I got Cassi out this morning for her first hunt on wild birds. I went with a few folks I train with so we broke off in groups of 2 and each group had a dog. We had GSP, Britany, English Setter and Cassi my Weimaraner. A little bit thicker cover then we train in and Cassi didn't want to bust through there herself she did more following today then she normally does. Only point I got out of her was on a dead bird she never saw me shoot. I had to tell her over and over
dead bird, take it. It wasn't until I was giving her a drink later and we startled up a single really close by that she started to figure out no one is planting these birds. I can even see her smile as she went off and started hunting from that point on.
I was happy to drop my first two when we busted into the first covey. Just feels good when you drop two and you can't get reloaded fast enough as more flush. We definately got the jump on the birds this morning.
I finished the day getting 7, but I shot at least 15 times. We lost at least one bird in the thick areas, but with out Cassi there I probably would of never recovered at least 3 more. She didn't get to point much since the Gamble tend to get up really quick but she had a lot of fun retrieving them. I think our group finished getting 21 birds.
