Thanks Rick. I’ve told myself I’ll take him as long as he wants to go and try not to keep him out there too long, while also trying to make sure he sticks things out that he starts, so there’s a fine line to walk there. He asked about going to fish after one dove and we agreed on leaving after two. He was chirping me pretty good after the next two consecutive misses. Made me laugh. His two year old little sister read me the riot act when we returned and she got wind that we were fishing without her. “(Hands on hips and yelling) Why I not go?!!” Safe to say she’ll have the want to when she’s old enough to join.Rick wrote:Love the "Beau limit": as with puppies, leave 'em wanting more.
Don't care at all for hunting young dogs on doves until they've long established and conditioned good mouth habits on bigger, less loose-feathered birds. Warm weather leads to lots of sticky saliva that trauma loosened dove feathers (there's a name for the phenomenon that I forget) wad in and encourage mouthing of a tasty bite-sized morsel.
That’s interesting Bud. Hope it doesn’t come to that. Had a friend with a lab that would eat doves, ducks, quail, didn’t matter. He tried everything, including nails taped to a bumper. Didn’t work.Bud wrote:My Father used a cane pole, mono, and a sharp pine cone wrapped with feathers when training his. He was big into dogs and quail. Good memories.
Great story to tell. Catch any fish?
He is, and I sometimes don’t fully realize it until flipping back through logs here…Deltaman wrote:Good Job Dad and Beau is growing up fast!!!!!!!
Haha, that she does.Rick wrote:Must take after her mom.
Duck Engr wrote: Haven’t seen the first teal around but plan to make a dry run of sorts next weekend so june can get the feel of a pre dawn boat ride before the big show starts in November.
Duck Engr wrote:Bearings will get their annual repack/replace as soon as it cools off a few more degrees.
[quote="Rick"]I do trust them within each season but my boat sits so much during the summer that rust can form. I also usually put about 4000 miles on them each duck season. I get out and touch my hubs without even thinking about it each time I stop for gas.Rick wrote:Duck Engr wrote:Bearings will get their annual repack/replace as soon as it cools off a few more degrees.
No faith in Bearing Buddies? (Not that an annual manual check isn't a good idea, anyway.)
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