Unfortunately not all of us are able to get to country where there are still wild pheasants. But in my youth in eastern Mass, with a borrowed Trojan 12, I would walk up as many as 40 birds in a half-day. I go back there in my mind sometimes while sitting by a warm fire in the woodstove.
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"I'm a Setter man.
Not because I think they're better than the other breeds,
but because I'm a romantic - stuck on tradition - and to me, a Setter just "belongs" in the grouse picture."
George King, "That's Ruff", 2010 - a timeless classic.
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