mobeasto123, congrats! Sounds awesome.
How old is your dog. And can I ask you, was he bumping birds prior to this hunt? I ask because I'm going through this now.
Thanks in advance and again, great Job!
Hi, my dog got 2 years old on october 5th, He was bumping those birds before this hunt.. But only the ruffies, he was ok with woodcock, pigeons and Chukkars.. But on ruffies he was about a nearly 1 point in 5 birds on the last 2 weeks and bumped every other birds.. My trainer told me to Nick him with the e-collar when he flush a bird and move up the intensity every few bird to make him understand to he must absolutely not flush those birds. Some disagreed and some agreed with it but I think it worked.. After this I put the dog on Whoa for about 2-3 minutes and make him understand by the way I act that it wasn't good...
Saturday it was the Day.. I don't know why maybe God has something to do with it but .. He pointed each and every bird on his path and it was in real hard wood .. Some of them were about 30-40 feet deep in the woods and he was pointing them right in the trail..we had to walk in the wood prior to the flush while the dog was still pointing in the trail.. Some other point he was himself in the deep wood and his bell stopped so we got in the wood to see the dog steady like a rock and we could flush it and shoot it before in get in the trees.. As I said he made it 6 times that day. I tought It was impossible .. But the next morning just by the time we went from the camp to the truck about 3/4 mile in Quad he pointed again 1 ruffed grouse from 25 feet and the bird was 10 feet in the woods..
The time will tell me if it was only luck or he just got it .
