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Originally Posted by Dean Romig
The “drop on point” attitude was originally developed by early fowl hunters who threw nets over the bird or birds rather tha shooting them, so the dogs wouldn’t obstruct the travel of the net.
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Yup. With the command “charge!” When the dog would lie to await his master reloading his muzzle loader. I have seen modern dogs drop at point on occasion— hard to breed out the vestiges of the past.
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