Some of my best days are memorable because of the easy shots presented by what should have bee very cagy and elusive birds - and I dropped them cleanly and neatly.
But memories of these days are augmented by the times I could easily have killed birds but by some fluke - the twist of a tail or flip of a wing at precisely the right moment... or maybe it was my poor pointing of my little Parker, and I missed my mark. But these days also stick in my memory as special days.
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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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