i own a year old golden retreiver and have been training him on fetching waterfowl. i have worked him pretty hard and he fetches the fake duck when i tell him to. but i went out hunting last weekend and he wouldn't fetch any of my ducks. What did i do wrong?
2006-11-15 06:25:01 · 5 answers · asked by brett w 1 in Sports ➔ Outdoor Recreation ➔ Hunting
good grief...were in the heck do people get these answers from. LOL..
Seriously, duck scent?? maybe that why i am not a good duck hunter.
Presuming you have trained him over water to fetch the fake duck. He grew accustom to the water and surroundings. One thing you can try is before the hunt toss the fake duck into the place you are hunting and get him to retrieve it. Then, he might go for real ducks. Doubtful though. You might need to use a real duck once or twice. Say, late in the hunting hours...show him the duck and toss one out into the water like you would a fake-duck.
I am not a duck hunter but I try to help :)
try the ducks unlimited site i found for ya
Good Luck
2006-11-15 07:44:07 · answer #1 · answered by devilduck74 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I went duck hunting aswell, but it may be possible that hes afriad or something, either that or not enough training Maybe use a real duck or something..
Have a good Hunt
2006-11-15 14:28:36 · answer #2 · answered by Ruski 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Did you use duck scent on the dummies?
2006-11-15 14:33:18 · answer #3 · answered by Shane 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
use real ducks in training
ppl will work too...
2006-11-15 15:58:55 · answer #4 · answered by ceesteris 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Maybe he doesn't want to put a dirty, smelly, parasite-infected, bloodied bird carcass in his mouth.
2006-11-15 14:28:05 · answer #5 · answered by Perplexed Music Lover 5 · 0⤊ 3⤋