Im a die hard waterfowler, but it got kicked up a notch when i started hunting with my best hunting partner. He never turns me down and is ready to go when I walk out the door. Weve been hunting partners for almost 8 years. I dont think i will ever hunt without a dog again after owning this one. Lets have a tribute to our best hunting buddy.
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Cody's First Hunt
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Great looking partner right there!
Good looking pup Del. I too can not stand to hunt without Stonewall.
I have started raising two different chocolate lab male pups for hunting dogs and both times give them to friends because I didn't have the time to spend with them. My job is less time consuming now, but little kids are more time consuming so I'm not sure if I'm ready or not. I sure do want to raise a hunting partner.
This is a pic of my buddy's 14 year old female black lab. She has retrieved a ton of ducks. She put in at least six seasons with him while he was professionally guiding in Stuttgart. He just can't leave her at home because she gets so excited when he starts loading the truck. You can see the gray on her muzzle.
Great idea for a thread. I will be sure ton contribut once my primary pic hosting site is back up - closed until 1 Jan WTH is that??? Nice pics so far!
14???? Dang, she looks great. What I wouldnt give to have Stonewall with me for that long
We keep thinking her hips will fail her, but she keeps on going!
Del, I just noticed the bling on that woodie in the last pic! That is SWEET!
Quote from: drenalinld on December 27, 2011, 04:56:37 PM
We keep thinking her hips will fail her, but she keeps on going!
Del, I just noticed the bling on that woodie in the last pic! That is SWEET!
That was his first hunt. He was 7 months old.
Unfortunately I have had to put down two of my hunting buddies in the last two years. First was my choc. lab Moose in summer 2010. This past July my britt Buck passed. Both will be remembered forever, they are the ones who buried the hatchet in my addiction for bird dogs.
To help with losing my lab and my britt, last February I brought home my first irehaired Pointing Griffon. He has been a joy so far and is doing great for his first year.
Those Griffins are sweet.
Thanks creek, I am pretty proud of him myself. He looked cooler before the season when his facial hair wasn't worn off. Great looking black you have savduck, he has the head and bodystyle I really like in labs, you can't go wrong with them, and they handle pressure during training better than the griffs, won't hear me complaining though.
A good dog is hard to beat. I will miss mine when the time comes.
Jarbo....the ironic thing is I decided to get this dog while on a hunt with his mother in Kansas. My dogs mom was a big chocolate, same head and tempermant, but she had the big otter tail. Very steady. I used to hunt near Neosha/ Big Carters Island a few years back when I could travel some. My buddy told me he was gonna have one more litter from Brownie while we were standing on ice in the timber killing greenheads. He breed her to General 5 star Patton. Cody has been a fine dog. Very steady and has great blind manners. He is losing his hearing in one ear, and is having trouble taking signals now, but a fine meat dog none the less.
This was my baby, Traveller. She retrieved the first duck I ever killed, as well as my first goose. I still shed an occasional tear for her
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This is Stonewall. Best mannered hunting companion I have ever had the pleasure of sharing a blind with. He has retrieved ducks, geese, doves and quail
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Lee, Im a little disappointed you didnt share the story of Stonewall and your double banded mallard. That is a story and picture very worthy of this post. He sure is a good looking boy.
Here is Skipper my Chessie
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My right hand man, Leroy
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Now we are talking GREAT looking dogs.
Quote from: savduck on December 29, 2011, 03:05:37 PM
Lee, Im a little disappointed you didnt share the story of Stonewall and your double banded mallard. That is a story and picture very worthy of this post. He sure is a good looking boy.
Wish I had pictures of the chase and retrieve, but here is the story. Last year one of my son's friends took me to a swamp they had permission to hunt. It was a 10 minute ride to get there. We were breaking ice in the swamp, and had to walk about 60 yards in to get to the spot. It was overcast, spitting snow, generally not a good day to hunt. We sat there for two hours and didnt see or hear a duck. Stonewall is propped on a log shivering and I had had enough. Told the kid we were going to get a biscuit. So we unloaded our guns and began the walk out. Stonewall knew where the dry land was and was way ahead of us. The kid was in front of me about 10yds. Well, just before you hit dry land you have to cross a creek, about 10yds wide and 4 foot deep. Stonewall hit the creek then a HARD left. I was trying to figure out where he was going when the kid says "there is a duck". Wound up being a wounded hen mallard they shot the day before. She certainly wasnt dead, but couldnt fly real well. Stonewall is hot on her fanny, jumping over trees, busting through brush, at one point he is way to my left walking on ice. I lose sight of him and cant hear him so I call him back. A minute or so later I see glimpses of him coming back. Then he breaks though some brush and I see he has that duck in his mouth :happy0064: How about that? Didnt fire a shot and got a duck. Well, Stonewall is proud as he can be and he gets to within about 10yds of me I see her left leg. Yep, a silver band!!! Holy crap!!! I grab the duck and wring her neck. I am holding her by her neck with her belly facing outwards admiring the band. The kid then asks " Whats this other band and why is it green?"... Got a check a few weeks later from the federal government for $100. Needless to say, Stonewall gets a sausage biscuit on every hunt from now on. He was also nice enough to allow me to hold on to both of the bands for him
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Here are my two but unfortunately I had to put both down last May. One to old age and the other got a brain tumor. Needless to say I didnt waterfowl hunt much this year didnt seem right without Boomer in the boat.
Copper
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Boomer
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Those were two fine looking dogs. sorry for your loss
Quote from: savduck on January 09, 2012, 10:56:10 PM
Those were two fine looking dogs. sorry for your loss
X2, couldnt imagine losing both at the same time. I have three, one is 10, one 7 and one 6
Here is my duck dog, Drake. He is supposed to be a yellow lab, but has something else mixed in. He has been hunting with me for 8 years now, but his hips are getting pretty bad and I only got him out with me once this year during early season. He still loves to go and sit in the boat with me though.
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Man I love my lab!
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Im not a duck hunter but here's my Chessie, Philly !
A few of Sadie, my 10 yo Chessie.
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blowout tide!
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Can
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Brant
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woodies
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There is nothing like duck hunting with a good dog
Quote from: MDbowman on January 11, 2012, 10:21:32 PM
A few of Sadie, my 10 yo Chessie.
blowout tide!
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If I were that dog, I would spit the duck out just outside the boat, jump in and BITE you :TooFunny:
Here's my boy George. Will turn 9 next month.
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Man, thats a fine looking dog and some nice straps
Here are some pics of my pooch...His name is Sugar Varazs, he is an import from Hungary from Sugar Vizsla Kennels....such a good boy!!!
Lets go fishin'
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c'mon dad...lets go faster!!
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this is his Grinch look!!
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this one was just too big for him!!
So do you call him 'Sugar' or do you call him 'Magic'?
Quote from: bigwayne17 on January 19, 2012, 10:58:54 PM
So do you call him 'Sugar' or do you call him 'Magic'?
Call him Raz...sometimes Razzel Dazzel!!
Here is my hunting partner, Gunner. He just turned 12 this month and hunts like a machine!
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Wouldn't go without my black lab Abby.
Great pic's there :angel9: are some true veterans their
Loves hunting, but only on the outdoor chanel
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