This blog is not intended to be about me, but more about my dogs and chukar hunting. This has been my passion for the last 15 years. Family and friends are #1 to me, but my dogs come in a close second. I will post pictures of the past so maybe everyone can better understand why I have become a passionate chukar hunter. I hope you enjoy them half as much as I did experiencing them. Comments are always appreciated. We all need help in becoming better dog people, hunters and trainers.
Bear with me one more time. I'm still trying to edit movies for my blog. Let me know if you can see this video. Thanks for letting me know the last time Ben.
Got the video perfectly....fun to see Jake in action. Looks like some greenup showing a bit under the sage. Just returned from 2.5 months in southern Arizona......they have had virtually no rain in 5 months except for one moderate storm.....today they are finally getting some rain I hear. Unless things change there will be even fewer quail next year there as all quail there are rain dependent.
Thanks Greg. Hopefully being able to do this video stuff will just add more fun for me to have. I've got a couple other retired friends that have been going over that way and having fun chasing the quail also. I need to figure out how to get over there next year and feel that quail stuff out. It sounds so much better than fighting these frozen hills. I hope Mother Nature is good to Arizona and helps the birds have a good hatch.
Video works great. Fun to watch the dog work! Do you jump more when the bird flushes while holding a camera or when holding the gun? I tend to jump more when looking through the camera. Or even if I'm just holding the camera and not really looking through it.
Thanks Carlton. I think I jump about the same either way. When I have the camera I miss the flushing birds and when I have the shotgun it becomes obvious because my game bag is full of empty shells but not many birds.
Works just fine, and a nice reminder that another season will be here in the not so distant future. Then again, February has always been a most difficult month in western Montana: bird seasons in adjacent states are over, it's too early to garden, and open-water fishing is restricted to the rare days above freezing. March can't get here too soon.
First, the technical issue (it’s terrible to be a nerd). Got this error on my iPad: “This video contains content from SME. It is restricted from playback on certain sites or applications.” I could play this video directly from YouTube.
A little googling leads me to believe that this occurred because the background music is copyrighted. Whoever owns this copyright detected that you used it and decided not to ask YouTube take the video down for copyright violation. Instead, YouTube gives them some of the money they make showing advertising when your video is played.
On to important things: I liked watching Tucker manage the bird. Was the flush at the end intentional? I’m training my young Griff to flush on cue, like in this video of a training exercise: Katie flush stop She’s just two and this was her first real hunting season. Intentional flush is a mixed bag, but mostly I’m very happy with it. It seems to make her point more intense and a bit more steady. And, I’m such a terrible shot, I need every advantage I can get.
Ben, I understand that shooting thing real well. I can't remember in this circumstance if the bird flush was before or simultaneous of Jake breaking but usually I do the flushing and let Jake do his thing from there. There are positive sides to both letting the dog flush or letting the hunter flush the birds. Many times I've been in a position where I wish I could give the command to flush because I'm in a perfect shooting position and may not be as I approach the dog. To walk ahead of the bird and do the flushing has worked for me and I'm too far past prime to change now. Jake holds a lot more steady when I have a shotgun instead of the camera and I think that's because I can see where I'm going instead of looking at a little view finder and trying to keep Jake centered. A lot less tripping with the shotgun in hand.
Thanks for the information. This is going to be fun for me and a good reason to be out more.
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Got the video perfectly....fun to see Jake in action. Looks like some greenup showing a bit under the sage. Just returned from 2.5 months in southern Arizona......they have had virtually no rain in 5 months except for one moderate storm.....today they are finally getting some rain I hear. Unless things change there will be even fewer quail next year there as all quail there are rain dependent.
Thanks Greg. Hopefully being able to do this video stuff will just add more fun for me to have. I've got a couple other retired friends that have been going over that way and having fun chasing the quail also. I need to figure out how to get over there next year and feel that quail stuff out. It sounds so much better than fighting these frozen hills. I hope Mother Nature is good to Arizona and helps the birds have a good hatch.
Also, great to hear from you.
Video works great. Fun to watch the dog work! Do you jump more when the bird flushes while holding a camera or when holding the gun? I tend to jump more when looking through the camera. Or even if I'm just holding the camera and not really looking through it.
Thanks Carlton. I think I jump about the same either way. When I have the camera I miss the flushing birds and when I have the shotgun it becomes obvious because my game bag is full of empty shells but not many birds.
Fun video! I can feel the excitement with each relocation. Thanks for sharing.
Larry
Works just fine, and a nice reminder that another season will be here in the not so distant future. Then again, February has always been a most difficult month in western Montana: bird seasons in adjacent states are over, it's too early to garden, and open-water fishing is restricted to the rare days above freezing. March can't get here too soon.
First, the technical issue (it’s terrible to be a nerd). Got this error on my iPad: “This video contains content from SME. It is restricted from playback on certain sites or applications.” I could play this video directly from YouTube.
A little googling leads me to believe that this occurred because the background music is copyrighted. Whoever owns this copyright detected that you used it and decided not to ask YouTube take the video down for copyright violation. Instead, YouTube gives them some of the money they make showing advertising when your video is played.
On to important things: I liked watching Tucker manage the bird. Was the flush at the end intentional? I’m training my young Griff to flush on cue, like in this video of a training exercise: Katie flush stop She’s just two and this was her first real hunting season. Intentional flush is a mixed bag, but mostly I’m very happy with it. It seems to make her point more intense and a bit more steady. And, I’m such a terrible shot, I need every advantage I can get.
Ben, I understand that shooting thing real well. I can't remember in this circumstance if the bird flush was before or simultaneous of Jake breaking but usually I do the flushing and let Jake do his thing from there. There are positive sides to both letting the dog flush or letting the hunter flush the birds. Many times I've been in a position where I wish I could give the command to flush because I'm in a perfect shooting position and may not be as I approach the dog. To walk ahead of the bird and do the flushing has worked for me and I'm too far past prime to change now. Jake holds a lot more steady when I have a shotgun instead of the camera and I think that's because I can see where I'm going instead of looking at a little view finder and trying to keep Jake centered. A lot less tripping with the shotgun in hand.
Thanks for the information. This is going to be fun for me and a good reason to be out more.
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