Upland Bird Dog: Upland Bird Hunting with bird dogs

Upland Birds

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The 2001-2002 General and Archery Pheasant Season in Southern California.

Sage loves the water, especially if she needs to retrieve a duck out across the bank or simply floating on the water. She quickly identifies the duck and decides to get into the water. Sometimes these ducks would dive down to only appear some distance away. Sage is persistence determined to retrieve the down bird. With her help, very few birds are lost and this results to help conserve our resources.

Just moments after identifying the bird, Sage leaps forward and starts to swim towards the duck. A bold dog is often needed if you are hunting various birds and different areas. Some 'soft' dogs will learn to become bolder if they are allowed to gain experience without undo pressure from their handler.

Jack looks to find a down bird in the water. As a pup Jack would leap into the water without hesitation for a bird. His determination was obvious since he was a puppy. Many years later, Jack still shows that same boldness in the water, on his ground work and intensity on point. Recently, Sal Satallante handed Jack to a win in the Amateur Region 12 Shooting Dog Championship. For more information on this field trial, please seeRegion 12 web pages.

Southern California along the Colorado River and eastward there are many canals to transport water to agriculture fields. This region is one of the most fertile areas in California and produced crops year around. The canals provide some danger to bird dogs because sometimes they are unable to get out due to the steep slopes that are covered with algae making the footing slipper for both dogs and humans. Bird dogs often jump into these canals to cool off and drink water. Owners must be diligent in event their dogs can't get out and are being pushed into tunnels and other obstacles. If you hunt in these areas, have sufficient rope to help get their dog out of these dangers situations.