ffeighty Posted June 30, 2012 Report Share Posted June 30, 2012 Good evening, This question may sound very stupid, but here it is: where do you usually hide your springer when decoying pigeons? A (steady) dog with a dark color can stay out of the hide without causing any issue, but I think that my springer (flashy white & liver) is visible from too far away and might scare the pigeons away. "In your hide" you will say. But to that I'll answer that I merely have a 1m² hide, with a lot of other things to put in it so there's no room left for my dog. :-) Do I simply need a bigger net for my hide, or do you know some tricks I didn't think about? Thanks in advance! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lee-kinsman Posted June 30, 2012 Report Share Posted June 30, 2012 Good evening, This question may sound very stupid, but here it is: where do you usually hide your springer when decoying pigeons? A (steady) dog with a dark color can stay out of the hide without causing any issue, but I think that my springer (flashy white & liver) is visible from too far away and might scare the pigeons away. "In your hide" you will say. But to that I'll answer that I merely have a 1m² hide, with a lot of other things to put in it so there's no room left for my dog. :-) Do I simply need a bigger net for my hide, or do you know some tricks I didn't think about? Thanks in advance! I think you answered your own question. Make your hide bigger. ATB, Lee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Actionpigeons Posted June 30, 2012 Report Share Posted June 30, 2012 (edited) If I am shooting alone I some times dont put a hide up, I just push my back into the hedge. When I do this I put the dog under the hedge, untill you get a bigger net this would work.. If you are shooting from a hide you do need a hide big enough to stand and move without getting you gun hung up anywhere, so your dog should sit in with you. A bit of a tip for you when I am hide shooting I take a foot mat out of my 4x4 and put it where I want the dog to sit, that way when ever I set up my hide she know where to sit. Edited June 30, 2012 by Actionpigeons Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
browning n spaniel Posted June 30, 2012 Report Share Posted June 30, 2012 if your setting up in a old hedge 9 times out of 10 there allways be the odd hole in the bottom, if you can build you hide at that spot you dog will have room to lay in the hedge behind you out the way, and when you send it out to pick up it will go out the back of your hide instead of out the side, well thats what i taught my spaniel to do, that way you ent the dog under your feet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ffeighty Posted July 1, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 1, 2012 (edited) The issue is that on most of the fields I shoot there is no hedge, so I only have the hide at my disposal to conceal her. I managed to get her + my stuff into the hide today, by simply stretching the bottom of the net to create a slope she can hide under. There wasn't much room, but she fit in it. :-) Edited July 1, 2012 by ffeighty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
browning n spaniel Posted July 2, 2012 Report Share Posted July 2, 2012 The issue is that on most of the fields I shoot there is no hedge, so I only have the hide at my disposal to conceal her. I managed to get her + my stuff into the hide today, by simply stretching the bottom of the net to create a slope she can hide under. There wasn't much room, but she fit in it. :-) get the dog a camo coat?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lee-kinsman Posted July 11, 2012 Report Share Posted July 11, 2012 Any extra layers at this time of year will make the dog really uncomfortable. For the cost of a camo coat you can buy another net or green fishing brolly that'll offer it some shade as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wids Posted August 3, 2012 Report Share Posted August 3, 2012 Does anyone have trouble with making their dogs deaf when so close to you in the hide shooting large quantities of shots regularly? I know a couple of folks who have done this so tend to leave the dog at home as its easy to pick up on stubble, and when the crop is stood the farmer doesn't want me or dog going in looking for birds anyway as it causes more danger than the pigeons! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pigeonblasterian Posted August 3, 2012 Report Share Posted August 3, 2012 I use a bit bigger hide and my springer fits in nicely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yickdaz Posted August 3, 2012 Report Share Posted August 3, 2012 if your setting up in a old hedge 9 times out of 10 there allways be the odd hole in the bottom, if you can build you hide at that spot you dog will have room to lay in the hedge behind you out the way, and when you send it out to pick up it will go out the back of your hide instead of out the side, well thats what i taught my spaniel to do, that way you ent the dog under your feet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike525steel Posted August 12, 2012 Report Share Posted August 12, 2012 Leave it at home save blowing its ears out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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