Below are 2 videos. The first is a clip of Winnie and Gunner hunting at the outset of the afternoon. We were trying to take Lance's advice and only talk and direct the dogs when necessary. For the most part, they both hunted well all day, with very minimal intervention from us. This clip is representative of the first hour and a half of the hunt - after that, Gunner slowed down some, and was pretty tired by the 2.5 hour mark. Winnie went strong all day...
The second clip is Winnie's first point on a truly wild bird. Because it was filmed with my video glasses, and I was some distance away, allow me to explain what you will see (using the clock on the bottom-right of the video): at 3:26:42 Winnie has been on point long enough for her collar to register the point (beep), she holds it through the second beep (at 3:26:49) as Dan and Gunner are moving around behind/beside her. At 3:26:50 the bird flushes (though you cannot see the bird). Dan was a little unhappy that Winnie didn't sit on the flush. However, she did respond promptly to the whistle sit, so no harm done. For this video, you should probably enlarge it to full screen for viewing (so you can see the time stamp described above within the video...).
We were able to change the blog settings so that anyone can comment to us (you no longer need to have a gmail account).
Good day! Glad you are having fun. So. . . in regard to your culinary skills were you referring to your father or your mother? LOL
ReplyDeleteI hope you have located a nice diner!
How many birds did you see?
ReplyDeleteAs far as dinner, we managed to burn crock pot ducks... We choked it down, but we were glad it was only 1 night's worth of dinner. We got some advice from our wives, and we'll try again tomorrow.
ReplyDeleteWe saw (within killing range) 8 hens. No roosters... They must've had the day off!