My Duck Dog Training A to ?

Last weekend we ventured down to Niagara to celebrate Christmas with my parents, my sister and her family.  Both dogs came with us and enjoyed romping with the children outside on the grass - no snow there yet.  On Sunday I went for a hike with my sister, Jo and the two dogs and we [...]

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This past Friday night through Sunday AM, Tucker and I stayed at Greg Larden’s house. Greg is a fellow member of the GBHRC and has a chocolate lab named Suzy that Tucker would like for his girl friend.
On Saturday Greg and I along with out two dogs trained in a snow covered field near [...]

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Two evenings ago, while sitting out at our camp fire, I watched a number of ducks fly by at sundown. Last night I went out with my gun, my dog, my lawn chair and my bride for company.
We counted 29 ducks and 6 geese all in groups of 2 to 6 flying up the [...]

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Yesterday afternoon I was joined on my hunt by Greg Larden and his fiancee Tina.
Tucker came out with us and Greg’s dog Suzy joined us also.  The weather was very warm and the breeze was stiff.  The dogs bumped 7 birds but we only managed to come home with one.  However, we did manage to [...]

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On Sunday evening after we returned from The Farm I decided to try my luck at Duck Hunting.  Tucker and I  canoed out to one of the spots that we had scouted in previous days and set up.  We had 2 small flocks of wood ducks whistle past us and one single lonely Canada goose [...]

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On Friday late afternoon I canoed across the river with Tucker to see if there were any ducks in our local pond to ‘jump shoot’ - there were none.
On Friday evening and again on Saturday, I managed to get a canoe paddle in to scout up the river for likely roosts - there were a [...]

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 Monday, I took Tucker out with me to do some duck/goose scouting and to ‘jump shoot’ the pond that Greg and I found ducks on this past weekend.  No ducks this time, but Tucker and I found a great spot, a night roost I think, just down river a bit.  We’ll have to get some [...]

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Wednesday, Thursday and Friday were a bust for training - only walks each day and a little ‘down time’ in the front yard. Friday night we had a visitor arrive, Greg Larden and his pup Suzy. The dogs got along like ham and eggs and all three being under 3 years of age [...]

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 This morning Tucker and I went on our first hunt together.  Neither of us had been on a live hunt for wild game.  We went Ruffed Grouse hunting locally here in Parry Sound.  Tucker flushed 3 birds that I was unable to get a shot at.  The fourth he put up and it only flew [...]

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