Beagles and waterfowl

[Ata83]

Would a Beagle make a good waterfowl retiever dog ?

of course, not for late season, and not for open water. they dont look like amazing swimmers,

but how about marshes in Nov ?

can they be trained for waterfowl hunting ?

[Gilroy]

I had one that was pretty good at flushing pheasants, he used to give me dirty look's when he did this because I was expecting a cotton tail on the ground and never even raise my shotgun. I think any dog can be trained from a younger age.

[ninepointer]

As a long time beagle owner, I’ve never before seen “beagle” and “waterfowl” in the same sentence

For every beagle I’ve known, water is like lava

[Sharon]

X2...... beagles and water retrieving?.... no.

[SongDog]

Gator_theduckdog

On Instagram. Check out this little jack russel that retrieves.


Little bugger retrieves big Canada geese on his own. Cant lift them off the ground but he can run down cripples and always gets them back to the blind. Makes me laugh everytime.

Beagle would work but I can think of better breeds lol

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[trigger02]

One time I had a dead duck in a shallow pond and a wounded one in the thick grass. It got dark and I couldn't find the cripple. I walked back to the house and grabbed my beagle, he found the cripple right away. With some pointing and tossing sticks to the dead duck, he finally swam out and brought it back to me. Probably will never happen again lol. He has helped many times on finding dead doves and grouse I've shot, he just wont retrieve them.

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[SongDog]

When I was a kid we had a rooster on the farm that would spurr anything that got close enough. We had a litter of walker/beagle pups and the rooster was always picking on the puppies. He would jump and spur them and really hurt one dog. The mother heard her pups squeal and she came over and ripped that rooster in half. After that, for the rest of that dogs life, Any bird on the farm would die if that hound got a hold of it. Over protective mother.

Dogs seem to work that way, They have one instance that turns them right on or off(gun shy for instance) and its almost impossible to break.

My point is, Give any dog the motivation to do something, They will do it everytime giving 100% effort.

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[fishhawk]

Beagles are sent hounds, sounds like your looking for a retrieving breed or a versatile pointer breed.

[ninepointer]

I've only seen a beagle of mine retrieve once.

The chase was on and my friend, who was right beside me, took the shot and thought he'd missed the rabbit. Moments later my beagle (who had not witnessed the shot) came through hot on the trail. Then my beagle went silent and came trotting back, cottontail in its mouth, and dropped the rabbit at my friend's feet.

Why my beagle decided on that day to perform its one and only retrieve (for my friend and not me!), and how it knew that my friend was the shooter, I will never know. That had to be 20 years ago and my friend still rubs it in!

[warpipe]

The only time my beagle would get close to water was when the deer he was chasing crossed water. He'd swim a river when chasing but wouldn't dare touch a puddle on a walk. Get a beagle for hunting deer, a lab for hunting ducks. ��