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When is it safe to hunt your pup? (Gator Related)
Posted on 11/6/17 at 2:39 pm
Posted on 11/6/17 at 2:39 pm
More specifically, around the Reggio/Delacroix/Caernarvon area.
I've worked hard to get my boy started and am looking forward to having some fun this season & years to come, however, I don't want to push the issue until our reptilian friends are safely into their wintertime patterns.
Perhaps I am overthinking this as it is my first time introducing a dog into my hunting environment. Anyone have a word of forewarning/advice/alleviation?
Pics of said pup:
I've worked hard to get my boy started and am looking forward to having some fun this season & years to come, however, I don't want to push the issue until our reptilian friends are safely into their wintertime patterns.
Perhaps I am overthinking this as it is my first time introducing a dog into my hunting environment. Anyone have a word of forewarning/advice/alleviation?
Pics of said pup:
This post was edited on 11/6/17 at 2:45 pm
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Posted on 11/6/17 at 2:46 pm to MrJudgeSmails
FWIW I've always heard the magic water temp is 60 degrees for them to go docile... they'll still be around but won't be feeding.
Posted on 11/6/17 at 3:02 pm to MrJudgeSmails
quote:
Perhaps I am overthinking this
Actually you are not. If you hunt in water where your dog will swim, he could be a target for a gator. We usually wait till at least a good front or 2 to hunt ponds where the dog is going to swim in.
Preferably we like at least a good freeze but getting a string of 40 degree nights where we don't get the heat wave that follows is ideal.
Posted on 11/6/17 at 3:38 pm to MrJudgeSmails
good on you for your concern.
as others have noted is water temp, not air temp to watch.
but on a sunny winter day you can find them up on the bank catching rays, and they will strike if disturbed
we quit using dogs down at the wax...they never seem to go dormant even dead of winter and theres so many young adults who have to be aggressive to survive
as others have noted is water temp, not air temp to watch.
but on a sunny winter day you can find them up on the bank catching rays, and they will strike if disturbed
we quit using dogs down at the wax...they never seem to go dormant even dead of winter and theres so many young adults who have to be aggressive to survive
Posted on 11/6/17 at 4:05 pm to MrJudgeSmails
uhhhh..... He looks spoiled rotten! Lol....... Not that my dogs aren't.
Posted on 11/6/17 at 5:12 pm to MrJudgeSmails
Fyi, rode today and saw more gators out and about than I did all summer. Was in Pointe a la hache. Close to your area. Sucks to not hunt him, as someone who has to pick up all his birds, I realize how bad this would and will suck.
Posted on 11/7/17 at 7:20 pm to MrJudgeSmails
PSA to other hunters, please don't let any dogs ride on the bow this weekend.
Witnessed a friend run over a great dog of his after hitting our wake, one of the worst experiences of my life.
Witnessed a friend run over a great dog of his after hitting our wake, one of the worst experiences of my life.
Posted on 11/7/17 at 7:29 pm to MrJudgeSmails
I'll be taking my dog this weekend. As said above I will keep her close. No long retrieves, no retrieves in vegetation and no deep water. I scouted and found a spot where we can push our boat about 150 yards in about a 6"-1' deep pond. Anything that falls close she'll go get. If it falls further than 50 yards away in the open water, I'll accompany her on the retrieve. I'm a little worried right now, but I'll be very vigilant once on the hunt.
Hunt your dog. Just be smart
Hunt your dog. Just be smart
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