lab quartering

[fabsroman]

When I hunt upland over my lab, I pretty much let him lead me to the birds and I try to keep up with him when I think he is locked on a scent. He knows the birds are going to be in front of us, so he works back and forth in front. Usually, you will be able to tell when the dog locks onto a scent and becomes birdy. That is when you have to stay close to a flushing dog like a lab.

Maybe some of the other lab owners will have some better advice for you. I haven't really trained mine to hunt upland, but he still likes doing it. I haven't even researched it that much.

One guy on here, Doc E, has a pretty good hunting lab, but I don't know if he uses him for upland hunting. If he does, he will probably be able to give you some sound advice regarding it.