pigions or other birds for training

I think I might know someone who trains their dog with pigeons. And it is great pre-season work.

Great picture and a very well trained dog!!

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thanks guys I found a guy down here in the south I just gotta get to him before him too long, chico what kind of trap where do I get it and do you use bait?

Here is how a train my dogs with piegons. First get some yarn from grandma or at Wal-Mart or mom and pop store. teather them to each leg of the piegon right above the foot. Each has a seperate line that goes back to the main yarn or heavier type string but is still light. When you put the yarn on the leg make sure it is not a knot that just keeps tighting. Can't recall the name of the knot I used. Then I put into the ground a pole about eight foot tall and attached the other end of the long string, and it was about 5 yds long. This way the piegon can fly and then set down in the grass, and you bring your dog to point him out. Then later you can flush it out and hold the dog and when it lands, and have him point again. I never did shoot them.
You can also use different types of quail scent, etc. on a small piece of cloth or foam sponge to give the scent you want for your dogs. Later I used some metal washers for a weight and when the piegon was flushed after a point or flushed by a springer. They only fly a short distance and you can go flush or point again. This is just a tip that works and is cheap.
I also used a fly rod with a quail wing or pheasant wing to train my springer or setters. Most will tell you that is not a good way to train a dog, but hey it worked for me and they loved it.