Duck hunting on ice

[Michaela]

Yesterday we were on duck hunting. All fishing pools were frozen. All ducks of the pools at the near were collected in a small open hole in the ice. So we are standing around it for hours to shot the ducks until darkness. Only a Labrador and my Reds were there to do the retrieving job. Milan and Chili did very good job - 140 ducks were shot and picked up by the dogs. Sometimes the job was not easy, specially when deseased & escaped ducks were hiding in the reed many meters away - but my Reds used there noses and do they jobs. Both of my dogs were hunting in the cold water (I get heartattack!) to pick up there deseased ducks - they come out of the hole with climbing. The coat of them were frozen but the go on with hunting. It was a great experience for me and the dogs.

[Dee Rance]

Great pictures, my it looks soooooo cold, but the dogs look as though they are enjoying it