Hunting Quail, Chukar & Huns - Rain or Shine? - Season IV Episode IV 

Your dogs are just fine, Rob! They are the ones with the nose! Trust them to do the job at whatever range and wind conditions present. You still had a great day of finding birds!

To answer your question, at age 75, I like to keep my GWPs out between 75 and 150 yards. I don’t move as fast as I used too. Thanks for sharing your hunt!

I’d say your lucky enough to have a mid range dog and a long range dog… what the long range dog might pass by the mid range most likely will point.. you’ve got the best of both worlds to me … excellent video!

My first Brittany ran big right out of the truck. My current Brittany is like your girl. He's constantly looking back at me. Once he starts finding birds and he's a few weeks into the season it's less of a problem. Be patient and she'll gain confidence.

For huns and Chuks I'm good with the dogs ranging out 250 - 300, much beyond that and I find it takes too long to reach em and the birds are gone. Qual and Pheasant 50 to 100 is great for me. Seems my situation is the reverse of yours. My pointer is very difficult to keep closer than 100yds. 😋

awesome dog work, beautiful scenery too!

I've always wanted a dog that you gotta hold back. If they don't hold a point it doesn't matter tho. I hunt with GSP and GWP pheasant quail huns sharptails

Great video! The doggies did well today!

Like you said, chukar hunting in big country, I'm good with 200-300 yards... I'd rather let Remi find the birds. But I hunt quail and pheasants on some smaller tracts of land where 100 yards is more than enough.

Awesome video bro. My dogs work depending on the cover either. They are way to hell out there at 300 yards or they are in tight.

Time heals all wounds, give Dizzy time and she’ll come around.

I was fortunate and grew up with two big dog breeders in my life and have had to attempt to correct all the various ranges of a dog. My favorite is a dog that ranges 50-200 yards but will go to 500+ yards if they're not finding birds. If they are hunting objectives, using their nose and steady to point (lots of ifs there) then that's the perfect dog for me because you'll maximize your chances of finding birds and seeing good dog work. The dog who hunts objectives and with his nose will be able to successfully hunt any species. My older Britt will not go further than 50 yards if we're hunting forest grouse or a thick drainage for pheasant. If we're hunting sharpies, chuks or any open prairie....he's out 200 yards typically. If you want some suggestions on how to help a dog range, I can offer up a few! It's never a guarantee, but there are some things you can do.

In Oregon predators are always a issue I like to keep them close no more than 60 yards

I love your two pups! Dizzy will get there with enough time in the field. She just needs some confidence that what shes doing meets with your approval. On a seperate issue, how many gigabytes are the memory cards are you using in your GoPro? How many minutes of record time can you get on, say a 256gb memory card? Do you record at the cameras highest resolution? I just ordered a GoPro Hero 11 Black, but i dont know if i should get 3 or 4 of the128gb, a couple 256gb or one 512gb memory card?

my short hair is almost 2. he loves to range out to about 100-150 yards... but then the jerk just flushes them! arrggg... back for more training.

Can you provide make and models of the specific collars, controller, and watch you are running to keep track of your dogs and get point alerts?

Pointers. Had one point a covey of bobwhites 597 yards

Where did you get that box for your collars? And is there onboard power or is it just a protective box?

Are you using go pros or something else? Video looks great!

I run Labradors they are always in gun range unless chasing a wounded bird. I always do better than the pointer owners I hunt with or come across

My advice for Dizzy(not an expert) is time, and also some solo hunts, so she cant lean on Coopers range/boldness. She's already a good bird dog, just needs experience.