Hunting & Fishing REID & HIS DOGS

[REID2168]

last several outings weve had a coyote run up behind us before dark or we had even started the call I think due to it hearing my dog rustling around......it let out a soft bark at my dog as I thought did I just hear that and no sooner my dog sticks her nose up as it was behind us and the wind was over my back and in her face so she barked..we never seen it only heard it do the barking within yards if us then running a ways off letting out two more then nothing..seen one in the trail on a walk out to a set but it bolted before I could even get the gun light on it.....as well we have had them howling within a few hundred yards but not show themselves...she was also sprayed by a skunk two nights ago and we had to deal with that as well…..then tonight we finally got this big boy to come out about 175 yards in some knee to waist grass to some Fox Pro come love me howls.........he then disappeared into some weeds so I hit the howls again and watched him walk into my downwind about 125 yards watched him stop for a wiff and hit him with some lead poisoning...…...I could see him bolt after the shot running south and he went about 40 yards from the shot impact point......by the time I got to the coyote Super Girl had a mouthful mauling it up....turned out to be a really big male...…next set the Coyote Light low batt light came on so I packed up a bit early and then seen eyes right after I put my pack on.....tried to regroup but he was gone before I could......either way my girl had fun and so did I!!!!

 

[REID2168]

the first vid was a fly over that we haven't seen for a while but was in the exact spot I filmed the two big planes while pheasant hunting earlier this season...…..usually theres a search light working and at times they must see us with FLIR as they go right next to or over us....no light last night .....the second vid was one of the sets of coyotes that lit up close after I lit the Fox Pro as u can hear the Fox Pro go off right at the end......these coyotes were on the other side of the GOVT NO GO ZONE fence and they needless to say didn't come over for a visit....also i wanted to say that my shot last night was the first with the new Recon CT-1 carbon tripod standing and worked great with my REDNECK holder I made as I ditched the fixed mount not liking it as well and I prefer my piece I made where I can just grab my gun from the rest!

IMG_1149 by Stephen Reid, on Flickr

IMG_1150 by Stephen Reid, on Flickr

 

[REID2168]

coons coons and more coons....she put 4 coons in separate trees in one field two nights ago and didn't bark once while I howled for coyotes.....we as well called and seen a bobcat about 2 weeks ago.....also called two coyotes in behind us about 125 yards a week ago they ran from the head lamp so I looked to the sky shut it down and as I came back down on them with the gun light there was only one left and he bolted on me into waist high grass before I could shoot...loaded a bunch of new sounds to my Shockwave after trying the old sounds way to long...I may also have to start a gofundme page for my dogs new vest the way she tears thru the (#&%_)(#_% things ...….still got two weeks left!!!

 

[REID2168]

foxes foxes and more foxes.....she also caught this ground hog slippin in the back yard two days ago and she bayed him up so I could take care of that problem with the ole DIRTY HARRY 44 MAGNUM/Dan Wesson 22...…..then today I seen something had carted the dead ground hog off over in the field next to my house..... so I drug it back lodged it into a tree stump and tonight within two hours lit these two cat snatchers up out the back window of the crib...there were two when I took the first one and just had to wait for his accomplice to return...you find yourself in the wrong back yard round here & it gets extremely dangerous!!

 

[h4everything]

Thats a good looking working dog. What breed. Looks like a cur cross

 

[REID2168]

Thats a good looking working dog. What breed. Looks like a cur cross

THX....shes a Kemmer Mountain Cur!

 

[REID2168]

she finally caught her first dirt digger yard destroyer of the season...……..less than 120 day countdown to the 20/21 season!

VIDEO
IMG_1678 by Stephen Reid, on Flickr

 

[Pckphunter]

Nothin better than watchin a dog do what he was bred to do

 

[REID2168]

she caught up to her #2 dirt digger for the summer so far.....95 days to start the new season!

VID

IMG_1828 by Stephen Reid, on Flickr

 

[STex]

She's a hunting machine! That yote in the first pic is a tournament winner!

 

[REID2168]

TY....she is a hunting machine.........….wait till I show what she can do on a pheasant hunt!

 

[REID2168]

small preview from a day out last season ...….I like her 5 to 15yards away from me when i hunt....the vid she puts the rooster up we already had our 2 and I just let her go at it and put it up to finish the day...….she finds and flushes I don't like her to lock up and wait for me that's just to easy IMO....I like the surprise of my dog and me in chest high brush and her out away from me for the challenge....she finds antler sheds as well..GREAT DOG & TIMES!

VIDEO
IMG_0442 by Stephen Reid, on Flickr

 

[REID2168]

if im right with her and she can see me she locks up and waits for me to send her...……..I usually don't shoot at those birds much unless its been a hard day and she needs a mouth full of feathers for her work

VIDEOS
IMG_0344 by Stephen Reid, on Flickr

IMG_0316 by Stephen Reid, on Flickr

 

[REID2168]

vid of a coon she caught slippin in the daylight last season and a straight up stand off until she cant take it a woofs and he runs...I like hearing her jaws slam shut as she lunges for him…..and our first days catch last season trapping with just 9 sets out in only a 200 yard area

VIDEO
IMG_0511 by Stephen Reid, on Flickr

DSC02971 by Stephen Reid, on Flickr

 

[STex]

I got a good laugh of that vid with Eddie the Rac!

