tucker301 Posted September 14, 2007 Share Posted September 14, 2007 Post this season's pictures here. Sorry for not getting this started before you shot your crane, skidaho. Those pics would be a great start for this thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mudhen Posted September 14, 2007 Share Posted September 14, 2007 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdkidaho Posted September 14, 2007 Share Posted September 14, 2007 Sorry for not getting this started before you shot your crane, skidaho. Those pics would be a great start for this thread. No worries! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tucker301 Posted September 15, 2007 Author Share Posted September 15, 2007 I was hoping for one of just the bird. Oh well, hopefully we'll shift to page two soon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdkidaho Posted September 15, 2007 Share Posted September 15, 2007 Ha! I'll be sure try and be in every picture of birds I put up this year! And maybe some others as well! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tucker301 Posted September 15, 2007 Author Share Posted September 15, 2007 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cut emnova Posted September 16, 2007 Share Posted September 16, 2007 thought this was a pretty cool picture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Webfoot Posted October 3, 2007 Share Posted October 3, 2007 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Webfoot Posted October 3, 2007 Share Posted October 3, 2007 Has any one ever seen pelicans fly in formation? From long ways off they look like a nice flight of geese. Yeah, we sure felt stupid. Calling and flagging...Glad no one was around to tell us how stupid we were. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DuckyXpress Posted October 4, 2007 Share Posted October 4, 2007 Wow, nice pictures, also your dog is beautiful!!! Decoys are also real looking!!! Ducky:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Webfoot Posted October 4, 2007 Share Posted October 4, 2007 Wow, nice pictures, also your dog is beautiful!!! Decoys are also real looking!!! Ducky:D Thank you. She's a little...a lot ate up about hunting. She's not been the steadiest so far this season so she got the leash... We'll work on that before season starts... I hope. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TMAC Posted October 5, 2007 Share Posted October 5, 2007 Nice looking Lab, wish my guy would pick geese like that all the time. Ducks are not problem and very steady on the shot, but those geese he struggles with - I dont care if he drags them back as long as I dont have to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Webfoot Posted October 5, 2007 Share Posted October 5, 2007 Thanks TMAC. I got kind of lucky with her. The first time she ever saw a goose was while we were duck hunting. It ended up being nearly a 20 pound goose. She struggled with it a bit but finally made it. I never trained with a goose but she's taken to it very well. We shot some more geese that day and she seemed to handle them well. Too this day I don't know how I got so lucky. I did very little training with her while she lived with my wife at vet school. Mocha's naturaly ability far outways any training ability I might have had. She certainly has her flaws but I love hunting with her!! Those hunting labs, some kind of special dog... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TMAC Posted October 5, 2007 Share Posted October 5, 2007 Amen to that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liberty or death Jr. Posted October 6, 2007 Share Posted October 6, 2007 2 hen mergansers and a hen mallard. No drakes for some reason. Just weren't flying. The 2 mergansers were taken with one shot, never done that before, it was pretty cool. Tuck, you already know what the piece of paper is for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeadlyBenelli Posted October 7, 2007 Share Posted October 7, 2007 Had a great opener. We had some nasty weather all day yesterday. Rain mixed with snow and a slight breeze for most of the day. As we were walking out the clouds broke and was treated with a beautiful sunset. My camera in packed away so I didn't get a pic of it. Got a nice mixed bag with two hen GW teal, One drake & Hen Gaddy, a Drake pinner, and I finished my bag with a double on drake Widgeon. It took me about 7 shot to get me lead figured out again but it was one shot kills from there on out. My SBE performed flawlessly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeadlyBenelli Posted October 7, 2007 Share Posted October 7, 2007 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tucker301 Posted October 8, 2007 Author Share Posted October 8, 2007 Jr., How did Tank do? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tucker301 Posted October 8, 2007 Author Share Posted October 8, 2007 DB, Nice mixed bag! They're a little dull right now, but you can tell the color's coming. Great pics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liberty or death Jr. Posted October 8, 2007 Share Posted October 8, 2007 Not so good, he will get them just fine from deep water, when he has to swim, but he doesn't do well on sand bars. We were hunting a sand bar, dropped a teal, he went for it, grabbed it, came a few feet then dropped it, I had to go get it cause he wouldn't bring it to me. Then my buddy dropped a pintail hen, he went and got it, brought it about 5 yards towards me, then dropped it and started goofen off. So I'm gonna work him more with a few ducks, work him on that bar, see if he will figure it out. Looked good in the picture though. We've been working on "hold" which he does great when near me, but I can't call it to him on a retrieve yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TMAC Posted October 9, 2007 Share Posted October 9, 2007 Hang in there Liberty, it gets better with time. My lab did a lot of the same things your experiencing and now he is 3 and rarely does he ever drop a retrieve before it touches my hand. More off season work and just time in the field will help, they learn from good and bad experiences too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liberty or death Jr. Posted October 9, 2007 Share Posted October 9, 2007 I have a feeling once he gets a dozen or so birds from the water, he'll learn he is supposed to hold on to the bird whether he is standing in water or swimming. On the plus side, he is a natural when it comes to pheasant, he stays in range, nose to the ground looking for birds. Must be the weimaraner in him. His first duck he went after was a cripple, I would have shot it again before he got to it, but I sent him before it hit the water because I didn't want it to get to the fast water. Needless to say it hit the fast water, he was right on his tail and he followed it 150 yards downriver, and caught up to it, I think the only reason he didn't bring it all the way to me is because it bit him and it was probably flapping up a storm in his mouth so he dropped it. He's not used to a live bird in his mouth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TMAC Posted October 11, 2007 Share Posted October 11, 2007 Mop up those cripples for your young dog before you send him, unless you want to spend a lot of time watching him fool around with them on the water. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cut emnova Posted October 13, 2007 Share Posted October 13, 2007 a first for me after 8 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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