I have been working with folks at my NAVHDA chapter and they say not to worry and I try not to, but I’m worried haha In addition, I have done bird introduction and thought it went well she would chase, grab, and ca...

Hi Y’all, I am a 27 year old living in Decorah, Iowa. I have a lab and a Pudelpointer. My lab is 4 and my PP is 17 weeks. I will be asking some questions about training my PP and think there are some helpful folks here. I largely hunt pheasants and ducks, but will be trying my hand at grouse with a ...