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9781885106261

Training the Versatile Retriever to Hunt Upland Birds

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  • ISBN13:

    9781885106261

  • ISBN10:

    1885106262

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 1999-09-01
  • Publisher: Wilderness Adventures Press
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Summary

Bill Tarrant, Gun Dog Editor of Field & Stream and America's best known writer of hunting dog training books, has authored the first book designed to show the retriever enthusiast how to train his dog to hunt upland birds. Bill got together with the four top retriever trainers in America today: Mike Gould, shooting Labs; Gary Ruppel, pointing Labs; Butch Goodwin, Chesapeake Bay retrievers; and Jim Charlton, golden retrievers.

Author Biography

Bill Tarrant, hunting dog editor of Field & Stream, has been hunting, training, and writing about hunting dogs all his life. He has written numerous books on hunting dogs. He is the only person twice named Dog Writer of the Year by the Dog Writers Association of America. Bill has been the leading advocate in training your dog the natural way: no pain, no electric collars. Bill lives with his wife in Las Vegas, Nevada

Table of Contents

Prologuep. 1
Introduction to the Versatile Shooting Retrieverp. 5
The New Do-It-All Retrieverp. 27
From the Dog's Point of Viewp. 33
Sitting Under the Gun Dog Treep. 49
Yard Trainingp. 57
Equipment Drillsp. 81
Steady to Wing and Shotp. 99
Breeding Determines Success in Trainingp. 115
The Pointing Retrieverp. 125
Training on Wild Birdsp. 135
Heading for the Flying B Ranchp. 143
The Runningp. 163
The Shooting Retriever's Great Debatep. 183
Hunting for Upland Gamep. 203
Putting Pup on Hand Signals or How to Get a Pheasantp. 215
Bobwhitep. 225
Hunting the Other Quailp. 235
Hungarian Partridge, Sharptail, and Prairie Chickenp. 247
Chukar and Blue Grousep. 251
Sage Grouse, Ruffed Grouse, and Woodcockp. 255
Trainersp. 263
Indexp. 265
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