12 dove limit

[Duck Tape]

It amazes me how few "hunters" have a retriever.

[thawhacker]

It amazes me how few "hunters" have a retriever.

very true, I wonder the same thing.

[marsh chicken]

It amazes me how few "hunters" have a retriever.

I don't know why people buy boykins either.

[thawhacker]

My English springer, is she considered to be one of the dogs you guys hate so much?

[jay12clay]

How many do you normally shoot to get your groups limit?

Factor Lost birds, shared birds, etc....

Are you 12 and out?

Got 10 shooters and 90 Birds, you back in the field for the limit?

[Silentweapon338]

Screw a dog.

I'm working on a gun bearer.

I want my man servant to keep my fire arm fresh an at the ready.

"UH um...Ah, yes a Cadberry please hand me the H&H and get this Perazzi ready to go again please & be fast about it chap."

[cusportsman]

It amazes me how few "hunters" have a retriever.

Be my first time in 8 years, opening day will be tough but bittersweet

[Rebelyeller]

So...instead of hiding anything over 15...yall dipsticks just hide anything over 12.

[Rebelyeller]

My English springer, is she considered to be one of the dogs you guys hate so much?

Yes.

[Rebelyeller]

I don't know why people buy boykins either.

Gateway dog to labradoodles and silver labs.

[Glenn]

They're the man purse of dogs.

[trkykilr]

It amazes me how few "hunters" have a retriever.

You really are a pompous piece of shit, arent you?

[ndbrown213]

dog or not. I rarely lose a duck or dove.

[Duck Tape]

You really are a pompous piece of shit, arent you?

Hunters meaning actually hunt more than opening day dove shoot.

[Duck Tape]

When I grew up it was not uncommon to see 50% of the hunters in a dove field with a dog.

Dogs allow me to continue hunting while she fetches.

I can generally find my birds on my own but it requires immediate retrieval without taking your eye off the spot or line. Also needed is fellow hunters that mark the fall and help with the distance.

By working together or using a dog more birds are found, meaning more are available for the next hunt.

Besides shooting at low birds, a pet peeve of mine is the idiot who fails to mark well, reloads, and wanders about the field disturbing surrounding hunters. Of course he then shoots down another dove headed in your direction while looking for the lost bird.

[marsh chicken]

Gateway dog to labradoodles and silver labs.

fact

[JBtflo]

Where I grew up hunting it was pretty rare to have a dog in the dove field.

[duckman88]

When I grew up it was not uncommon to see 50% of the hunters in a dove field with a dog.

Dogs allow me to continue hunting while she fetches.

I can generally find my birds on my own but it requires immediate retrieval without taking your eye off the spot or line. Also needed is fellow hunters that mark the fall and help with the distance.

By working together or using a dog more birds are found, meaning more are available for the next hunt.

Besides shooting at low birds, a pet peeve of mine is the idiot who fails to mark well, reloads, and wanders about the field disturbing surrounding hunters. Of course he then shoots down another dove headed in your direction while looking for the lost bird.

What about the fool with the dog that runs all over the field and picks up whatever birds it happens to run across? To say that the hunter with the dog is a better hunter is simply false...

[trkykilr]

Hunters meaning actually hunt more than opening day dove shoot.

I think I would fall directly into your hunter category. I run a company, a family, am a member of a church, have 3 hunting leases to maintain, a dove club, and try to travel to kill a duck or two. I simply don't have time to train a dog that would meet my standards to carry in the field. I am assuming, and you know how that ends up, that you would rather me lose one dove per hunt (which I don't because I will look for as long as it takes), than have a half trained retriever that negatively impacts your hunt.

So, no, I don't have a retriever. At least until my little girl is old enough.

[Calibogue]

I have two "half trained" retrievers right now!
Because, they both were raised while raising my two daughters...they are not up my standards of what I expect of a field companion but they are what they are for now.
My children are 6 and 8, the hounds are 7 and 4 I think.
I can hunt them in tandem in the field without it becoming a catastrophe, are pretty damn steady to wing and shot, don't pick up others birds, and my girl will hunt for anyone who has a semblance of hound management and can kill.
In all honesty, having a dog is a huge part of wing-shooting for me....I fell quite naked without!