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A moment of pure pride and joy was Gracie’s first grouse when she was only 4 1/2 months old. I winged it and it went under a big brush pile. Gracie literally disappeared under the pile and eventually came out with the grouse still alive. That was seven years ago almost to the day.
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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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The Following 6 Users Say Thank You to Dean Romig For Your Post: |
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I was hunting my young springer with a friend and his GSP. His dog was moving a grouse towards a river bank. Finally, the grouse couldn't run any further, so he took flight. Doug shot the bird which fell into the river. I sent Abby into the river, and she made the retrieve. Great teamwork
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The Following 6 Users Say Thank You to John Dallas For Your Post: |
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My first hunt over a bird dog (not mine) was back in the 70's I believe it was a wirehaired pointer maybe a griffon? This couple also trained beagles and had gotten me started with beagles so they invited me for a grouse hunt. The couple explained to me that when the dog went on point I would walk up next to the dog and if the bird hadn't flushed by then I should keep walking in front of the dog until the bird flushed or they would tell me what to do next. On his first point that day I got just in front of the dog about 6 or 7 grouse flew up in front of me I took my shot and 2 grouse fell. Patty said to her husband did you see that, Bob replied yep (he was a man of few words) Patty said Ed you shot 2 birds with one shot! I said yep I like to do that, it saves on shells
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The Following 3 Users Say Thank You to Ed Norman For Your Post: |
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I remember Sherwood's first point on quail. The best was his first true point on woodcock. I have a video of that somewhere
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Not the first bird over the first dog but the first over my current setter. He was about 8 months old and out hunting for the first time. A solid point and the retrieve was a circus as he had to run down a cripple.
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Cam ran down a cripple for me about 7 years ago. When he grabbed for it all he came up with was a handful of tailfeathers.... I finally went in for the grab.
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