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Irishwhistler

bonasa wrote: ↑
Wed Mar 25, 2020 11:03 pm
So many truths in there Mike, keep it going. Thanks

Aye Mate,
ROGER THAT - WILL DO.

Mike

Irishwhistler

DSC03621 2_Fotor.jpg ~ K9 Motivation ~ Gun dog retriever prospect SHR LAKE CHAFFEE'S AUTUMN LEGACY O' TRAD FINIAN MAC JH exhibiting drive and style during a recent training session focused on water work skills specific to 3 directional casting. All of us that work with dogs have our own ideas with ...

Irishwhistler

Sharron,
I was just made aware of your loss of your sweet Setter. My sincere regrets for your loss. Eternal rest be yours Little Lady. Peace to you Sharron.

Mike / Irishwhistler

Irishwhistler

I hunt my dogs with bells on.

Mike

Irishwhistler

DSC03467_Fotor.jpg DSC03466_Fotor.jpg TTF JACKSON LAD O' CLOONFINISH JH ~ JACKSON is seen "flying" during yesterday's training session on multiple water marks. Aye Mates, ~ TTF JACKSON LAD O' CLOONFINISH JH ~ Now nearing 17 months old, JACKSON is consistently demonstrating ever increasing skills re...

Irishwhistler

Jasper,
Good to have ye join us here.

Cheers,
Irishwhistler

Irishwhistler

There was skim I e over most of the river with limited open water.

Mike

Irishwhistler

Fishvik,
I shot the Gadwall photo yesterday, 2/15/20.

Mike

Irishwhistler

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~ Gadwalls ~ I observed this Gadwall pair dabbling amongst numerous Mallards yesterday afternoon.

Mike

Irishwhistler

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qsEoSifcQPOG0aFTSjObnQ_thumb_b81d_Fotor.jpg ~ FOCUS ~ As a trainer, I utilize an array of techniques to foster intensive eye contact from the retrievers that I work with. Early conditioning rewarding eye contact engages the trainees and teaches them that good things come to them when they make and ...

Irishwhistler

Irish mojo sent ye way Mate. Best of luck for ye dogs.

Mikey

Irishwhistler

Garrison,
Looking good. Beautiful pup.

Mike

Irishwhistler

+AL3hXxoTTWCS+KRLyHdHg_thumb_b43e_Fotor_edit_Fotor.jpg ~ O' Dogs And Dreams ~ Whilst watching me dogs fast asleep by the fire after a particularly hard day o' training, I ponder their dreams and what they must be like. Laying on their sides, eyes closed, their feet twitching or at times seemingly m...

Irishwhistler

Trailgunner,
Grand to have ye join this forum, welcome aboard.

Irishwhistler

Irishwhistler

TqyTXKMdQlysE+rtf1pT7g_thumb_b2f0_Fotor.jpg ~ Shooter And The Lads ~ SHOOTER is both the only chocolate colored and female Labrador Retriever in this training group from a session held this afternoon. At age 11 months, SHOOTER is also the youngest dog in this pack. SHOOTER is seen joined by left to...

Irishwhistler

AWESOME painting and an awesome friend ye have in Phils. Ye setter is beautiful.

Mike

Irishwhistler

Irish, you slay me with your portraits! Thank you for contributing to our appreciation for our canine companions. Amazing...….! I might not be able to distinguish this handsome lad's eyes and yet why is it I feel such a connection/conduit to him? He is incredibly smart, unwavering and SO dedicated!...

Irishwhistler

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~ Eclipse ~ SHR LAKE CHAFFEE'S AUTUMN LEGACY O' TRAD FINIAN MAC JH

Mike

Irishwhistler

Featherfinder wrote: ↑
Sun Dec 29, 2019 12:53 pm
That lovely pic makes my trigger finger twitch?!?!? "GET READY...!!"

Indeed, a bird is read to fly and perhaps, die.

Cheers Mate,
THE DOG WHISTLER

Irishwhistler

rbvoG+SdRHShVc2iWRDxeQ_thumb_b130_Fotor.jpg ~ That Special Look ~ SHR LAKE CHAFFEE'S AUTUMN LEGACY O' TRAD FINIAN MAC JH Those o' us that work with and hunt o'er dogs know that special look a gun dog exhibits whence they are making bird. Hard to describe, an almost trance like state o' being with a...

Irishwhistler

QgCq4i+NThC86%sFvO0Pvw_thumb_b0aa_Fotor.jpg ~ The Fowl Prowl ~ Me yellow Labrador Retriever gun dog MAC was on the prowl for fowl today as he meandered about the flood plain o' a small New England river. Shortly after capturing this image, MAC jumped several mallards out o' a small backwater. I use...

Irishwhistler

NEhomer wrote: ↑
Tue Dec 24, 2019 5:23 am
Great stuff as usual!

Thank ye Mate from one New Englander to another.

Mike

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fishvik wrote: ↑
Mon Dec 23, 2019 7:26 pm
Mike, If you want to come out here and hunt those masked bandits in their "introduced" native habitats you will see why we say out here," You hunt chukars the first time for fun and then from then on for revenge."

I understand Fishvik.

Mike

Irishwhistler

Merry Christmas to all.

Irishwhistler

Irishwhistler

DonF wrote: ↑
Mon Dec 23, 2019 11:36 am
Very nice photo.

Thank ye Don.

Mike

Irishwhistler

Your photo skills are exceptional. Aside from the technical and artistic skills, you must have a passion for our beloved sport in order to capture fleeting subjects in critical time. And where on the globe would this pic be taken from Laddy Buck? Great habitat. Sounds like you have some VERY high c...

