For the Setter lovers

[Wild Skies]

Found on Facebook, I thought this awesome and dramatic painting was worthy of sharing.

[mobirdhunter]

Thanks for posting, Greg. I see the copyright, but cannot detect a signature. Do you know the artist's name?

[Wild Skies]

The artist that created this incredible image is Miguel Angel Moraleda Santacruz and his painting is entitled 'Setters et Becasses'.

[Chris Pope]

While not a Setter guy I do love setters and it was the first breed I ever hunted over as a young man. What I like about the image is the young setter in the background holding point (backing) but following the flight of the bird with eyes...while the rock solid cagy veteran setter in the foreground hasn't taken his eyes or nose off the second bird still on the ground...wonderful picture. Thanks for sharing.

[Dean Romig]

Looks like European woodcock judging by the long pointed wings. Do North American hunters use such huge bells on their dogs?... I sure don't.

Beautiful painting though with beautiful stylish setters!!





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[Bill Murphy]

My bird dog bell collection does not include anything like the ones in the picture. What a great painting.

[Wild Skies]

RE: the woodcock. Whether Eurasian or American we have to realize this is an artist's rendition and not a photograph. Initially I thought they were American woodcock, but Eurasian might make more sense as the they were painted by a contemporary Spanish artist.

RE: the bells. I agree they are larger than I use and in his description of the painting the artist wrote the following: "My thanks to Mr. Labassa Laurent and Mr. Sébastien Fachin for allowing me to represent their magnificent Setter specimens, and also recognition to Mr. Denis Pascal for his great savoir putting 'music' to this modality with his handmade bells."

[OH Osthaus]

Originally Posted by Dean Romig

Looks like European woodcock judging by the long pointed wings. Do North American hunters use such huge bells on their dogs?... I sure don't.

Beautiful painting though with beautiful stylish setters!!

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the near dog has a swiss bell often listed as a sheep bell -i used a much smaller one on m first setter- I was very disappointed when he lost it in a cover not long before he passed. In the painting the bells are hung directly on the collar without an additional loop so they don't hang down to the legs. I never thought that let them ring clearly enough.

since Becasses is in the title - it would be a European woodcock.


the largest bells I have seen used on NA dogs would fit inside those- I saw an old iron cow bell like the back dog's that I joked with my wife about getting to slow a wide ranging young dog.

[Aaron Beck]

Bells of that size would be quite deafening unless you dog hunted at a plodding pace

[Harold Pickens]

Large bells also beat the hell out of the forelegs of my setters, I like smaller lighter ones, and just hit the locator beeper when I need to---but yes , love the painting, and hadnt noticed the other woodcock until pointed out