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I hope dove hunters here use dogs #7588815 08/25/19 06:32 AM
Joined: Aug 2019 Posts: 15 Austin, Tx H herb_mason OP Light Foot
OP herb_mason Light Foot H Joined: Aug 2019 Posts: 15 Austin, Tx	Wagging tails and cold noses just warm my heart! Well-trained dogs also are good for conservation. Many fewer birds are lost. More time shooting when Rover or Fido are retrieving. It would suck totally to lose an opportunity for a rare double because you left your cooler stool in the dove field to pick up your own birds. If water-hole shooting, a retriever can swim should your bird fall into the drink! Happy doves real soon. Better check the MOJO decoys for batteries.

Re: I hope dove hunters here use dogs [Re: herb_mason] #7588887 08/25/19 01:22 PM
Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 16,550 Ovilla - TEXAS R reeltexan THF Celebrity
reeltexan THF Celebrity R Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 16,550 Ovilla - TEXAS	That's the way we roll. I've been taking my pointer pup out to the gun club lately. She just loves being around open spaces and shotguns. Welcome to THF, Herb! "If we ever forget that we are One Nation Under God, then we will be a nation gone under." Ronald Reagan

Re: I hope dove hunters here use dogs [Re: herb_mason] #7588891 08/25/19 01:28 PM
Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 8,708 Sanger, Texas B bobcat1 THF Trophy Hunter
bobcat1 THF Trophy Hunter B Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 8,708 Sanger, Texas	Haven't lost a bird in 4 years. Bobby Barnett

Re: I hope dove hunters here use dogs [Re: herb_mason] #7589042 08/25/19 05:54 PM
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pervis Tracker P Joined: Sep 2014 Posts: 928	I've got 2 pointers, one is a trained duck, dove and quail snatching machine. The other is a mess I'm trying to straighten out. I'm taking mine swimming in a few hours. I get my dogs out and active every chance I get. My wife tells me to get the dogs out of the house, it's like having two crazy kids on top of my 3 crazy kids already. Love taking the dogs hunting

Re: I hope dove hunters here use dogs [Re: herb_mason] #7589073 08/25/19 06:17 PM
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Guy THF Celebrity Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 36,691 Lake X

Re: I hope dove hunters here use dogs [Re: Guy] #7589111 08/25/19 06:50 PM
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OP herb_mason Light Foot H Joined: Aug 2019 Posts: 15 Austin, Tx	Originally Posted by Guy nice chocolate Lab bitch, Tara

Re: I hope dove hunters here use dogs [Re: herb_mason] #7589506 08/26/19 01:37 AM
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Eastxhuntr Bird Dog E Joined: Aug 2010 Posts: 454 Houston	I will be running my yeller male Monday morn.

Re: I hope dove hunters here use dogs [Re: herb_mason] #7589512 08/26/19 01:43 AM
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beaversnipe THF Celebrity B Joined: Jan 2010 Posts: 23,839	Pasha retrieved more doves in his life than i was able to shoot That was him at age 15 1/2, still retrieving after his fluid/meds treatment The new pasha retrieved last year at 5 months old and will be excellent. Last edited by beaversnipe; 08/26/19 01:54 AM. www.TexasPondPoppers.com Originally Posted by bill oxner Loved my 4 inches. Well needed. Originally Posted by bill oxner Hate Russians. Love happy endings. I saw snot fly.

Re: I hope dove hunters here use dogs [Re: herb_mason] #7589638 08/26/19 05:15 AM
Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 21,693 North Texas Sniper John gumshoe
Sniper John gumshoe Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 21,693 North Texas	Blaze at 11 months old Sept 1st 2005. She turns 15 late next month. No telling how many 100s of dove she retrieved during her hunting life.

Re: I hope dove hunters here use dogs [Re: herb_mason] #7589708 08/26/19 12:34 PM
Joined: Oct 2010 Posts: 3,257 Wise County topwater13 Veteran Tracker
topwater13 Veteran Tracker Joined: Oct 2010 Posts: 3,257 Wise County	I will wait til it cools a bit before I get my chessie out.....but looking forward to it. Last edited by topwater13; 08/26/19 01:40 PM.

Re: I hope dove hunters here use dogs [Re: herb_mason] #7589846 08/26/19 03:09 PM
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BluTwister Light Foot B Joined: Feb 2019 Posts: 32	Please be sure to hydrate your dogs. They don't know when to quit and aim to please. We had some ***hole many years ago bring what was obviously the family pet with him to hunt. He ended up letting the heat kill that poor dog. Needless, to say that clown almost didn't make it out of the field alive either.

Re: I hope dove hunters here use dogs [Re: herb_mason] #7589859 08/26/19 03:21 PM
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TLew Extreme Tracker T Joined: Jan 2013 Posts: 3,618	My British Lab, Tag, when he was 16 months old. He's now 5 years old

Re: I hope dove hunters here use dogs [Re: herb_mason] #7590246 08/26/19 09:39 PM
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Whack n stack Pro Tracker W Joined: Mar 2014 Posts: 1,037	My pup Sandy, she's 14 now and retired last year. she was a fantastic dove/duck retriever.

Re: I hope dove hunters here use dogs [Re: BluTwister] #7590974 08/27/19 04:46 PM
Joined: Sep 2005 Posts: 6,537 Dallas, TX N ndhunter THF Trophy Hunter
ndhunter THF Trophy Hunter N Joined: Sep 2005 Posts: 6,537 Dallas, TX	Originally Posted by BluTwister Please be sure to hydrate your dogs. They don't know when to quit and aim to please. We had some ***hole many years ago bring what was obviously the family pet with him to hunt. He ended up letting the heat kill that poor dog. Needless, to say that clown almost didn't make it out of the field alive either. There is usually a thread advising to keep dogs at home for crowded dove fields in the heat.

Re: I hope dove hunters here use dogs [Re: herb_mason] #7591024 08/27/19 05:20 PM
Joined: May 2017 Posts: 5,806 Texas S Smokey Bear THF Trophy Hunter
Smokey Bear THF Trophy Hunter S Joined: May 2017 Posts: 5,806 Texas	Pudelpointer rooting them out of the goat weed. Smokey Bear---Lone Star State.

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