 

[acudaowner]

but instead of a doll you have a dog , dogs are far better .

 

[STex]

Hey Reid! Need to post more pics of that girl out hunting.

 

[REID2168]

no problem

 

[STex]

no problem

Awesome! I've yet to call in a fox.

 

[REID2168]

Thx.......couple more from last season

 

[STex]

Thx.......couple more from last season

That one at night with her looking toward where the muzzle is pointing is classic!

 

[Wading]

He loves hunting birds, running and jumping is his favorite.

 

[REID2168]

GREAT looking dog.....u should start a thread about him and your hunts...... thats what im doing here about my dog

 

[REID2168]

my dad and then me with the dog & some birds last season

 

[REID2168]

the STAR of the show again from two seasons ago....u cant see her working in the video but i could hear her in there

VIDEO
IMG_0216 by Stephen Reid, on Flickr

 

[REID2168]

couple more vids...first one u can hear rabbit dogs working in another field....the second my dad misses and isnt happy


IMG_0920 by Stephen Reid, on Flickr

IMG_0383 by Stephen Reid, on Flickr

 

[REID2168]

in this video from when she was just a baby & small enough she really liked to get on the front of her trappin boat as we went back and forth across the lake to check our sets


boat trip 1 by Stephen Reid, on Flickr

 

[REID2168]

she still likes it out front but now she barks & howls as we cross the lake as she can smell the animals long before we get there & already knows what time it is

 

[STex]

in this video from when she was just a baby & small enough she really liked to get on the front of her trappin boat as we went back and forth across the lake to check out traps


boat trip 1 by Stephen Reid, on Flickr

She looks like Rose on the Titanic.

 

[REID2168]

two seasons ago & the morning when we caught these three u can see number two in the background standing on a log between the two trees if u enlarge the pic enough...number three was less then 50 yards down the hill from number two....she loves her trappin

 

[Blackkettle]

Here is my backup

 

[REID2168]

couple 2018/2019 photos of a day of birds in these pics im 50 shes 6...also a vid of my baby working the brush

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115936345_683776925547531_8856633229665443225_n by Stephen Reid, on Flickr

 

[REID2168]

back when my baby was still a baby

 

[REID2168]

on stand

 

[REID2168]

couple days ago she had chased a groundhog into this hole and wanted it bad but i called her off of it so she didnt get bit on the head like another time....then today she just caught this groundhog slippin in the open and took care of it herself..60 day countdown to coyote chasin

VID
IMG_0065 by Stephen Reid, on Flickr

 

[REID2168]

she waited all day today down by the lake in the shade after she had seen this one early in the morning..she finally waited long enough for him to appear again and then got him bayed up....i then dispatched him with the DIRTY HARRY Dan Wesson 22

 

[Joee Dirt]

Anyone have a bird dog for upland or waterfowl in here? Looking forward to contribute to the thread. Saw some great posts with some bird dogs above!

 

[REID2168]

Anyone have a bird dog for upland or waterfowl in here? Looking forward to contribute to the thread. Saw some great posts with some bird dogs above!

i started this thread so as an old man i can go back and review my stuff and this thread is about my dog....if u would like to start your own thread about waterfowl and birds i look forward to reviewing it.,,,,Thx in advance

 

[REID2168]

started soaking my traps in distilled vinegar to get them ready to treat with trap coating.......i also modified three more of my #2 offset jawed Bridgers with 3/16" rods for the upper and lower jaws...these added rods make the trap grip in a wider area obviously but mainly feel more like an adult grabbing a childs wrist firmly to hold them....... ILO standard jaws which are like grabbing anyones hand with pliars and pinching....... especially with stamped sharp metal jaw edges from the factory......these mods also keep the skin from getting cut as easily if at all for animals that fight the trap more then some others may and helps prevent them from being hurt any more then necessary should i need to release an untargeted animal......Good Luck!

 

[REID2168]

after only 48 hours soaking & a quick pressure wash u start to get real results....another 48 hours soaking and its time for the another pressure wash & this part is over..... Good luck!

