Madonna and Maugh in the Real Deal!!

[phil]

Dateline Sept.01
Place: Francesville ,Indiana
Opening day of Dove Season.

After a successful season of hunt testing, Senior upland title Ohio National H/W End of March..Senior Retriever Title Lima Ohio at the Black Swamp End of July..And recently Master hunter upland Michigan... Justamuc summer hunt test and Mini work shop August 26th And as a celebration of Maugh and Madonn's accomplishments this year...
I took Maugh and Madonna on a wild dove shoot in Western Indiana.
A great day for what we were doing, temps in mid seventies and grey and treaten skies in the offing. Birds were cruising in and out of the sunflower fields and corn 45-60 mile mph.

Maugh kill her first birds for her little dog in fine style!!!.Using the system that she had learn in my shooting schools M.O.P. system The Ivy leaguer connected on four birds in the first 30 minutes of gunning.

Madonna was every bit a sportsperson's dog making a total of 19 retrieves
Perfectly line steady to gun or fall.... Handling two pair on 2 occasions and 3 blinds across open grown in standing indiana corn easily 55 yds away

Thanks to Maugh's hard work and Madonna's response to a brand new situation ( Gunning in the area was intense,100 guns on 500 acres) This old dog trainer had the time of his life..We had a ball.
Thanks Maugh it was every bit my pleasure to spend a morning afield with you and your little dog..

Oh did I tell you that Maugh kill her first birds Yes Elvira you can teach the old gal new tricks.....

With Ducks and Geese Ruff grouse and Woodcock,a nd of course the king, pheasants, coming soon..It will be a brillant autumn..
Conserve game hunt with a trained dog...and a fitted shotgun!



Hal Standish
Justamuc Gun dog Training Center
Three Rivers, Michigan

[hicntry]

Hal, I am curious, Did Maugh have time to position Madonna so she was facing incoming birds??? I can't see how that would be possible in a hunting situation. I am overjoyed that you got Maugh into the field with a gun. I suspect she is going to gain some insight from actually hunting and watching good dogs work as opposed to what training alone can accomplish. Are you helping with the fur tracking? If Maugh got 4 dove in the first 30 minutes she can out shoot me with a shotgun. I average about 1 bird per 25 rounds...oh, sorry, shells. I bought a new shotgun about 5 years ago, vintage...no longer in production, a Mossberg 9200. Have shot it one time and killed one bird. Maybe it just fits better than all the wingmasters I have had. I didn't realize till this morning. Dove season opened today. I may have to go out some this season and see if it is the fit of the gun or the shooter. See you in March 07

[hicntry]

PS, if anyone wants to talk NAWATA, or protection, keep it on the appropriate threads and off the hunting threads and we will get along fine. Any more on the hunting , or any other inappropriate, threads will be deleted so save yourself the typing time. Over half the threads on this board have to do with your cause and I would greatly appreciate the posts be kept there. If Maugh wants to answer she knows where to find the posts if they are in the right place. There is a big difference between discussion and badgering. Are we on the same page yet?