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Originally Posted by Gerald McPherson
Whats up with the foot of the bird in the middle picture?
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The bird was "fresh from the mouth" of Aspen who retrieved it. It was a warm day, and Aspen had lots of feathers in his mouth. Those are wet feathers stuck to the bird's foot. Aspen has a very gentle, or soft, mouth retrieving and will bring back wounded birds alive. Alder, however, is a meat tenderizer...unfortunately.
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"Doubtless the good Lord could have made a better game bird than bobwhite, and better country to hunt him in...but equally doubtless, he never did." -- Guy de la Valdene (from A Handful of Feathers )
"'I promise you,' he said, 'on my word of honor, I won't die on the opening of the bird season.'" -- Robert Ruark (from The Old Man and the Boy)
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