How many dogs?

[reba]

When upland hunting (pheasant, quail, chukar, huns) how many dogs do you put on the ground at the same time?

I have two GSP's and a flushing retriever. All wear a GPS (Alpha 100 TT 10)

[Tyler S]

I mostly hunt mine in pairs. If iam hunting big open farm country ill put 4 out. Just depends on the terrain.

[jimbo&rooster]

Unless the pointing dogs and the flusher are all very well trained and at very least broke to the shot and will honor, I would hunt the pointing dogs as a pair and the flusher by its self. More than one pointing dog on the ground can be a headache on its own without adding the flusher to the mix.

That said I will usually put down 2 dogs at a time and rotate in the third dog as it becomes necesary.

I hunt my lab on her own now, Though I had alot of success hunting her and my older GSP together It took me 2 full seasons to get the 2 to work together as a team.

Jim

[Chukar12]

I cannot watch more than two dogs at a time and I usually only put down one. I rotate dogs out through the day and I am usually tweaking with something in their training whether my intention was that to begin with or not and if you have to make a correction on dog 1for something around a bird its likely you have created a situation where dog 2 will need a correction forthwith. When hunting with other people I really prefer there is only a dog down per handler and I like no more than two dogs in total, it has been my experience that things get loud and out of hand otherwise. Hunting in a crowd of dogs or people is a little like the cultural experience of New York or San Francisco for me..I enjoy a nice dinner and good wine followed by a cab ride to the hotel as much as anybody, for one day in a row and about once every six months or a year, then I remember that its a mess. A pile of dogs and especially flushers with pointers has a tendency to get out of hand.

[mask]

I'm with chukar12 on this one. To many chukar dogs on the ground can be a wreck and sometimes two is to many. San Fran is still my favorite city especially the great food and wine.

[Elkhunter]

I usually only like to run one of my own dogs. If I am hunting with someone else they run one of their dogs. I hate having more than 2 dogs on the ground at a time.

[Neil]

I cannot watch more than two dogs at a time and I usually only put down one. I rotate dogs out through the day and I am usually tweaking with something in their training whether my intention was that to begin with or not and if you have to make a correction on dog 1for something around a bird its likely you have created a situation where dog 2 will need a correction forthwith. When hunting with other people I really prefer there is only a dog down per handler and I like no more than two dogs in total, it has been my experience that things get loud and out of hand otherwise. Hunting in a crowd of dogs or people is a little like the cultural experience of New York or San Francisco for me..I enjoy a nice dinner and good wine followed by a cab ride to the hotel as much as anybody, for one day in a row and about once every six months or a year, then I remember that its a mess. A pile of dogs and especially flushers with pointers has a tendency to get out of hand.

I cannot add anything of value. Well said.

[DGFavor]

I cannot watch more than two dogs at a time and I usually only put down one. I rotate dogs out through the day and I am usually tweaking with something in their training whether my intention was that to begin with or not and if you have to make a correction on dog 1for something around a bird its likely you have created a situation where dog 2 will need a correction forthwith. When hunting with other people I really prefer there is only a dog down per handler and I like no more than two dogs in total, it has been my experience that things get loud and out of hand otherwise. Hunting in a crowd of dogs or people is a little like the cultural experience of New York or San Francisco for me..I enjoy a nice dinner and good wine followed by a cab ride to the hotel as much as anybody, for one day in a row and about once every six months or a year, then I remember that its a mess. A pile of dogs and especially flushers with pointers has a tendency to get out of hand.

I cannot add anything of value. Well said.

Ditto...I cannot add anything of value as well but I gotta add:

I enjoy a nice dinner and good wine followed by a cab ride to the hotel as much as anybody

Learn something every day. Freak.

[Chukar12]

Ditto...I cannot add anything of value as well but I gotta add:


I enjoy a nice dinner and good wine followed by a cab ride to the hotel as much as anybody

Learn something every day. Freak.

[DGFavor]

[slistoe]

Yeah, 2 dogs at a time. Pointers and flushers is playing with dice that are rigged to the house for most folks.

[Cascade_fisher]

2 broke pointers at a time or 1 dog per handler if in a group, 3 tops if they honor/ back in BIG open country of Eastern WA, OR, MT

[SetterNut]

We generally have at least 2 dogs down, when we are hunting in a group.
When it is just me, I run both my dogs at the same time ..... most of the time.

[campgsp]

Twos company threes a crowd.

Just easier keeping tabs on two.

[Ruffshooter]

One if I am alone, sometime two when I feel guilty.
When with another one or two hunters, I put two down.

[Tejas]

Two is a good number for both hunters and dogs. I'll boost the number of hunters to four if they are all well trained, but the number of dogs stops at two.

[tfbirddog2]

Anywhere from 3 to 5 on the ground at one time.

[BigShooter]

Two or more at a time? I can't lift as many as you guys do. Mine have to jump down by themselves, even the eleven y.o.

[JKP]

Young dogs hunt alone...its not about hunting...its about repeating the behavior I want. If there are other young "hooligans" on the ground, I may put down older dogs. Beyond 3 years of age, could be anywhere from 1 to 3. For me, with younger dogs hunting is just a continuation of training.

[Grange]

I have a lab and english setter and have hunted they both together almost from day one. They are a great team and with that combination I've always got something to do. I think it will get a little tricky this fall though. My lab will be 9 and she doesn't have "pep in her step" like she did even a couple years ago. I may have to put my lab away earlier than I'm used to and that thought is killing me.