Irishwhistler

Aye Mates, 58OudR2tT2CeDfHSMkXdlQ_thumb_afe0_Fotor.jpg The Flush Me gun dog TRAD is seen making a flush on a chukar partridge during a hunt earlier this afternoon. Once the dog put's the bird into the air, he is expected to remain steady until given a release command to make retrieve of the bird if ...

Irishwhistler

Thanks so much for the kind words Mike ! Truth be told if your posting I'm all in and look forward to seeing what great photo's and " tails" of two gundogs & others that you may be working with for that matter. Loved the last photo of two athletes ! Good stuff ! Chris, Thank ye most kindly Mate. Ch...

Irishwhistler

Thank you Mike ! Folks take photo's of your dogs especially as they get older. When they are young the camera is usually out all the time. As they age we may take them for granted. Not literally but we tend to say ~ " oh shoot I forgot the camera" for me right now it's all good as I have you folks ...

Irishwhistler

Chris,
Lifting a glass to Max buddy. Slainte! Gone but never forgotten .

THE DOG WHISTLER

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Featherfinder and Wiemdogman,

Ye comments are most deeply appreciated.

Cheers Mates,
Mike

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utZBXeYLRr+fFxjDVRtrsA_thumb_6fc6_Fotor.jpg ~ The Pigeon Shoot ~ My entry image for a photographic challenge seeking recently taken photographs that capture a vintage appearance. This image features my Labrador Retriever gun dog HRCH UH TTF CRAIGHORN KIFFIN TRAD SH during an actual pigeon hunt. Pos...

Irishwhistler

Funny yesterday I am out with my dogs hunting by myself and I wonder "Are the other guys too soft,or do I just push it too hard?". My buddy was telling me about going to deer hunt on the backside of a slough thats public land. He said no one ever goes back there its too far and too hard. I replied ...

Irishwhistler

Featherfinder wrote: ↑
Mon Dec 09, 2019 8:02 am
One of my favorite times of year....to be down south!
That looks like a great deal of fun! Those are very proud dogs you have there.

Featherfinder,
They are indeed.

Mike

Irishwhistler

Timewise65 wrote: ↑
Sun Dec 08, 2019 10:24 am
Wow, really great pictures and good looking dogs.... That's me green with envy...

Thank ye most kindly Mate.

Mike

Irishwhistler

Aye Mates, Had a grand day afield with me gun dogs TRAD and MAC whilst hunting pheasants on the snow this morning. The New England air was quite crisp and the sky was clear blue. The reflection of strong sunlight off of the snow made for a bit of strain on the eyes but the exercise walking up birds ...

Irishwhistler

NEhomer wrote: ↑
Sat Nov 30, 2019 6:31 pm
Anyone not grinning broadly at that photo ought to quit the forum and sell their dog!

Thanks~

Thank ye NEHomer.

Mikey

Irishwhistler

JquHItdBTla8QYc+VWsJGw_thumb_a6c7_edit_Fotor.jpg Eye On The Prize ~ SHR LAKE CHAFFEE'S AUTUMN LEGACY O' TRAD FINIAN MAC JH. Now 21 months old and in his 2nd season hunting upland game birds, MAC is seen keeping an eye on a large rooster pheasant he flushed to the gun and subsequently retrieved whil...

Irishwhistler

Very nice. Why just this morning, my setter was traipsing along a field edge when he made one of those instant contorted sideways points on a bird but ten feet under his nose. The sun that had just risen above the treeline opposite this end shown on him and it was a truly exceptional sight. I'd ind...

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Featherfinder wrote: ↑
Fri Nov 29, 2019 5:38 pm
Pure ecstacy Sir!

THANK YE KINDLY MATE.

MIKE

Irishwhistler

Aye Mates, The magic of morning in the uplands is like no other. The camaraderie shared with fellow gunners, the anticipation realized as a gun dog is making bird, the splendor of the morning light penetrating the woodlands and sparkling on the dew laden grasses. How blessed we are that know and app...

Irishwhistler

Bless those old dogs, the body is older but hey still have that hear and special spirit. Treasure ye time with them.

Mike

Irishwhistler

DonF wrote: ↑
Wed Oct 30, 2019 9:33 am
Very nice photo!

Thanks Don.

Mike

Irishwhistler

I82tfVe0Q1KPo%yg%LtHow_thumb_a24e_Fotor.jpg The Road Well Traveled I captured this image o' me Mates Bill and his son Billy as they made their way out of the fields we hunted together this morning. The title o' this piece is a metaphor regarding the most special relationship shared by this father a...

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Funny thing about hunting I discovered about myself. For big game I hate to travel very far from home, it about filling the freezer! I am a shooter, not a hunter really. But hunting birds I've traveled all over the state. It's about enjoying my dog's. Used to take the dog's out during season now an...

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Very nice~ Thanks much Mate.👍 Mike ☘️🇮🇪🇺🇸 Not so elegant but a basic tailgate pic from last Saturday. I won't even try to wax poetic! https://i.imgur.com/ZfbfwIv.jpg ....except that I'll note that in the pic above is the 16ga Remington Sportsman that my late father carried. He built a rep as a fine...

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NEhomer wrote: ↑
Wed Oct 23, 2019 4:08 am
Very nice~

Thanks much Mate.

Mike

Irishwhistler

oKbamt8fSpOfZnKydMOZaw_thumb_a19e_Fotor.jpg Bird Camp ~ A most special place, seemingly frozen in time. Tired dogs lay sleeping by the wood fire, their legs twitching as if still working birds to the gun. The banter amongst friends recall the highlights o' classic shots made o'er brilliant dog work...

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Featherfinder wrote: ↑
Sun Oct 20, 2019 6:05 am
Brilliant!! Love the rock fence too!

Thank ye Mate. My local abounds with stone walls and fences.

Mike

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