Not exact matches
When it comes to the consumer's perception of «free - range,» arguably the vision that «free - range» most often conjures is of a
bird happily
hunting and pecking in the grass in an open field.
Succinctly, the oldtimer replied: «Just as many as you take with you
when you go
bird hunting.»
He was
hunting wild turkey with his brother - in - law, Patrick Blades,
when Blades mistook him for a
bird in the bushes and shot him in the back.
When you haveacquired control of the way your dog ranges in the field — this takes two tothree months of daily training — he is ready for the final exercise before anactual
hunt: response to a flushed
bird.
After the dog hassome field experience behind him and is used to retrieving live
birds, he isready for the basic exercises which will control him
when hunting.
But then I wanted a dog I could do agility with (GSD and doberman...) But now I still want to
hunt birds, don't mind whether or not I do agility w / the dog or not... But I don't want my mom to go beserk
when I tell her I changed my mind again!!!
Even in cases
when some species of
birds and other small mammals were reintroduced into the wild to try to prevent extinction, the tenacious feral felines unfortunately end up
hunting them down too.
This is an important command for those of you that will be
hunting out of a blind
when the
birds are coming in and you don't want your dog to distract the
birds and possibly scare them to another field or body of water.
Plus, many more
birds were probably killed than were eaten and thus were not detectable in the stomach contents: cats are hard - wired predators that
hunt even
when well fed.
When hunting, the English Cocker does indeed present a bustling movement, with a madly wagging tail, he busily darts here and there in a very active pursuit of
bird scent In the show ring, his movement is evaluated as above in the English standard and as follows in the U.S. standard: «The English Cocker is capable of
hunting in dense cover and in upland terrain.
Spaniels have been
bird hunters» helpers since before the development of the rifle,
when hunting dogs were used in tandem with nets.
The natural place of cats in the food chain is as hunters of mice, rats, and other small rodents, who in urban habitat are themselves overwhelmingly of introduced species, and as scavengers of sick and injured
birds who remain on the ground after dark,
when healthy
birds are roosting and cats do most of their
hunting.
Spaniel field trials and
hunt tests are all foot handled, spaniels
hunt in a «windshield wiper» pattern and «hup» or sit
when they find the
bird, then flush on command and retrieve to hand after the
bird is shot.
Hand signals are also heavily used
when training dogs from a distance, such as in directing a
hunting dog to retrieve a downed
bird, training a dog to compete in a utility obedience competition or asking a herding dog to move the flock.
Cats will make a chattering sound
when they see a
bird — possibly out of excitement of seeing a prey and the frustration of not being able to finish the
hunt.
When she starts going back and forth, and you have a
bird in the field, give her the command
HUNT «EM UP.
She can be a fury of pulling power
when she has the opportunity to break a flock of
birds or
hunt a squirrel (yes, I admit a lack of training here).
The Flat - Coat excels
when hunting upland game where he can use his nose, intelligence, and
bird sense.
They do have fairly strong
hunting instincts, especially
when it comes to
birds and fowl, so owners might want to walk their Lagottos on a leash.
As a matter of fact, this rugged all - purpose tracker and hunter is one of the best
when it comes to
hunting game fowls and other
birds.
This was long before the invention of reliable
hunting rifles,
when bird hunters used dogs in tandem with nets, bows, and sometimes falcons.
Some experts believe that the ancestors of the Irish Setter were the early flushing spaniels of the fourteenth century,
when bird hunting was accomplished by the dogs pointing to the trees in which the
birds hid.
Birds make up only a small percentage of their diet
when they rely solely on
hunting for food.
It was traditionally done
when Cavaliers were commonly used to
hunt birds.
When you dog
hunts and
hunts and
hunts and then finally kicks up a
bird.
He explains to us over his boiling porcupine soup that spears are wielded
when hunting small land mammals, while blowpipes are used to stealthily snipe at
birds or monkeys lounging on treetops.
In falconry,
when birds hunt they create a bridge between the falconer and the skies, getting lost from sight behind the clouds, yet always returning to the glove, faithful to the symbiotic relationship they have established.
No More «
Bird Massacres» Many experts believe the ban has distorted that tradition and led to reckless
hunting, like a controversial incident this past spring
when a man killed dozens of migratory storks in north Lebanon and posted pictures of himself with his dead prey on Facebook.
Or we could
hunt animals with lead bullets so that
when a
birds eats the meat on the carcass they die from lead poisoning.