lucy's first wild bird point and retrieve

[Ed Norman]

My hunting buddy got a young female brittany last year, he hunted her a little bit last fall. They did some planted birds and quail etc. this spring. We have been going out a lot (he took most of his vacation time for the last week or so. His dog lucy is about 26 pounds, orange and white, and she is just a delight. We went to 300 private acres near lovells last saturday. Cash was doing very well, we moved about a dozen woodcock in a couple of hours, we took a break, and shortly after entering the woods, my buddy yelled out, Ed Lucy is on point!! He was really excited, the woodcock was about 4 feet in front of her, she was crouched down like a cougar ready to pounce, it was really a beautiful point. My buddy walked up, woodcock flushed almost straight up in the air, Lucy watched the bird the whole time, when it fell she was running right for it and picked it up almost as soon as it hit the ground and brought it back to my buddy. We were both just ecstatic about it. I felt like a "proud uncle" my buddy wanted to stay the rest of the day. On the way back Lucy had another "cougar like point" the bird ran off, but we were both so happy for that dog. We went out today and moved another dozen or so woodcock with 6 good points and shots from cash. Lucy got some more retrieves in today. I cannot believe how good I feel for that dog and my buddy.