Andy, you are lucky you have your wonderful gun, excellent pup, and a place to hunt...and perhaps equally lucky that you appreciate it all while it's happening.  There is nothing quite like the upland shooting life (thanks GBE). 
I hope it all continues for you just as you described so well.  
		 
		
		
		
		
		
		
			
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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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