Show me your setters.

[Michael Muth]

He, along with my crazy, yet increible hunting Field Cocker, are my best friends and hunting buddies. He is a little light right now due to being sick and not eating, he's on anti-biopics but being picky with his food, he usually is about 55lbs. Show me yours!

[Kenny Graft]

Ruby is 4.5 years young...still loves to play...

[Greg Baehman]

Let me introduce you to Winston as he performs his impersonation of the Mona Lisa. No matter what angle you view him from he's always looking right back at you.

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[Rick Losey]

Old Hemlock Osthaus and Old Hemlock Griffin


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[Michael Muth]

Old Hemlock Osthaus and Old Hemlock Griffin


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Ate these guys Rymans?

[Harold Lee Pickens]

Shiner , Betty, and Fancy
young Fancy will have her first hunting season this year, and is training nicely. Hope to have some pictures of her on point tommorrow

[Harold Lee Pickens]

the gun is a VH 16 1 frame. Both dogs were pointing this bird. the Parker in the earlier picture is my old beat to hell VHE 20.

[Gary Laudermilch]

Harold, a puppy's first season - how sweet it is. Enjoy, for it only comes once.

[Rick Losey]

Ate these guys Rymans?

Old Hemlock is a bloodline of setters, some of George Bird Evan's original stock came from George Ryman - along with other old now long gone kennels. Out crosses to other lines still occur

Griffin is an out cross to DeCoverly

[Michael Muth]

Old Hemlock is a bloodline of setters, some of George Bird Evan's original stock came from George Ryman - along with other old now long gone kennels. Out crosses to other lines still occur

Griffin is an out cross to DeCoverly

Great looking setters, thinking of getting one out of his kennel for my next one. How is their temperament in the house? My LLewelen is a bit of a nut but I love him!

[Gary Laudermilch]

They are gettin' ready. Uncle and nephew. Usually it is the youngster backing the old man but this time it's the other way around. The year after the youngster was born his dad won the National Grouse Trial Championship and his sister was named Cover Dog of the Year.

[Rick Losey]

they are gentle dogs- as with people you'll find each has a personality, some are very sedate some less so- but I have known dozens of these dogs and none have been hyper, most have been very laid back

Griffin is a bit more active- but never bouncing off the wall - and he settles down quickly after getting excited


Osthaus has ADD according to my daughter - he is likely the best bird dog I will ever own, and is not hyper in the house - but won't sit still- lays down gets up and moves - that sort of thing, looks for something to get into

[Harold Lee Pickens]

Gary, this is from this mornings training session on pigeons--she was doing so well, we just took the check cord off of her. Beautiful point and back photo of your dogs. My 2 older setters are backing fools.
Hey Dean, no pictures of Grace??

[Dean Romig]

A good bird dog is a 'well-rounded' bird dog.

Here Grace enjoys boating with her servants.

She does not care for caviar but enjoys grouse and woodcock liver pate.




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[Ken Hill]

A smaller Gordon. Belle about 1.5 years old in is this picture out on her second season last year.

Ken

[Stephen Hodges]

A good bird dog is a 'well-rounded' bird dog.

Here Grace enjoys boating with her servants.

She does not care for caviar but enjoys grouse and woodcock liver pate.




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Dean, I love your dogs attitude on life:rotf:

My Star on Desert Quail

[Dean Romig]

What a handsome and stylish young dog you have there Steve.

[Marc Retallack]

Dean,

Has anyone ever accused you of looking a bit like William Tapply?

[Dave Tercek]

Bella is seven years old . This is her and a days work from last season. She really hates posing for pictures.
Dave

[Dave Noreen]

Twenty-nine pounds of bird machine --

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[tom tutwiler]

7 month old Sophie. To say she is intense on point is an understatement. This was on a planted quail. Breeding is out of Lynn Hill lines and I bought her from East Coast Llewellins in Va.


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[Stephen Hodges]

Tom, you will have fun with her this fall:)

[Dean Romig]

Dean,

Has anyone ever accused you of looking a bit like William Tapply?


Not until today Mark.

