re: Paging Wick: Making first wild pheasant hunt-DAY 1 FINISHED

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They are pointers, but they are young pointers only having worked pen raised…..I’m seeing a lot of bumped birds trying to get to close which is why I have a longer choke plan

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If you shoot birds the dog bumps, you are teaching the dog that it’s OK to bump birds. Then you will never have a dog that holds its points. Rule of thumb is to never shoot bumped birds over a young dog. Once dog is older and steady on points, it’s OK to shoot a bumped bird if the dog makes an occasional mistake.