The value of tracking devices.

I got out the last couple of days with Grady, having some fun with chukars. As I’ve mentioned, birds are pretty much paired up. I got a couple of videos that show how much the GPS collars help us today. For this first one, I didn’t know where Grady was. The remote said he was on point, close by, but I couldn’t see him. In a hunting situation, this would have been perfect. But only because the Alpha told me I was close.

The next video demonstrates the device’s safety features. I had just gotten the treed sound of my Alpha. For me, that means Grady has been on point for 45 seconds. Just as I turned the camera on, a chukar flushed. He flew in the direction of the point. As you can see, he flew right over the area where Grady was. Had he been higher in the air, it might have been a shot to take. Being that low and not knowing where my dog was, I’d refrain from taking that shot. I had a friend pack his Brittany off a hill after taking a shot like this. It was a very long 2 1/2 hour ride home.

This last video is just some fun with Grady. I had to edit out a long walk to Grady. He held as I walked around him to come in from his right. The first half of the video is with the GoPro. I turned my camera on and filmed most of the same sequence. It shows the shot I would have had. A left-to-right shot, which is my favorite. If you watch closely, you can see the bird taking a dump as he flies by.