Now that you mention it, I can see the resemblance in the blue ball cap, the dark glasses, and the overall scruffiness of the white and shaggy facial hair.

Bill was a nice guy and a good writer who had the knack of telling a good story just like he was sitting right there beside you... he is missed. - But I could never understand why he eventually sold most all of his Dad's (H.G."Tap" Tapply) stuff... sporting items, signed books from authors and editors who were great friends of his, guns, hunting knives, etc. (I have a few of those items and cherish them.)
He once told me that he didn't place any value on 'things' but placed the most value on memories.





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[Michael Muth]

My boy Gus on point after a really long hot day.

[Joe Bernfeld]

Dottie. Better than a setter :p. Grouse season opens tomorrow :)!

[Harold Lee Pickens]

My favorite artist/painter, who was one of the best at painting English setters has died. Never met the man, but we have suffered a great loss. God be with your family Robert Abbott

[Dean Romig]

I agree Harold!

His style is classic!

But if folks would like to do an Internet search on him they need to spell his name Abbett.





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[Mike McKinney]

Not to hog the thread, the setters are beautiful, but Mr. Abbott did a great job with Brittanies as well. His paintings put you in the spot. I have three Brit prints and a pointer print, I bought from a friend who was selling some things after a divorce, that I kept because he did it.

[Marc Retallack]

Thanks Dean. I had just finished one of his books prior to you posting that pic and thought I saw a resemblance to his photo on the dust jacket.

Marcus

[Greg Baehman]

Sad to learn of his Robert Abbett's passing, I am presently the caretaker of his 8'6", 3/2, 7 wt. Orvis "Light Salmon" cane rod.

[Dean Romig]

What a treasure!





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[chazcole]

This is my setter Ace. He is about a year and half now. He's from Hemlock and Ryman lines.

[Marty Kohler]

I have always been a Labrador man and hunted ducks primarily..... But setters wow....fifteen years ago I was exposed and how great it was....This gal is a hunting fool and so biddable .......Classic point...... what a pleasure to hunt with her and her owner.....Special days for sure......they do it the right way......Gonna be with them again this October......

P.S.. The Parker Pages just gets better and better....1st class job Dean!

[Dean Romig]

Thanks Marty!

Wow!... It's hard to pick out that woodcock but I found it. ;)






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[Harold Lee Pickens]

good eye Dean, I hadnt noticed it. F or those of you who are visually challenged, click on the picture to enlarge it, and then look left of the setters ear, you will see the cryptic clored little bugger. I generally miss those that I spot on the ground in front of a point, but it is always cool.

[Gary Laudermilch]

I never seem to find woodcock in the open like that. For me, they are always in the most miserable crap you can find. Nice picture!

[tom tutwiler]

That bird held tight. I'm guessing he/she was only about 4 feet away from the setter.

[Michael Muth]

I love a good looking, athletic Setter, Gods perfection!

[tom tutwiler]

One pic I took on Saturday. Was trying an Astro Collar. Forgive the stacked up look. I normally take her regular collar and the bell off when I run the Astro, but I just threw them on because she was in squirming mode. 8 month old pups are a tad crazy when there are birds to be found. PS. Sophie is 36 lbs.

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[JeffTowner]

This is Lucy, my 4 year old Midwestern bred grouse dog working out the kinks on prairie birds out west for the month of September. She takes better vacations than I do! This point resulted in a covey of very young Huns that were unable to fly. It helps to have a steady dog at times like this.

[chris dawe]

I'm a little late to the game ,but here's Benny with a grouse he pinned behind the house this past spring .

[Dean Romig]

Benny must be hard to see in the snow.





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[Rick Losey]

Benny must be hard to see in the snow.
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George Bird Evans had a brace of very lightly marked dogs he called "snow beltons". He ran them with flags of surveyors' tape tied to the collars on snowy days to make them stand out

[chris dawe]

Yeah he can be ,but its great on the barrens not like the DD who disappears in 20 feet!,come to think of it after a half hour Ben is usually black from going arse over end in a boghole ,so it evens out ;) ...our season starts next weekend I hope to have some more pics then .

