Im trying to develop a new camouflage print for hunters... What are some things hunters like and dislike about the patterns on the market? I'm putting palmetto fronds in my camo print. Not trying to sell anything or market anything. Just need advice on what hunters would like to see in the camo that's already available on the market?
Meet Lucy. She’s not your typical bird dog, but she gets the job done all the same.
She’s a young dog who made all sorts of mistakes during her first hunting season, but she learned a ton. It’s been a blast working with her and getting to see the limits of this breed. Carolina Dogs are a pre-contact landrace breed, so they can be tough to work with. They are native to this continent up to 15,000 years ago. There’s no selective bird-dog breeding working in your favor — just cooperation and raw prey drive.
She’s sweet as pie in the house and hammers dove and quail in the field.
In some of these photos you’ll see what looks like a traditional point. Those are planted quail she found during training. On wild birds she’s developed more of an indication behavior than a classic point. She’ll slam on the brakes and look back at me to let me know there’s a covey around. Sometimes it’s a staunch point, sometimes it’s a full neck crane back at me — we’re still figuring it out together. She has learned the big lesson that wild birds will not accept pressure like planted quail, that was her big takeaway from her first quail season.
She’s become a nice little retriever in the dove field and is an overall joy to be around. I’m excited to see what her second and third hunting seasons look like and where the ceiling is with a dog like this.
I’m curious if a dog has the ability to hunt for morel mushrooms without hitting on other types of mushrooms or do all mushrooms smell too similar?
The training would involve setting up a controlled environment where the dog is trained to target morels and then other mushrooms/distractions are introduced to reinforce that they are looking for that specific species.
Need hep finding a collar that will help me keep tabs on my dog on a daily basis. Live and work on farm in NW Montana so will be with the dog but these dogs have noses that can get them into trouble. Is there a collar that I can just hop on my phone and figure out where she is in a reasonable amount of time without needing some separate handheld device. That’s base line, added features for training, geo fence a plus but just something quality that works and fits a small dog. Thank you!
I’m a high school student who wants to become a vet, but I also want to get into hunting with dogs like Dobermans(I know Dobermans aren’t traditionally used for hunting, but I just want one because their my dream dog and I’ve seen online that you can train them to hunt) and an actual hunting breed, once I finally finish vet school. I mostly want to do it since it’s a good way of staying active which I have a problem with, it’s a more humane way of getting meat compared to buying at the store,It would keep my dogs active, while also keeping overpopulation of the non native species in check and it’s much healthier to hunt my own meat. It’s just that I know literally nothing about hunting or training dogs to hunt and I don’t know anyone who hunts since I live in Miami. I do not plan on staying in Miami though. My goal is to move to Michigan when I’m older,specifically the Southfield area
Hello! I recently rescued a 6month old bloodhound puppy. Our hope is to get him to eventually be a blood tracker. I have some experience with IGP tracks but this is my first with hunting and practical use tracking. Any advice?
So far he’s doing about 200-300 paces, food each step or every other step with both narrow and sharp terms. Very comfortable weaving between and tracking around trees and in tall grass. He’s too fast for IGP standards but to me this seems it would be a good trait in a hunting dog. I’ve introduced shed scent and he does fine with it as long as there’s food in the track too.
Our goal is to take him on his first hunt this season (he will be just over a year old), so any advice would be appreciated! Pic for tax.
I bought this from Gundog-catalogue.co.uk
It's the puppy rabbit pelt but idk how to clean it and its rather dirty from today
Pls lmk hwo to clean this🫠
I was talking with a friend recently about hunting dogs and how different handlers keep track of progress during training and field work.
Some people seem to remember everything just from experience, while others write things down like endurance, scent work, focus, recovery time, how the dog reacts in different environments, and small changes in behavior over time.
I’ve even heard some handlers say they notice patterns more clearly when they look back at past sessions, especially when training gets more advanced or inconsistent.
Lately I’ve been looking into this area a bit more through something I came across called DogBase, which is more about tracking working-dog progress, and it made me curious how others approach it in real life.
Do you usually track your dog’s progress in any structured way, or is it more based on experience and just knowing your dog over time?
And if you do track things, what has actually been useful for you in the long run?
Would be interesting to hear different approaches.