Launchers Are A Great Training Tool For Hunting Dogs

Training your hunting dogs to hunt, whether it’s for flushing, pointing, or retrieving, there are great tools at your disposal.  Bird and Dummy Launchers are available with remote control devices that can be used together or separately to fill your training needs.

Remote Bird and Dummy Launchers

With both dummy launchers and bird launchers, a remote control can be used to train your dog without the need of an assistant. At one time, there was no remote control, meaning you would always need another person to help with the training which almost always leads to a distracted dog. 

Other extras with bird launchers include bird calls, sounds, and beeps that can be used to train your dog in field craft and hunting.  Which kind of launcher (bird or dummy) will depend on the specific type of training you are doing with your dog.  Your goal is to make an effective and confident hunting companion and launchers can be an essential tool towards this goal.

Bumper Launcher

This is your secret weapon in teaching your dog to learn to retrieve came. The dummy launcher is for those who work alone and you allow you to launch your dummies at a height and distance that is far greater than throwing it yourself.  This allows your dog to learn to retrieve game that is further away.  This is especially helpful when you consider that if you were using hand launching followed by shooting; your dog would become accustomed to fetching game at close distances.  One of the best features of the remote launchers is that you can use the accompanying sounds to train your dog to react as if he were hunting actual game (ducks, pheasant, etc.). 

Bird Launcher

If you are training either a pointing or a flushing dog, you will want to use bird launchers.  One of the most significant advantages to these is the ability to set up multiple launchers to act as if it were an actual hunting area.  Since dogs are hunters by nature, they need only be trained to honor another dog’s point and of course to effectively flush out birds.  Bird launchers offer the best opportunity to do this.  Pointing dog trainers have effectively used these for many years and currently flushing dog trainers are beginning to use them more regularly as well.  Since bird launchers have a spring latch that releases the prey low to the ground, they are ideal for training your hunting dog to quickly learn the skills he needs to successfully hunt quail and pheasant.