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    Posted: 15 July 2020 at 11:44
So many western states WY, MT, CO have those small 2" round ground catcus.  Are they a problem for hunting with dogs for birds and other small game?

Do people put shoes or boots on dogs?
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YUP!

Bad news for dogs and people too.
 Even with my heavy Kenetrek boot I have had penetration.
It does not take long for a dog to learn to avoid them as do most coyote.
PS never wear your muck boots in to a patch of Prickly pear, no longer water proof.
 Don't ask how I got that piece of info.
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The ones I see are small 2" balls covered with spines.  First got wrapped up in them in Arizona.  seems they are everywhere WY, MT CO also.

I knw nothing abour cacti.  always thought they were prickly pear; but all pic show something else.  they are a pain in more ways than one.  find my boots completely covered with the bast^%ds.  Now I always carry needle nose pliers when out west.  they certainly go thru sneakers.

Must be tough on dogs.   Did you ever see a 'ote with some of these stuck on him?
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Originally posted by BEAR BEAR wrote:

.   Did you ever see a 'ote with some of these stuck on him?

Yes, some but never in there pads, the pups eat prickly pear and you see the spines in there muzzle.
I have see them in there dropping too, one tough $hit I'll bet.Shocked
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Mystery solved! Thats why they howl and yip so much.
...oh yeah! thats gonna hurt!
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LOL   jsg.    I'd howl too.
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Some do ok with the cactus, some can't.  My cocker/springer cross was the world's best chuckar dog; she seemed to levitate over 'em.  Hunting with another surveyor's shorthair, I wound up hunting while he carried his dog; it couldn't handle the prickly pear or those little star-spurs or whatever they're called--those'll take out car tires, too.  Any country around eastern washington that gets overgrazed gets prickly pear; it's especially bad along the breaks of the Snake and Columbia, but I've had good luck with my springers, better than average with my labs.  Most of the pointing breeds just don't hold up.
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My German Shorthairs didn't do good with cactus. Around here we have a lot of sharptail grouse and they are pretty safe because they live in the areas where the cactus is. 

That might be how the grouse survive the fox and coyotes. It might not be worth it to go in after them. 

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