 

[REID2168]

got my babys trappin boat motor looked over and ready for the season....we as well have been helping a neighbor since Friday trying to catch some coons coming up from the lake as they pass and tearing thru his garden corn for a snack....got this sucker this morning in a dog proof

 

[REID2168]

we caught another garden destroyer this morning.........just over 50 days to coyote chasin

 

[REID2168]

we caught #3 garden thief this morning

 

[REID2168]

me and my baby been workin real hard on our trappin area getting it ready for some sets and some hunts..actually i work my #$^#% off while she chases squirrels and digs at animal ground holes..seen my first eagle swoop down and catch a fish from the lake about two weeks ago then seen another eagle leave the trees as we crossed the lake the other day and i got this one on vid.....it reminded me as well of the other two i seen at once out over the lake a few seasons back.....also chain sawed my hunitng stand out from under me so i could move it west 80 yards and cut it down in half for a remount...also got my last 15 new #3 Bridgers ready to go with full mods.....18 day countdown to coyote chasin

EAGLE VID
IMG_0254 by Stephen Reid, on Flickr

 

[HousePlant]

Mine made all forms of squirrel and chipmunk more or less extinct on the couple acres I had before I last moved. He'd bring them to the back door dead or dying with a big smile and so I'd pick them up with tongs and bring them to my dock because I knew there were a number of birds of pray swooping around the area. Eventually the pooch would sit and wait, watching for the neighborhood mini-pterosaur to fly down and grab it and when the bird flew off the pooch let off a couple barks as if to say, "I got that for you, buddy!". A little circle of life (and death).

 

[REID2168]

went over to pick up my tools and take pics of all the places i will make my sets as they are made now other then the ground isnt dug and no traps no nothin...the sets just appear visually as they will when i do actually add my traps......either way on the way back i seen a hawk chasing an eagle and right as the hawk gets to the eagle u can see the eagle goes into a barrel role to expose his talons to the hawk.....AWESOME!


EAGLE /HAWK VID
IMG_0498 by Stephen Reid, on Flickr

 

[REID2168]

used the 4x4 half of 3/4 treated plywood i had left from my tree stand rework to knock down & crush an absolute $&%^& load of 10ft+ high weeds to open up area for coyotes to work my sets and to do night hunts as well.....also cleaned the high weeds up in the wood line as it helps seeing from the stand and i may even do a deer hunt or two from the stand....when i go over to check i should be able to stand where i took this vid and if i have multiple catches get them in the same vid if i can catch them anyway


VID
IMG_0495 by Stephen Reid, on Flickr

 

[REID2168]

the LIGHT shown thru and the day came to begin the 2020/2021 season & 5 straight months of coyote chasin with some pheasant hunts thrown in .........time to head across the lake to make our trappin sets then get back and hit the road to head out for the night hunting ....GAME TIME!!!!!!

 

[REID2168]

first set last night i played some rabbit then one lone howl and didnt see anything other then the buck we had spooked and run off walking in.....i go out and get my call put my gear in my pack....before i go i turn my headlamp back on then make one last shine before i put my pack on..well there he was right out in front of me about 70/80 yards....soon as i seen eyes i shut the headlamp back down bent down picked up my rifle pointed it up lit the gun light and brought it down on him and as soon as the light hit him he bolted i didnt even get him in the full beam.......he ran which i couldnt see about 200 yards south of us then came out of the knee high weeds and into the path i wanted him in originally.....stood there for 30/40 seconds while i tried to get my tripod back out but then ran another 200 yards away stood there about the same then was gone before i could get it together and was to far then anyway for a real shot........after it was over i realized i had turned the gun light up to full blast and shouldnt have and that i hadnt called even close to long enough and impatience got me and i blew it twice.......we go to another spot and i see a coyote real close to the road as we walk out and he bolts as soon as he seen the headlamp...we called didnt see anything and walked back to the truck......i start putting my gear in the truck and hear my dog bolt as fast as she can run towards something as i cant see anything in the pitch black because i disable my interior truck light & bed light during hunting season.....so i get my headlamp back out real quick and shine it along the wood line next to the road and about 250 yards down there is a set of eyes i which then watch run back across the road and could tell was a coyote......i couldnt believe it and think it was the one i seen as we walked in to call...........today on our first trap check my baby new there was fur waiting as we crossed the lake.............we had this male in a snared trail set......we also had a foot hold set off at another set....time to regroup get some more trap sets in and then go hunting again tonight......YEAH BABY!!!!!!!

 

[REID2168]

caught #2 poodle poacher this morning.....its been raining and i am glad as it will help with the SUPER dry dirt problem most trappers im sure have been dealing with trying to bed their traps and the rain should end after tonight..........went over Sunday night and called a coyote in where this one was caught today but i couldnt get the shot i wanted to take....played the rabbit for a few sequences then one lone howl....he was there within two minutes after...he meandered around in the brush watching the decoy for a few minutes about 60 yards away right by the decoy but wouldnt come out as i want them DRT in this spot as i dont want my dog to have to chase them onto property i dont have permission on and it did come within 20 yards at one point as it finally seen my dog after i let her begin to move.... he was gonna leave until it seen her but i just couldnt shoot.... then he finally got spooked from me moving im sure and being so close to us and left anyway..i tried one last time with red fox distress and he came right back to the original spot i seen him BUT as soon as the red light hit him this time he left immediately and i let it go at this point..also seen a coon working one of my sets 15 minutes later before we left from calling so i had my dog chase him up a tree before he got caught...been fun so far but i think i may have to ditch my red lights & get my thermal scope sooner rather than later!