This is Bruce, my fox red lab’s second time bobwhite hunting. In the last video, he had a hard time figuring out what the smells were and what we wanted to pick up, but he was flushing birds and having a good time. This time, it, there’s a lot more interest from him in flushing birds and even finding the downed birds and retrieving to hand.
We’re hunting BLM land in Southern California for bobwhite, but on this trip, we were fortunate enough to find some doves as well. We came home with a mixed bag of both dove and valley bobwhite.
I’m not sure, but does he seem to have a natural point for a labrador? He’s certainly a full fox red hunting labrador breed, but 1/4 helm’s point doctor. Would love to know if you guys think this is a point to work on.
He’s turning into a great bobwhite hunting partner and becoming a great bobwhite hunting labrador.
My bobwhite hunting vest:
Bruce’s dog vest:
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