Fox Collectors

Let's hear about the hunting dog(s) you will take hunting this fall. I have a 10 year old female black lab named Mandy. She is a terrific retriever and will retrieve any bird I shoot. She has done well on ducks, geese, snipe, doves, pheasants, grouse and prarie chicken. She loves pheasant hunting and is good at pinning down wild pheasants.
Jim

This is Charlie. He is my 6 year old Llewellin.



We will start the season here in Kansas in mid September on Prairie Grouse and end the season at the end of January on Quail and Pheasant. Unfortunately this year we will have to fore go our semi-annual trip to Colorado for early Grouse due to the fires but will substitute a couple forays into Southwest Nebraska for some Quail, Pheasant and good beef steaks (although will need to bring our own beer cause all they have up there it seems is Bud Light).

Here is my 11 month old Lab Lucy. She just got her AKC Junior Hunter Title this weekend. A few more months of training then I will run her in a Senior Hunting test this August/september then it off to Maine grouse hunting and then the biggie-----waterfowl opens here October 27th. She will be at my side along with a AH Fox shotgun duck hunting at least 25 days----love my bird dogs.

Let me introduce you to Seven Gables Winston, our five year old Ryman setter and dictator of virtually everything we do.


Winston can't get enough of the hunt, 2-3 hours is usually enough for me, but he'd rather go all day. Here he's shown stopping to point a woodcock while retrieving a woodcock.


Ruffed Grouse retrieve.


And he makes a fine flyfishing companion on our trout streams, too. Winston never wants to miss an opportunity to tag along.

I swear that dog can look into ones sole:




PS. My Gracie. 3 years old.

Yes, goofy and referred to by my wife as the "Dumb Blonde". But she can go all day and has amazing drive. Listens too

vaturkey wrote:I swear that dog can look into ones sole:

That's Winston's attempt at imitating the "Mona Lisa". No matter what direction you're looking at him from his eyes are piercing directly into your soul...you gotta give him credit for this impersonation, eh?

Here's my 8 month old Deutch Drahthaar "Gus"



He's my first hunting dog and damn is he smart!

Looking forward to the new Hampshire small game opened Oct 1st as we'll be up there all week chasing grouse, pheasant, and bunnies before returning to CT for released pheasants and hopefully LOTS of ducks!

Congratulations to Craig and Lucy for getting her AKC Junior Hunter Title. Bamboozler, those are great photos of Winston with the Woodcock and Ruffed Grouse. Thanks to all who posted. Jim

Here is a piciure of me with my 4 year old Tri Color Britt "Lucibelle you got some splaining to do" she got her first leg of her seinor hunter this weekend! My wife Sue ran our 7 year old Orange and White Britt "Otis". He picked up his third leg of his Masters title! Only two more to finish! He is a machine! (You gotta love his Clint Eastwood stare!)

I'm currantly hauling my orange belton English Setter down The Alaska Highway for another fall and winter of Pheasant hunting --

Scott: Nice job on the hunt test passes, congratulations Craig

Afte battling a shoulder injury I brought my pup in to an orthopedist today. He told me Gus has bilateral OCD. I'm not sold as he spent more time explaining my options for paying the $4500 bill than he did discussing my dog or alternative options.

I'm taking him for a second opinion next week.

That is tough, Ithica33. I hope Gus has some better options.

Ithaca33 wrote:Here's my 8 month old Deutch Drahthaar "Gus"



He's my first hunting dog and damn is he smart!

Looking forward to the new Hampshire small game opened Oct 1st as we'll be up there all week chasing grouse, pheasant, and bunnies before returning to CT for released pheasants and hopefully LOTS of ducks!

That is a beautiful dog! I had a wired haired Dachshund a few years ago and he was a handful. He was too much with our young children. But I like the DD breed! How does your dog behave around the house?

This is Kate with her understudy, Pearl, in the background. They're a great team and I wish they were closer in age. Still, I'm hoping for a couple more seasons hunting as a threesome. Trust me, 2 Cockers and and one old fart make for a lot more comedy than it appears.