Postby duckdr1970 » Thu Nov 15, 2007 2:41 pm
pntailhntr wrote:Warren wrote:This will be my girl's first season so she doesn't know what to expect yet
ditto, I just hope he's as good at duck hunting as he is at Hunt testing!!!
My bitch was born on March 1, 2006. She has papers but was given to me for free by another member of my club. I spent a total of about 10 hours over the months of May thru November with simple obediance and retrieving. She went on her first trip last year in December and our hole had about 2 inches of ice on it. We shot one duck and it hit the ice about 30 yrds away. When she went out the door she hit the ice and it scared her and she ran back in the blind. I was afraid she was ruined for good. Four days later we killed 17 and she picked up all ducks with no problem. Over the next 10 days she picked up a total of 114 ducks. After that first day I felt like my girl had graduated from college. She picked up over 250 ducks last year and I was impressed how natural it came to her. As I said, I only spent around 10 hours total training. Hope you have the same success I did with my girl. Good luck and good hunting.
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