Jacksbuddy, when we hunt pet birds we love using our duck dogs--hook up with someone witha bird dog or see if a pay hunt will let you bring him.. wild birds i don't usually take him as I 'm so focused on the birds getting up,,,but on the tame birds --they work great..in fact i prefer it as i hate ki...

stitch,, I got an English Pointer last year-this is my 2nd season to hunt him- the pointers do cover some ground--which is good when we are in the delta--your right the setter should hang closer to you--but my dog did good on the pet birds--shot about three hundred over him last year...we ended up u...

I agree with above, train with the fake hunt, slowly adding new things, primers, gun from a distance, larger bore,then moving closer,bumpers ,then add a few decoys,more decoys, then ducks (freeze several before the season is out),I would make control a must even if you stopped the training period fo...

don't tell anyone :D but I tried it - no kidding- skinned them out ,dried them-used salt-glued them (4) on decoys- looked great!-lasted 3-4 trips-didn"t see any extra benefit-then the glue didn't hold- try an actual tanning soln and gorilla glue(i used the cheap stuff) maybe J-B weld. called th...