Gun Dog Forum

Hey guys, been a while since I have been on here but I need some help. I have an 8 month old GSP who is a great dog. She has all her basic commands down and listens well. Early on in our training I had her on wing and fishing pole and she'd point rock steady for days but I got really busy with work ...

Kinda what I was thinking, this was posted in the hunting section. Thanks for the help though, I am trying to learn and absorb as much as I can. Sad to say some of this arguing may have stemmed from a prior argument and the other guy seems to like to start problems everywhere he goes. Hopefully we a...

No I love competition just not mixed with my hunting. I hunt for myself, not to prove to the next guy who is the best, hunting is my escape so I have no desire to bring competition into it. I understand this may be hard for some people to understand who find the insecurities of not one upping the ne...

Look man, that stuff isn't for me. I have no interest in making hunting a competition and nor do I like the atmosphere of these kinds of things. I play baseball and shoot my bow every weekend competitevly. I have a dog for a companion and hunting partner nothing more. I do not care what other people...

No thanks, I have no interest or time in doing any sort of trials just hunting.

Any advice or tips on training shed hunting dogs and can I use the same dog retrieving my ducks to hunt sheds? Thanks

Looking to get a new dog but a little timid about the idea. I'd like to invest in a GSP but with my inexperience I am not sure I want to mis-train a good dog. Any advice? Thanks in advance.

Looks pretty good man, awesome country.

Thank you Td, that is the kind of help I am looking for. I appreciate it man.

Doublebull brother.

I don't want him to retrieve the arrow and I've never not had a complete pass through, you still shoot them in the jugular to head.

I don't use him a lot when we're rabbit hunting because we do it typically with our stick and strings but when we gun hunt them I keep Tim with me and let him retrieve the downed game. We use a beagle to run them right now. It's seems to be the best way for Tim to get out and hunt because there's no...

Well it seems to be a big thing around here to use your dog. Guys I work with use their brittanys to retrieve their birds with no problem and most the geese we drop are only a mere 30 yards away too but we still use our dogs. Just thought it would be nice to get Tim out in the spring hunting too, di...

Does anyone on here use their dog to retrieve turkey? I'm thinking about using Tim, my black lab, this year but better make sure the bird drops because I'd hate for my little buddy to get spurred.

Labs are the way for me, I will eventually branch out to other breeds but the first dog I attempted to train was a lab and he worked out well. He is only a retriever but not like we have much for upland here anyway but he works great for the waterfowl. To be honest, the only time and reason I go is ...

I have hunted them twice now both with a bow and to me I think the 300 is a large round for this animal. It will def. do the trick but you run the risk of scrapping quite a bit of meat for they are pretty slim and lean animals. Just my thoughts, a round that you may want to look into which is one of...

Here are some pics of my pup Tim.

Hey guys my name I am new to this forum. A little background on me, I am a Mossy-Oak whitetail archery pro-staffer and lvoe every minute of bow hunting anything. I will use a gun on occasion as seeing dove hunting is one of my fav. animals to hunt. Typically everything else that most would use a gun...