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stevie blakloks · Joined: 01 May 2007 Posts: 34 **Breed:** ESS

Do you guys use your hprs for picking up in shoots and beating etc or are most hprs for falconry or can they be used for both because when i eventually do take up falconry i would hope to get an hpr that would be able to do both. ( the falconrys getting held up just now as i have a 10 month old springer to train- first time training a gundog!!!!!!!!!) Laughing

windem bang · Posted: Wed May 07, 2008 5:41 pm Post subject:

They can be and are used for both.

Bill T.

countrygirl · Posted: Wed May 07, 2008 7:59 pm Post subject:

MY ex husband used our first wire for both, and I use mine for pocking up

Caz
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sako75 · Posted: Wed May 07, 2008 8:41 pm Post subject:

stevie blakloks · Joined: 01 May 2007 Posts: 34 **Breed:** ESS

Cheers for the info guys but being pointers do they not range to far out in front? I like to keep my spaniel bout 10-15 yards out but ive been told pointers tend to hunt further out.

kiwi · Posted: Wed May 07, 2008 10:53 pm Post subject:

depends on the type of hpr.
big running breeds like gsp's can hunt further out like english pointers but breeds like britts are able to hunt closer all day.

sako75 · Posted: Thu May 08, 2008 7:29 am Post subject:

Helen · Posted: Thu May 08, 2008 8:35 am Post subject:

I found the couple of times I took my gwp beating (to get experience) I was constantly keeping her in all the time. I am using her for grouse counting and wanting to shoot over her next season so don't want her hunting close like my spaniels do. I have spaniels for beating and the pointing breeds for other jobs. However, if you only have an hpr, they can do both, although not ideal. There are a few threads on here about beating with your hpr.

What hpr breed are you looking at?

Helen

stevie blakloks · Joined: 01 May 2007 Posts: 34 **Breed:** ESS

I intially was going to go for a britt but was reading shooting times last week and they had an article on an hpr practice day and there were hungarian vizlas (smooth) and they just look really striking and i was impressed by them so its between the 2

Ghilliegumdrop · Posted: Thu May 08, 2008 10:45 am Post subject:

Someone that I know put me off Vizla's by telling me that their's had stripped
the plaster off the kitchen wall and that others they had known also liked doing this Twisted Evil

Whereas, Brittanys don't tend to do this they do other stuff instead Exclamation

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