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Reason No. 357 for Why I Love My Gun Dog
By David DiBenedetto
In the midlands of South Carolina, deer season began September 1. And on opening day I sat in a stand in 89-degree weather while a small 6-point, a 4-point, and a spike ever so gently sparred in a field (the 4-point was still in velvet), and four does went about eating. I was sitting on a harvested cornfield. I didn’t pull the trigger, but it was a spectacular evening.
Still one of the more entertaining moments of the day happened before the hunt when I came down the stairs in my camo, and Pritch went bonkers. First she ran up and sniffed my legs like I was fire hydrant at a dog park. Then after a good whiff she started hopping around the living room as if the carpet had turned to hot coals, turning in tight circles with stubby tail working like mad. As I packed the truck she followed my every step. When it was time to leave she sat by the front gate whimpering as I pulled away. My wife tells me she positioned herself by the front door until I came home later that night.
You gun dog owners know exactly what got her riled up—my hunting clothes. She, of course, thought she was going to the field for some birds. Not boring bumpers, but birds. My friend, T. Edward Nickens, has a Lab that goes nutzo as soon as she sees the E-collar because she knows they’re headed for the duck blind.
If there’s anything better than the hardwired genetics of a gun dog I’m not sure what it is. I could list a few hundred more reasons why I love my gun dog, but I’ll spare you. Instead, feel free to let us know what makes you gush when it comes to your dog.
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same here do to my current job I have a daily driver and a "lets have fun" truck. The later is a diesel so anytime I fire it up out he comes and hops right into the passenger seat.
Got to love that the only one more exited to go hunting in the whole house other than you is the dog. My uncles dog damn near does backflips jumping off the door when we grab the the guns. He'll start running lines down the road on the walk in last year he pointed 3 birds before we even got to the field.
Tank, my black lab, knows when it's bear season. Jessie, on the other hand, justs wants to "get goin' any old place." She's outa his 3rd litter and rambunctiou.
It's strange, 'cause the serious behavior of Tank only comes at this time of year. Any other time, it's a tail waggin' free-for-all!
I've lost two labs to bear in over 40 yrs. We "talk" about it. Guess he knows some $hit we do can get you killed. But, really, who knows?
All the two of them want to do is please me and that alone makes this cowboy gush.
How could you not love a dog like that? Great picture of Pritch, by the way.
cats might have nine lives but dogs have a sixth sense. they just know.
Our english setters are the same way, get the hunting clothes on they are ready to go. Go absolutely nuts. Got to love it. The fun that your dogs and you have when you are in the field is priceless. I wouldn't trade it for any deer hunt. Don't get me wrong its fun, just not the same thing.
You know your dog loves you when they want to lay on the bathroom mat between your legs while your taking a dump! One of the things that Cooper does that I love is when he is in the living room sitting and I say "Wheres the duck" and he looks up at my greenhead on the wall like hes in a blind and watching one fly by.
Always tough to hunt during bird season and leave our four legged companions home.One of my training birds flew a little further than normal yesterday.This led me to discover that my favorite training field was someone else favorite field for an illegal grow operation.Today these people thanks to Saratoga county sheriffs office have nothing to harvest and I got to meet a great sheriff that loves hunting as much as us.
My wife's dog, Whisky, a 13 month old Brittany, just loves to snuggle for a moment before we go out to feed the game birds in their pens in the early dark of morning time. She will lay her muzzle on my shoulder, then hit me with her cold, wet nose to say the birds are waiting and so am I. It won't be long girl and the three of us will be off hunting the wild ones.
my lab doesn't really get excited when i'm getting ready to leave but he keeps looking from me to the cabinet where my shotguns are stored, and if i go over there, he explodes and jumps 6 feet in the air over and over again! he's got it all figured out. boy that's a good lookin dog, david!
reason number 1 why i love my boykin: hes got my back when the girls dont, haha. just this mornin he was laid out sleepin on my huntin jack...the same thang he did when he was just a puppy...kinda made me smile.
Fall is pheasant hunting season in South Dakota. Birds are easy to find, but we know that a good hunting dog is a rare treasure. We understand that the look in a dog’s eyes that says, “Take me hunting” is hard to resist. That’s why we are on the hunt to reward the best dogs. Visit South Dakota Tourism’s Facebook page to enter your hunting dog in a photo contest for a chance to win a weekly prize or the grand prize.
http://www.facebook.com/southdakotatourism?v=app_4949752878&ref=ts
-South Dakota Office of Tourism
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Our english setters are the same way, get the hunting clothes on they are ready to go. Go absolutely nuts. Got to love it. The fun that your dogs and you have when you are in the field is priceless. I wouldn't trade it for any deer hunt. Don't get me wrong its fun, just not the same thing.
Always tough to hunt during bird season and leave our four legged companions home.One of my training birds flew a little further than normal yesterday.This led me to discover that my favorite training field was someone else favorite field for an illegal grow operation.Today these people thanks to Saratoga county sheriffs office have nothing to harvest and I got to meet a great sheriff that loves hunting as much as us.
my lab doesn't really get excited when i'm getting ready to leave but he keeps looking from me to the cabinet where my shotguns are stored, and if i go over there, he explodes and jumps 6 feet in the air over and over again! he's got it all figured out. boy that's a good lookin dog, david!
same here do to my current job I have a daily driver and a "lets have fun" truck. The later is a diesel so anytime I fire it up out he comes and hops right into the passenger seat.
Got to love that the only one more exited to go hunting in the whole house other than you is the dog. My uncles dog damn near does backflips jumping off the door when we grab the the guns. He'll start running lines down the road on the walk in last year he pointed 3 birds before we even got to the field.
Tank, my black lab, knows when it's bear season. Jessie, on the other hand, justs wants to "get goin' any old place." She's outa his 3rd litter and rambunctiou.
It's strange, 'cause the serious behavior of Tank only comes at this time of year. Any other time, it's a tail waggin' free-for-all!
I've lost two labs to bear in over 40 yrs. We "talk" about it. Guess he knows some $hit we do can get you killed. But, really, who knows?
All the two of them want to do is please me and that alone makes this cowboy gush.
How could you not love a dog like that? Great picture of Pritch, by the way.
cats might have nine lives but dogs have a sixth sense. they just know.
You know your dog loves you when they want to lay on the bathroom mat between your legs while your taking a dump! One of the things that Cooper does that I love is when he is in the living room sitting and I say "Wheres the duck" and he looks up at my greenhead on the wall like hes in a blind and watching one fly by.
My wife's dog, Whisky, a 13 month old Brittany, just loves to snuggle for a moment before we go out to feed the game birds in their pens in the early dark of morning time. She will lay her muzzle on my shoulder, then hit me with her cold, wet nose to say the birds are waiting and so am I. It won't be long girl and the three of us will be off hunting the wild ones.
reason number 1 why i love my boykin: hes got my back when the girls dont, haha. just this mornin he was laid out sleepin on my huntin jack...the same thang he did when he was just a puppy...kinda made me smile.
Fall is pheasant hunting season in South Dakota. Birds are easy to find, but we know that a good hunting dog is a rare treasure. We understand that the look in a dog’s eyes that says, “Take me hunting” is hard to resist. That’s why we are on the hunt to reward the best dogs. Visit South Dakota Tourism’s Facebook page to enter your hunting dog in a photo contest for a chance to win a weekly prize or the grand prize.
http://www.facebook.com/southdakotatourism?v=app_4949752878&ref=ts
-South Dakota Office of Tourism
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