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help -- pen raised birds fly away
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08/29/21 07:05 PM
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booskay
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Short version of the story ------ let out some pen raised birds for my dog to work --- they flew off ---------- about 400 yds across a fence --- is there some trick to keep this from happening ?? I"ve never used pen raised birds before.
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Re: help -- pen raised birds fly away
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08/29/21 10:04 PM
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Michael Wilson
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Get or make a recall pen. Keep some in the pen with a recall door they can walk back in the pen with out getting back out.
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Re: help -- pen raised birds fly away
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08/30/21 12:58 AM
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Huntmaster
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You can spin their head and plant them.
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Re: help -- pen raised birds fly away
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08/30/21 01:32 AM
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Re: help -- pen raised birds fly away
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08/30/21 01:50 AM
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booskay
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Thanks for the tips guys.
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Re: help -- pen raised birds fly away
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08/30/21 11:48 AM
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bill oxner
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All good advice. Use them one at a time and put a ribbon in them if they are not yet trained for recall.
Quail hunting is like walking into, and out of a beautiful painting all day long. Gene Hill
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Re: help -- pen raised birds fly away
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08/30/21 12:59 PM
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stinkbelly
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Re: help -- pen raised birds fly away
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08/30/21 07:34 PM
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If I’m going to be running the dog on them right after planting, I put them to sleep. If they are still sound asleep when your flushing, use the toe of your boot kind of like kicking a football. Just not as hard. If it’s going to be a little later, I slightly dizzy them, and toss them into heavy cover.
Shopping with your husband is like hunting with the game warden. Experience is what you get, when you didn't get what you wanted.
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Re: help -- pen raised birds fly away
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08/30/21 09:42 PM
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bill oxner
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Quail hunting is like walking into, and out of a beautiful painting all day long. Gene Hill
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Re: help -- pen raised birds fly away
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08/30/21 09:52 PM
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angus1956
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I'm glad there strong flyers. Build you a call back cage.
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Re: help -- pen raised birds fly away
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08/31/21 01:33 AM
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booskay
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All good advice,,,, thanks to all.
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Re: help -- pen raised birds fly away
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10/03/21 11:16 PM
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Quail? Recall pen is the way to go but you need to keep it stationary and the birds need to live in it for around a week before their first release.
Pigeon? They either need to be homers or you have to tie some weight or cardboard to their legs.
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Re: help -- pen raised birds fly away
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10/06/21 09:07 PM
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reeltexan
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Get or make a recall pen. Keep some in the pen with a recall door they can walk back in the pen with out getting back out. A recall pen is the way to go. I never spin them when I let them out. I want them to move around. I want the dog to use her abilities to find them.
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