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Well my pup really turned the corner this weekend and I was into some birds. The tip I got from a friend about the location of some chukers was right on the money. He found/ saw them while fishing, marked them on his GPS and I returned to hunt using my GPS to find the exact area along the Snake river.
Never intended to bump into pheasants, but I'm not complaining. Bushman was born on Sept 1st of this year, so he's quite young. He flushed the first pheasant which was running ahead of him. Then he retrieved it right back to me. The next Rooster he pointed rock solid It jumped and I waited a bit to shoot missing it, however with the second shot I knocked it down. When we walked closer to look for it Bushman pointed it again. There it sat still fully alive but unable to fly, or run. This dog is in some kind of a trance when on point. He will ignore just about any command I give and seems deaf. When I walked a bit closer it flopped around and then he grabbed it. Two for two.
We walked up a narrow rocky draw and I saw lots of Chucker tracks in the snow. We did not go 100 yards and he was locked up again. I walked up right next to him and looked all around. Hmmm nothing?? Then from 4 feet away under a sage brush I chucker jumps and I knock him down another flawless point and retrieve.
This happened a couple more times. Then the last one, I had flush right into my face. Over my shoulder and go behind me. I hit him with a very awkward shot and his one leg dropped down but he still flew/ coasted to the ground 200 yards away. We walked over and searched a while. Then bushman started with his tail waggin and nose snorten you could just sense he was onto something. All of a sudden the bird jumped and flew ........well kinda flew and then fell and jumped and bushman grabbed him and again right back to me. That was one of those birds a guy without a dog would never have recovered.
I'm simply speachless over the performance of a 5 month old pup. If he never got any better then this I would still be 100% satisfied. I know guys speak about their dogs like their children. Most seem really proud of their dogs. I did not arrange the breeding, I just bought a dog on good faith from a reputable GSP breeder and took one of the last two unspoken for pups. Way too much was luck for me. If this breeders pups all hunt like this it would be a miracle! Sure I'm proud, but God preprogammed this dog with his skill set, not me.
There was one down side to the trip. My little boy woke up not feeling too good. About 8am he said he did not want to go out today he was sick. My wife came along for the trip and we stayed in my truck camper. So he missed out on this hunt and I was on my own. Thats a huge downer for the whole enjoyment for me, but the upside was I did cover about 4 times the area I would have with his 5yo legs tagging along.
I told him I'll find a place to go with him at a club, or preserve before the end of winter. I figure bushman could use a litte more hunting now that he has this much figured out. too
Never intended to bump into pheasants, but I'm not complaining. Bushman was born on Sept 1st of this year, so he's quite young. He flushed the first pheasant which was running ahead of him. Then he retrieved it right back to me. The next Rooster he pointed rock solid It jumped and I waited a bit to shoot missing it, however with the second shot I knocked it down. When we walked closer to look for it Bushman pointed it again. There it sat still fully alive but unable to fly, or run. This dog is in some kind of a trance when on point. He will ignore just about any command I give and seems deaf. When I walked a bit closer it flopped around and then he grabbed it. Two for two.
We walked up a narrow rocky draw and I saw lots of Chucker tracks in the snow. We did not go 100 yards and he was locked up again. I walked up right next to him and looked all around. Hmmm nothing?? Then from 4 feet away under a sage brush I chucker jumps and I knock him down another flawless point and retrieve.
This happened a couple more times. Then the last one, I had flush right into my face. Over my shoulder and go behind me. I hit him with a very awkward shot and his one leg dropped down but he still flew/ coasted to the ground 200 yards away. We walked over and searched a while. Then bushman started with his tail waggin and nose snorten you could just sense he was onto something. All of a sudden the bird jumped and flew ........well kinda flew and then fell and jumped and bushman grabbed him and again right back to me. That was one of those birds a guy without a dog would never have recovered.
I'm simply speachless over the performance of a 5 month old pup. If he never got any better then this I would still be 100% satisfied. I know guys speak about their dogs like their children. Most seem really proud of their dogs. I did not arrange the breeding, I just bought a dog on good faith from a reputable GSP breeder and took one of the last two unspoken for pups. Way too much was luck for me. If this breeders pups all hunt like this it would be a miracle! Sure I'm proud, but God preprogammed this dog with his skill set, not me.
There was one down side to the trip. My little boy woke up not feeling too good. About 8am he said he did not want to go out today he was sick. My wife came along for the trip and we stayed in my truck camper. So he missed out on this hunt and I was on my own. Thats a huge downer for the whole enjoyment for me, but the upside was I did cover about 4 times the area I would have with his 5yo legs tagging along.
I told him I'll find a place to go with him at a club, or preserve before the end of winter. I figure bushman could use a litte more hunting now that he has this much figured out. too
