bird dogs?

[luckyplum 50]

me the dogs and the ferrets enjoyed a couple of hours ferreting this morning even though it rained and hailed here in sunny suffolk ! the dogs and ferrets all worked well and i,v got rabbit pie ! on the way back to the van my 9 year old beddy/whippet grabbed hold of a partridge , she has never done this before although she has flushed many phesants anyway she did,nt hold on to it for long and away it flew ! this made me think about "bird dogs " anyone out there own a dog that catches birds on a regular basis , if so what cross ?

[villebones 4]

My best mates step dad was telling us about a russle he used to own that caught pheasents regular

[lester 0]

Edited February 25, 2010 by lester

[albert64 1,882]

my dog has caught 4 upto now took them out of the air as they try to take off and out of their seat he,s had countless near misses he,s 13 mths old blue merle, bred out of chipper smiths nell

[the lamping ferreter 160]

my beddy/grey has picked a few partidge up on the lamp this season so far, and a pheasent in daytime a few month ago.

when i go for a mooch with my puppy its a salukie bull greyhound and only 5months i take a catapult with me and shoot pheasents pigeons and he will pick them up and shake them about to make sure their dead its a good bit of sport and good for the puppy

[Tyla 3,179]

My bitsa bitch has caught a fair few birds, pheasants both airbourne and in cover, a few crows and a magpie. Our jrtxwhippet has had a few pheasants and even the terrier once. We dont go out looking for them and avoid the keepered areas after release. im always pretty concious of how much work has gone into rearing them but i dont mind the dogs grabbing the odd wild bird when they get the chance. i have more pics but cant find them on the PC right now. Dont have many partridge round here but im sure she' be happy to give them a try!

[earth&hounds 94]

iv got a bull whippet greyhound that will retreve shot birds all day long better than some gun dogs iv seen

[poacher3161 1,766]

I have noticed the beddy hybred lurcher pup[10 months] i have is mad on feather more so than any other cross i have owned she has not nailed a game bird yet but caught 3 ducks accidently.atb dell

[lamp+battery 98]

my bitch has had a few birds a cupple ov partridges on the lamp but her best was a woodie in the day time here is a pic

 

cheers lamp

[lilpip1234 62]

my lurcher has had 3 woodcock this season took them in their seats in longish grass

[luckyplum 50]

cheers for the replys people very interesting that so many different crosses manage to catch birds, hopfully mine will catch a few more or even better her two year old pup that i kept back will take an interest in birds, cheers plum!

[Mustelid 143]

my lurcher has had 3 woodcock this season took them in their seats in longish grass

 

I do quite a bit of woodcock hunting with springers and they've yet to catch one (not that I would want them to but they see a lot of them) - hats off to that lurcher of yours fella, very impressive.