Hunting statistics!

[Birddog3412]

I have found in my 25 years of quail/pheasant hunting that the dogs I hunt behind (everything from pointers, brittneys, labs, chessies, wirehairs, etc) find more birds than I can shoot!!!

[ezzy333]

I like that and it is so very true.

Ezzy

[kensfishing]

During nesting season most birds do not put off scent. It's natures way of protecting the species of birds. If a dog found every covey of quail or pheasant in a field, or a fox or coyote or hawk or some other predator there would be no game birds to hunt.

[jayhawkj]

I have found in my 25 years of quail/pheasant hunting that the dogs I hunt behind (everything from pointers, brittneys, labs, chessies, wirehairs, etc) find more birds than I can shoot!!!

Dang if that's not the truth!

[smokinsam]

hahahahah
thats funny and soooo true!

[Neil]

During nesting season most birds do not put off scent. It's natures way of protecting the species of birds. If a dog found every covey of quail or pheasant in a field, or a fox or coyote or hawk or some other predator there would be no game birds to hunt.

That is untrue, how do you suppose a bird would do that were it true? In the spring (nesting season) there are a lot of competing scents, but I have had many dogs point a bird on the nest, it is how we band birds.

Neil

[ezzy333]

I think if the truth be known they get harder to find when the vegetation is green, it is warmer, and many times mch windier.In other words competeing scents and poorer scenting conditions.

Ezzy