Hey Don,DonF wrote:dognubie, don't shoot those birds she put's up. You will teach her to flush birds and in time she'll be out of shotgun range.
This is my plan right now and I'm interested to see what you or others think. While my pup was searching pretty vigorously the other day, I'm pretty sure it was mostly on deer scent (didn't shock him because I wasn't 100% positive, but this property has a ton of deer on it.) I haven't shot any bumped birds over him yet but this is my thought process. One or two bumped birds won't destroy the pup but maybe it will help him understand which scents we are going after and possibly increase his prey drive for that specific scent. After shooting 1 or 2 bumped birds I'd stop that all together and start working on his steadiness. Do you think this is unwise of me? Thanks for the advice
Tim