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 Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2009 2:13 pm Post subject: UKC/HRC Hunt Test |
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I hope nobody minds me jumping right in with a new post?
New member here and figured I would share some photos of a U.S. UKC/HRC style hunt test.
My personal introduction to this forum resides here:
http://www.labradorforums.co.uk/ftopict-63769.html
Hav e a wonderful day and weekend everyone.
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| Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2009 2:34 pm Post subject: |
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Nice pictures RJC, welcome to LF, and welcome to the FT section.
I have done some shooting in the US, my brother lives in Wyoming, we were doing what we call walked up, or rough shooting over his Brittanies, lots of fun.
My brother and his buddies have an annual trip to Nebraska to shoot Roosters on the corn stubble fields, I've never been able to time it to make that trip, but he reckons those birds a really wild, and easily spooked, you have to take them a long way out in front.
Look forward to seeing more pictures, and hearing about shooting/working dogs your dogs in Nebraska.
Andrew
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Hello Andrew and thanks for the nice comments.
To bring some clarification to those pictures a walk-up in a hunt test is to simulate a handler and dog sneaking up on some ducks. Which happens quite frequently over here. Your under judgement walking up to the shooting line. Your best pal must be under control at heel and then steady to shot. Fun stuff.
Yes, Nebraska does have some wild pheasants! But if you can hunt them early in the season they typically hold until they are under foot or the dogs nose. After the crops come out and winter sets in they can quickly become runners. They can hear the dogs coming across all that snow. That is why many hunting groups put a "blockers" at the end of a field and the other hunters/dogs push birds to them.
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