[Stephen Hodges]

Yeah he can be ,but its great on the barrens not like the DD who disappears in 20 feet!,come to think of it after a half hour Ben is usually black from going arse over end in a boghole ,so it evens out ;) ...our season starts next weekend I hope to have some more pics then .

Chris, I have hunted your lovely Island twice and have almost gone "arse over end" a few times in those boghole's of yours..................you don't want to walk around in the dark:shock:

[chris dawe]

Steve I warn everyone who aren't familiar with them ...just because its a little two foot across "puddle" do not mean you can step in it ,I have literally seen people go to their necks ,not a good way to spend the day when you still got to walk 10km to camp.

I usually get one leg in up to the satchel (crotch) on most every outing,it's just a matter of fact ...it usually happens working up to a point when I'm watching the dog and not my feet,watching a dog burn across the barrens like a champion and instantly disappear in a spray of black bog is hilarious though .

I once had a heavy set Chesapeake that I would run with the setters ,or at least try to ...this one day the setters were burning across the country and leapt what must been a 10 foot high banked boghole ,they did it with style ...the other brown puddin was giving his all to keep up he leapt the same hole and came up short digging head first in the off side like a hammer -did a complete somersault to his four paws and kept running ,I nearly pissed myself !

[Michael Muth]

Steve I warn everyone who aren't familiar with them ...just because its a little two foot across "puddle" do not mean you can step in it ,I have literally seen people go to their necks ,not a good way to spend the day when you still got to walk 10km to camp.

I usually get one leg in up to the satchel (crotch) on most every outing,it's just a matter of fact ...it usually happens working up to a point when I'm watching the dog and not my feet,watching a dog burn across the barrens like a champion and instantly disappear in a spray of black bog is hilarious though .

I once had a heavy set Chesapeake that I would run with the setters ,or at least try to ...this one day the setters were burning across the country and leapt what must been a 10 foot high banked boghole ,they did it with style ...the other brown puddin was giving his all to keep up he leapt the same hole and came up short digging head first in the off side like a hammer -did a complete somersault to his four paws and kept running ,I nearly pissed myself !



Pics of the chessie? I'm thinking of getting one.

[chris dawe]

Sorry Michael I wish I had some digital pics ,the old bugger is long gone must be 15 years now .

[Dean Romig]

Grace today in a practice session.
Today was much cooler, it had rained last night and everything was damp and a slight breeze was blowing steadily.

I sure hope she does this well in the grouse coverts in a couple of weeks.




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[chris dawe]

I'm betting she'll do just fine Dean:)

[John Dallas]

If you're thinking of getting a Chessie, don't forget the 2 x 4 to get his attention. (But once you get his attention, he doesn't forget)

[Stephen Hodges]

Grace today in a practice session.
Today was much cooler, it had rained last night and everything was damp and a slight breeze was blowing steadily.

I sure hope she does this well in the grouse coverts in a couple of weeks.




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Dean, what was she pointing, planted birds or wild?

[Dean Romig]

Quite frankly Steve, we don't have any wild gamebirds around here anymore and no place to plant pen-raised birds for training purposes (I'm also in a 'no discharge' zone) so we work on mourning doves (a "songbird" in MA) and field sparrows and starlings. The mourning doves don't seem to have as much scent as do the sparrows and starlings.

I can't wait to get her on grouse and woodcock!!!!!






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[Jon Sheets]

Abigail's Highland Sunrise, then and now. Oh how quickly they grow up! This will be her 6th season. Where did the years go?

[Fred Lowe]

My buddy Phantom holding a late season Chukar.
He would have been 12 this year.

[Michael Muth]

If you're thinking of getting a Chessie, don't forget the 2 x 4 to get his attention. (But once you get his attention, he doesn't forget)

Do you have one? How do you like it and what's its attitude like?

[Dean Romig]

I think the 2x4 reference explains it pretty well...




