Awesome. Great pics.

Great looking pup!

Only dangerous if the Crane is alive. Dash having done a lot of retriever hunt tests just likes to retrieve things, but never let a dog retrieve a crippled crane. Dash's main job on that hunt was to wake me up when he hears or sees cranes approaching. He like his aunt Blaze before him can hear them coming long before I can. Last year without Dash I woke up with a crane standing a few feet behind me.

If the crane was crippled, the guide was correct in holding his dog back. Crippled Cranes and Crows will poke at eyes with their beaks. But as we know Rattlesnakes and Moccasins will strike a dog if the dog enters it's personal space, trucks will run over dogs if they run out in front of them, dogs will fall through ice on a frozen lake if it is too thin, alligators will eat dogs, boars will slash a dog if the dog grabs hold of them, and dogs will die of hypothermia and hyperthermia if they get too cold or too hot for too long. But I take my dogs out in all these conditions and situations. Keep risks calculated and use common sense with when, how, and what you do with your dog while hunting and your dog will be fine. And much happier than a dog left at home.

This next picture in at mad island wma was a crane that fell way out in the marsh. Without Dash I never would have found it.


Miss Blaze back in her day.

great pic's and great hunt, thanks for posting

Makes perfect sense, sir. Thanks!