Wild Apple Kennel and Guide Service

Wild Apple Kennel and Guide Service
The 2007 Grand National Grouse Champion, Winner 2008 Northern New England Woodcock Championship, Winner 2010 Lake States Grouse Championship, Runner-up 2011 Northeast Grouse and Woodcock Championship, Winner 2011 International Amateur Woodcock Championship, Winner 2012 Southern New England Woodcock Championship

Wild Apple Kennel Training Blog

This blog will try to present a running account of the training and field trialing season for the pointers of Wild Apple Kennel. NOW ACCEPTING BOOKINGS FOR THE 2015 GROUSE AND WOODCOCK SEASON WITH WILD APPLE KENNEL GUIDE SERVICE! PHONE NUMBERS 603-449-3419 OR CELL 603-381-8763.



Wednesday, September 4, 2013

Camp is Winding Down

Birdy (aka Peanut) is already hunting in Montana and Lucy left Monday.  Ed Nicholson is here for a few days and then is headed out with Ruby.  Rich Claxton is coming up today and taking Maggie home tomorrow.  Cider went to Henry and Dave McCarthy a couple weeks ago.  Max and Jagger leave next week with Bruce.  That will get me down to five of my own and Brandy, Sam, and Pete.

Yesterday was a puppy day with Jagger making a breakthrough and holding two different woodcock finds until I got to him to tie for day dog with Brandy who found two grouse and two woodcock in a cover that is pretty tough running.  Glo and Ruby each had woodcock finds and I ran Sam in a spot that doesn't have many birds to try and rein her in a bit.  She's definitely a hand full.

Already been out this morning and ran Pete and Max.  Both had finished work on birds.  Pete had a really nice limb find on a woodcock.  Max had a good woodcock find and then dug in deep and stopped.  I went into him and he was still high and tight when I got to him.  When I got in front of him a grouse lifted and then another and another I fired and he stayed tight.  More grouse lifted and just to tempt him to screw up I fired again and then again on the last of six grouse.  That was too much and he finally broke.  I set him back up and did a little training but I was pretty easy on him as I had forced the issue so I could get a correction in.

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