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[John Dallas]

Michael - No- I don't have a Chessie. I have imported my last two Labs from Britain/Scotland. I like the calmer disposition of the British dogs. Chessies are hard-headed, tough dogs. If I had to make a living shooting and retrieving ducks, I'd have a Chessie, but for the average weekend warrior, I think they are a handful Oily coat which repels water well, but also stinks in the house if not cleaned regularly. From my experience, they are a one-man dog. Fiercely loyal to his owner, but distant, and even a bit menacing to outsiders. A man who brought his Chessie to the same Tower shoots that I worked at paid a lot of vet bills to owners whose dogs got torn up by "Pump".
I suspect I will get a bit of flack from those who have had great luck with Chessies, but for me - "No Thanks"

[Fred Lowe]

I had a female Chesapeake 30 years ago.
Buff was an amazing retriever. She would dive 6-10 below the surface to get a duck or dummy. Could mark 3 ducks down, and would NOT give up on a lost bird.
She would only release a duck or goose to me and would growl at anyone that attempted to take a bird from her. With me she was affectionate as any dog that I have ever owned, but if anyone else called her name, she would look in the exact opposite direction and not move.

[Gary Laudermilch]

Well, I hate to contaminate this thread on setters but cannot resist. I had a golden that was one great duck dog and would dive without hesitation. On numerous occasions I thought I'd have to go in after him for fear he'd drown trying to get a cripple. Once we were hunting a weed choked pond and crippled a black duck. Rip went after it but it repeatedly would dive when the dog was just about to grab it. This went on for so long I made my way around the pond, took my waders off and prepared to get wet. Just then the duck made a dive and Rip went under after him in heavy vegetation. Just as I started into the water he emerged snorting like a pig, but he had that damn duck in his mouth.

As good a duck dog as he was, he was an even better wild pheasant dog. In his career I only know of one cripple that escaped him and that was because it ran through a woven wire fence where he could not pursue.

When he was 7 I moved from pheasant country to grouse country. He made the transition without hesitation. The first fall we hunted grouse we were working around a swamp when I could not hear him running. I thought he must have found a porky or something so I went to investigate. I found him in heavy cover standing stock still and staring at the ground. Upon close inspection I noticed a woodcock sitting about 3 feet from his nose. He looked up as if to say - It's a bird, I have no idea what kind and it does not fly. What do we do now. I flushed it and shot it and he retrieved it. From then on he hunted them with as much vigor as grouse.

Good dogs are good dogs no matter the breed.

[Gary Laudermilch]

Forgot to mention, Rip loved everybody and everything - except cats!

[Michael Muth]

My buddy Phantom holding a late season Chukar.
He would have been 12 this year.

Great pic and memory you have there!

[chris dawe]

Had to add this one from my recent camp trip ,it's Benny pointing a arctic hare,a small one but he's still a handful ,the dog couldn't see him ,but knew it wasn't a bird and was rolling his head side to side trying to get a look over the ghoul..it was priceless, I blew him down when the hare busted one of these can tear up your dog ...my DD would have absolutely loved the opportunity to tangle but he was home this trip

[Dean Romig]

Beautiful dog Chris, and what a funny bunny! Are they really as big as that one looks?




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[chris dawe]

Actually Dean ,they're a bit bigger...when he got on his pins and ran you could really see his size ,although protected here and its a treat to even see one,my brother ate them while out on the land in Labrador ,he tried it twice and they were just too tough ,he used a 3 1/2 10 gauge for his first one ...had to shoot it 4 times ! the second they sniped it from the coast with a .223 the way the local's do it .

We had a great trip,Ben handled his birds well but the heat was brutal 27 celsius,really warm for up here this time of year .

[Michael Muth]

Had to add this one from my recent camp trip ,it's Benny pointing a arctic hare,a small one but he's still a handful ,the dog couldn't see him ,but knew it wasn't a bird and was rolling his head side to side trying to get a look over the ghoul..it was priceless, I blew him down when the hare busted one of these can tear up your dog ...my DD would have absolutely loved the opportunity to tangle but he was home this trip

Just curious, is your DD really gritty? If so, where'd you get him from? I've been looking for one bred in the German style (agressive on fur) I've found one guy who honestly breeds them like that, but finding more the better.

[chris dawe]

Vom willow rock kennels here in Newfoundland ,Ken is my best buddy and a top notch trainer and breeder you won't find any better PM me for contact info

[Shawn Wayment]

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[Shawn Wayment]

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