wc hunt Oct 31 Luna only

Bradford  private
noon
6 C
breeze
rain very wet

Luna only.
She pointed 6 birds, I missed 2, may be it was because of the Orvis hat.
She bumped 4, I shot at 2 of them and missed.

Luna works really really well.

She had some trouble with retrieves, chewing, dropping birds.
She probably got into it because she gives birds to Liza normally.
I called her, put one wc in her mouth and told her to hold.
This seems to have reminded her how to do it.

Nice day, proper dog work.

wc hunt Oct 30

Holland marsh - Liza bumped one bird, then nothing

Private (former shooting club)
rain
wet cold

moved around 10 wc.
Luna pointed 3, one perhaps together with Liza, when the bird flushed, I shot it.
Ivy is slow, Liza is crazy

wc train Oct 28

Kirby
Sunny
around 10 C
wet

moved around 5 birds, Liza runs like crazy!!!
no points I think from any dog, she's ruining Luna and Ivy too.
Ivy is pretty slow, she bumped wc in thick cedars after nosing around in a small area, not sure
what was wrong with her....

wc train Oct 27

Kirby
wet

Moved 5 birds or so
Luna pointed one off the trail and Liza jumped in, I yelled at her and shocked her into sit
I have to be careful
I must train her on pigeons next year.

wc hunt Oct 26

Rob's farm
11 am
Sunny
+7
dry
some breeze

Luna pointed 4 birds, she left the first 3 points, not sure if the got tired or the birds moved, the other 2 dogs were with me, I just didn't have time to get to her.
First time she pointed 90m from me.

Her 4th point I walked in, she wouldn't move, when I was saying OK LUNA finally Liza broker from her sit about 30 m away, Luna moved, the bird flushed into my face and I had to shoot 'away' shot towards the lake where people water ski, so I shot one shot, missed and didn't shoot the second barrel.

There also were 1-2 bumps.

No points from Liza or Ivy

wc hunt Oct 15

Rob's farm
4 pm
11 C
some wind
dry
cloudy

Moved few wc - I walked into one,
Ivy bumped one and 2 came out of the 'island' bush, probably Lisa bumped them.

I also ran Lisa in Kirby before hunting, she was barking, so probably bumped another wc.

wc train oct 24

Kirby

Moved around 5 birds
Liza had a point, she was close to me, close to the trail and wind was in her face, she pointed I said nothing, I moved after a second or two and she flushed the bird, I fired blank and praised her

Luna pointed very solid one in the poplars, I couldn't find her, walked past her, she was standing
Great job

wc train Oct 22 and 23

Oct 23
Kirby
11 C
breezy, dry, clouds, sun

I parked on Kirby side, brough Liza alone, leaving Ivy and Luna in the car.
She moved 3 wc in the poplars quickly. One she flash pointed.

Luna and Ivy quickly moved one bird each, Luna was slowly tracking one and would point it may be if Liza wasn't moving right behind her, but she didn't run like crazy, which is good.

Alltogether moved around 9 birds, didn't see any points. May be the conditions were bad.



Oct 22
Similar. Moved around 8 birds, I think Luna pointed one. Liza is pretty useless. Have to train her on pigeons next year.

wc train Oct 21

14 C
breezy
3 pm

Kirby

Moved around 4-5 birds in the poplar grove, at least one solid point from Luna,
Liza runs and chasing birds while barking like mad dog
Ivy slowed down, she was standing with Luna I think on the point....

wc hunt Oct 14, training 2 more

hunted Holland on Thanksgiving day

Ivy pointed very nicely in the overgrown field. I managed to shoot the bird with the second shot.

Previous week, took the dogs couple times to Kirby, 3-4 birds each time, Liza is crazy, hasn't pointed yet. Luna points and so does Ivy.

Saturday before I was at Rob's farm, didn't shoot anything. There were a few birds, but no good points or shooting opportunities.

wc hunt Oct 6, 5 and Sep 30

Oct 6 Sunday
3 pm
Kirby park
cloudy +18C
dry

Luna pointed 3 wc, good solid points.
Liza bumped one when she ran to Luna's point after Luna's wc left.


Oct 5
Rob's farm
4C frost, then sunny

It was nothing, then in the bush island Luna pointed a bird, then another.
I missed from 1 point and then one bumped bird.
Only 2 points from Luna

Altogether 6 wc moved.


Sep 30
First hunt of the year
Holland marsh

Luna pointed 1 bird, I missed, one other wc left w/o point