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Post by trappnman on Dec 23, 2009 10:20:21 GMT -6
i've always thought it interesting to see tge dogs reaction- some go nuts at a dead rabbit- you have to hold it above your head to avoid the jumps- others give it one sniff and off to find another.
and i've not seen any comparison, to desire or skill based on above trait.
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Post by northof50 on Dec 23, 2009 12:42:00 GMT -6
Some dogs get a SOUND EDUCATION, and a reward at the end. A lot of my hunts are training exercises for short hair pointers where they have to get a scent trail and follow the rabbit's trail sometimes from 20 different rabbits. Dropping one at 400 yards, is rewarding for both of us.
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Post by trappnman on Dec 23, 2009 15:01:39 GMT -6
it takes a good hound to stay with one rabbit- I've had those that could, and those that would take a another trail at a hard check.
hope you aren't rewarding with innards'
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Post by musher on Dec 23, 2009 15:47:37 GMT -6
My dogs were trained to pick up the hare and bring it to me. I collected quite a few "missed" rabbits that way. You'd hear the squealing and the dog would come back with it. Only a few pellets and a bunny was going to be run down. I always shot 12 gauge number 5 shot. Cylinder barrel.
I did have the odd problem of 2 dogs trying to retrieve at the same time. It made for a skinny rabbit.
I guided some Americans a few times for hares. They came with dogs but they didn't work very well. Wouldn't listen and had no guts in the snow.
The guys were nice but on the cheap side. 4 guys, 2 guides, our spots, and they'd bicker over giving you a ten. This was in the late 70's. We took them out 2 years in a row and then flushed them due to the $ stuff.
We were hunting anyways. With them or without them!
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Post by northof50 on Dec 23, 2009 16:57:57 GMT -6
Over 50 % of the bunnies have the ////// worm in the that is passed through K9's back to them, so no un-cooked rabbits go back. There are water boils under the skin and inter muscular cyst. Can't remember the parasites name.
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