Reason Why I like Pen Raised Birds
Posted: Sat Apr 26, 2014 5:10 pm
The trial I had been planning on attending this weekend was cancelled due to weather so I decided to take some quail and do some training instead. I'd much rather run on wild birds, but pen raised birds offer some challenges that wild birds rarely offer a dog. Below are three videos from today that show a challenge for my setter that I almost never see with wild birds.
First video is a poor flying quail that didn't really fly. After I shot this video I went and was able to pick up the bird while my setter stood throughout it all.
Second video is a bird that just doesn't want to flush. I've seen this with pheasant in fresh snow and young grouse, but it is not very common and I don't count on a wild bird doing presenting this challenge. I tried three times to relocate my setter with the first two times she didn't want to move. The third time she moved about 1.5 feet and locked up again. That's how I was sure she was pointing the bird not the feathers that were there. I will say I was surprised the quail flew so well.
First video is a poor flying quail that didn't really fly. After I shot this video I went and was able to pick up the bird while my setter stood throughout it all.
Second video is a bird that just doesn't want to flush. I've seen this with pheasant in fresh snow and young grouse, but it is not very common and I don't count on a wild bird doing presenting this challenge. I tried three times to relocate my setter with the first two times she didn't want to move. The third time she moved about 1.5 feet and locked up again. That's how I was sure she was pointing the bird not the feathers that were there. I will say I was surprised the quail flew so well.